Animation

ANIMATION TECH 2 

Area of Interaction: Environments Significant Concept: Design Cycle Skills, Basic animation skills, Systems Unit Question: How can virtual environments represent real environments?

Requirements:
 * Take the test on Skyward
 * Copy and paste this page to your wiki. Name you new page "Animation Environment"
 * Spend three days investigating [|GoAnimate] (online), Stykz (computer), [|Dvolver] (online), Blender (download it), PHUN (computer), and Anime Studio.
 * Choose any of the above sites to create a two minutes of animation. You can choose one or any combo of sites to get two minutes.
 * Use animation to create a real story about your environment.
 * You will receive an academic grade. See the rubric at the bottom of the page
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">You will receive a MYP grade for Investigate and Attitude.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">I do not want your animation to be gross, demented, or violent. If your animation is gross, demented, or violent it will makes me sad, which will make your grade sad.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">You have 10 days to complete this assignment.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Take the Test on [|Skyward]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">The MYP Rubric is in <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">orange <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">, and your questions are in <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">blue <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Did you describe and understand the requirements and how you will be graded? === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">5/6 - I described and understood all of the details of project requirements and how the project will be evaluated or graded. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">3/4 - I described and understood most of the details of project requirements and how the project will be evaluated or graded. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">1/2 - I listed and understood some specifications. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">0 - I did not describe or understand the project requirements or how the project will be graded. === === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">1. What are the requirements for this assignment? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I need to create two minutes of animation to create a real story about my environment without being gross, demented or violent. === === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">2. Do you understand how you will be graded? Explain: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Yes. I will receive an academic grade based on the quality of my video and MYP grades based on Investigate and Attitude. === === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">3. What MYP grade do you deserve for this section? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I deserve a 6. ===

=== <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Did you investigate the problem, evaluate the information and make sure the information was from appropriate sources? === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">5/6 - I investigated the problem, evaluated information from a variety of appropriate, recognized sources. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">3/4 - I investigated the problem, selected and analyzed information from some acknowledged sources. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">1/2 - I investigated the problem, and collected information from sources. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">0 - I did not investigate the problem or collect information. === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">4. What is the problem that needs to be solved for this assignment? I need to create a 2 minute video with an animation program.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5. Spend three days investigating all of the above sites. What did you learn about each of the sites: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">STYKZ: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I liked it, but I think that it couldn't show emotion very well. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">GoAnimate: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">This one is great, there's a ton you can do with it. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Dvolver: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">This one is really hard. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Blender: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">This one is also complicated. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">PHUN:<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> I didn't really like this one, I don't think I like the style. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Anime Studio: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I don't really like Anime that much, so this isn't my kind of thing.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6. How did you decide which platform(s) you were going to use? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I chose Goanimate because it was pretty easy and really diverse. === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">7. What MYP grade do you deserve for this section? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I deserve a 5. ===

=== <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Do you understand the problem and its importance to your life? === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">5/6 - I completely explained the problem and considered its importance to my life. === === <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">3/4 - I mostly described the problem and considered its importance to my life. ===

<span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">1/2 - I only stated the problem.
=== <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">0 - I did not state the problem or consider its importance to my life. ===

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. Do you ever use or see animation in your life? Explain. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I always see animation when I watch cartoons or movies. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">9. How can animation be used to tell a real story? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Animation uses technology to make visuals that can easily tell a story. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. Explain how animation environments can be positive and negative in your life: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Animation can be easily used for entertainment, but easily distracts me from homework and school. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">11. How can virtual environments represent real environments? (Write a complete paragraph!) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Animation is used all the time. It is used in movies and TV shows, commercials, and pretty much any other form of visual technology. It can represent any environment, from inside school to at home to other planets. It is useful for representing things that are hard to represent in real life. Entertainment depends on animation. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">12. What MYP grade do you deserve for this section? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I deserve a 5.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">PLAN: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">13. What are your ideas for your animation? (Brainstorm - list all your ideas) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">1. Tell a story about Mr. Saunders in math class <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">2. Tell the story about me becoming a brony. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">3. Tell a story about me and my grandpa. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">14. What idea(s) did you choose for your animation and why did you choose it? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">I chose my second idea because I like the story a lot and it wouldn't be too hard to tell. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">15. Does your idea meet all the requirements? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Yes, it does. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">16. You have 5 days to work on your animation. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Okay.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Attitude: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">The MYP Rubric is in <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">orange <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">, and your question is in <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">blue <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Personal Engagement - Motivation, independence, general positive attitude. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Attitudes - Towards safety, cooperation and respect for others.

<span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Did you display a satisfactory standard in both of the aspects listed above. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5/6 - I consistently displayed a satisfactory standard in both of the aspects listed above. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3/4 - I frequently displayed a satisfactory standard in both of the aspects listed above. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1/2 - I occasionally displayed a satisfactory standard in one of the aspects listed above. <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">0 - I did not display satisfactory standards in either of the aspects listed above. === <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">17. What MYP grade do you deserve for your attitude? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I deserve a 6. ===

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">This is How You Will Receive an Academic Grade: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Investigate: +50 (wiki and all of the sites) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Plan: +10 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Attitude: +25 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Create two minutes of animation: +20 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Your animation is a real story about you: +20 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Create a quality story that is not gross: +25

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