Xtranormal_teaching

Teaching Using Xtranormal

=In a Teaching Program= Xtranormal can be used as part of a teaching program, in which over a series of lessons children will make their own movies using Xtranormal. This can be used as an evaluative tool, as children can make a movie about a topic they have just learned, such as chance and data in the sample lesson plans (See Appendix 1). This lesson plan sequence can be altered and used with other subjects as well.

Another use of Xtranormal in a teaching program would be to use it instead of the traditional role-play. Once children have learned about bullying and learned to ‘identify and use a variety of strategies to manage and resolve conflict’ (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2007), they can then make a short movie discussing some of these strategies. Then instead of having to go around the school to perform the role-play to other classes, they can simply post the video on the schools intranet or e-mail it to some of the other classes.

=Used to Support Teaching=
 * Xtranormal can also be used as a teaching method or a way to support teaching. Instead of finding an old documentary to teach the children something, the teacher could make (or find) a short Xtranormal movie about a topic, to engage children and teach them E.g. a short film about estimation and measurement ( See right).

An Xtranormal movie will support teaching in the same way a video or a slide show presentation would. The only difference is that it is made by the teacher or the student. A large part of my pedagogical approach to teaching is to make things fun, engaging, and appealing to children. || media type="file" key="Car_Measure_0001.wmv" width="300" height="300" An Xtranormal Movie: "Measuring a Car" ||

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