istop+motion

** CLAY-MATION ** ** Worked with Daniel Fang and Lingxi ** ** Daniel Fang **
 * iSTOPMOTION **
 * Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education **
 * Significant Concept: Students should understand the positive and negative consequences of an action and should be able to use iStop, iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for projects in all subject areas. **
 * Unit Question: How do my choices impact my life? **


 * REQUIREMENTS: **


 * 1) ** Take the Claymation Test on Skyward before you begin. **
 * 2) ** Create a new page on your wiki and name it "iStopMotion". Copy and paste this page into your wiki. **
 * 3) ** Use the Design Cycle to create your claymation. **
 * 4) ** Create a one-minute video using your own clay models, iStopMotion, and iMovie. **
 * 5) ** Use iStopMotion to create your video, use iMovie to edit your video. **
 * 6) ** Your movie needs to answer the question, "How do my choices impact my life". You need to show the positive and negative consequence of a choice. **
 * 7) ** Create the background and/or backdrop for your movie. You need to make it, do not use the backgrounds in iStop. **
 * 8) ** Once the movie is created export it to iMovie. **
 * 9) ** Add your own GarageBand or iMovie song/sound effects to your movie. **
 * 10) ** You must have a title at the beginning and end of your movie. Titles will count as ten seconds of your movie. **
 * 11) ** Create a DVD of your movie. **
 * 12) ** Upload your movie onto your wikispace. **
 * 13) ** You will receive MYP grades and an academic grade for this assignment. **


 * INVESTIGATE: **
 * 1. Take the test on [|Skyward] **.
 * 2. Why are you using the Design Cycle for this assignment? **
 * 3. How will the Design Cycle help you with this assignment? **
 * 5. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * - What materials do you have for this assignment? **
 * - What software is required for you to use for this assignment? **
 * - How will you earn an academic grade for this assignment? **
 * - How will you earn your MYP grades for this assignment? **
 * - How can my choices change the lives of others positively and negatively? **
 * - How can my choices change my life positively and negatively? **
 * - Why is it important to make positive choices in your life? **
 * - Why is it important to our country that you make positive choices? **

[|story board.pdf]
 * PLAN: **
 * 6. Brainstorm ideas for you clay-mation. Here is the chart: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://bradfieldtechnology.wikispaces.com/file/view/IB+Brainstorming+Chart+.pdf"]] [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] **
 * 7. Select one of your ideas and explain why you chose that idea: **
 * 9. Use the story board paper to plan your clay-mation. Here is the storyboard: **
 * 10. Explain how you and your group will use your time to get your project finished in 10 days: (You need to explain who is going to do what, and how you will get this project done by November 22.) **
 * ** Day 1: **
 * ** Day 2: **
 * ** Day 3: **
 * ** Day 4: **
 * ** Day 5: **
 * ** Day 6: **
 * ** Day 7: **
 * ** Day 8: **
 * ** Day 9: **
 * ** Day 10 (November 22): Movie needs to be on your wiki and all the question on your wikispace answered. **


 * CREATE: **
 * ** Use the computer, software, clay and other materials appropriately. **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **


 * EVALUATE: **
 * 11. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: **
 * ** Why did you change your plan? **
 * ** Why did you change your story board? **
 * 12. How could you improve your movie? **
 * 13. Does your movie meet all of the requirements? **
 * 14. Share your movie with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your movie? **
 * 15. Give yourself a grade for each step of the Design Cycle: (1 - 6) **
 * ** Investigate: **
 * ** Plan: **
 * ** Create: **
 * ** Evaluate: **
 * 16. Were you responsible in using the software, computer, clay, and other materials? **
 * 17. How do my choices impact my life? (Write at least a paragraph. Explain both positive and negative consequences, and how your choices impact others.) **


 * ATTITUDE: **
 * 18. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?. Explain your answer: **
 * 19. Did you complete iStopMotion without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?: **
 * 20. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) **


 * How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: **
 * 1) ** Investigate: 10 **
 * 2) ** Design: 10 **
 * 3) ** Plan: 10 **
 * 4) ** Create: 10 **
 * 5) ** Evaluate: 10 **
 * 6) ** Attitude: 10 **
 * 7) ** Your movie was at least a minute: 10 **
 * 8) ** You answered the unit question: 20 **
 * 9) ** Your movie answered the unit question: 20 (Shows the positive and negative consequence of a choice) **
 * 10) ** You made your own back drop: 10 **
 * 11) ** Your movie had titles, music, and sound effects: 30 **
 * 12) ** You created a DVD: 10 **
 * 13) ** TOTAL = 160 POINTS **