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Try Your Best Growth Mindset Fugleflick

2/14/2018

Fifth Grade Fugleflick Filmmakers spent 2 months creating a story to an original song to encourage everyone to shift their thinking from can't to can. Change that little voice in your head from fixed thinking to a growth mindset and TRY YOUR BEST!

Try Your Best (full version) from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Special FXs Explained:

This movie is full of special effects made with drawn animation and/or green screen. Students used relative size to become the small voice in your head saying positive things to encourage you to TRY YOUR BEST. Here are some of the FX students used.

This little sprite popped onto the TV screen to encourage a student making art. He first had to be layered onto a screenshot of an iPad. Then the artist had to be filmed looking at a TV with the color green on it's screen. The two were layered in the GS app by Do Ink.

Some of the effects students used in this movie have been done before in previous Fugleflicks or projects. The thought bubble trick is explained in this post.

This effect is a straight forward use of relative size to make the sprites look very small. See this post about relative size for a tutorial and more ideas for using this trick.

I'm so excited to see the silhouette special FX in this Fugleflick. This idea has its own post explaining how we found this trick on accident and some of the amazing ideas you can use it for.

For one scene, a student is drawing and gets frustrated. She slams down her marker and gives up. As the art heads to the garbage can, the portrait on it speaks out to its artist begging for her to not give up. This special FX was create after a series of steps as show in the video. The animation was created through rotoscope. See this post to learn more.

This effect where a student spins into a painting with a quick size change was so amazing that it received it's own blog post here.

To make these little sprites fly, we had them pose in the last moment of their video. Then we used a still image of the last frame of the video and made them fly using the keynote app. To enhance the magic, we used a pixie title effect without words (just typed a space) to create a trail of sprite dust as they fly off the screen.

Want to learn the song?

#GSVFF Entry

Students wanted to tell the story of a fixed mindset changing to a growth mindset with the encouragement of positive little voices to combat the negative little voices you hear in your own head. Many students need this message so the filmmakers tried to get in their shoes (and heads) to help others Try their Best.

Since this video fits the theme "In Another's Shoes" we trimmed it down to 2 minutes so it could qualify for the first annual Global Student Voice Film Festival. To take a 3 min 40 sec song down to 2 minutes wasn't easy. The best way was to trim each chorus and remove the bridge. We were allowed another 1 minute of credits. I think it still tells the story just as well though some awesome scenes were removed in this version.

Try Your Best (2 min version) from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Public Screenings of Try Your Best

Try Your Best has been selected for a public screening in the Screen Test Jr Film Festival in Schaumburg on Saturday, April 21st alongside films from Arizona, Texas, Sweden, and Canada. Those who could not attend will skype in to talk about their films.

Photo of screening from last year's Fugleflick, Don't Crush My Dreams

Thursday, May 3, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm the Arlington Heights Memorial Library will kick off the School District 25 month-long art show with an arts reception. The evening will feature more than 300 works of art from students at District 25 schools, kindergarten through eighth grade, and live music from the South Middle School Jazz Ensemble. Refreshments will be served. There will be a continuous screening of TRY YOUR BEST in the technology room off the Marketplace area.

ScreenTest Jr.

Our Fugleflick Filmmakers' movie, Try Your Best was accepted into the 2018 Screen Test Film Fest Jr. Of the 5 movies screening, ours was the only one local. The other films were from Texas, Arizona, Canada, and Sweden. The hand drawn animation from an 8th grader in Arizona won best of show. See the list of films here.

