Creativity Tools: Koma Koma & Vidra
Midway ISD
Overview
- An easy stop motion animation app
- Just four simple buttons
- Create a video for anything that goes through a process or a timeline
- Saves to Camera Roll
- Exports as mp4
Classroom Ideas
- Science Concepts - metamorphosis, water cycle, food chain, mitosis
- Mathematical Concepts - fractions, geometry
- Retelling a historical event
- Telling time
- Counting Money
- Creating letters, rhyming words or blends
- Digital storytelling
- Cause and effect
- Video of chart, diagram or graph and what it means
Stop Motion Objects
Planning and Storyboarding
You cannot have a good animation without a good story. The story comes first. Before capturing photos for the stop motion video, have students use a storyboard to plan an outline for the stop motion video. See examples below.
Tips
- Secure your camera so that it does not move.
- Create a backdrop for the setting to keep it clear of unwanted background items.
- Use a whiteboard if you can illustrate with drawings.
- Legos give you both characters and set.
- Clay can be used to morph simple shapes into more artistic shapes.
- To add narration to your KomaKoma stop motion video, open the exported Koma Koma video in the iMovie app.
Overview
- Easy, fast way to create a video
- Tell an story or share an idea with the world
- Add text, images, voice recording, icons, slide transitions, and music
- Exports as video to Camera Roll
- Free version great for classrooms
Create!
- Open Vidra and explore.
- Create a "How to..." presentation
Examples: how to bake a cake, write a paper, etc. - Include a minumum of three pictures.
- Include a voice recording and music
- Export to camera roll
Tips
- Resizing Images - Tap the image to select it, then pinch and drag to resize
- Settings for Background, Transitions, and Music - Tap the gear icon on the toolbar
- All slides will have the same music and timing
What will your students create with Vidra?
Click to see how a teacher inspired her students with Vidra.