33. 2 Animate

While this software is designed for younger students, it is a really cool piece of software for children to explore the theory and practice of animations. Every budding Peter Jackson in this world has to start somewhere.

 2 Animate comes in 2 levels, simple mode and advanced mode.
Simple mode has very basic tools and limits the animation to 4 slides. The later
introduces more tools and builds on the skills which have been scaffolded in
simple animations. I tend to jump straight into advanced mode, which does
require the students to do some thinking about the images they draw and how
they will be depicted in the movement. I also prefer the tools and features
available in this mode as they align closely with KidPix making the transition
from one application to another seamless.

 Advanced mode offers unlimited
slides, therefore really encouraging the student to think about small movements
in an animation.

The lasso and the ability to enlarge or shrink the drawings
also encourages thinking eg a growing hungry caterpillar.

Year 1 are quite familiar with the software. They have used
it for growing plants and creating hungry caterpillars in their IPC topic
growing things

How will I use this
in the classroom?

Recounts

     story retelling

Growing

     things

Changing

     lifestyles

Any

     thing to do with movement and motion

Speed

     and distance

The art

     of creating animations

Higher

     order thinking.

Improvements

Technological

     progress.