I am an IT Teacher in the Toronto area. I am looking to start a new introductory computer art/animation course to senior high school students. To my knowledge there is no such course as this in Ontario (a computer art course yes - animation no). My thoughts on course content are as follows: stills -> people/creatures -> animate them. My questions are these: What software should I use? I thought Illustrator or Fireworks along with Photoshop for the stills. Poser5 and Vue Professional for the people/creatures and possibly the animation. 3DSMAX 5.1 is also an option for the animation. I do not know how much I can realistically cover in a year (approximately 100 hours in class). I realize some theory is necessary, but I don't want to get bogged down with it. The idea of the course would be to expose the kids to what can be done, as well as get them excited about it. If you have any thoughts please post. I am especially interested to hear from you if you are an educator, or a professional animator having completed some computer animation course. I would really like to pick your brain for the few questions I have. If you know of any such course elsewhere or a teacher/instructor who is teaching along these lines I would love some contact information. Moderator, if this post would be better off on a different thread please advise. Thank you in advance. Herm