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“When teachers stop talking deep learning takes place”. (Hattie P. J., 2011) Professor John Hattie advocates the need for teachers to reduce the amount of time they spend talking at students in their classrooms. He believes that when teachers stop talking deep learning is able to take place. His research indicates that 80% of many classes is spent in teacher talk.".


 * Online Resource || Xtranormal || Applications ||
 * [[image:Xtranormal.GIF width="132" height="69" align="center"]] || * Create a movie with customised avatars.
 * Decide on characters, camera angles, sounds, accents and backgrounds.
 * Easy to use.
 * 14 day free trial. Education $10 per month 50c per student.
 * Online management of assignments.
 * Online help.
 * All content of any type on the Site is the property of Xtranormal.

EXAMPLE || * Deliver the lesson using avatars
 * Students can complete written assignment in Xtranormal.
 * Encourages the use of 'primary' source quotes. ||
 * || Khanacademy ||  ||
 * [[image:arteresources/smart_history.PNG width="216" height="176" caption="smart_history.PNG" link="http://www.khanacademy.org/"]] || * Library of 2,700 videos on all different subjects.
 * Scroll down to find the list of Art videos on specific artworks. || * Use a video to engage the students in their learning. ||
 * || Jing ||  ||
 * [[image:arteresources/jingpref.jpg width="233" height="203" caption="jingpref.jpg" link="http://jing.en.softonic.com/"]] || * Screen recording device which allows the teacher to verbally and visually instruct the class.
 * Need an external microphone for best results.
 * Creates a swf file.
 * Free download || * Could be used to give instructions on a lesson.
 * Students are able to view instructions many times.
 * Creates teacher time for individual assistance. ||
 * || Blabberize ||  ||
 * [[image:arteresources/Blabberize.PNG width="193" height="139" caption="Blabberize.PNG" link="http://blabberize.com/"]] || * A resource that allows you to add a moving mouth and sound to an image

EXAMPLE || * To present a lesson using talking images to convey the content.
 * Get the artist to say a quote. eg Picasso saying "Good artists copy and Great artists steal". Use it as a theme for your semester of work!
 * Encourages the use of 'primary' source quotes. ||
 * || Smart History ||  ||
 * [[image:arteresources/Sart_History_1.PNG caption="Sart_History_1.PNG" link="http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/"]] || * Online History Textbook
 * Timelines
 * Styles
 * Artists
 * Themes || * Excellent tool for introduction to different Art Movements, Styles, Artists and Themes.
 * Knowledge is easily accessible to students. ||
 * || Audacity ||  ||
 * [[image:Capture.GIF width="233" height="89" link="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"]] || * Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and [|multilingual] audio editor and recorder. || * Record your lesson in Audacity, convert to an MP3 file and upload to a site that the students can access. ||
 * || Songify ||  ||
 * [[image:Songify.GIF width="116" height="114" align="center"]] || * This is a fun app, currently only available for an IPhone.
 * Simple to use, speak into the "mic" and Songify will turn your message into a song.
 * Some issues with sending the recorded message to en email address, even though it enables this to be done. It will send to a Facebook account OK.

EXAMPLE || * Once the issues with the sending to an email address are resolved this will be an excellent app for recording art terminology. Students can play over and over. ||
 * || Vodcast ||  ||
 * http://www.avatarizeyourself.com/ ||  ||   ||
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