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Monday, April 23, 2007

 

Pivot and Linerider

I've been really enjoying these two fun, free animation programs

Similar to the freeware PalmOS application Boneman, Pivot is a downloaded program that allows the user to manipulate the bend points of a human stick figure. From what I've seen, you can also import background images.

Linerider is a web-based application. In Linerider the user creates a course that a character on a sled follows. You can make extremely dynamic course where the character does all sorts of flips and loops.

I really see all sorts of potential using these tools throughout a curriculum in the form of animated chains (food and life cycle), time-lines and sequences. Perhaps animate a Haiku or take a ride through some math facts.......

Here is a Pivot sample from a group of 3rd graders



and here is a very involved Linerider clip entitled "Jagged Peak Adventure"



There are quite a few tutorials on YouTube for creating really involved courses on YouTube. Just do a search for Linerider.

# posted by Dale Ehrhart @ 8:26 AM
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