We are excited to announce that HUE will be exhibiting at the Manchester Animation Festival in the MAF Marketplace. The show takes place on Wednesday 12th November 2025 in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK. 

Running between the 9-13th November 2025, Manchester Animation Festival is the UK’s biggest celebration of the animated art form and it is also an Oscar®-qualifying, BAFTA-recognised film festival. 

Taking place at HOME in Manchester, the festival unites the nation’s animation communities and welcomes international guests to share in the joy of all things animation. Working with leading organisations including Netflix, Disney, Apple, Sky, Aardman, Cartoon Saloon, Blue Zoo, Nickelodeon, the BBC and many more, the festival offers something for everyone, including animated short film competitions, feature screenings, retrospectives, workshops, networking events, panel discussions, masterclasses and talks from some of the industry’s leading voices. 

Come and find HUE in the MAF Marketplace where we’ll be showing off our HUE Animation Studio and HUE Animation Studio Pro kits, together with HUE Clay, the colourful clay that’s perfect for bringing your stop motion creations to life. 

We’ll have free samples to give away (while they last!) plus chances to win stop motion goodies in festival giveaways such as our clay creation challenge. Get creative, make your own clay character and share it on social media with the hashtag #MAFHUE25 for the chance to bag a bundle of HUE prizes!   

This year, HUE is not only excited to be part of the MAF Marketplace, we are also the proud sponsors of the Stop Motion category of the Young Animator of the Year UK (YAY UK) Award!

The YAY UK Awards is the nation’s largest animation competition for aspiring creatives aged 11–22. Open to entrants from across the UK, the contest showcases short films under three minutes in length in 2D, 3D and stop motion.

Submissions closed on 1st September 2025, and the winners will be revealed at the Manchester Animation Festival on the 9th November 2025, with prizes including exclusive studio tours at world-renowned companies such as Aardman.

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We can’t wait to see you all at the festival! 

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Bett UK is celebrating four decades of educational excellence this year and the show is going to be bigger and better than ever. 

Come and see us at Stand SM60 near the Teaching & Learning theater, to see how our award-winning HUE Animation Studio and HUE HD Pro document cameras celebrate creativity by bringing any lesson to life. Teach topics like climate change or maths with stop motion animation, magnify tiny wonders or record lessons for CPD – all designed to encourage engagement in the classroom.

Be the first to glimpse top secret product releases and get show-only offers! #HUEcameras

Our large stand will be unmissable with a dinosaur theme so look out for the HUE logo, a diplodocus, and a flying boy! We’ll be showcasing both our visualiser and stop motion animation products and will be able to share the news of new products coming!  

Bett Show 2025 Awards

We are eagerly awaiting the Bett 2025 Awards winners announcement on the evening of the 22nd January. The HUE HD Pro camera is a finalist in the International Digital Education Resource (non-UK curriculum) category. Wish us luck! 

5 great Dyscalculia manipulatives to use with your HUE HD Pro

On Friday 24th January, we will be joined by Cat Eadle from the Dyscalculia Network. Her talks will be held at 11.30 am and 13.00 pm with a lucky dip at the end of each session. The prize is Book 1 or 2 in the series Succeed with Dyscalculia. Don’t worry if you don’t win; every participant will walk away with a special show discount for both the HUE HD Pro camera and Cat’s books. You can’t lose! 

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The Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) “represents one of the largest gatherings of strategic edtech decision makers in the industry”. 

HUE has a large open plan booth in the main concourse by the Keynote Entrance. Just keep a look out for the HUE logo and we’ll be easy to find!

Come by and see us at Booth 895 to discover how our award-winning HUE Animation Studio and HUE HD Pro document camera can bring any lesson to life. 

Teach topics like climate change or math with stop motion animation, magnify tiny wonders or record lessons for PD – all designed to encourage creativity in the classroom. 

Visitors will also be the first to glimpse top secret product releases and get show-only offers and giveaways #HUEcameras. 

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We’ll keep our fingers crossed for round 2 judging taking place later this year so the winners of each category can be announced at the Bett Awards Ceremony taking place on 22 January 2025 in London, UK.

