Web Based Multimedia/Animation

The topic of this weeks blog is web based multimedia/animation. I found the topic very interesting and enjoyed reading about it. Animation is a graphical, artistic way of expression and it allows you to really use your imagination. The atricle talks about the advantages of animation in the classroom and about different techniques of animation. The article talks about how children these days spend most of their time in the company of moving pictures, whether it be the television or the computer, it is their main source of information and entertainment. The article states that pictures aren't only a form of entertainment anymore, they have become an international language. Animation includes students who are academically weak because it gives them an alternative way to see and express things. Some examples of animation techniques are; cut out, puppet animation, 2D, flash, and 3D.
Animation could be of great use to both educators and learners in that it gives educators a new method of teaching that is fun for their students and gets them involved, also, for the students it gets them interested and excited. It is a way for students to show their creativity and enjoy learning. Also, as I said before, animation even includes students who are academically weak because it gives them an alternative way to see and express things.
I am very interested in this topic and will definatly research it further in interest of using it in my own teaching career someday. I feel that it is a great tool for the classroom and a way to get all of the students involved even the ones who may be less academically advanced than others. The article was very informative however I would like to do further research on the techniques and the process of animation.

Link to article: http://www.animwork.dk/documents/Leonardo-teaching_with_animation.pdf