Erin Bradley is an IT teacher with an interest in how tools facilitate a...

Here we are involved in animating. This lesson complements the previous video that dealt with the topic of using the slideshow. This naturally is the 2Simpler version of Flash, purely for children -so: consider how Flash looks then 2Animate in 2Simple sense. I hope this video will facilitate your entry into the Mash projects at Bryneven. It is the dynamic movement of picture that forms the basis of this work (video). In particular, here we have improved sharing and collaboration opportunities via Purple Mash’s cloud dynamic.

The value of Mash Mash -of course- is that it creates confidence by nature of what it is: design, 21st century child-centredness in the cloud. The evidence is what it brings to creativity viz., the enthusiasm in using the 2animate tool. It is a bit necessary to encourage children to use the array of  tools: lead them towards the future of learning and active learning. Lets Remind ourselves: We are inclined to forgot the tool, for a while: 2Animate has - once again - regained a place in the moment -with much enthusiasm. I am alluding back into our history i.e., in 2018 we created a short video about animation with 2Animate.

In this section, we make use of the export button: that takes us to the downloaded,  animated GIF file. Simplicity, child-friendly design, and cloud-friendly engagement make sharing and collaboration easier. 2Animate offers children a simple tool: a new way to explore animation. I forgot to mention the possibility of adding a sound recording to the animation work.

Looking up the purplemash website upon suggestion from Mrs Kirkby I found this very interesting: the island editor and some videos with a ‘pirate’ describing the proposed activities. However, as I was tutoring Liam, I realised he really wanted to use the car games available and that was a good move. I now would suggest going to purplemash > games and playing A-fish-metic and Maths city 1. The first had a nice counting challenge whereas the latter allowed playing with time, distances and velocities by choosing car speeds.