Xtranormal

=Xtranormal =

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For this project, we were asked to take one of our journal reviews and turn it into an animation with the help of the website, Xtranormal. You can join Xtranormal for free and create at least one animation for free. It is really easy and the site is not difficult to understand or navigate. First, you chose a style, characters, and a background. Then you can choose the voiced of the characters. Next, you add the text you want them to say, character by character. In this stage you can also add in camera shots, motions, and expressions. You can preview your movie throughout this process. Then when you are done, you can submit the video and then your work is done! This is a very simple way to show the information in a different way that is sure to grab your students' attention! My Xtranormal is embedded above and is a "father-daughter" conversation of Social Networking websites and their affects on adolescents.

This project was one of the most fun for me to complete. I am still a little kid at heart and the thought of being able to create my own animation was nothing short of exciting. For me, it was really hard to decided on which Journal Review to do as well as what style I wanted my animation to be in. After I finalized my choices, the rest of the video really just fell into place. I really enjoyed this project because it was technology that I did not have much experience with and I really enjoyed learning by completing an actual video. The main downfall of this site is that after a certain number of points, you have to pay for the points. Therefore, you either need several e-mail addresses for numerous accounts or you actually have to pay. I think this site really helped to show me that there are still websites and technologies that I am unfamiliar with that I still need to play around with and get to know.

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