Create Simple Animations With ParaPara Animation

Parapara Animation is a free animation creation tool developed and hosted by Mozilla. The tool is easy to use and it does not require registration in order to use it. In the video embedded below I demonstrate how to create an animation with ParaPara Animation.


Applications for Education
I first learned about ParaPara Animation when Kevin Hodgson posted some of the creations that his students made. As you can see in those animations, students can use ParaPara Animation to tell short stories through their drawings.

Mozilla offers some lesson plan suggestions based on the use of ParaPara Animation. You can find those lesson ideas here.

The Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts

Good morning from Maine where it is starting to feel like summer. Some of us were starting to go a little nutty with the constant rain and cold. The sunny, warm weather has me thinking forward to July when I'll host the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camps. There are some seats available for both the Chromebook Camp and the BYOD Camp. I hope that you can join us.

In other news, on Monday I will be in Milwaukee to speak at the University School of Milwaukee's Summer Spark conference. The following Monday I'll be speaking in New Hampshire. If you're interested in having me speak at your school, please get in touch with me.

Here are this week's most popular posts:
1. Be Internet Awesome - Google's New Internet Safety Curriculum
2. 4 Good Formative Assessment Tools for Classrooms That Aren't 1:1
3. 5 Neat Things You Can Do With Google Sheets
4. Easier Data Interpretation and Visualization in Google Sheets
5. 10 Good Options for Creating Digital Portfolios - A PDF Handout
6. How to Quickly Download Google Drive Files
7. A Convenient New Way to Search for Educational Videos

I am currently offering four online courses:

• Getting Going With G Suite is a five week course that offers a graduate credit option. 
• Teaching History With Technology is a three week course for middle school and high school social studies teachers. 
• Practical Ed Tech Jumpstart is the course for anyone who has looked at the educational technology landscape and wondered, "where do I start?" 
• Finally, by request, I am offering from Blog to Job - A Teacherpreneur Jumpstart.

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My Simpleshow provides a great way to create explanatory videos.

Six Hours of Professional Development for $25

During the school year we tend to think to ourselves, “I’ll do some professional development during the summer.” Then the summer arrives and we find our schedules a little more busy than we expected. That’s when on-demand professional development is handy.

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• Search Strategies Students Need to Know
• Fun Formative Assessments
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