Approaches to Learning: Using Stop-animation Videos to Learn Concepts

Stop-animation videos are short movies made with a series of photos taken from the same position and a handful of items that can be moved about to create a story. In this 1.5 hr. workshop, you will create your own stop-animation video of processes or phenomena, to cover main ideas or convey detailed information. Through this experience, you will see how this teaching technique can be used to deepen understanding, reinforce the use of terms, and work out the sequence of events for a content topic. We will use methods that work just as well remotely as in-person and follow the activity with a peer review and rubric-based assessment that allows your students to deepen their knowledge and understanding.