ClayMation-+IStopMotion

** CLAY-MATION **
 * iSTOPMOTION **
 * Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education **
 * Significant Concept: Students should understand the positive and negative consequences of an action and should be able to use iStop and Garageband for projects in all subject areas. **
 * Unit Question: How do my choices impact my life? **


 * REQUIREMENTS: **


 * 1) ** Take the Claymation Test on Skyward before you begin. **
 * 2) ** Create a new page on your wiki and name it "iStopMotion". **
 * 3) ** Create a one-minute video using your own clay models, iStopMotion, and iMovie. **
 * 4) ** Your movie needs to answer the question, "How do my choices impact my life". You need to show the positive and negative consequence of a choice. **
 * 5) ** Add real information about you from the questions you answer in the Investigate section. **
 * 6) ** Use iStopMotion to create your video. **
 * 7) ** Use the Design Cycle to create your claymation. **
 * 8) ** Create the background and/or backdrop for your movie. **
 * 9) ** Once the movie is created export it to iMovie. **
 * 10) ** Add your own GarageBand or iMovie song/sound effects to your movie. **
 * 11) ** You must have a title at the beginning and end of your movie. Titles do not count as part of your one minute. **
 * 12) ** Optional - Create a DVD of your movie. **
 * 13) ** Upload your movie onto your wikispace. **

**The Design cycle can be used everywhere in every imaginable profession because it helps one come up with amazing and durable products. It applies to the real world because it can help us in coming up with a better result and solution. For example, engineers probably use the Design Cycle everyday because they need to create robust bridges that can withstand all the weight of people and automobiles. Next, surgeons and doctors frequently use the Design Cycle because when they perform surgery, they truly need to investigate and plan for them because of their decisions depend on if they will save someone's life or not.** **I have changed since I left elementary school because my attitude and determination to have good grades has changed. In elementary, my parents were always a support I had, and they assisted many subjects. Now I feel I can autonomously study and understand the concept without much help from parents. I feel I have been a bit more influenced my my peers, but it's just minor.** **It is important to take care of myself because it will forecast my future and how I will live. Physically, it's important to take care of myself because it will help me stay healthy and not become exhausted so quickly which will eventually lead to me living longer. Emotionally, it is important to take care of myself because the reduction of stress and depression can increase my willpower and self esteem which can lead to me making better decisions in life; this can also lead to the benefit of others because if I'm happy, other people will be happy! :D** **It is important to our country that I take care of myself because even if one person spends even 10 minutes of their day taking care of them self, it can impact our country because everyone counts toward the benefit our country. If one person (me) starts taking care of them self, it will lead to a whole group of people caring for themselves (my amigos! Arrriba!!), and perhaps our entire union.** **My choices definitely impact my life because they determine how successful I will become in the future. Making good choices will be my best bet because they will help in keeping distant from the poverty cycle which will also shape the kind of human being I am and will be.** **My choices can change the lives of others because let's say I choose to do drugs and smoke at the age of 13. This will affect my friends because they may perhaps get into the pressure and start doing them as well. However, if I had decided to not do drugs and smoke, I would be leading myself and my friends to a much better track than I may have been if I was doing them.** **My choices can negatively change my life because they can have a huge effect on how my college and career will turn out. For example, if I had kids during high school, it would have a negative effect on my academic life which could prohibit me from even going to college. On the other hand, my choices can also have a positive effect because when I do something good that is for my well being, I will have positive results. Not only does this apply to academic life, but also family and social as well.**
 * INVESTIGATE: **
 * 1. Take the test on [|Skyward] **.
 * 2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? **
 * 3. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * -How have I changed since I left elementary school? (Please list the good and bad. But not too bad, because that would be WAY too much information to share with your teacher!) **
 * -Why is it important to take care of myself? **
 * -Why is it important to our country that you take care of yourself? **
 * -How do my choices impact my life? **
 * -How can my choices change the lives of others positively and negatively? **
 * -How can my choices change my life positively and negatively? **

PLAN: 4. Brainstorm ideas - Here is the chart: [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] 5. Select one of your ideas and justify your choice: **We chose the idea where a space hamster meets an alien. The alien offers him a taco that will benefit him in his future endeavors (college, healthy lifestyle, and raising family) or a cigarette symbolizing all of the negatives in life (addictions, drugs, jail, high school drop out).** 6. Does your idea meet all of the requirements in the Design Brief? **Yes, our idea sufficiently meets all of the prerequisites.** 7. Does your idea answer all the questions in the Design Brief? **Yes, our idea answers all of the questions in the Design Brief, because we display our understanding how the choices we make in life leave a long-lasting effect on everyone through our story with Space Hamster.** 8. Use the story board paper to plan your clay-mation. Here is the storyboard: 9. Explain how you and your group will use your time to get your project finished in 10 days:
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://bradfieldtechnology.wikispaces.com/file/view/story+board.pdf"]] [|story board.pdf] **


