“A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right – that’s something you can’t rush.”
​                                                     – Jennifer Yuh Nelson

    “Believe in your character. ...― Glen Keane
Guiding Questions:
  • How to acquire quality images?
  • How do I create motion with keyframes?
  • What do I want to create and why?
Sample Competencies:
  • Personal Qualities: foster positive community relations in school, and other contexts.
  • Social Responsibilities: explore the psychology of human behavior.
  • Communication: gather accurate and relevant resources from varied media.
  • Design Process: make observations, collect, analyze and present data.
  • Design Application: create and interpret visual displays of quantitative information such as bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and tables.

Projected Time Line .    Red indicates due dates
Day 1 .    Introduction & overview: resources and compositions
Day 2.     Creating png files; Key framing motion: position & rotation
                Show progress on computer
Day 3.      Key framing: visibility and size and intro of puppet tool
Day 4.     Project defined plus initial research started.   Learning Plan includes: (Your guiding question--what you are trying to  discover,  what competencies you will be mastering, resources that  can help you, resources you might need, help you may require.) 
Day 5.     Register Project description with John
Day 6      Independent work time
Day 7 .    Independent work time
Day 8 .   Independent work time
Day 9     Independent Work Time 
Day 10    Exhibition Prep/Schedule
Day 11 .   Exhibition Day 1
​Day 12    Exhibition Day 2/Reflection
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Portfolio Presentation Schedule

  •  Practice Presentations
  •  Exhibition Day 1
  •  Exhibition Day 2
  • ​ Reflection/wrap up
Presentation Guidelines
  • Intro Slide
  • Learning Journey slides (2-5)
  • Conclusion Slide