Project

// 15-10-09 // =  e-twinning project 2008-2009  =
 * = This Project is [|in the shortlist of the European e-twinnings Prizes 2010]

** November 2009 [|the Latvian partner] gets the National etwinning Award **

** December 2010 [|the Greek partner] gets the National etwinning Award ** ||~  ||

__ title: __ ** IT’S UP 2U **** : **

__ decription : __ Creative Clay Animations concerning the eco-issues we face today and the use of Web 2.0 __ Partners: __ Portugal, Greece, Austria, France,Latvia __ Language: __ English, Portuguese, Greek, Austrian, French, Latvian __Age:__ 4 to 6 years old

__Aims:__ Teachers encourage pupils to show up local and global eco-issues and using the ICT and Web 2.0 to make their suggestions by acting as well to produce a clay video animation about


 * __ Content: __** A character, a Penguin by clay, visits schools by the real post and pupils discuss with him about eco -issues.. These discussions concern our planet, our country, our region, our town. Class discussions show up a local or global issue and the pupils choose what they like to work on.. They make their characters by clay and they develop a short animated story about 30'' supporting by their teachers.


 * Greece-Austria-France-Portugal-Latvia free to choose the right time for them to make their own animation ..
 * the appropriate common software for the animation will be given to all the partners on time..
 * Each school will upload it's part on UTube adding the appropriate music .. as well on our Wikispace
 * All the stories will concern eco –issues


 * __ Suggested Work Process for making the Animation __**


 * Teachers and pupils be aware on the previous partners work..
 * An Eco-video on the Blog and the Penguin 'brings' new ideas in the class and teachers encourage pupils to say their own concerns about environmental issues..
 * We ask pupils to suggest ideas ..
 * As we choose the main concept of our story we separate it into sub-parts..
 * We make the Storyboard
 * Characters must be 'moved' very slowly..
 * The final movement must remind the real life (pupils have to think how the characters or anything else in our scene are moved in real life)
 * The camera must be still at the same point until we finish the whole shooting
 * It's recommended a tripod where our camera will be on ..

__ We create **a Blog** __ : ** [|eco4kids] ** There, all partners may pick up each month one from the suggested GREEN IDEAS* on our Blog, which fits better to their school curricula. Additional partners may post any school activity they develop and it concerns eco issues

** 9 GREEN IDEAS* **

1. ** PRECYCLING ** .. “Pre” means “before” and “precycling” means we can “preventing recycling” by taking a little action before… make reusable bags for the supermarket using. Cloth or paper is ok… 2. ** SAVE ENERGY… **turn off the lights when you aren’t in the room / Walk, ride a bike or take the bus instead of traveling by car to come at school./Shut off the water when you brush your teeth; 3. ** OBSERVE THE PHENOMENA .. ** make a Winter calendar, note the days with rain, the days with snow.. exchange this data with your partners and discuss about them at your school; 4. ** PLANT A TREE… ** choose a place at your school yard .. plant and care of a tree through all the year; 5. ** RECYCLE BOOKS .. **your partners would be happy if you could send them some of your books you don’t need anymore; 6. ** CHOOSE AN INDOOR PLANT.. **take a good care of it and show the others all its growing up phases; 7. ** REDUCE THE USE OF PAPER AT SCHOOL.. **let us know how? Make your own paper mache, creating a craft by this and send it to your partners by the real post; 8. ** SING A SONG ** about environment and using it to make a VOKI; 9. ** MAKE AN ECO-BROCHURE.. **or what else creatively you may think for your school for your town.. disseminate what you achieved this year;

How to make a video animation with ** Stop Motion pro **

STORYBOARD –let’s name a file **sea**, and suppose you want your storyboard to have ** 6 parts **- (sea1, sea2, sea3, sea4, sea5, sea6) (this will be your guide to make your shots ) 2./ ** Store all your camera shots (.jpg) into separated folders ** (sea1=150F, sea2=125F, sea3=125F, sea4=100F, sea5=175F, sea6=100) (remember: 25F for each second) (F= frames=photos) (pupils take photos –teacher moves slowly the characters) File/ new project >>give a name >>Capture settings/Still image capture(400X450) >>ok File/Import Individual files >>select all the files of sea1 >>ok >Import Resize/Resize all the files File/Make Movie >>ok >> Save us in a new folder where all your .avi will be (follow the same procedure for all your above Folders) (sea1/sea2/sea3/sea4/sea5/sea6) (so you have s1.avi s2.avi s3.avi s4.avi s5.avi s6.avi) File/ Import AVI file >>s1.avi File/ Import AVI file >>s2.avi File/ Import AVI file >>s3.avi File/ Import AVI file >>s4.avi File/ Import AVI file >>s5.avi File/ Import AVI file >>s6.avi File / Make Movie (check : Use audio format) >>Browse>>select your music in wav format>>ok>> Save us : that’s all !
 * 3./ Open STOP Motion Pro **
 * 4./ Final video **