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I was inspired to write this post today after reading about the Incubator School in LA, CA on EdSurge. A school to foster mini entrepreneurs. Brilliant. And it reminded me of my own early-stage ventures at the age of 10 that I'm still amazed never received VC financing or TechCrunch ...

Creativity can strike at any moment, and I truly believe that each and every one of us is creative, and has the ability to create amazing things. While some of us are artistically inclined, others have musical talent, and some have creativity in a number of other areas that they ...

Technology blog Gadget Speak has posted a review of our HUE camera, praising its portability and adaptability when it comes to using it as a visualiser (or document camera, if you're reading this from the US). We've already had a lot of positive feedback from teachers who find it useful that they can pop ...

It’s been an amazing month of flying pigs, and we have loved seeing your creative and inspiring entries for the “When Pigs Fly” animation contest! After wading through the submissions, and watching some amazing usages of myCreate and SAM, we give you our Top 3 animations. Watch them, love them, ...

We've recently been told that our HUE cameras will be used in teacher training as part of the BUSTER International Film Festival for Children and Youth (BUSTER International filmfestival for børn og unge). The website is available in a choice of English or Danish. BUSTER is a film festival for young ...

Let me start this post by giving you an insight into my daily morning routine. Its 5:45AM on any given day, it could be Monday, Friday, or Sunday, it truly doesn’t matter when you are 5 years old and the sun is up. You play quietly in your room for ...

They say we all learn in different ways, that we have different learning styles, and no two people see things in the exact same light. If we asked you to draw a picture of a cat, or to tell us the story of how that cat likes to sleep in ...

Today’s featured review comes from Abi over at the Angel Eden blog. She’s written a lovely description about her first experiences introducing her children (and husband) to stop motion animation, and she covers the full animation process from start to finish. We particularly enjoyed seeing the results of her family’s ...

July has come to a close, and August has greeted us with continued summer warmth, long days, and time to explore. As a child I remember spending days-on-end in the summer discovering new things, playing with friends, and making new things. My friends and I (with a little help from ...

We're proud to announce that HUE Animation Studio is sponsoring a very special exhibition at Dorset County Museum! ANIMATE! Two Centuries Of Animation From Pencil To Pixel 13 June - 19 October 2013 The museum has gathered some of the most influential names in the animation world, from Aardman Animations to ...

Hard to believe it's almost August! Before the school year gets going again (yikes!) we'll be launching new versions of SAM Animation with the usual bug fixes, and one new feature that we're super excited about. This feature will allow for exporting videos to the resolution of the streaming camera ...

Fancy a change from YouTube? We've recently uploaded all of our stop motion videos to our Vimeo channel, giving fans a choice of where they can watch. Please let us know which you prefer! John Lewis Christmas Advert 2012 - The Journey - animated from Hue Animation on Vimeo ...

The summertime is always an opportunity for us to play 'catch-up' and we're doing just that in our development department! By the launch of the new 2013-14 school year we will have version 2.0 myCreate-iPad app out with an entirely new look and feel, with an option for a free ...

Today we'd like to draw attention to a slightly older article we came across from Norwegian pedagogy specialists itslearning. They've posted about how they use video from webcams and visualisers to open up new teaching techniques which would never have been possible in the past. What makes the itslearning blog post ...

"We're ready to do it again!" exclaimed Dotty Corbiere in the video testimony below upon reflecting the recent pilot with her 2nd graders who built their own 'circle stories' out of LEGO Education's StoryStarter product, and then shared these stories with our myCreate iPad app. LEGO StoryStarter with myCreate - ...

When you hear the name Thomas Alva Edison, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? A light bulb? A telegraph? Probably not stop motion animation. And yet, one of the earliest stop motion animations was produced by Thomas A. Edison. "The first place stop motion shows up is ...

In June our SAM Animation software received recognition by Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA), an international awards program that recognizes quality materials designed for children and families The panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, ...

This post was first shared on Forbes.com on 7/2/13. When I started iCreate to Educate, I read a lot of books on female entrepreneurs and started to recognize a consistent message – female entrepreneurs tend to have more self-doubt than our male counterparts. How was I, as a female entrepreneur, ...

That's right folks, its time for another amazing animation contest! This time we have the age old saying "When Pigs Fly", for you to solve. That's right, we want you to create a 3 minute or less animation, between July 1st-July 31st, using myCreate or SAM animation, showing us how ...

School’s almost out for the summer (or some lucky ones may already be out!), but things aren’t slowing down at iCreate. We just released an update on our myCreate iPad app (more details below), and will continue to release monthly updates. SAM is still a strong and steady product, guiding ...