Michael J. Cripps publishes video review of 'Xtranormal for Educators' and its use in the writing classroom

Michael J. Cripps, Ph.D., associate professor and director of composition, Department of English, recently published a review of Xtranormal for Educators, a cloud-based, text-to-speech animation tool used in both K-12 and higher education classrooms.

The review, an animated video that uses Xtranormal to examine the instructional technology's potential for the writing classroom, appears in the Tool Tips section of the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy.

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