The use of different types of media at specific moments can have a powerful effect on the message trying to be portrayed. The presentation I witnessed gave me an insight into how different types of media can be combined to create an indepth learning tool. So much is said about students who have different learning styles. Multimedia is something that is essential when dealing with different types of learners. I can see multimedia getting bigger and bigger within education, I know I am more aware of the uses and roles of different media and aim to make more use of them in my classrooms.
I really enjoyed the presentation on multimedia as it showed me how technology, and not only multimedia, can be used as an effective assessment tool. We made a procedure of ourselves brushing our teeth using pictures, text and sound. While this may sound basic, it was really powerful in not only getting the idea of procedures across but it was also a great way of increasing students knowledge of technology.
Hi Lew
I too really enjoyed the Authoring and Multimedia workshop. It was great to see another side of teaching and learning. I didnt know too much about incorporating multimedia into lessons besides using pictures and photos, however I now know much more.
Our workshop involved using a program called animoto. You can check this out at http://www.animoto.com
It is such a great site and is appropriate for students to use too! I was amazed as it was so easy to use and helps create enjoyable and creative clips on a variety of music genres. I also downloaded my own photos and made a fun slideshow with music. It can be greatly used in the classroom where students can present what they have learnt through a creative means. And as you said, it definately increases students skills in technology! Plus multimedia can be incorporated into any KLA which as teachers we definately appreciate