Clay+Animation

 Presenter: Joshua Edwards Art Teacher Rockland Woods Elementary School **__ Description: __** This presentation will demonstrate how teachers can utilize clay animation to bring their subject matter literally to life. We will focus on how to work within a given topic to express information via animation. Participants will get a hands on look at how to create their own clay animation from start to finish. This a two hour session. One hour would be dedicated to introducing the idea or concepts of clay animation and brainstorming. The second hour would be utilized to create the ‘set’ and figures, photograph the movie and edit the images into the computer to create the movie.

 **__Maryland__** **__Technology Standards:__** [|Standard I: Technology Information Access, Evaluation, Processing and Application] [|Standard II: Communication] [|Standard V: Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction]
 * What: ** Participants will learn how to create a clay animation movie.
 * Why:** To learn how to animate a given subject matter or topic.
 * How:** Participants will work collaboratively with clay, digital cameras, set designs, a computer and their imaginations to create a finalized clay animation movie.