Recently, I had a tweet from a colleague of mine to share some student examples of the Stop Motion Animation videos we have made in my technology class. The eighth graders create this project with a partner and have to follow a general guideline. We are very lucky to have access to an iPad cart that we used to create these videos. We used the iStopMotion app. It is SO much easier and faster to use than taking a million pictures, uploading them, and arranging them into iMovie. This app seriously saved a week of work for my students (I was able to create another project to do in a week because of this app). I only get to see each 8th grade group for something like thirty days, so every day is valued!
When explaining the project to my students I try not to create a daunting list of things students can and can not do just because I feel it can restrict creativity. I like to see them get funky, silly, and creative while following a general guideline.
Below are links to the documents I share with my students and two student examples of excellent stop motion videos. You may be wondering why I don't have the instructions and the rubric on the same document. This is to prevent my students from altering the rubric. You'll see that in the instructions document is where students update me on a daily basis to let me know where they are filming in case I need to find them. Enjoy!
Still Motion Movie Instructions
Still Motion Movie Rubric
Still Motion Movie Student Example by Chris and Elijah
Still Motion Movie Student Example by Amanda and Nora
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