Just returned from watching #TryYourBest on the big screen at @screen_test Where my #fugleflick filmmakers were celebrated for their amazing #growthmindset movie
Watch it here: https://t.co/zXcrf60bu1 #drydenrocks #d25itspersonal #STEAM #studentvoice #edtech @DoInkTweets pic.twitter.com/n46a6oznta
— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) April 21, 2018

Loved how @screen_test had students discuss their movie-making process with the audience. Here are the #fugleflick filmmakers talking about loving #greenscreen FXs for storytelling: #greenscreenbookslowchat #STEAM #edtech #drydenrocks #tlap @doinktweets https://t.co/zXcrf60bu1 pic.twitter.com/2U2AcoBKw7
— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) April 21, 2018

They also had a chance to explain the role that our storyboard played in making the #fugleflick #TryYourBest #drydenrocks #STEAM pic.twitter.com/DMn6EFOLEh
— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) April 21, 2018

Love that they remembered to mention the audience they created the story for...All the students who need encouragement--> This is for you #TryYourBest https://t.co/zXcrf60bu1 pic.twitter.com/f9lrCiRc6X
— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) April 21, 2018

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IAEA17 Conference Reflections

12/3/2017

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My Presentations:

iPad Animation iDeas that Teach Concepts Dynamically

See this blog post dedicated to this presentation including a thinglink (also below) with links to each project featured. Use this link to view all STEAM art lessons.

Owning the Learning with Fugleflicks
Find all the movies featured in this presentation on my Fugleflicks page.
Or download the Fugleflick Scan Book to share them with your students independently

Below is a PDF of each slide of my presentation.

Things I learned or want to learn...

The Keynote from Deborah Smith-Shank reminded me not to be a Dragon in the art room (Drawn in Brushes Redux while listening to stories of Dragon Art Teachers who kill creativity and joy)

Art teacher Emily Fiedler shared her 1:1 tech ideas in a packed room

Here is her entire presentation (yeah!)
Resources I want to explore:

I caught a portion of Frank Bush's session that included a DIY Ukulele where his student assembled, painted, then learned to play their own Ukulele.
I loved this idea of combining art and music. Made my purchase already.

Update: I made a plan for how I'm going to paint my Ukulele when it arrives.

Update: finished over winter break!

I was really inspired by the project Megan Idell presented inspired by street artist, INSA who made Gif-iti art coupled with augmented reality. See some examples.

GIF-iti, animated street #art by @INSALAND. Excellent stuff! https://t.co/wg0lPQDArH pic.twitter.com/XZMbmFNVdm
— Sebastian Groebner (@SGroebner) November 12, 2017

I attended Kevin Fogelson's Fractal session and learned about some cool resources for creating fractals as art. I think I can use this video to teach about trees differently.

STEAM Playground

I demonstrated how to make a custom animated hologram. Here are my resources.

I had a chance to explore Susan Tiemstra's station with CreoPop 3D Pens. I took pictures of the creations people left behind. She said it is non-toxic heated ink cured with LEDs.

I practiced glitch art after talking it over with Justin Bickus at bit. He had a great suggestion. Take one file and open it in Text Edit and then open it again in Preview. This way when you change the code you can see the changes refresh in the photo.

original image

Glitched with deletions and secret messages

Two Award Winners:

My former student teacher Matthew Etherington (who helped design this amazing lesson) won the IAEA Young Professional Award and my student Jessica was one of 40 artists honored for her artwork that was chosen for the year-long traveling IAEA Student Art Show. Find out more here.

Congrats to my former student teacher

Congrats to Jessica

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Tech for Teachers Conference

10/1/2017

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I'll be presenting a session at the the Technology for Teachers Conference on Oct. 14th. Use this link to learn more and register. Here is a list of all the presenters and sessions. Group discounts are available for 3 or more teachers from the same school.
Email real@stfrancis.edu to inquire.

Group discounts available-send an email to inquire

My Session: iPad Animation iDeas that Teach Concepts Dynamically

I plan on sharing about two dozen animation based lesson ideas that any teacher could use to give their students the tools to demonstrate understanding of curricular content with dynamic media. It's a fun, engaging, and potentially transformative way to teach. Below are interactive images in thinglink of my presentation handouts. Mouse over and click the ideas you want to explore. It will take you to the post where you can find my resources. Each lesson has a number that corresponds to a number in my Smore Flyer.

