Speakers

Mr Sherif El-Sayed Sherif
Art Director, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

Biography

Mr. Sherif is an Art Director at the Planetarium, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994, an MA in Media Arts, and he is a professional in drawing children's books. He won numerous awards, including: Archie Touch Award for the design of TV educational programs in 1997, the award of the Egyptian Council for children's books in 1998, 1999 and 2000, the award of the Arab Council for Childhood and Motherhood in 1999, and two awards of the Cairo International Child Film Festival for the production and direction of the film "Zlezlah" 2009 . He participated in many festivals, exhibitions and conferences concerned with child’s arts and the Educational Technology in Egypt, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, the United States of America, and Saudi Arabia. He also organizes workshops in Egypt and abroad in the fields of animation and digital arts for children and youth.

sharif@comic.com

 

 

Presentation Abstract

Teaching Animation for Children and Its Impact on the Development of Teamwork Skills

The project of Zlezlah film aimed at the development of visual skills in children, especially visual thinking and visual communication skills, which are rarely being paid attention to in the Egyptian education system. For this reason, education through animation was chosen; as it differs from other works of art production. To produce an animated film, one needs to turn his ideas into visual forms, through which he interacts with his teammates, and then the viewers. After eight years, I met some of the children who were involved, and I noticed that the project has affected their careers; some of them went to arts, others to writing, as well as acting.