Dear Instructors

Post date: Jan 6, 2015 9:11:13 PM

Hello Instructors,

I want to begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I hope all is well and you enjoyed the holiday season. I also want to remind eveyone about upcoming projects and events for the remander of this session of Computer Club. There are several weeks left until the end of session one. These remaining weeks should be spent with students working on the project module, Moving Making with Hue Animation Studio. This project will culminate the end of this session of Computer Club. By January 19th you should receive a supplies kit for making Claymation animated movies and videos with your class. If you need additional supplies please submit a request in writing to your PAL Center Director that may be forwarded to me.

The Supplies Kit includes:

• Movie Making with Hue Animation Studio Lesson Plan

• Hue Animation Studio Kit

• Making Claymation in the Classroom Resource Guide

• Poster Board

• Modeling Clay

• Jumbo Stems

• Wiggle Eyes

• Markers

This should be a fun project for all. Clay animation is an amazing art form. With his project students will work in groups of 2-4. They will plan a simple story and create a storyboard of their story. They will create characters out of clay, and then create a video of their story using a web-cam from Hue Animation Studio kit and the computer.

I will schedule visits to centers to introduce the software and be available to answer any questions about this lesson. If you want to learn more about this project, visit the computer club web page and click on the upcoming projects link.