Digi Ed has had a very busy start to the new financial year. We have had two presenters travelling from Moree to Bega as part of a Country Area Program Tour called LandsCAPe. We have worked with students on Claymation movies set in their home town and have developed quite an array of short films. The movies highlight how regional NSW is made up of different environments from the Desert to Sea and the Snow.
Welcome back and I hope the start to the new school year has gone smoothly. Digi Ed has over 200 school days booked for our Claymation Animation workshops in 2011. This is fantastic news and easily our best start to year in our 6 years of operation. With our increased capacity we still have over 400 days available and would love to work in your schools. So have a look at our newsletter or respond to our blog.
Digital Animation Workshop (Claymation Animation)
Digi Ed will run a Claymation Day at your school, in your classrooms. We will bring over $30000 worth of equipment to your school and teach your students to write a narrative, create clay characters, design backdrops, shoot footage, edit footage, add titles, add music, add sound effects and burn to a DVD. This five hour workshop has won the NSW Department of Education’s “Frater Award” for excellent performance feedback every year it has been on offer since 2005 and in 2010 won the new PinS or “Performers In Schools” Award. If the day is not the “best day your students have had at school” we will refund your money. Have a look at the website for more info and example movies created on the day.
Digi Ed is pleased to announce the formation of the Performers in Schools website. The NSW Department of Education has recently cancelled its Performance in Schools Program. Digi Ed has decided to run its own program and at this early stage, has 26 performers signed up to take part. When we start we should have over 60 performances for you to explore. This website will allow teachers to find performers suitable for their classroom. All performers on the website will have completed working with children checks and have valid public liability insurance. They have also been assessed as suitable for the classroom in 2009 by the NSW’s Department of Education. We will run a performance feedback sheet that will help monitor the quality of each performer. This website should be up and running in a few weeks so stay tuned to this blog for details. Remember before you book any school performances make sure they are “Performance in Schools” certified.