Creating Educational Animations – A Workshop David Sher – Nassau Community College Elizabeth Sher – ASA Institute

Why Easier for students to identify – Dinosaur rather than 50 year old man – Lioness rather than 40 year old woman Special effects – Heads can explode – Mistakes could catch fire Anonymity for actors Can mix screenshots, live action Light tone Fun to make Hi! I’m Elle I’m Professor Dee

When During class Lab Homework On demand

I’m David Sher I’m Elizabeth Sher This is an Educational Animation What Stick Figures are easy Callouts for voice – Careful about showing sequencing Short Sequences (Fractions of a minute) – Dialogs – Lectures – Demos Use end of each sequence to make comic book version

How (Developing Presentation) Good clear script Good, clear visuals and storyline Story Board Good clear educational goals to the video animation. Dialogs can mirror actual classroom interaction.

How (Voice-Over) Solid voice and deep breath work. Use emphasis – Fundamental concepts – Emotions Synchronize Confident voice, grounded and trained body. Athletic training like running, yoga, martial arts or swimming.

How (PowerPoint or Equivalent) 5 slides per second (approx) 1 word per slide Speaker moves everything else still Word bubbles like a comic Sequence obvious from bubbles

How (Autoscreen recorder) Slideshow – Begining & end slides buffer – Also capture computer demos – Tablet can be useful Sound recorder accessory – Play segment while voiceover – Small segments – Musical accompaniment

How (Moviemaker) Can edit video sound Video can split Sound can crop Segments can be reused

Where Hard or network disk – In computer lab, library CD or DVD – Distribute, carry around Web – If space then put on web pages