Xtranormal is a free-to-use website that allows users to create simple motion pictures using little technological skill and the user's creativity.
The level of difficulty is intermediate. Users of this cool website must be able to catalog their sentences and ideas in separate parts, in order for the movie to make sense. The additional features are fun and cool to use, but require just a bit more understanding. I was completely new to this website and I saw a commercial for it online, and it looked so cool that I decided to just play with it. It took me less than 1 hour to become a "pro" at it.
With the "New Participatory Culture" allowing users to create edit and interpret information in various ways, Xtranormal opens hundreds of possibilities for ANY subject area. Teachers could assign students to create a movie that exhibits a "pro vs con" debate between two fictional charaters. This app can be used by students in a very engaging way to illustrate their knowledge of word definitions, theorems, principles or any key concept.
On top of it all, it is addicting to use, fun, and allows users to be creative while using knowledge to produce a movie that makes coherent sense in light of the assignment.
I created a Quick 32 second movie for you all to check out how it works!
Enjoy!
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This is great. It reminds me of another cartoon-creating website: http://www.toondoo.com/.
ReplyDeleteI like your lovely movie.
This is great because it's SO funny!! I think that if you used this in a class, there would be kids who had used it before and almost everyone would be familiar with it.
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot, it would keep the attention of students and is a great way to incorporate media into media education in a way the teacher can control.
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