Coding and Animation Quick and Easy

In this ongoing class, students will learn how to code a cartoon that they will create. Each student will select a story idea to write a script to apply to a cartoon of their own creation.

35 total reviews for this teacher

Completed by 1 learner

55 minutes

per class

Once per week

every week

8-12

year olds

1-4

learners per class

per learner

How does an “Ongoing” course work?

Meets on a weekly schedule, join any week, no need to catch up on previous material

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Automatic payment every Sunday, cancel any time

Great for clubs and for practicing skills

How Outschool Works

Available Times

Pacific Time

Next on Tue May 24

Meets Once per week

Tuesday
9pm - 9:55pm

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Description

Class Experience

In this ongoing class, students will have the chance to create their own cartoon and bring it to life through block coding.

Students will learn the following:
-Learn to construct a dialogue between two characters.
-Learn to trigger a series through code.
-Learn to create a sequence of events for their story by coding.
-Learn to personalize their story through costumes of their characters and background scenery through coding.


Example Class Schedule:

Week 1 (11/16/20):  Defining the Story...

For over twenty years, I have been working as a librarian teaching literacy classes to students from elementary school to college. For six years, I was a librarian for Prince George’s County Memorial Library System covering the Reference and Children’s sections. For over 10 years, I have been an adjunct full professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus teaching research paper writing and data analysis. For six years, I was teaching Developmental Reading to college freshmen at Prince George’s Community College. For two years, I was a library media specialist at Prince George’s County Public School System teaching narrative text by using the Dork Diaries book series.

See article on this class about Dr. Weldon's teaching style at Weldon, L. S. J. (2020). "Keyboard Club: Motivating Students to Become QWERTY Literate. Computers in Libraries", 40(1), 32-36. Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jan20/index.shtml

See articles on how Dr. Weldon coded metrics programs to detect "fake" or retracted news:
Weldon, L. S. J. (2020). How to Build a STEM Library to Support Student Research. Computers in Libraries, 40(4), 32. Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jul20/index.shtml
Weldon, L. S. J. (2020). Using Bibliometrics to Build a Free Resource Library for Your Students. Computers in Libraries, 40(4). Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may20/index.shtml

Materials
1. Internet-connected computer and a projector
2. Computers with internet access (per student)*
3. Headphones (per student)

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:Google

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Lorette Weldon

Independent Library Media Specialist

35 total reviews

41 completed classes

About Me

I am a veteran educator with the following degrees: a doctorate in Education Leadership; a  Master's in Library and Information Science; a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management; a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and...