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1st Grade Lima Bean Monsters

10/4/2017

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UPDATE: I packaged up the Veggie Monster Digital Collage Lesson here

I packaged up the entire lesson in this one multimedia ebook. Click to explore

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MAKE IT then MOVE IT: animated GIF

7/7/2017

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A long time ago I responded to Ian Sands on twitter asking for digital images of children's art that he could offer to his high school students to play with as they learn to animate. Some of his students selected my students "He Came with the Chair" paintings. The animations turned out SO adorable and inspiring-see example below or check them all out here. It has been one of my goals to figure out an elementary level lesson with a straightforward app that would give my students the experience of animating their own artwork in the same style. I think I might have figured it out. This technique isn't perfect, but, it will work.

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Creative Projects to turn Stem to STEAM

6/23/2014

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I have done a presentation called Creative Digital Projects that turn Stem to STEAM at three conferences over the past couple of years. These 45-50 minute presentations include a bizillion ideas in a media packed keynote file that I have trouble sharing online. However I did create a condensed version of the presentation for the AOE Online Conference last summer. The presentation has been behind a pay wall for one year and can finally come out for public consumption now. The following lessons are shared in the video below. Learn more from my links. Also, see Wes Fryer's review of my live presentation at the Illinois Computer Educator's Conference here.

Creative Digital Projects that put STEAM in STEM from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

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Making Memes

1/2/2014

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What better way to get a message out than to embed it into a visually interesting image? Social networks and media sources online are full of memes from others. Why not create your own? There are some easy iPad apps loaded with tools to help you.

Made in Retromatic App

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1st Grade Draws: APEX HS Animates

12/18/2013

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The high school artists of APEX High School in NC under the direction of their art teacher, Mr. Ian Sands, did a collaborative art project with our 1st graders.
Look at how they transformed these Lima Bean Monsters into super cool animations!

Maya's Drawing

Nikolas' Drawing

Veronica's Drawing

Erik's Drawing

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Download our Lima Bean Monster eBook

12/13/2013

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Lima Bean Monster Mobs

11/29/2013

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Sure, one lima bean monster is cute, but a massive mob of lima bean monsters is ADORABLE! I started playing with my first graders' images this week (see their individual lima bean monsters here) by assembling them into different designs. To be honest, it became a bit of an obsession. I was so engrossed in these monster mobs that I actually asked my family to pass the lima beans during thanksgiving dinner. Oops, I meant green bean casserole. I kept on designing until every first graders' lima bean was used in a mob. I uploaded the images to each student's portfolio as well. I hope you enjoy these cute little creatures and always remember to EAT YOUR VEGGIES.

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Digital Lima Bean Monsters

6/20/2013

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Doink iPad App

5seconds App

Here is a really easy drawn animation project for the iPad tied to literacy.

1. Draw and color a monster in Doink
2. Add a new frame
3. Trace and color the drawing with a slight change
4. Add a new frame and repeat
5. Start a new drawing for the background
6. Layer the monster over the background in the composition mode.
7. Draw a path (or not).
8. Export to camera role
9. Open the movie in 5s app and convert to GIF

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