Animation and Digital Content

OK, think back now. How many cartoons did you watch as a kid?

We thought so. Animation has an inherent appeal for children, and grown-up kids are no exception either. It's a perfect medium for getting multiple ideas across quickly, which is just as useful for a business teaching customers about its products as for a teacher in the business of education.

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The Bushmeat Trade
Teachers' Resource, Send a Cow

At face value, you might think that hunting endangered wild animals for food can only be presented in a negative light. But there are many other issues at stake, and, taken as a whole, the equation is far more complex. This animation is designed to provoke class discussion by looking at the issues from the point of view of the rural farmer, the bushmeat customer and, of course, the animals themselves. Turn your speakers on!

Ferrets are the Business
Animated characters

Encouraging children to get involved with web reporting, ferrets were a metaphor. A bonus was that one of the collective nouns for ferrets is a 'business' - which gave extra impact in the kids' thinking.

Spooky Science
Institute of Physics

Featuring a haunted castle, various ghastly props such as a bed of nails and a foaming pumpkin, and the ever dubious, boiler-suited, Citrus Brothers, this is a terrifying resource for teachers to present science concepts. Well, slightly creepy, anyway.

Superman, Santa, Scrooge
Chris Day for CharityCards

Along with a similar viral (in which God took the place of Scrooge) this Christmas quiz was adapted for a suite of eCards.

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