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Creating with Keynote on your Mac

8/3/2017

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I'll be teaching a few sessions at D25's Tech Academy on August 16th about using Keynote software on a Mac to make creative projects. I decided to put everything attendees need to work through the ideas I want to share in the session with examples, directions, and resources in this ONE KEYNOTE FILE (50mbs). Click the examples below to enlarge.

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Flying Animation

Artist viewing his Art

Superhero Silhouette

Move and Scale

Transparency/shadow

Animating Text

Layering video and PNG

Haunted Artwork

Book Cover Design

Cover of Newsweek

Drawing with Shapes

Outlines and Speech Bubbles

Don't let the Pigeon...

Storytelling, scene from Video

Resource: The Internet was Created for Good

My students made this PSA video on how to use the internet for good as their entry into an online student contest. They came in 2nd place nation-wide. The entire movie was animated using Keynote. See if you can identify the different builds and actions used.

The Internet Was Created for Good from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Resource: I AM ART

This Fugleflick, I AM ART, was made using keynote animation with green screen effects in iMovie. It's an awesome resource for introducing categories of art to students.

I AM ART from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Resource: Careers in Art

Careers in Art, winner of Nextvista.org's video of the year in 2011, was animated using keynote. The photos were outlined by the technique shown here and the intro was a cool discovery I explain in this tutorial.

Careers in Art from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

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Creativity in the Classroom

4/24/2017

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I put together this short movie below to showcase how we infuse creativity and technology in Dryden's Art Program. This video has been included in the K12 Online Conference collaborative video about creativity crafted by Samuel Wright in Vienna. It includes a peek into almost a dozen international educators' classrooms. Learn more.

Creativity in Dryden's Art Room from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Links to lessons showcased above:

I have resources in my blog for everything above so I decided to make a shortcut for you and linking to everything here:

Animating Ourselves with Stop Motion
Keith Haring Paintings and Stop Motion Animation
Bedroom at Arl(ington Heights) based on Van Gogh's Art
Animated Glow drawn profile view and animated aliens
Don't Crush My Dreams Student-Created Art-Related Fugleflick
Strange Magic Paper Cut stop motion animation
Carousel Horse Paintings that students rode and animated digitally
Progression Animation of snowmen in stages interacting with animator's hand
Rotoscope Animation on iPads using Do Ink Animation app
Dancing Silhouettes using Do Ink Green Screen app
Layered and resized silhouettes in Do Ink Green Screen app
Thumbtastic Digital Collage with voice and finger, hand, or thumb puns

Panel Discussion:

Almost a dozen international arts teachers gathered through a google hangout in time zones that spanned the globe to discuss creativity. Watch the recorded discussion here.

#k12onlineconf This Creativity Strand panel has been outstanding! So inspiring to hear from leading educators around the world! pic.twitter.com/TtXXgWP76n
— Peggy George (@pgeorge) April 29, 2017

It's on! #k12onlineconf pic.twitter.com/UQZbOCueoD
— Laura Wright (@MrsLauraW) April 29, 2017

Essential to do a lot of creative playing & experimenting personally as a teacher! by @fuglefun #k12onlineconf
— Wesley Fryer □ (@wfryer) April 29, 2017

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NAEA 17

3/5/2017

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Mrs. Fuglestad and Frida

I was fortunate enough to attend and present at the National Art Education Conference in NYC this pas week. I went to fascinating sessions, networked with some amazing art educators from around the country, and had the chance to share our iPad animation lessons with others through my presentation.

I got through slide 90 of 150 during my presentation of Elementary iPad Animation. I have way too much to share on this topic right now (which I think is pretty exciting). I have been updating
<<<this online flyer>>>
with my lesson ideas here. This handout is pointing back to the numbered lessons from the flyer where you can find "how tos" and resources.

Or download the handout as a PDF here.

