I'm Here by Peter Reynolds

   "To the world you may be one person,  but to one person you may be the world."

This project is inspired by the book, I'm Here by Peter H. Reynolds. It has a simple message of empathy, kindness, and friendship for children that are different. The book touches on children with autism without labels. So I want to use it to explore the concept of friendship with my students as well without making it about us and them, but rather, inclusiveness. This book will also become a springboard for a creative exploration of animation, green screen, imagination, and paper airplanes.

UPDATE: The Packaged eBook Lesson! (all the resources in one place with easier steps including tutorial all using the Green Screen App!)

Click the image to download the packaged lesson

Here is the blue background this technique requires.
Download my animation example to practice the technique.
Download this green screen footage to practice the technique.
Download this paper airplane photo to practice the technique.

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1. The Story (animated wordless version)

2. What is friendship (Brainpop jr video)

Click for link to video-will need a login/password

The campaign to end loneliness made this movie showing children befriending seniors.

3. How to make a Paper Airplane

Directions from the I'm Here book

4. Photograph the airplane (over green)

Mine is not the best example. I realized after I watched the video above that I had mixed up a step. My plane works, but it's not the same look as the one folded above. 

Use a side angle with green background so you can erase or create a transparent PNG

You can erase the green in the superimpose app and save the mask as PNG. Or you can use the Green Screen app to erase the green while building the effect

5. Test your airplane (optional but fun)

I have pool noodles hanging in the art room for moments such as this! Find a partner and fly your airplane through your table hoop then return it to them (like in the book).

Now, they can test out the planes just like the boy did in the @peterhreynolds book. I gave students 5 minutes to try to fly through all 6 hoops. If done with extra time, try two hoops in one flight. #drydenrocks #artsed #plannedchaos #pajamaday pic.twitter.com/gkYuNovLKl

— Tricia Fuglestad ☕️ (@fuglefun) November 15, 2018

6. Pose with green screen (4 sec video)

I usually video the students with one iPad attached to a tripod so the camera doesn't shake. They just focus on acting a bit.

Making green screen video clips (instead of using the live camera option) gives students the opportunity to create the effect on their iPad after I share out the green screen videos. They will need to crop, adjust the chroma key effect, resize, and place their video.

 7. Draw and Animate Clouds (4 secs)

Use the Do Ink Drawing and Animation app. In the drawing mode make two clouds. I used the black line (thickness 4.0) and white pour bucket. Each is saved as a separate drawing in the app's gallery.

Using the composition mode of the Do Ink Drawing and Animation app, I set up a blue background with 16:9 aspect ratio, and used the "star" button to bring in/resize my clouds. I moved them (without touch the green dot) to the right side of the animation stage. Then I drag the green dot across the stage to the left side. This made an animation path. I did this for both clouds to make a 2 second animation. I could either stretch out this video by dragging the media in the timeline to 4 seconds or I could duplicate the video in the green screen app for a total of 4 seconds.

The app defaults to 2 seconds. I can duplicate this video in the Green Screen App timeline. The clouds need to move from right to left if the airplane appearing to fly from the left side.

8. Put it all together (Green Screen app)

9. Finished Examples

Student examples: 

2-1 FLYING from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

2-2 FLYING from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

2-3 FLYING from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

2MA FLYING from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.