HUE will be exhibiting at the Bett show from 22nd to 24th of January 2025 and if you are planning to visit, pop over to Stand SM60 where we will be demonstrating the HUE HD Pro document camera as well as our HUE Animation Studio stop motion animation kit.

Produced in association with Besa, the Bett Awards are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found throughout technology for education with a judging panel of EdTech industry leaders, advisors and professionals.

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Are you going to the Schools & Academies Show (SAAS) at the NEC, Birmingham, UK on 22nd November 2023? If you’re visiting, come and say hi to us on Stand H18 to discover our award-winning range of flexible cameras and easy-to-use software designed by teachers, for teachers. 

For one day only, you will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the HUE HD Pro camera and HUE Animation Studio kit and take advantage of our exclusive Schools and Academies Show offers and giveaways.

If you’re going to one of the theatre sessions, take a look under your seat for a mystery golden envelope from HUE! You just might be a winner of our prize worth over £50!

Add stand H18 to your SAAS agenda as we will be hosting STEM and stop motion animation workshops throughout the day. These will be run by our in-house professional animator, Ruth Barrett.

If you’re unable to come to SAAS but would like to speak to us, you can do so at any time via our contact form or in person at another show near you.

More information

Register for free to confirm your place at the Schools & Academies Show and join us to learn how #HUEcameras can support your school. This exciting event will bring thousands of school leaders together to “connect, spark new ideas and discuss the current and future challenges faced by the education community”.

Visit our Schools page for special discounts and offers available for individual teachers, tutors, schools, districts, MATs and parent teacher associations (PTAs). 

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As educators, we have the incredible opportunity to inspire and educate our students about the wonders of the universe. One such wonder is the upcoming solar eclipse. This awe-inspiring natural phenomenon gives us a ‘stellar’ – excuse the pun – opportunity to bring science into the classroom in a truly exciting way.

On Saturday October 14, 2023, the Moon will move exactly in front of the Sun from the point of view of observers along a narrow strip of land stretching across the United States from Oregon to Texas and continuing on to Central and South America. 

Since the Moon will be at the furthest point in its orbit from Earth at that time (known as apogee), it won’t completely block the sun; instead, a dramatic ‘ring of fire’ effect will be seen as the bright edge of the Sun will be visible around the black silhouette of the Moon. The distinctive appearance of this style of eclipse is why it’s called an annular eclipse, as ‘annular’ means ‘ring-like’.

What has the eclipse got to do with HUE Animation?

HUE prides itself on providing teachers with fantastic resources to bring subjects to life and HUE Animation Studio is an essential partner in STEAM activities in your school. The eclipse is ideally suited to stop motion animation and a great, fun way for kids to learn about it. Here’s how!

1. Make an eclipse animation. Everyone will have the opportunity to recreate this fantastic once-in-a-lifetime event with your very own solar eclipse animation! We have created some wonderful new resources to help animate and teach the eclipse this year, available on TPT. 

2. Capture a time-lapse. If you’re lucky enough to live in the path of an annular eclipse you will be able to record the total eclipse for yourself using the time-lapse feature in HUE Animation. A partial eclipse will be visible in many more areas and is equally worth recording.

Tips for preparing your students

• Begin by explaining the basics of solar eclipses. Describe how they occur when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on our planet. Use visual aids, diagrams, and simple language to make the concept accessible to students of all ages.

• Emphasize the importance of safe viewing practices. Inform your students about the dangers of looking directly at the sun and provide guidelines on using proper eclipse glasses or pinhole projectors. 

• If possible, organize a safe eclipse-watching event at your school. Set up telescopes with solar filters or distribute eclipse glasses to students and staff. This hands-on experience will leave a lasting impression on your students and make the event a day they will never forget.

• After the eclipse, encourage your students to reflect on their experiences. Have them write essays, create presentations, or share their thoughts in class discussions. This reflection can deepen their understanding of the event.

• Throughout the eclipse preparations and observations, encourage your students to ask questions. Curiosity is the key to learning, and eclipses provide a unique opportunity to nurture it.

