| The old school style of education is now totally | | | | these programs to create projects and |
| out of date. Today with the techonology | | | | demonstrations that contain both visual aids and |
| explosion that's presently taking place everywhere | | | | text. |
| around the world, schoolroom instruction has also | | | | Integrating multimedia also produces a change of |
| come a long way and many schools, colleges, and | | | | pace of the old chalk board and overhead |
| universities are progressively incorporating more | | | | projector, which ordinarily goes over very well |
| technology into common classrooms to facilitate | | | | with the students. It can bring about increased |
| the teaching process. | | | | student interaction and interest in the content and |
| After all in this 21st century, in this age of | | | | lesson being taught. |
| podcasts, ipods, blogs and internet sites and | | | | Interactive Multimedia Ebooks |
| blackberries, the education strategy also has a lot | | | | Ebooks are electronic copies of books that be |
| of catching up to do via visuals and wires to | | | | downloaded to your computer and read online.E |
| appeal to school students. When bringing | | | | books are far more visually attractive than their |
| technology into the classroom or your lesson | | | | printed boring old counterparts as e books are |
| plans, your purpose is to enhance your lessons to | | | | created combining videos, images, audio and texts. |
| make them as fascinating to students as possible | | | | For example, suppose you are a biology educator |
| while finding them thought provoking and | | | | and want your students to complete a project. |
| challenging. | | | | Students love to use technology to create things. |
| Using Computer | | | | You can have them create their own ebooks. |
| Present some kind of computer based teaching | | | | Have them research a topic online, download a |
| into your class, and research pronounces that | | | | few ebooks for example and reference, then |
| your students will learn more. They are able to | | | | create their own using images, video, audio, and |
| advance through lessons faster and have a higher | | | | text if possible. |
| rate of retention. Allowing your students to | | | | Videos |
| conduct their own research online using the | | | | Making use of video cameras can also be a great |
| internet can be very beneficial. Most students are | | | | way to integrate technology in your classroom. |
| on the internet every day browing websites and | | | | Many students have video capability in their |
| searching for things that interest them. As long as | | | | phones already and love making videos. Have |
| you show your students the correct way to | | | | them create short movies or presentations on |
| search and verify references, the internet can be | | | | topics for the class. They'll have fun and it will be |
| a great classroom resource that will allow | | | | a great learning experience. |
| students to discover information and answers on | | | | Other ideas include student podcasts, classroom |
| their own. | | | | blogs, or interative classroom forums or websites. |
| Use Multimedia | | | | We should always be looking at ways to update |
| Presentation computer programs such as | | | | and change the way we teach as the ways |
| Powerpoint gives instructors the ability to make | | | | students learn changes over time. My making use |
| lesson plans that blend both the visual and | | | | of various forms of technology, you can do |
| auditory styles of learning. Almost all computers | | | | everything you can to make sure every student |
| have some kind of multimedia platform installed. | | | | has an equal chance to learn and retain |
| You can allow students to take advantage of | | | | knowledge. |