LBC Synergistic Lab = Grand Prize Winner!
January 21st, 2010 | 
Author: I entered an animation made in our Synergistic Lab into a national contest held by Pitsco and we won!
LBC will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Pitsco magazine and our lab will be receiving a video camera and a $100 gift certificate from Pitsco!
Click here to read the rules and see the prizes:
http://systems.pitsco.com/sharedimages/resources/NetworkMagazine/Oct-Nov2009/35-oct-nov2009.pdf
There were two categories: video & non-video and we took the grand prize for the video section. On the Computer Animation module, the session calls for the students to use Gumby and Pokey bendy figures to make a stop-motion cartoon. NONE of these students know who Gumby and Pokey are (Gumby had shows from 1957-1968), so I have a box of Happy Meal toys for the students and allow them to bring in their own toys, such as Transformers and Bionicle.
These students used LEGO Batman and Robin figures to make a cartoon. They also found things in the computer which allowed them to add caption balloons and even added credits that included headshots of the students. It came out pretty cool.
Pitsco will be adding the video to www.teachertube.com , which is not blocked at Aiken County Schools, so I will add that link when it becomes available.
Johnny Hughes
LBC Middle School Synergistic Lab
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