1. Digital Animation and Media

2.  The Junior-certificate is no longer a “high-
stakes” examination
(Minister, Inspectorate, N.C.C.A, E.S.R.I., Professional and Parents
associations)
 The route to University is changing
(D.C.U., Trinity...)
 The nature of work is changing
 We want to retain the breadth of learning that
the Junior Cycle offers

3. We have a number of teachers with
 experience in subject development from their
work in Transition-year
 experience with digital-media
want to bring that experience to Junior-
Cycle...

4. This course is designed to give students a
greater understanding of the process of
creating an animation.
It aims to encourage students to creatively
approach ideas and concepts and develop
them through stop motion animation.

5. Students will gain experience in using animation
and editing programmes.
The animation industry is a growing one in Ireland
with companies like Brown Bag and Boulder
Media making work for the home and
international market.
Therefore developing skills at a young age in these
technologies could be very benefical

6. Students will be using their creative energy in a
very practical and enjoyable way.
They will make curriculum links to other
subjects by using stories or knowledge that
they have aquired
and use them as a basis for developing their
animation.

7.  Digital Media Applications
 I Can Animate a stop motion animation
project
 iMovie an editing programme
 GarageBand a programme for producing
sounds and music

8.  Communicates effectively using a variety of
means in a range of contexts
 Creates, presents and appreciates artistic
works
 Brings an idea from conception to realisation
 Uses ICT effectively and ethically in learning
and in life

9.  'Media Literacy- from consumer to critic'
 ...aim is to enable students to take some control over
the exciting but sometimes overpowering waves of
information washing over them daily
 Through three stages:
◦ Reflection on current experience
◦ Learning the language of critical media literacy
◦ Creating media

10. In five areas of media:
 Social Networks
 T.V.
 Cinema
 Advertising
 News

11. 1. Use of digital technology to manage myself and my learning
2. Being responsible, safe and ethical in using digital technology
3. Performing and presenting to communicate
4. Gathering and recording and evaluating information and data
5. Assertiveness and confidence in the face of media presentations
6. Learning with others

12.  Through group and paired and individual
presentations in a variety of digital and non-
digital formats.
 Through using digital sources as the raw material
of critical reviews.
 Through creating original work in the five areas
of media.

13.  all of the marks awarded will be for school work
 the evidence of learning will be generated according
to the (NCCA) short course specification and will
relate directly to the aims and learning outcomes of
the short course
 there may be more than one assessment component
involved – a mix of process and product elements
 the component/s will be marked in the school and
will include internal moderation to maintain
standards
 the grade awarded will be included on a School
Certificate that in this case Portmarnock Community
School will issue in 2016

14.  Two periods per week, each
 Over three years
 School-certificate at end of 3rd Year
 Continuous Assessment – Common level
 Assessment focus in Second and Third Year
 In an option block that each of the other three
subjects can be taken in 5th Year

15.  24 students – a “draw from the hat” if
oversubscribed (Unsuccessful students will be
offered their second choice)
 Open to all abilities
 Open to all skill-sets

16.  In 2016: twenty-four students will take nine
subjects for the Junior Certificate. The other
students will take ten.
◦ They will all receive the “traditional Junior
Certificate.”
 In 2016: twenty-four students will receive a
school based certificate on successful
completion of the course “Digital Animation
and Media” plus the above Junior Certificate.

17.  Portmarnock Community School is a Pilot School
for the development of the new Junior Cycle
 This gives us scope to develop new courses –
“short-courses”, “digital animation and media”...
 For now, we are following our own path over the
next three years, using the methodologies
proposed by the National Council for Curriculum
and Assessment (NCCA) for teaching and
learning and the development of short-courses

18. Managing
information and Working with
thinking others
Managing
Being creative
myself
Staying well Communicating

19.  First-year 2014/2015 will see every student, in
every secondary school in Ireland looking at an
new English syllabus with a new form of junior-
cycle assessment for English in 2017
 You will begin to hear of more schools
introducing new courses
 For now all subjects (other than digital animation
and media) for your child, starting in September
2013 remain the same, though
◦ there will be a greater focus on Numeracy and Literacy
◦ teachers will have an increased focus on the Key Skills in
their teaching practice