Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Chapter #9 Creating and Sharing information with Multimedia Technologies

 
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Focus Questions #1:    What is multimedia technology and how can teachers use it to effectively create and share visual information dynamically in their teaching?
  • Multimedia (or multimodal) learning happens when multiple media (text, data,voice, picture, and video) are used to communicate information.
  • Schools have largely emphasized single media, non-interactive modes of learning.
  • A multimedia classroom integrates multiple technologies for teaching and learning.
     Multimedia technology can open doors to learning that goes beyond the classroom meeting the needs of all students and learning.   Multimedia technology is the presence of users’ communication through the combination of texting, data programming, pictures, and/or videos where they interact through teaching and learning. Through this collaboration and interaction learning is taken to a level that gets students, teachers, and family members involved in the educational process.
    Multimedia learning in education means that the student's learning will be enhances is more than one way of learning is used.  Using whiteboard to show images provide ways to show students anything which can be presented on a computer's desktop.

An interactive whiteboard and computer can transform classroom learning.  Having a whiteboard in our classroom will help us  introduce lessons to the children, which will provide a visual and audio learning experience.
Volcano demostration (having a Whiteboard will make a difference presentation)
PreK class

  Through advocating videos, a student's interest can be enhanced in a particular topic.  There are abundant lectures on teachertube, edutube, etc.
   Students gain creativeness through their work and the work of others. Their learning becomes more personal and students understand and gain higher order thinking skills that will be consistent and ongoing, promoting continued educational growth. Multimedia technology and learning resources offer learning that can and will take place anytime, anywhere. It allows flexibility for teachers and students, individualized learning meeting the needs of different learners and their perceptions. Multimedia technology will allow students and their teachers to interact with and teach each other in the classroom as well as outside the classroom.

Tech Tool  9.1:  Interactive Whiteboards

An interactive whiteboard and computer can transform classroom learning.  Interactive whiteboards also allow teachers to record their instruction and post the material to be reviewed by students who benefit from repetition or who need to see the material presented again and for students who are absent from school. (Wikipedia)
 Conclusion
    Today all the educational institutes maximize the potential of student learning through the implementation of computational tools.  Multimedia approach of education like use of audio-visual tools and devices for better understanding of concepts has widely been set up in almost all the institutes.  This led to speedy and effective learning.  Today, the teacher's role is not merely limited to reading books; they might refer to internet technology and so share the same with their students.  Use of internet tools can be fun, attractive and pretty exciting.

Resources
 
Maloy, R. W., Verock-O, R. E., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2010). Transforming teaching with new technologies. Allyn & Bacon

 
 
    

1 comment:

  1. I know you can find the use of interactive whiteboards in the preschool environment - at least you showed that when the SmartBoard was demonstrated a couple of weeks ago. :)

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