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Since I showed this tool to some of the teachers at the school I work for in Brasilia, they've been exploring it for pedagogical purposes with great success. They generally create their own, first, but students get so excited about it that they end up producing their own.
The first interesting use I heard of for Xtranormal was in the images4education 2010 group (part of the Electronic Village Online sessions). One of the participants, Janet Bianchini, used it as an introduction to a new class.
Here's how she used it:
Carla Arena
Add your own ideas here on how to use xtranormal pedagogically:
Your Examples of your movies here:
Name | Link to Xtranormal |
Ana Maria Menezes | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS3qBFUodh4 |
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith | http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6222649/ |
Natasa Bozic Grojic | |
Other fun Text-to-Speech tools to explore in the classroom:
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