Short Animation Based on Tim Burton’s Cinematic Technique

Creative project abstract: I am presenting a creative project of a short animation movie using the technique of Claymation based on the work of Tim Burton. The main purpose of this creative project proposal is to understand animating technique of Tim Burton, and how he set modeled the characters and scenarios to create cinematic storytelling. The goals of my project are: 1. Develop a character based on Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas to implement the technique he used to animate his puppets. 2. Study and apply the illumination technique used in his movies 3. Study and apply Tim Burton’s visual affects 4. Understand and apply how he used the camera to capture the Claymation animated scenes. The conclusion of this creative project will have a great impact in my future professional work as an animator, and how to become a successful developer of characters in the gaming industry. This will help me in my further career is because developing characters and scenery will allow to further my knowledge with character development. Character development is a crucial part to video game designhttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1034/thumbnail.jp

Sustained blogging about teaching: Instructional methods that support online participation as professional development

Successfully preparing prospective and practicing teachers to blog as a means of professional development requires more than simply introducing popular blogging platforms, teaching technical moves and assigning an arbitrary number of blog posts. To assist teacher educators who aim to engage teachers in sustained blogging to advance their professional growth, the author presents instructional methods drawn from scholarship on effective writing instruction, including the following: examining mentor texts in the form of teacher-generated blog posts; exploring writing territories (i.e., the topics, genres and audiences for whom a teacher could write); and pursuing specific purposes for writing to generate a number of focused blog posts from a single general topic of professional interest

Nonverbal immediacy behaviors and online student engagement: Bringing past research into the present virtual classroom

Nonverbal immediacy behaviors are underresearched in the online teaching environment. Using social presence theory as a guiding framework, this study explores several online nonverbal immediacybehaviors: emoticons/figurative language, color, cohesion, visual imagery, and audio in course design; response latency, length, time of day, and message frequency in forums; and type and promptness of feedback via grading and email. Coding of 51 online courses found that more consistent use of nonverbal immediacy behaviors was related to students’ reports of higher course engagement. However, the nonverbal behaviors most associated with engagement were the ones not used as often. Findings indicate instructors can improve the effectiveness of online learning environments via nonverbal immediacy behaviors

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