The upcoming solar eclipse on October 14th 2023 is a momentous event that can enrich your classroom experience and inspire a lifelong love for science and astronomy. By engaging your students with the wonders of the cosmos, you’re not only teaching them about the natural world but also fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and a sense of wonder that will benefit them far beyond the classroom. 

So, mark your calendars, prepare your lessons, and get ready to watch the skies with your eager young learners! HUE will be recording and live streaming (if weather permits) from Texas on social media @HUEcameras so make sure you stay tuned for updates. 

We have created an example of the kind of eclipse animation you could make: 

Or take a look at this animation created in the STEM: HUE Animation Program at the Butler Public Library in New Jersey:

Further information

2023 Annular Eclipse: Where & When – NASA Science
Solar Eclipses in 2023 and 2024 – NASA Science
Eclipses – NASA Science

Richelle Ayers is the global social media manager and content co-director for HUE. She graduated from St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, with a BA in Child Psychology. A former CPS investigator for the State of Texas, she transitioned her skills into classroom teaching working with students in special education, inclusion and general education settings from kindergarten through 7th grade classrooms, and is experienced in team leadership, mentoring and presenting on topics including PBL and STEM.

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In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s more important than ever to engage students in innovative and captivating ways. As educators, we have the power to transform learning experiences and ignite creativity in our students. If you’re ready to take your teaching to the next level, we invite you to join us at ISTELive 23 for an inspiring stop motion animation workshop!

Located in the School Library Playground, Tuesday, June 27 2023, 12:45-1:45 pm, Table 2 is where the magic of stop motion animation will come alive. Led by STEM Learning Coach Ashley Faulkner, and Digital Learning Coach and Library Lead Rachel Barcus, from Fayette County Public Schools, this workshop promises to be an enriching experience for educators of all levels.

Unleash Your Students’ Imagination:

Stop motion animation is a fantastic tool that can bring any subject to life and transform it into a captivating visual narrative. By attending this workshop, you’ll learn how to harness the power of HUE cameras and stop motion software to animate your curriculum in a way that will leave a lasting impact on your students.

Engage, Inspire, and Empower:

Incorporating stop motion animation into your teaching repertoire will open doors to endless possibilities for student engagement. Imagine your students eagerly creating their own animated stories to showcase their understanding of complex concepts. With this workshop, you’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate stop motion animation into your lessons, making learning a truly interactive and immersive experience.

Benefits of Attending:

1. Enhance Learning Outcomes: Discover how stop motion animation can deepen students’ understanding of various subjects by encouraging critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration.
2. Foster Creativity: Unleash the creative potential of your students by providing them with a medium to express their ideas, stories, and interpretations in a visually captivating format.
3. Amplify Digital Literacy: Equip yourself with valuable knowledge of HUE HD Pro cameras and stop motion animation, empowering you to guide your students in developing essential digital literacy skills.
4. Share Best Practices: Connect and collaborate with fellow educators at ISTELive 23, sharing experiences and best practices for incorporating stop motion animation effectively in the classroom.

As educators, we strive to create meaningful learning experiences that inspire our students. Attending the Animating the Curriculum Playground session at ISTELive 23 is an incredible opportunity to tap into the power of creativity and technology. Let’s embark on this journey together and empower our students to become storytellers, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners!

For those interested in attending the session, there is an additional resource that can greatly benefit your teaching journey. STEM Learning Coach Ashley Faulkner has created a comprehensive Google site, titled Animating Your Curriculum, which serves as a hub of guidance, resources, and information to support teachers in seamlessly integrating stop motion animation into their lessons. 

The website provides a wealth of valuable content, including step-by-step tutorials, lesson plans, tips and tricks, and curated examples of stop motion animation in the classroom. Whether you attend the workshop or not, the Google site is an excellent resource that can continue to support and inspire educators on their journey to animate their curriculum.

For more information and updates, follow @HUEcameras, @afaulknerstem and @lmsbarcus on social media.

