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Animation

Lesson Plans

1. Guide to Animation (About.com - Franks)
   Provides lessons on how to develop animations. 2-01
2. Types of Animation Effects (About.com - Franks)
   Describes a variety of animation effects and provides simple instructions to illustrate them. This glossary of animation types includes 11 effects. 2-01

Lists

1. Anime - Definition (About.com - Schmall)
   Provides a definition of Japanese animation or Japanamation. Provides a history, reviews, and an encyclopedia of links. 3-00

Materials

1. By Topic - Animation (ClipArtConnection)
   Provides hundreds of free animations by topic.
2. Cube - Six Sided (Ibon)
   Provides an applet with 6 sides that can be programmed. 5-00  
3. Examples of Animation (About.com - Franks)
   Provides a couple of dozen examples of animations. 2-01
4. Fonts, Templates, and Animations (Ulead)
   Provides free fonts, templates, and animations. 2-01
5. People Animated (Bailey)
   Provides a cave man, a little girl juggling a soccer ball (called football outside the U.S.), and a little man in an elf costume.
6. Rotating Cube (EduAdventures)
   Provides a cursor-activated rotating cube with a spot light on it. Interesting, but also copyright and not for use without permission. 2-00
7. Ulead Software
   Provides trial downloads for some of theleading animation sotware programs. 2-01

Multimedia

1. 3-D Animations (Eclipse)
   Provides free animated GIF art in 3-D.
2. Animals in Animation (Plainview Elementary)
   Includes a flag, an arrowhead, a lizard catching a fly, a spider dropping down, a deer running, an elephant walking and a butterfly.
3. Animation Search (HotBot)
4. Animations (Roach)
   Provides original art, including animations of animals.
5. Animations Links and Software (Roach)
6. Courtesies in Using Animation of Others (Awesome Library)
   If you utilize any animations on your web site, please provide a link or credit to the creator (when known) somewhere on your web site. Also, host the animation on your server rather than creating unwanted traffic to the author's server. In addition, just because an animation is available online, does not make it free for you. Unless the author specifically states that the graphic is free, it is a violation of copyright law to put the actual graphic file on your Web page (on your Web server) without permission. However, providing a link (the Web address) to someone's graphic is not considered a violation of copyright law.
7. Email Animation (Frazier)
   Provides an animation of an email box. Frazier's email address is: royalef@aol.com
8. Water Ripples Animated (Kapadia)
   Provides outstanding animation of a fantasy castle next to water. For inspiration rather than copying.

Papers

1. Animations (Animation Library)
   Provides listings of free (for noncommercial use) animations. 3-00
2. Anime - Parent's Guide (Anime Cafe)
   Provides definitions to the ratings for anime and reviews specific popular titles. 3-00
3. Anime - Definition (About.com - Schmall)
   Provides a definition of Japanese animation or Japanamation. Provides a history, reviews, and an encyclopedia of sources. 3-00
4. Morphing Two Images in Animation (About.com - Franks)
   Describes an inexpensive program that changes one image into the other and back again. 2-01
5. Tools for Animation (About.com - Franks)
   Describes the best programs to make the animation process effective and efficient. 2-01