Clay Animation
This online video introduction for producing clay animation is a component of the online digital video resources of the Teaching with Technology Project at San Francisco State University, in the Instructional Technologies Department. Clay animation is an exciting way to have students tell a story with new digital video tools. Creating clay animation can be integrated into any curriculum.
Five Easy Steps
The sequence of steps for developing your clay animation project is detailed by the Clay Animation Home Page content pages. The video accessed above illustrates each step of the sequence:
- Develop an Idea
- Create the Characters
- Build the Background
- Shoot the Shots
- Make a Movie
 Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
The project will, over the course of one year, develop models and curricula for integrating technology into teacher education experiences at the pre-service level. The project seeks to address the technology gap in teacher training, both at the university level, and for teacher candidates in K-12 degree programs. The project is based at San Francisco State University, in the Instructional Technologies Department.
The project's mission is to guide the integration of technology into pre-service teacher education in order to produce teachers who:
- Are competent in classroom uses of technology.
- Can take on the roles of instructional designer, learning facilitator, and classroom manager.
- Use the computer and the vast educational resources of the Internet as a tool.
- Teach, using inquiry, authentic problems, primary source material, and situations.
- Create instruction in which technology is an integral component.
- Have students who are active learners, competent in use of technology and able to assume the roles of researcher, writer, and communicator.
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