Visit the HUE resources page for additional free animation resources on educational topics including the Water Cycle, Global Warming, Math Fractions and Cycle of Seasons.

We can’t wait to see HUE! 

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Our flights are booked, our cases are packed, and we are ready for an action-packed week in Philly at (probably) the most fun EdTech conference in the world, ISTE!

We cannot wait to see familiar faces and friends, attend illuminating talks and be inspired by “what’s new and what’s next in education”!

Hosted by ISTE.org, the ISTELive 23 conference program features over 900 exciting sessions which promise to deliver engaging, practical teaching strategies for the classroom, online learning and beyond. 

If that wasn’t enough, ISTELive 23 will host a lively expo hall featuring inspiring EdTech solution providers, and hands-on ‘Playground’ demo sessions where you can tinker, touch and play with the latest innovations in classroom technology.   

With so much to do and so many people to see, our itineraries are full to bursting! BUT… we want to see you there!

Where will HUE be at ISTELive 23?

Keep an eye out for the HUE logo on T-shirts, booths and sessions at ISTELive for a chance to try  #HUEcameras for yourself and for the chance to win HUE goodies, cameras, animation kits and swag. 

Monday June 26 2023 (8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)

Terrace Ballroom Lobby, Table 26
A Difference of Opinion 

Join Alicia Verweij in this hands-on session where you will learn about the engineering design process and be challenged to design a “community space that promotes community, culture, compromise, diversity and computational thinking” with the 3Dux modeling system. Alicia Verweij will capture the creative building session with a HUE HD Pro camera and use stop motion animation to present the finished project.

Tuesday June 25 2023 (12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.)

School Library Playground, Table 2
Unlock the creative potential of your students with Stop Motion Animation! 

In this interactive Playground session, Ashley Faulkner and Rachel Barcus from Fayette County Public Schools will show you how to use Cloud Stop Motion and HUE HD Pro cameras to assess students’ knowledge, illustrate complex concepts, and make abstract ideas concrete. 

Whether you’re collaborating with content area teachers or looking to enhance your makerspace, you’ll leave with practical tips, strategies, and student examples using stop motion. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to experiment with the software and HUE HD Pro camera yourself! 

Monday June 26 – Wednesday June 28 2023 (from 9:30 a.m.)

Expo Hall, Booth 1840
Mackin Educational Resources

Don’t miss Mackin Educational Resources at booth 1840 for an engaging presentation and a chance to win a HUE Animation Studio kit for your classroom. Follow @HUEcameras @MackinMaker and @MackinLibrary for more info! 

Can’t attend ISTE but still want to join in the fun?

Don’t miss out on the huge ISTE giveaway; enter before July 15 2023 for the chance to win a whole case of 24 HUE HD Pro cameras for your school or district!

Put a note in your diary to claim 15% off HUE cameras before June 30 2023.

About ISTE

ISTE (the ​​International Society for Technology in Education) is “home to a passionate community of global educators who believe in the power of technology to transform teaching and learning, accelerate innovation and solve tough problems in education.

ISTE inspires the creation of solutions and connections that improve opportunities for all learners by delivering: practical guidance, evidence-based professional learning, virtual networks, thought-provoking events and the ISTE Standards.”

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Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths is Jasmine’s first book, a middle grade adventure series where STEM meets magic! In a world of magical beings, Hex Allen, Cam and Fuse have only their wits, creativity and the “mysterious, forgotten arts of science and engineering” to outsmart monsters on their quest to find the Wishing Wyrm. 

Throughout the book, Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths “use everything from electromagnets to water balloon launchers” to get out of a bunch of scrapes and make some fantastic gadgets. 

The book includes beautifully illustrated instructions for building each gadget and the tutorial for building an LED lamp to trick an ogre is available to download free of charge on Jasmine’s website.

Accompanying the tutorial, Jasmine has filmed two fantastic videos featuring read-alouds from her book and time-lapse video clips showing how to build fantastic gadgets from Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths including the LED lamp and a motorized cart.

In our National Week of Making giveaway, we are giving you the chance to win a copy of Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths and a HUE HD Pro document camera, the perfect companion for creating your own STEM tutorials, filming or streaming read-alongs, making stop motion movies, time-lapse videos and more!

