I challenged myself this year in completing stop motion animation projects with all of my computer skills. I started with the 3rd grade so that I had an ideal expectation of what students could complete. Third grade had to do a short video with StikBots that had something to do with reading. 4th grade needed to animate their letters. 5th grade had to tell a story of some sort. Prep Work For myself I needed to develop a way to roll this out to students who may not be aware of what Stop Motion was. I created this presentation . The video was a little older, but had a good grasp on the basics. For the students, I broke it down into different days. I know from previous tries in photography that if I give them the tool right away they will forget about the process. The planning process is important. First they needed to come up with a story board and plan what was going to happen. Production The students picked up on the Stop Motion Animator Chrome App very quickly. The most di...
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Do you use Google Docs with your class to have them collaborate on a project, story, etc.? Ever wonder who did all of the work, sure we can click on Revision History, but that can take some time. Well, this new Add-On might be of interest to you. So, I saw this posted in my Google+ Google Apps for Education Community. (Fantastic Community, have you heard how great Google+ can be for PLNs?) It is called Revision History Analytic s and I think that it has the possibility to change your life. When it works (I have had glitches running it in Sheets and Presentations) it will give you a wealth of information. Who made the most changes? Who contributed the most? It gives you this data in a sidebar! By clicking on Total Words (at the bottom of the sidebar) you can see what an individual did. In my opinion, this is one tool that could make using Google Docs in the classroom just that much better!