Pedagogical+Issues

There are several points that need to be addressed in terms of the use of these technologies in teaching and learning.

A lesson plan has been devised for the use of Xtranormal and Wikispaces in the classroom. The lesson requires pairs of students to write a section of a story, as an Xtranormal movie, which link together to create a narrative. Within the video the students are required to incorporate a mathematical question. In order to progress with the story, and continue to the next 'chapter' in the story, the reader must correctly answer the question posed in the video.

A discussion of the use of Xtranormal and Wikispaces in the teaching program mentions things such as integration of discipline areas and the use of the task as a summative assessment.

Xtranormal and Wikispaces will support teaching by providing the opportunity to share knowledge, the benefit of different formats and its use as an assessment strategy.

The learning that can occur by using these technologies includes team work, consideration of others perspectives and a set of skills that can be used in future studies.

When comparing technology and traditional mediums we see that technology can encourage reasoning and problem solving, it can be more engaging and interactive and can cater to different learning styles more readily.