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>Hi,
>
>Any iMacs in the school?
>
>Our high school is using iMovie for claymation. It is simple, free, and
>works great!
>
>
>Randall Short
>
>Director of Technology
>Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
>2 Educational Drive
>Essex Junction, VT 05456
>P:802.879.5550
>F:802.879.8197
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>"Teach Different"

        My wife had her elementary sped kids make Wallace and Gromit clay models
on wire frames (armatures). These were then posed with iMove, grabbing a
still for each of 30 poses with the camera on a tripod and a blue cloth
for a background. Once the footage was "shot," I grabbed one frame of each
pose, shortening the length and exporting that to the camera. Next, I
transferred the digital tape I had edited with titles and sound to a VHS
tape and sent it off to school.
        Kids could have done all that; however her school doesn't have that
technology as yet. They loved the video they helped create and understood
why claymation took a lot of time. (their resulting movie ran about 12
seconds !!)
        If you want to see Wallace lose his finger feeding a biscut to Shawn and
Gromit, go to ftp://www.windsor.k12.vt.us/  to download the quicktime
movie.(our 2 Siberian Huskies made filiming the biscuit part a real
challenge !!) It's a 1 MB file.

Brad Edwards
Technology Coordinator, English Department, Windsor Schools
19 Ascutney Street
Windsor, VT 05089
802-674-6344 x336
http://www.windsor.k12.vt.us/WHS/staff/edwards/index.html
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