Recognizing Provincial Funding for Our ArtsSmarts Project!

Funding for this project has been made possible by the following funding partners' support:  The Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, SaskCulture Inc. and ArtsSmarts/GenieArts (with support from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation and program partners).

Locally, we have received additional funding support from:

• Our Fine Arts Club Valentine's Gift Set Fundraising Event (with Cupid and the Kiss-ing Bandit)
• Financial support for this project from our School Community Council and 
• Financial support from the Kelliher Recreation Board. 

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN EDUCATION!

More Research: Flip Book Animation

Here's a cool website where you can learn more about flip book animation:

http://www.benettonplay.com/toybox.php

Here are some examples of flip book exercises:

Project Research Links!

Ms. Kovalench sent Ms. Deck and the grade 7/8's the following stop-motion animation examples to look at as part of our project research:

Breakdance Claymation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn-Ztku1Tzw&feature=related

Claymation With After Effects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrogVTsc7Y&feature=related

Stop Motion Animation Created With People:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5aZ8LiWFs

Stop Motion Made With Some Inanimate Objects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMFod_Qnhg&feature=related

Post It Stop Motion Animation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pm-TXUCrrE&feature=related

More Post It Stop Motion Animation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZTL0EKrKRM&NR=1

Research Questions and Avatar Creation

The students and Ms. Deck started their 'Identity and Location' research for the project today.  Everyone is very excited to welcome Tracy to the school and to start working with her on the project.  Ms. Deck is laying down some foundational information before she gets here, so that the students can get right to work with her.  YAY! 

To begin, students were given two 'artist's research questions' on two separate pieces of paper.  The questions asked:

Page 1.  What do we know about (y)our IDENTITY (past, present, future)?

Page 2.  What do we know about (y)our LOCATION (past, present, future)?

I asked the students to keep those pieces of paper with them during the school day. 

As they go about their activities, and they encounter information linked to either IDENTITY or LOCATION, they are to record it on the sheet as part our our collective brainstorming.  We will be sharing our individual research in the coming classes.

Students were then then shown our project blog and asked to bookmark this URL to their 'Favorites.'  Each student was invited to become a blog "Follower."

Next, Ms. Deck showed the students a variety of ways to make avatars.  The avatars, Ms. Deck explained, could be used to represent their IDENTITY and LOCATION on the web.

Hilarity ensued!  Here's Ms. Deck's South Park Avatar (above). 

If you know of a good website for creating an avatar, please email Ms. Deck or write to this blog!

:)

In the Ituna News Monday, January 31, 2011

 

From Volume 40 of the Ituna News Monday, January 31, 2011