After spending two years completing my PGCE majoring in animation and interactive media the current outlook concerning UK job prospects with respect to teaching due to the extended recession, the national debt and the change in leadership, has left me in a state of uncertainty.
A recent visit to my second home of Cambridge emphasised the overall feeling of vitality and vigor with a plentiful supply of vacancies in shop windows and people optomistic at their futures acerbated by the recent heatwave, it was 30 degrees when I left.
Back to Wales, yes it was raining! back to technology and teaching and the cuts implemented include the closure of Becta the government agency that supports the implementation of learning through technology and huge cuts in learning support.
This year we have now gotDRAGON a stop motion software made by animators for animators which has had many excellent reviews and may well be a competitor in industry for reliable and easier to use Stop motion Pro. Other advantages at last a cross compatible software cutting through the huge list of software that either works on Mac or PC although on the down side their list of cameras that are are supported is limited to highend DSLRs and Canon powershots. In my view definately geared towards production companies and institutes. Individuals great if you can afford the camera.
Still in my usual philosophical way everything happens for a reason and this will give me greater time to make animations. Watch this space!!
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