Digital Badge H
Chapter 9
Expressing Creativity using Multimedia Technology
Multimedia use is education arises
from the assumption that student learning will be enhanced if more than one
mode of learning is used in teaching situations (Maloy). There are so many
multimedia resources that teachers can use to help create a fun and engaging learning
experience for their students. As a teacher I feel it is my responsibility to experiment
and learn which technologies I can use to help create a successful lesson plan.
PowerPoint is software found on
most computers and is used as a multimedia teaching tool. PowerPoint is a convenient
and user friendly resource for students and teachers. I believe that using PowerPoint
presentations is a fun and engaging way for teachers to present new
information. There are a wide variety of ways to customize and make it an
engaging attention grabber. I like to use images, different colors and texts
and even upload videos occasionally.
Some strategies for using PowerPoints
with students are: using images to generate class discussions, promote visual analysis
of discussion topics, and using slides as attention getters. I feel that images
help deliver a point. Having something visual to relate to the topic will help
the information stick. Also adding engaging images will bring up good
discussions, for example “what do you see?” or even comparing similarities and
differences.
Another
great resource is “video” in the classroom. Some examples are: YouTube,
streaming video and handcrafted videos. When using video in the classroom a
teacher can pause and rewind if needed to review content. Also I would have the
students write a response of what they understood from the video and how it
relates to the topic. The students will have the opportunity to express their
thoughts through written text, or quick sketches. I do believe that videos will
be more effective if they are brief therefore the students have less chance of
getting bored and loosing focus.
All
in all, multimedia technology has so much to offer in many different forms. As
a 21st century teacher I hope to be able to take advantage of as
many of the resources that I can get my hands on. I believe with the help of
technology I will have a much better chance of helping my students to be well
rounded and successful students.
Resources:
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B.
(2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition.
Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
Education Week- This was a interesting site that I found that gives the latest news on multimedia in the classroom.
Education Week- This was a interesting site that I found that gives the latest news on multimedia in the classroom.
There are so many multimedia technologies that can be used to enhance student learning - not only when used by the teacher, but more importantly when created by the student. The power and value of the combination of text, image, video and audio is pretty amazing - but also, it is expected by our students who use multimedia in everything they do outside of school. You relayed some good tips and tricks for both showing video and using PowerPoints in the classroom - don't forget to do so in your own future classroom. :)
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