Xtranormal
If You Can Type
You Can Make A Movie
Today’s Agenda
• Xtranormal—Kids, Parents, Educators
• Some examples
• Learn how to make a movie using
Xtranormal
• Register
• Make a movie
Kids
Xtranormal is a VERY easy to use icon-
based movie making tool that empowers
students because it gives them the ability to
make high-quality 3D computer generated
character style movies. Students will be able
to express themselves in a completely new
format that invites them to consider
elements like mood, setting,
characterization, plot, and even camera
angle -- with tools that will EXCITE them
about their writing.
Parents
Parents will actually get to see their children's
work which is one of the best things happening
with web2.0 in education. Gone are the days
where students toil for hours over a project that
is destine to collect dust on a shelf in a
classroom. Parents can even review the work of
their children's peers and get a feel for what their
children's counterparts are doing -- raising the
bar on quality? They can also get into the
learning process by giving feedback to their
student geniuses.
Educators
Educators love tools that excite, motivate, and
inspirecritical thinking -- but when you add the peer
assessment element, the fact that it's web based and
requries no installation, and the easy learning curve for
students -- you have an instant winner. Peer assessment
via social rating and comments gives teachers a built in
vehicle for assessment that can be connected to a rubric
and become a meaningful part of the process. Because
it's web based, it works on any web-enabled machine and
saves the trouble of having to install it -- plus it can be
worked on at home as a homework assignment or group
project. I can see students needing little to no training to
get up and running with Xtranormal -- maybe a group
learn session where the most tech savvy students
become learning leaders and assist their peers with any
technical roadblocks.
Examples
• Book Review
• Biology
• Social Studies
Let’s Learn How
http://www.viddler.com/explore/tonywh/video
s/13/
Try It Yourself
Go to:
http://www.xtranormal.com