Glow Scotland

During May and June over 25 classes across Scotland took part in two on-line animation workshops run by International educational animator, Oscar Stringer. This was a unique opportunity for numerous schools to take part in the workshops, learning various animation techniques, and getting excellent tips on how to animate from an expert. There were 2 classes, one for absolute beginners, and one for those who had some experience using animation in the classroom. The lessons were seen live via Glow Meet (Glow’s video-conferencing tool) and were interactive, with children asking Oscar many questions throughout the sessions.

The sessions once again highlighted the unique potential of Glow (and Glow Meet in particular), to provide engaging, practical lessons from a real expert, with children also having time to have hands-on expereince as well. The Shared whiteboard within Glow Meet enabled key documents to be uploaded and shown to everyone, e.g. a storyboard (see image top right), with the ability for anyone to edit the document with all changes being seen by everone else as they are done.

The text function within Glow Meet enabled pupils to interact by asking questions that could be answered throughout the session, without interrupting the flow of the workshop itself (see image to right)

The ability for Glow Meet to stream live video meant that pupils and staff could follow the action closely, which was especially important when Oscar was showing how to create good models. He was able to show close up, key features of a model and also how to move the model (see image below).

With all of these functions available within Glow Meet, it meant that the session was interactive and easy to follow for both pupils and teachers.

You can see some of the fantastic animation films produced by pupils by going to the Primary Homecoming on-line classroom group.

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