The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

Participating Organizations
Open University and Schome Park,
ShortFuze (Moviestorm)
Reallusion (CrazyTalk)
Media Box, First Light Movies

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Additional Credits
Special thanks also go to
Simon Willmoth, Michael Spencer, Will Pearson, Rebecca Staples
Laura Budds, Mark Cotter, Julian Frank, David Arthur, Karen Bygrave
Sally Hirst, Caroline Denyer, Harriet Halstead, Hannah Giffard
James Durran, Margaret Quigley

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animation (n): the art of making inanimate objects 
appear to move.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
WHAT IS THE TEACHERS’ ANIMATION TOOLKIT?
The Teachers’ Animation Toolkit grew out of a 3-year research 
project which tested and evaluated ways to integrate animation 
into the school curriculum. This research identifi ed the extremely 
valuable part animation can play in enhancing literacy and numeracy 
skills, and visual creativity among pupils of all ages. It also sought 
to identify the types of practical and theoretical support teachers 
urgently need to teach animation effectively.
This toolkit places creativity, risk-taking and imaginative play at the 
core of the learning experiences it seeks to support. As our culture 
becomes increasingly focused on a wide range of screen media 
(television, cinema, online content, computer games and mobile 
phones etc.) the time is right to engage with the creative potentials 
of these new formats.
Even Liam stood in front of me jumping up and down with the 
excitement of doing animation next year!! He has never been excited 
about anything he does in school.
(Rebecca Staples, Head of English)
The initial research for the toolkit targeted secondary education. 
However, many of the practical ideas assembled here can be 
adapted to suit primary age pupils, or 16- to 19-year-olds studying 
animation on A level or further education courses. The toolkit 
aims to show how 2D and 3D animation can form an important