Sharing some Fuglefun

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IAEA Conference 2016

11/6/2016

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I just returned from my state art education conference in Bloomington-Normal, IL. I had opportunities to mingle with art teachers from across the state, attend presentations on a variety of topics, present on iPad animation ideas, attend award luncheons and gallery receptions, hang out with my D25 colleagues, connect with artists, special presenters, exhibitors, see my student honored for her artwork which was selected for the traveling exhibit, and soak in lots of ideas for how to improve my art program at Dryden.

The opening slide of my iPad animation presentation

Sharing with other art teachers

My sketchnote from Keynote, sessions, and interactions on twitter

Game Frame Pixel Art

Glitch Art :Converting .jpg to .txt & corrupting code

I learned about a stand alone system called Game Frame that plays pixel art as an animation. I also learned about Glitch Art made from intentionally corrupting an image file by changing it to a .txt file playing with the code then reverting back to .jpg. I went to try this during the Hour of Code week with my 5th graders. I also saw some demonstrations of Aurasma from D211 high school art teachers and visualized some solutions that might work for bringing augmented reality to our Dryden art displays.

Took home this teacher-created interactive exquiste corpse centerpiece. The teachers were invited to draw on the sides of the box and spin it to make a mixed up figure.

I peeked into the printmaking workshop in time to see the artist Jay Ryan pull this silk screened print. (The colors were nicer than my photo because the room was a bit dark.)

Karis was honored for her beautiful art when was selected from over 800 pieces to travel the state in the traveling exhibit. See this post dedicated to her.

Saw Kris in person who I met first via ArtEd group on facebook

Loved my talks with Cassie Stephens our Keynote speaker-After I took the picture I said, "Is that too much smile? She said, You can never have too much smile."

I popped into a makerspace session and tried out a 3Doodler start pen. The teacher suggested this brand with one pen per color to conserve plastic filament.

Crazy story: my sub plans included a "how to draw a mouse" tutorial video from Cassie Stephens' collection. I was visiting with her in person when I received this tweet from Mrs. Beane showing me the results of the Kdg lesson.

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Presentations at #NAEA16

3/20/2016

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Artsonia

Last year I was out of the swing of things since I had to take time off tohelp my husband in his recovery from a serious injury. He and I both went back to school this year and with that came my desire to present at the National Art Education Conference in Chicago. Fortunately, my district supported the entire art team when we expressed our interest in this amazing professional development opportunity.

Image by Melissa Hayes during my portion of the Artsonia presentation

image by Tiffany at Artsonia

Susan Bivona, Theresa McGee, and I each shared our unique uses of Artsonia in our presentation along with a preview of the new feature in the soon to be updated Artsonia app (you are going to love it!!!) by Jim Meyers, the CEO of Artsonia.

View the slideshere or below.

Artsonia so much more from Dryden Elementary School

iPad Animation iDeas

I shared iPad Animation lessons at the elementary tech carousel that teach art digitally, differently, and dynamically using the DoInk apps. The company even donated some promo app codes to 8 lucky attendees. (thank you!)

image by Chris Parker

image by Christa Perdue

The last time I did an elementary carousel I had a cozy little group around my table for each rotation. This time it was a ridiculously large group. My 50 handouts ran out after my first two rotations so I posted them below.Use this link to my ever increasing collection of digital art lessons online to find each iPad animation idea numbered below.

Community

I also had a unique opportunity to share my personal story of community as I accepted an award for community service to Art Education. I wrote about this experience and my speech in this previous post. Below is a slide from my short talk. It is a collage of images that represent some of the wonderful ways my community supported me and my husband during our medical crisis. The images represent the cards, donations, food, school fundraiser, art, art supplies, and the act of kindness from a third grader who asked her friends to write get well cards for Mr. Fuglestad rather than birthday cards for herself. Thank you again!

image by AET Twitter feed

I hope this doesn't look like bragging, but I wanted to create a visual that shows the awards I've won in my career. If you knew my story of how I struggled all my life with painful shyness and was almost fired my first year due very much to my inability to step into the role as leader in the classroom then you too would see this image as an encouragement. I started to bloom as a teacher as soon as I took a step outside of my classroom. The sunlight of community and water of encouragement helped me grow in the soil composed of students who keep me firmly grounded.

