This blog will discuss 2 examples of multimedia and how I would incorporate them into my classroom.
One of my favorite examples of multimedia is video production and editing. I was super excited with the purchase of my FlipCam Video. I taught Digital Photography and Drama as an enrichment class for several years and was quite content with the use of a regular camcorder, but once I used the FlipCam and was able to edit the video, send it as an email, embed it in a presentation, upload it to social network pages and store it all in one location, I felt I had hit the technology lottery. I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge in the field of technology and am feeling much more confident about my stance in video production. As I have notice in a lot of schools, the use of closed circuit T.V. is being used and I have found that I am much more apt to use this tool to produce and edit our school morning announcements with a great deal of confidence. These video announcements will be student created, but edited by myself. Students can include our daily school menu, weather predictions, the morning pledge, and any other necessary announcements. Because of my online education courses, I have found that teaching ones self is one of the best sources of learning technology. Editing will be a chore, but it's one that I'm excited to take on. If anyone has any ideas that will make my school video web announcements a soaring success, please let me know your ideas.
Another favorite example of multimedia that I could use in my classroom is the Web 2.0 authoring tools. These tools are readily available to anyone with Internet service and most are free and safe to use. Web 2.0 tools are plentiful and the sources are growing daily. I have begun using blogs in the classroom. The blogs contain useful links that students can access at home or school. Wikis were completely new to me, but since the creation of my first wiki site, my students are now asking if they can log on to the wikispace page. It brings a whole new element of technology into the classroom because the children are interacting with the site and with each other. Our superintendent has visioned the classroom where every student has his/her own computer and that is a plan that is completely supported by me and many other teachers in our county. I have and will continue to use the wikispace as a page to encourage higher level thinking and collaboration between students. I have challenged my students to create their own wikispace pages with Internet safety and netiquette as a topic. The podcast is another source that I am ready to explore as soon as there is time to publish it properly. I would like to use the podcast to explore science experiments, and the "how to" with math problems. I don't really explore the social networking with students, because of the implications involved with student/teacher professional networking systems. My county provided webpage is sufficient for posting assignments, projects, tests, and other dates of importance. I look forward to reading about what others are doing with technology in their classrooms.
The World Wide Web has grown from a media delivery network to a community-driven domain. The new web, named Web 2.0, provides ordinary users the ability to create their own content, and become involved in the content creation process. This is most evident by Wikis, Blogs, Photo Sharing sites and Podcasts. As educators, one of our goals is to incorporate the capabilities of new technologies into our classroom. By doing this, we are also providing our students with essential skills that they will need to succeed in the job market. By incorporating multimedia computer software like PowerPoint into lessons, instructors are able to connect and meet the needs of students with both auditory and visual learning styles. Most likely, if you have a PC in your room it will have preinstalled multimedia software included. In addition to using these programs for lessons, you can also allow students to create projects and presentations. Bringing multimedia into your lessons presents a great chance of pace from the usual chalkboard based lesson or overhead projector. It can bring about increased content being taught.
ReplyDeleteAnother idea for a fun project is to have students create videos or mini movies as projects. Most students have these capabilities built into their phone, but if not your school should have a video camera for you to use. Have them create 5-15 minute presentation or videos on a topic of your choice.Other ideas include student podcasts, classroom blogs, or interactive classroom forums or websites.
The way we learn is changing and our education and teaching strategies need to constantly change and update to meet the different needs of our students. By using multiple forms of technology in your lessons, you give every student the greatest change to learn at the highest level.
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