Exploration with 10 year olds: Animation and with Purple Mash
Channel: Erin Bradley
Date: 2019-10-31

Bryneven Primary School's Mr Bradley provides another lesson. This study explores the basic technique of tracing in animation; our creativity is fed using the animation tool, of Purple Mash. The tool of the 25th October is 2Animate -it the base, a feature that need further engagement with the idea and practice of bringing pictures to life. 

We take an image -save it to our computer;  then from a Youtube video we capture a screen shot -using the snipping tool: a cute baby monkey provides the base -it feeds into our further work. We import the picture into all or one of the frames of the animation project. We then trace the outlines of our cute monkey and fill up with the spaces using the paint bucket.

2Simple provides a whole plethora of educational features -in their Purple Mash website; these feed our educational dynamic, at Bryneven Primary -within it lies the 21st century educational being emphasized. 

This lesson promotes the idea that tools, technique and practice should feed the project -though its an introduction; we need to be exploring the scope of the tool; more fully- therein we express creativity -that might have not been initially have been perceived to be within our means.

Mr Bradley teaches for the Gauteng Department of Education. Mr Bradley teaches at Bryneven Primary School. This is a public school in Bryanston, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Bryneven Primary has introduced coding dynamics -using Purple Mash- since 2017.