[Yr7-10it] Powerpoint 2007 Story Book Animations

[mppascoe at tpg.com.au]

Hi Everyone and welcome to 2011. 
 
PowerPoint 2007 (as well as 2003) can be used to build great story book
animations. 
My Year 7 students make these as part of their ICT course and really enjoy
it.
 
You are welcome to view and use any of the resources on the following web
page. 
 
http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2011/01/powerpoint-2007-animations.html
 
These will show you how to make a basic PowerPoint animation. It also
showcases in some YouTube videos animations that my students have made.
 
As a lead up to this work, students are taught the basics of PowerPoint
effects, using material from a previous blog post at this link:
http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2010/08/powerpoint-special-effects.html 
 
Students also need to do some prerequisite work in GIMP, Photoshop, or
Fireworks so that they can obtain cartoon characters which do not have white
backgrounds on them, as well as crop images. 
Eg. Students learn how to obtain images from the web, and remove their
backgrounds and change the background to transparent by saving them as .PNG
or .GIF files.
 
Stories which students have made include the following: 
 
Disney Stories, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street and Elmo, Nursery Rhymes, 
Movies, James Bond, Comic Superheroes, Computer Games, Girls Going Shopping,

Teletubbies, Diego, Dora the Explorer, Simpsons, V8 Supercar Race, Nintendo
Mario, 
Japanese Anime, Barbie, Monsters Inc, Bananas in Pyjamas, Pacman Game, 
Alvin and the Chipmonks, Harry Potter, Toy Story, Lilo and Stitch, Pokemon,
Yugio, Sonic, 
Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Stick Figures, Random Clip Art
Stories, and so on. 
 
The possibilities are only limited by their imaginations. 
 
I also have the students each present their finished story to the class. 
 
If you are looking for a 2 to 3 week Animation Project for Year 7 or even
Year 8 students, then this could be just what you need. 
 
Enjoy, 
Paul Pascoe 
ICT / Mathematics Teacher 
St Francis Xavier College Berwick. 
http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/