To enter the giveaway, follow @HUEcameras and @jrflorentine on Instagram or Twitter and comment on the giveaway post with your favorite subject from the acronym STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math).

The giveaway opens for entries on June 16th and closes June 21st 2023. T&Cs apply. 

Visit jasmineflorentine.com to discover more about Jasmine’s growing collection of STEM Education resources, including paper pets and Ticklebots. 

Hex Allen and The Clanksmiths is available to purchase from Bookshop, Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Book Depository. 

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National Children’s Gardening Week is a UK-wide initiative that was set up with the aim of turning tiny fingers green, and to celebrate the fun of growing flowers and food with the younger generations.

Founded in 2015 by BBC Radio Sheffield‘s garden expert, Neil Grant, National Children’s Gardening Week is “an annual festival of fun that’s embraced in homes, schools, and community groups across the country, and supports the amazing Greenfingers charity”. 

Falling on May 27th – June 4th this year (2023), families and schools can get involved with an abundance of activities, resources, competitions and events provided on the National Children’s Gardening Week website.

The initiative recognizes that “children love growing plants and love being involved in the garden but they’re often impatient, wanting to see instant results”. 

This seed of an idea germinated in the imaginations of the HUE team, who thought about how #HUEcameras can be used to educate little ones and reveal the secret world of plants through video and time-lapse image capture. 

All of the time-lapse ideas in this article can be created using the HUE Animation Studio kit, or a HUE HD Pro camera together with animation software (or the HUE Intuition software as described in our guide). Links to detailed instructions and FAQs can be found at the end of the article. 

Capture a ‘pea-lapse‘

Who hasn’t planted peas or beans in a jar in the classroom? With time-lapse photography, this popular preschool project can become a much more fertile learning experience. In this pea-lapse video we captured the time-lapse footage over a span of three hours at a rate of one frame per minute using a HUE HD Pro camera and HUE Intuition software.

Watch plants ‘dancing‘

Plants such as calatheas and rattlesnake plants really love to boogie. Over the course of the day, the leaves of these so-called ‘Prayer Plants’ move constantly, but most notably in the evening, when the leaves rise straight upwards into a praying hands position.   

In this prayer plant time-lapse video the footage was captured over a span of eight hours from 4pm to midnight, at a rate of one frame per minute.

Time-lapse garden makeover

Gather your family, friends or classmates and organise a time-lapse garden makeover. This project idea works really well if you plan to make a significant change to the plot over the day, either planting up a bare patch or taking battle with a heavily overgrown garden.        

Make room for mushrooms

Long time readers of the HUE blog might remember the time-lapse mushroom project we created in collaboration with fun fungi company Back to the Roots. Watch the Amazing Pink Oyster Mushroom time-lapse video and read the accompanying article to find step-by-step instructions for setting up and capturing a time-lapse project with the HUE HD Pro camera. 

Explore capillary action in flowers with @Stem_with_Stephanie

STEM advocate @Stem_with_Stephanie shared this fantastic floral science project with us which explores capillary action in plants using some blue food coloring, a few flowers and a HUE camera.

Capture a cool cucumber moment on camera

National treasure David Attenborough may be best known for showing us the hidden behaviors of animals but he’s just as interested in plants and their clever ways of competing for space to regenerate. Watch his reaction to the amazing Ecballium squirting cucumber plant. We think you’ll have a chuckle too! 

If you are lucky enough to own one of these cool cucumber plants, why not use your HUE camera and software to capture a video of this exciting, exploding seed spreading strategy?

For more National Children’s Gardening Week inspiration, follow @nationalchildrensgardeningweek on Facebook and visit childrensgardeningweek.co.uk.

For more information about how to create your own time-lapse projects with HUE products, please visit our detailed articles and FAQ pages: 

• Time-lapse with HUE Animation software
• Time-lapse with Stop Motion Studio software
• Time-lapse with Back to the Roots and HUE (including instructions for creating a time-lapse video with HUE Intuition)

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