BP8_2009122_Tool#3( Xtranormal)

Xtranormal can be shared, motivational and creative tool for the visual art classroom. I use this communicative tool to enhance student’s motivational skills and creativity in priming them for upcoming unit. It is a wonderful tool because it is free and can be shared for the class to critique, as well as instant feedback.

I also use this tool for beginning visual arts classes as a storyboard lesson final project. We take the drawn out storyboards or mockups and then try to emulate their original concepts with a twist of technology to create an additional visual communicative project using Xtranormal.

We share our movies on a classroom blog and VoiceThread to develop higher critical thinking skills as we discuss and critique the movies. This was an excellent idea because it freed me up with grading and allowed the students to grade one another with peer evaluation. This was fun and inspirational from an artist point of view. Xtranormal is a great starter tool for larger animation software programs for my visual arts classroom.