STOP...motion.
Want a free app? If you are an iPad or iPhone user this app, Stop Motion Studio is free this week! It is really easy to use and makes stop motion video a breeze to create. Not to sound too much like an advertisement for this one app, I'll mention that there are many other apps available on iTunes and Google chrome that work well to create stop motion video.
Stop motion video is something I have always wanted to try, but never learned about in school. With the proliferation of technology in schools today making stop motion video is easier, but I don't think many teachers really consider it, or think it would be too difficult. Storing and organizing digital photos makes the job much easier than it was in the days of film canisters.
We should be promoting the use of technology in all areas of the curriculum, here is a PLO that would support this type of activity: B3 analyse and use a variety of materials, technologies, and processes to create images.
Oh, thanks so much!!! When I was a kid I loved National Film Board and other productions that used stop motion. I wanted to try it, too, but there was no way I could afford the expensive equipment required. This is technology that is certainly worth exploring. Wouldn't it be fun to create a unit on stop motion? I would start it with a bit of the innovative history of the National Film Board - many of their early films (now videos) were made with creative techniques because they didn't have money for the usual ways.
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