The Studio Choice Challenge with Resources
2-D to 3-D Toy Story @NAEA 2015
In this Multi-grade collaborative project, students engage in 21st century skills by creating a toy prototype from concept to creation to packaging. Options for 3-D printer or Clay.
School Arts Published!
Animation TAB Chat Links
I collected some of the great links from the 2/22/15 #TABChat on animation and film making. http://www.makayama.com/moviemount.html http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ http://mypaperheroes.blogspot.com/ http://www.animationchefs.com/ http://checkthis.com/307w Other movie and animation posts here on Artechtivity http://www.artechtivity.com/door-movie-teacher-resources/ http://www.artechtivity.com/claymation-2006/ Student Examples: Clay example middle school http://bit.ly/rfSPKD Paper example…
Toy Shop Day
As a culminating event for the toy production unit we had a toy shop day with students peer reviewing in “Amazon Review” style. The day before I collected all the finished toys. Only about 60% of the kids are done…
Packaging for the Toys
Part of the Toy Production unit was making packages that would “sell” the toy. To prepare for this, I bought some toys in the type of packages I wanted my students to mimic. We spent a period examining the toys, listing…