How do you write a story? Do you start with the characters or do you start at the very end? If you're having trouble, you can always use the structure that Esther Pearl used with the R.O.C.K. Tech Lab! "Once Upon A Time ..." can be the beginning of any story about a person, an alien, an object, an animal, or whatever your heart desires. Esther, who is Founder of Camp Reel Stories and former Art Department Director at Pixar (!), also taught us how to storyboard; she ensured us that we don't have to be great artists to be a good storyboarder. Index cards and a creative mind are all you need to make a great story!
Millionaires Club is an awesome product of a partnership between PWC and R.O.C.K. Beacon. Wonderful volunteers come from PWC every Friday to teach our R.O.C.K. Tech Lab students about business planning and financial literacy. Last semester, two of our teams competed with the rest of the SF Beacon sites; their ideas were "Spy Glass" and "Food Away". "Spy Glass" is a pair of glasses that have the capabilities of Google glass but they are cooler and less chunky on your face. "Food Away" is a grocery store that is similar to Whole Foods in that they focus on healthy food, yet when you check-out, you have the option to donate $20 worth of groceries to someone in need. Our students can't wait for Millionaire's Club to start agin on 2/26!
Have you ever made a movie on an iPad using clay characters!? Our students have! Five lucky students got to visit the Children's Creativity Museum and put their pre-made story boards into action. They learned how to make claymation films in teams after creating their characters out of clay. Then, they made their 20-30 second films by taking hundreds and hundreds of pictures on their iPads! This field trip was followed by some yummy In & Out; it was a great, great day.
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