Moovl – just add imagination

I’ve been experimenting recently combining Moovl with other creative tools to make ‘mini-animations’.

The drawings and animations in this film were done by my son (who is 8) in Moovl. We then screen-captured them using CamStudio and imported them into Windows MovieMaker. My son added his own voiceover, and I helped with the transitions, titles and credits.

Because the animation tools in Moovl are intuitive and designed with children in mind, my son got to grips with them immediately. The other tools we used would probably require teacher-intervention to get the best from them, though I’m sure there are movie-making tools designed specifically for younger children.

Although this was an ‘after-school’ activity, it does help to incorporate the use of ICT into other curriculum areas, for example art and design (eg pupils apply their experience of materials and processes, including drawing, developing their control of tools and techniques). Simon Mills’s ICT Inspirations blog has lots more thoughts and examples of using animation and film-making in the primary curriculum.

Anyway here is our effort… it may not be Oscar material yet, but we had a lot of fun (and a little learning) along the way.