Stop motion with very young ones

I just thought that I would add this youtube link here, into my post. It's a stop motion piece that took place last year. it consisted of four two hour Saturday workshops. Its not great but the kids loved it. They even added their own sounds, which we did on garage band an apple program. It's good to work with all age groups.
You would glad to hear that most young students with access to technology can pick things up very fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYcqcvk-rA&feature=youtube_gdata

My IMP i Learn Blog Post: Digital Visual Culture: Theory and Practice.

I am enrolled on the University Of Plymouth i learn module, which is part of my Masters of Art Education. I will using this blog to connect work and ideas relating to technology based teaching.


I have a keen interest in film and animation as I was involved, as an undergraduate, in making films which have won prizes as the London Raindance Festival and at the French Animation Festival.  Consequently, I am fully conversant with storyboarding and all industry-led computer programmes. 

I have organised and taken pupils to a local artist working on Human Rights issues, which  I linked to work in school. In the past I have done some documentary film work with artists. I currently teach workshops in film and animation, but I am connected with the nsead in delivering workshops on human rights issues this year.

I am interested in introducing these skills into schools.  I hope to use all these workshops including the Holocaust Education Trust and The Human Rights Commission to survey and gather information on my teaching development in digital arts. As a practicing digital artist would I be in a better position to teach new technologies alongside traditional teaching methods?
I hope to research into the relationship between theory and practice across digital media and technology in the visual arts and investigating the challenges, making an argument for the use of technologies in the classroom and analyse the data from question to test this theory. My previous work has looked at:

A critical reflection on practice. 

Critically review body of knowledge.

Do you think that its time we change our teaching styles?

This Blog will collect and reflect on:

Making an argument.

Analyse the data.