Animation Brings Lessons to Life

This article discussed how using animation in the classroom can help students to understand challenging concepts and have a deeper understanding of a range of topics from science to history and even Spanish. The teachers noticed a difference in the students, by seeing their reactions on their faces to the excited chatter with their peers. The students were excited and eager to learn more. Animation has proven to help students learn concepts that are not always easy to learn with just he teacher explaining it to them. Fifth grade students learned about chemistry and were able to see the electrons moving around the nucleus. Seventh and eighth grade Spanish students were able to see actions such as dancing with the word, which made it easier to remember. The article states that the lessons become more meaningful to the students when they see the animation that goes along with it.

As a future teacher I think this is a great way to do things! I know that I use an app on my phone that lets me play games to learn spanish vocabulary, instead of just trying to memorize a list of words. Where was this when I was in high school! This could be really useful in just about every subject, especially math, language arts and science! This is a great way to get kids to stay engaged and to be excited about learning. Being a future educator, it is great to have a bag full of tricks when working with young children.

This article would follow the ITSE standard number 1 which is creativity and innovation. The students can apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, and see things from a different persepective. They can also create there own model or simulation which can help themselves or others learn a challenging subject.

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Ponton, R. (2009). Animation brings lessons to life.Learning & Leading with Technology, 37(4), 32. Retrieved from http://iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading.aspx