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Students will learn how to use a variety of equipment when creating a Claymation. This is an opportunity traditional classrooms did not receive as technology was limited. An advantage of this is students can now use the equipment in different domains of education. They can use equipment appropriately and confidently. Kiser (2001) explains Claymation projects incorporate content as well as skill development. It also allows students to learn actively by ‘hands on’ creations. (VELS 2008) complies ‘hands on’, ‘enables students to focus on the task to be accomplished rather than on the technology they are using to work with’. However a disadvantage of this is that students may become focused on the ‘hands on’ such as creating the Claymation characters and not the importance of learning new technology appropriately. Claymation is also a time consuming project that only allows for group not individual work. An example of a students Claymation: (YouTube 'This is the result of a claymation workshop for kids at the Halifax Public Library' 2006). media type="youtube" key="XKivbY-xYoE&hl=en" height="355" width="425"