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This was entertaining and informative for the two of us. In fact, as soon as you start up the app it will bring you through a tutorial on the program using a claymation stop motion movie. The interface for the program is very easy to follow. In terms of work process we initially played with the iPad and apps to figure out how exactly to operate the iStopMotion program. I cannot recommend this enough as the easel setup for the iPad allowed y little camera operator to focus only on pushing the snapshot button.

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We also used the OtterBox Reflex Series Case. iStopMotion worked very well for our purposes…and was relatively inexpensive ($9.99…it was on sale for $.99 last week). We used the 3rd generation iPad and the iStopMotion and iMovie apps. We also had a folded up scrap of paper from a straw to help “pin” the wheels back and stop them from rolling in some of the action shots. We used the bigger Monster Jam trucks because they would be easier to manipulate on his play table.

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As soon as the weekend was over we pulled out all of his monster trucks, and the iPad…and got to work. The materials we used for our movie included about 8 monster trucks and about six Hot Wheels cars. Jax just celebrated his 3rd birthday party last weekend, so this make was delayed a bit. One of the first real “movies” we put together…and a personal favorite of his is Action Jackson. I’ve put together a couple of other movies with Jax, so video editing and production is nothing new to him. We (I) decided on putting together a stop motion movie on monster trucks. Sadly, since all of my Star Wars toys were thrown out years ago…I decided to put something together with my son. First I wrapped up a great experience in the Mozilla #teachtheweb MOOC…and now were right in the middle of the Making Learning Connected MOOC. As part of Make Cycle 2 for the Connected Learning MOOC, we were tasked with digging into our toy chest and putting together a make with an old favorite from a bygone era. I’m continuing on with my work during my #makesummer. After some initial experience in video construction.and with the proper scaffolds (using storyboards), I would recommend adding this to your classroom. TL DR version: Stop motion video production is a fun way to play with, make, and share online content.

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