Students locate high-definition images and animate them in Premiere using keyframes, transitions and captions. They also make the intro titles for their categories from scratch in Photoshop.

Students draw a monster by hand in ELAR, using accurate greek and latin root words to name them. After we scan them in, they use Adobe Illustrator to re-draw them digitally and then animate them using Adobe After Effects.

Students learn to model in 3D using Sketchup by creating a simple house to rigid specifications, then personalizing them with textures and colors. They animate them by moving their model into Blender and controlling the light and camera.

After learning the process with their houses, students use their imaginations to create their own 3D model, animating them in Blender once again, with some of them adding a little extra with After Effects.

There are features in Blender that require extra processing power, and a few students were able to extend the lesson and take advantage of our graphics cards and add translucent, reflective and glowing features to their models