March 2010

Stop-motion Animation Tools of the Trade

by Jeff March 19, 2010 Movies

If you are interested in learning more about Stop-motion animation and what you need to get started, check out this article on Macworld.com. In the DDC we use iStopMotion, iMovie and inexpensive camcorders to create our films. Here is a sample, Bob and The Bubble Wrap, from our Youtube Channel ddc2000.

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ECBI at The DDC – Open House April 14

by Jeff March 18, 2010 News

Want to learn more about the Elyria Comic Book Initiative? Check out this article in the Morning Journal. And plan on signing up for an 8-week “Make your own comic book” workshop at The DDC, Tuesdays and Thursdays,  April 20 – May 20 from 4:30-6:00pm. Grades 5 and up. The cost is $79. Get details [...]

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Gone Fishin’

by Jeff March 16, 2010 News

Spring is in the air, so that means it’s time to get out of the DDC and into the field, creek and woods at Pembroke Kids. Parents please send some old shoes and a change of clothes for our excursions in wild.

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Create Your Own Comic Book at The DDC

by Jeff March 16, 2010 Comic Books

The Digital Discovery Center and the Elyria Comic Book Initiative have teamed up for a fun new program this spring! Would you like to create your own comic book? The Elyria Comic Book Initiative is bringing its “make a comic book” process to you.  A team of trained comic book enthusiasts will guide you through [...]

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Michelangelo and the 16th Apple

by Jeff March 11, 2010 News

MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]–d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Michelangelo took the commission to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512). This was how I introduced the [...]

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Picture This: Storytelling & the Arts

by Jeff March 2, 2010 News

On Monday, March 1st, I had the pleasure to accompany Ms. Kelly and represent Pembroke Kids and the DDC at the Cleveland Museum of Art‘s mini-conference Picture This: Storytelling and the Arts. The mini-conference was developed for early childhood educators to learn how to help students grow up great through the art of telling stories [...]

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