UCS students taking part in a Velocity Jr. camp are not standing still when it comes to learning about technology.
More than 10 students spent the past week at a camp putting legos into action using stop-motion technology.
Camp member Kinsey Heersma, of Monfort Elementary, said she has been enjoying learning a new way to play with legos.
“I like the creative part of it,” she said.
Presented by Game Crazy, students are using the software “Animate It” to develop ideas, create lego characters, story board scenes and put it all together with music and green screen effects.
The end result is students are creating several movies where lego characters jump, drive, or pull items across a board.
Teacher Brett Marshall said that he walks the students through the initial stages of the program, but the actual movie is the result of their imagination.
“The final product is really up to them,” he said.
The Lego animation camp is one of more than 30 activities taking place at the Velocity Jr. Center, housed at Rose Kidd Elementary.
Velocity Jr. is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partnership between UCS and the city of Sterling Heights designed to create and sustain a workforce capable of filling current and future high tech job opportunities that will help Michigan’s economy grow.
For a listing of classes, please visit this link: http://www.ucscommunityeducation.com/Tim/summer15.pdf
