Clay animation productions can serve as public service announcements for various non-profit agencies in the community, advertisements for local businesses or for school functions, and activities on public cable access for the district. These give students experience creating products of value and working with people outside of the classroom. As students begin writing and building their production, they refer to manuals, online resources, their teacher, and other students for help solving technical problems and for ideas designing and enhancing their production. The group determines a story's focus and then divides into smaller teams to develop their story text, backgrounds, characters, dialogue and more. Each group member researches their portion or portions of the project and reports back to the entire group if decisions need to be made.
Students can enter budget information into a spreadsheet as they prepare their production.
They can research background information for the script by searching a database or the Internet, and write and publish the script using a word processor. The group uses tools to capture and animation software manipulate images of their clay character to create animated movement. Using a word processor, they create an evaluation of the project's success. Understands complex inter-relationships. Students work within the classroom schedule and with classroom and school resources, negotiating for time, space, assistance, and access.