The stop animation or stop motion technique in the educational process offers great opportunities for everyone involved in the process. By actively participating in the animation creation process, children and students get the opportunity to learn: the mechanism of film creation, how to use mobile devices, methods of photography, how to create a composition, how to choose the appropriate shooting angle. They develop digital skills, think and reflect, research, experiment with different scene solutions and shooting methods. Interdisciplinarity, thematic connections as well as constant concentration when dealing with small details develop focus and attention. Good will, inner motivation, patience and time to engage in this kind of playful process are certainly important. That is why this technique is a powerful tool for inclusion.

The use of stop animation in the educational process encourages the use of modern technology, mobile devices and applications, but there is still a particular emphasis on encouraging and developing manual skills. Creating storyboards, making puppets, backgrounds, characters and animating all the objects created definitely requires the use of hands. Stop animation requires a combination of many areas: drawing, painting, use of ICT, communication.

Creating objects for animation allows students to work, design, evaluate, plan, use their skills and develop the above-mentioned skills themselves. It is also an exercise in visual perception.

Students can do stop animation in a group, in pairs or individually. With stop animation it is possible to cover almost all interests, allowing each participant to express their personality. The public screening of the finished films is an opportunity for the participants to share what they have learned and to show others what they have learned. In this way, the exchange of ideas is encouraged.

In summary, creating stop animation is an interdisciplinary activity that combines illustration, design, research, communication and presentation with modern technologies.

The main goal of this course is to get familiar with animation and stop motion teaching strategies, and tools to include students with less opportunities into the process.

Other course goals are:  

• get to know more about stop motion methods understand the basics of animation and stop animation techniques

• get acquainted with inclusion methods within regular lessons 

• understand the pedagogical approach to learning 

• be aware of different views and perceptions in teaching 

• learn how to use adequate digital tools as support in multimedia education 

• enhance collaboration and networking  

• create multimedia content  

• analyse and evaluate the Course project 

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design, digital tools, education, Art, photography, stop animation, storyboard, paper dolls with moving limbs