Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Blog

Welcome to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Blog! This latest telecollaborative project is a result of the efforts of students at Rutherford School in Edmonton, Alberta and students at Jasper Place High School, also in Edmonton. The project is being coordinated by Mrs Sandra Gluth, Consultant - Assistive Technology with Edmonton Public Schools. The students of Mrs. Terri Notdorft, Ms. Kathleen Maser and Mrs. Julia Walsh from Rutherford School are working with the students of Mr. Pete MacKay from Jasper Place High School.

The purpose of this project is to give the elementary and senior high school students an opportunity to work together in a telecollaborative nature to produce animated drawings of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. The Rutherford Group have been studying this World Heritage Site and have written about ‘A Day in the Life of a Child at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump’. They then created drawings on their computers reflecting their research. The Jasper Place students will then animate the younger students’ drawings. This blog will be used to enable the two groups to discuss the animation plans. The high school group is using this opportunity not only to practice their animation skills but also to simulate a client-artist process of creation towards a common goal.

Please feel free to read the interactions between our students below. The final projects will be showcased in another website. You will find the link to that site in our BlogRoll.

VISITORS: Please feel free to comment on this posting instead of each of the projects.

Robert’s Animation of Zoe’s Drawing

Alex’s Animation of Graeme and Spencer’s Drawing

Ryan’s Animation of Spencer’s Drawing

Megan and Coral’s Animation of Santaya’s Drawing

Filip’s Animation of Sammy and Mikaylla’s Drawing

Scott’s Animation of Sam’s Drawing

Mariah’s Animation of Naomi’s Drawing

Elkhan’s Animation of Morgan’s Drawing

Dana’s Animation of Mitchell’s Drawing

Beth’s Animation of Mikaylla’s Drawing

Nicole’s Animation of Logan’s Drawing

Ilan and Jeremy’s Animation of Kelly’s Drawing

Connor and MacKenzie’s Animation of Kaine’s Drawing

Jeff’s Animation of James’ Drawing

Kyla’s Animation of Hayleigh’s Drawing

Amanda’s Animation of Graeme’s Drawing

Kevin’s Animation of Fraser’s Drawing

Nathan M’s Animation of Flora’s Drawing

Karl’s Animation of Emma’s Drawing

Evan’s Animation of Duncan’s Drawing

Stevie’s Animation of Cody’s Drawing

Corey’s Animation of Zoe and Morgan’s Drawing

Nathan G and Ty’s Animation of Brynn’s Drawing

Cass and Kayla M’s Animation of Brandon and Duncan James’ Drawing

Kate and Adrian’s Animation of Brandon’s Drawing

Larissa’s Animation of Ashleigh’s Drawing

Michelle & Damein’s Animation of Ahsleigh and Brynn’s Drawing