Stop Motion Video and Creativity
There are several apps that can be used to create Stop Motion videos on the iPad. This project was created using iStopMotion for the iPad.
Upper School Psychology Class Project
Emily Philpott of St. George’s Independent School in Collierville, TN used iStop Motion and iPads with her high school psychology class to demonstrate psychological concepts and teach them to their classmates. Students worked collaboratively in groups and made some very creative videos! Here are the instructions she gave her class for this quick, three–day project as well as several of the project videos.
Day One—Student groups used Play Doh to film a nursery rhyme, learning the app.
Day Two—Groups scripted and began filming.
Day Three—Groups did finishing touches on videos, then presented to the class. During the presentation time, students showed the video, the class discussed the psychological concept, then they viewed the video again.
iStop Motion Project
You will be divided into groups and given one of the following social psychology theories/phenomenon:
1. Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon
2. Social Loafing
4. Just–world Phenomenon
5. Mere Exposure Effect
6. Social Exchange Theory
7. Social Identity Theory
8. The Halo Effect
9. The Chameleon Effect
Each group will create an iStop Motion movie using the following guidelines:
Note: Some of these videos have audio and some do not. Students had a choice regarding that option. When these videos were presented to the class, the members of the class interpreted them and explained the psychological theory they represented.