Red, yellow, blue, and green are colors. San Benito High School students enrolled in Paul Hernandez’ Advanced Animation class now know that these very colors are also representative of personality styles.
San Benito High School (SBHS) Advanced Animation class students recently completed the production of a user-driven, interactive navigation sequence project that combined colors, personality descriptors, and animals to demonstrate various personality styles.
“Recently the Advanced Animation class partnered up with E-Colors in Education to produce a user-driven, interactive navigation sequence. The students have learned new skills to produce work that is of industry standard quality,” explains Animation instructor Paul Hernandez.
Proprietary to Equilibria Services Limited, an international coaching organization that specializes in providing culture development services to the oil and gas industry, the E-Colors process helps identify different personality styles, which then enable people to better understand themselves and those around them.
The E-Colors concept combines four colors and four main personality styles. The most noticeable personality traits being the following:
- Red – the “doer,”
- Yellow – the “socializer,”
- Blue – the “relater,” and
- Green – the “thinker.”
To discover one’s own E-color, individuals take the Personality Diversity Indicator (PDI), consisting of 35 questions and taking approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
The PDI’s end result is a color combination, encompassing the individual’s primary and secondary predominant E-Colors.
For example, a “red over yellow” personality describes a doer (red) and socializer (yellow). A “yellow over red” individual can be seen as a very active and constantly on the go individual that loves to influence and persuade.
E-Colors in Education takes the E-Colors concept one step further and strives to create a culture that empowers students and staff to realize their potential and become transformational leaders.
E-Colors in Education General Manager and Senior Coach Rosalinda Mercado-Garza, PhD, explains, “The E-Color process allows individuals to see their strengths and potential limiters. There are no ‘weaknesses.’ You learn to manage your limitations.”
The concept for the animated project began with an original piece of art, a 4 by 4 foot canvas, capturing 12 unique animals depicting the 12 different E-Colors combinations. Painted in the spring of 2013 by teacher Beth Waltman and student Kevin Lemus of Southwest High School in Houston, Texas, the canvas is the focal point of the animated project.
A digital photo of the canvas was sent to Hernandez, and that’s when SBHS Advanced Animation students transformed a still photo in to a live masterpiece – “E-Colors in Education: E-Animals in the Jungle.”
For the elaborate 9-week project, students brought life and gave a unique voice to the following E-animals: a beaver, deer, eagle, elephant, fox, owl, parrot, raccoon, squirrel, tiger, turtle, and wildcat.
SBHS Senior and project animator Clarissa Huerta, defined as a “blue over green,” brought life and a voice to the turtle.
“I am a turtle. I am Blue / Green. It’s true. I use my shell as protection. I value the emotions of others, but hold mine close, as well. I take some time to adjust to someone or a new surrounding that I am not familiar with. My shell is my comfort, which once I have a friend who convinces me to peer out of it, then I reveal a deeper personality,” says the animated turtle in Clarissa’s very own voice.
Clarissa agrees with her E-Colors. “Sometimes, I take my time in doing things. I like to analyze things. After working on this project, I feel a little more outspoken,” she explains.
According to Clarissa and her fellow animators, syncing the animals’ speech and mouth motions was the most difficult aspect of the project. However, the educational tools available to the students helped make the project a total success.
According to Hernandez, the animation project was built using Adobe Photoshop to redraw the animals’ mouths, Adobe Soundbooth to adjust volumes, and Adobe Flash to outline animated sequences for the final video. The various multimedia software used for the project are those available for students to use in their daily classroom instruction and classwork.
“The finished product has already been uploaded to the E-Colors in Education website and has been well received. The project will be shared globally as Equilibria and E-Colors in Education have partners throughout the world,” said Hernandez.
Not only will the project have worldwide exposure, it has also helped the Advanced Animation students hone their skills for future SkillsUSA competitions.
SkillsUSA, a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together, ensures that America has a skilled workforce. The career and technical student organization, serves more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations.
“In our Career and Technical Education programs, we strive to instill a work ethic that will produce students who will deliver ‘services that will be recognized as honorable by their employers and fellow workers,’ as stated in the SkillsUSA Pledge. I strongly believe that this new partnership will help us achieve this,” Hernandez proudly concluded.
To view the elaborate interactive navigation project, visit the E-Colors in Education’s website at www.ecolorsineducation.com/Personal-Intervention/e-animals.html. To take the PDI, visit the Equilibria website at http://www.equilibria.com/ecolors.html.
E-Colors in Education General Manager and Senior Coach Rosalinda Mercado-Garza, PhD. (far right, front) presents a personal $1,000 donation to the San Benito High School Animation SkillsUSA club and Advanced Animation class students for their partnership in a user driven interactive project. The student animators are Nicholas Becerra, Zelena Cuellar, Nataly Galvan, Jose Garcia, Jeremiah Gomez, Clarissa Huerta, Dakota Jones, Christian Resendez, Joe Sanchez, Miguel Sanchez, and Erika Sandoval; they are shown alongside SkillsUSA sponsor and Animation instructor Paul Hernandez and Career and Technical Education Director Hector Rendon. Not shown are students Luis Gonzalez and Fernando Trejo.