| The essay conveys my teaching ideas and methods in animation software education,including postmodern teaching method,5S teaching method etc. and also helps people have abetter grasp of techniques in this subject. To become an excellent educator in this field, thefollowing needs to be accomplished: firstly, understanding of the development and relevantinformation about animation industry. Secondly, grasping the features and trends of varioussoftware about animation technology, which makes the educators be more than equal to theteaching task. The relevant teachers in the subject especially those of digital animation majorwill benefit from this research.The essay covers four major points: development and application of digital animationtechnology, features of animation software, history of animation industry, postmodernteaching theory including teaching formula, process, behavior, method, evaluation and5Steaching method.Here are the results of the experiments on Maya performed in Liaoning NormalUniversity and Dalian Occupational College: Students of these two colleges have exactly thesame textbook, teaching outlines, time of learning. The only difference lies in the teachingmethod. I stick to the traditional way in Dalian Occupational College. While I take5S methodand put progressive ideas into practice in Liaoning Normal University. As a result, lots of inDalian Occupational College present works without much creation in the final examination, tothe contrary, most students in Liaoning Normal University produce works are new andoriginal. This very much explains that5S method is very efficient in this field.To become an expert in animation software teaching, the educator needs to improvehimself continuously and grasp techniques and features of the animation business. Being asuccessful educator in this field requires lecturing with a definite object in view, highefficiency, and quality time in class. Postmodern teaching ideas as well as5S teaching methodwill help teachers’ foster more excellent animation majors and improve animation softwareteaching. |