 * ** Day 1: ** **Fill out the "Investigate" Steps and start Brainstorming Chart.**
 * ** Day 2: ** **Finish Brainstorming Chart and story board**
 * ** Day 3: Start making little figurines **
 * ** Day 4: Finish making figurines and make background **
 * ** Day 5: Finish background **
 * ** Day 6: Film Clay Mation **
 * ** Day 7: Film Clay Mation **
 * ** Day 8: Finish Clay Mation **
 * ** Day 9: Edit and add movie to wikispace **
 * ** Day 10: (May 25): Movie needs to be on your wiki and all the question on your wikispace answered. **


 * CREATE: **
 * ** Use the computer, software, clay and other materials appropriately. **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **

**Indeed. We made sure it does so we could get an amazing grade.** **We shared our movie with Isaac and Hari and they both liked it quite a bit. I myself communicated more with Hari to try to get his opinion about it. Hari liked the construction of our clay figurines (especially the ninja hamster and the taco). Also, he appreciated the fact that we had the perfect amount of items in it to give a clear message which is beneficial to society. All in all, he liked it which made us happy because I was a bit upset with the results since it was choppy.** **Yes, we were indeed. I'm pretty sure you would have seen since you were watching us the entire time and listening to our gossip. Hahahahaha, but it's fun talking to you Bradfield, you rock. So yeah, we were responsible with every thing.**
 * EVALUATE: **
 * 10. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: **
 * **Why did you change your plan? We had to change some things concerning the outcome of his decision. We decided to change the outcome of what happens to the space monster when he takes the cigarette of death to him just dying. Overall, we just changed the consequences and rewards taking the two items. Also, in our plan we at first decided to create a garage band song, but instead we ended up just using sounds on I-movie.**
 * **Why did you change your story board? We only made some minor adjustments twisting the outcomes a little but, but we didn't have enough time to show all the things we needed to, so we had to remove some. Fortunately, we didn't change the storyboard to much, so the message still had the same effect on our audience as it was supposed to be.**
 * 11. How could you improve your movie? **
 * We can improve it overall by making it a bit more organized and less choppy. Frankly, I myself felt that we could have done a better job on moving the clay figurines in a small distance, so the movie would flow better. Also, I think we should have shown more consequences of smoking because there are more than just having bad health such as problems with peers and perhaps having financial issues. **
 * 12. Does your movie meet all of the requirements? **
 * 13. Share your movie with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your movie? **
 * 14. Give yourself a grade for each step of the Design Cycle: (1 - 6) **
 * ** Investigate: 6 **
 * ** Plan: 6 **
 * ** Create: 5.9 **
 * ** Evaluate: 6 **
 * 15. Were you responsible in using the software, computer, clay, and other materials? **
 * 16. How do my choices impact my life? **
 * We often don’t think about it, but the choices we make today impact how life turns out tomorrow, next week, next month, next year and 5-10 years down the road. What we eat today will determine our health next year. The education we get today will impact the career we might have in 5 years. The books I read this year to better myself and grow in my profession will impact how high the ceiling is for me and what I can become. **
 * 17. What did you like the least about iStopMotion? **
 * One thing I didn't like about iStopMotion is it makes the movie quite choppy and every little move we make, it seems as if we have moved a lot on iStopMotion. Another thing that annoyed me was setting the entire project up the next day in the exact same place we had to left off. I think one thing that could be added to this program is a way to tell exactly where we have left off. There should be a laser that shoots off the desktop and points to where we left off. **
 * 18. Did you create a quality movie? **
 * Yes, we did. **
 * 19. How does iStopMotion apply to the real world? **
 * As a group we have decided that this software shows how little instants in life can change the big picture. I think this type of system was used in the old days when video cameras weren't invented. **
 * 20. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) **
 * I think we deserve a 6 because... **
 * ** We met all the requirements **
 * ** Our message is very beneficial to society **
 * ** We used all aspects of the software **
 * ** It was just an awesome project **
 * ** The movie was high quality **
 * ** We went above the time for the movie **


 * ATTITUDE: **
 * 21. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?. Explain your answer: **
 * Yes, we had some issues with one another, but they worked out. We didn't whine about answering the questions, and if anything, we actually enjoyed it. **
 * 22. Did you complete iStopMotion without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?: **
 * Yes, we did. I myself was looking forward to doing this project all semester, so I had a blast! **
 * 23. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) **
 * 5.8 because I was a little anxious about wanting to be a part of everything, and I accused my group members of being racist and hating me..hahahaha, but later on, we all had a great attitude. **


 * How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: **
 * 1) ** Follow the Design Cycle: +50 **
 * 2) ** Creativity: +20 **
 * 3) ** Quality: +20 **
 * 4) ** Creating a plan and following it: +15 **
 * 5) ** Creating a storyboard and following it: +15 **
 * 6) ** Sound: +20 **
 * 7) ** Titles: +10 **
 * 8) ** TOTAL = 150 POINTS **

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