Instructional Technology

Animation		Animation Links for Ideas and Interactive Sites Animation Tutorials Assignment Requirements and Instructions Storyboards and Rubrics Checklist
Standards in Motion

Look at these links for technique and ideas.

Color In Motion
http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com

Making Fiends (Disclaimer: Some of the content is "odd". The reason I chose it is because the techniques Amy Winfrey uses are things we can do with the simple tools of Paint and PowerPoint. Turn down the sound, if you prefer, and watch how she creates her animation.)
http://www.makingfiends.com

Make Movies
http://www.makemovies.co.uk/

Lessons:
Lesson 1 - Shapes and movement
Lesson 2 - Full face to Profile
Lesson 3 - Emotions
Lesson 4 - Storyboard
Lesson 5 - PSA and examples

History of Animation:

Origins of American Animation
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
and
http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/animp/1592.mpg

12 Principles of animation
http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mountroyal/Hoffman/Animation/Reference/Twelve.html

Lessons in Animation:

Jovan Popovic
http://people.csail.mit.edu/jovan/home.html

Animators Unite - Podcasts
http://www.animatorsunite.com/

Animation for Kids
http://home.interlog.com/~pjenkins/animationforkids.html

Other Helpful Animation Links:

The Animation Guild
http://www.mpsc839.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html

Animation World Magazine
http://www.awn.com/interstitialAd.php