Presentations I attended

My sketchnote created in Brushes app from ideas and images throughout the event

On Friday morning I woke up at 5am to commute again into the city hoping to arrive in time to catch Janine and Cassie present on Leaving a Legacy. Their presentation was so inspiring. I was particularly touched when I saw that Janine included two slides that gave me and my students a shout out. So honored! But, I must say the whole experience was sweetened by sitting next to Cathy Hunt from Australia. I've been following her for years online and was thrilled beyond belief to finally meet her face to face.

Cassie Stephens and Janine Campbell spoke about leaving a legacy

Our Dryden Circle painting inspired by Janine's Dot Day collaboration

Janine's slide where she shared three bloggers that inspired her

What made the presentation more awesome was sitting next to Cathy Hunt, my Art Ed Hero

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ICE Conference 2016 ( #ICE16 )

2/25/2016

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My Sketchnote from Thursday's sessions at #ICE16 including Keynote by Adam Bellow, Spotlight by Ben Grey, and Poster session by Hether Hoffman.

CLiCK on the STEAM image to view 160+ of my STEAM Lessons with notes, examples, tips, and tutorials

I had the opportunity topresent a breakout session at the Illinois Computer Educator Conference today (ICE). It was the first time since 2013 when Wesley Fryer sat in and live blogged my session (see his post here). I found myself extra nervous but some wonderful friends from my PLN came by to support me which boosted my courage. See their picts below. The above image is a sketchnote from three sessions I attended today including Adam Bellow's Keynote, Ben Grey's Spotlight, and Hether Hoffman's poster session. I found that I do a much better job of synthesizing information when I try to communicate it with images.

Ice Conference Presentation Preview from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Liz at HUE offered to provide a door prize for my session today (thank you). It was an Animation Studio Kit (software and camera).

We played an elimination game to find a winner. Christina won since her dog's name had the letters HUE.

Showing Allow us to Illustrate Fugleflick (student-created, art-related) Click for video link

Going through lessons that began physically and were extended digitally

PLN friend @JMGubbins

PLN friend @sjgorman

PLN friend and former Assistant Principal @iJoeRobinson

PLN friend and former co-podcaster @bmuench

I'm awarding @MsMagiera @adambellow and @fuglefun the inspiration maker badge for #ICE16 because they inspire me!!! pic.twitter.com/5LIimEdeMp
— Katie Muhtaris (@KatieMuhtaris) February 26, 2016

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How Ghosts, Aliens, and Flying Fairies Tell a Story about Learning

11/22/2015

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I was honored with the opportunity to present my elementary art animation ideas for extending the learning digitally and expanding the curriculum via digital animation at the 77th Annual Kutztown University Art Conference in Pennsylvania.

Here is a quick sampling of my animation lessons and ideas that would help students demonstrate understanding of art concepts in a dynamic, motivating, and powerful way.

Layered Animations: See this post

Godzilla's Perspective: See this post

I Scream See this post and This one too

Running Alien: See this post

Rotoscope Animation: See this post

Animated Anagrams: See this post

Falling Animations: See this post

Bobblehead Animation: See this post

Make it and Move it: See this post

Vintage Illustration Animation: see this

Workshop handout (click to enlarge)

Thank you to the conference organizers, Peg Speirs and Nicole Romanski, who wrote a grant as part of the Kutztown Sesquicentennial Events to have me do a workshop with their pre-service art education majors as well as present to the conference attendees comprised of local art educators. Here is the calendar of events (It's so cool to be featured here). Learn more about the conference here.