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4.  Students are able to retain information better with the use of words and pictures together (Taylor, 2008).  Glover and Miller discovered that the use of a promethean board increased student motivation in their middle school study (Glover, 2001).  Some of the top emerging technologies being used in education are Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Handhelds, and Interactive Whiteboard Technologies (Wikija, 2011). 3

5.  Computer Lab with Desk Top Computers  LCD Projectors  Document Cameras  Digital Camera  Zip Video Camera  Promethean Boards  Mobi Boards  Laptops  IPods 4

6.  Increases student engagement and teachers are able to hold student’s attention longer.  Allows students to become more independent and helps to develop student’s confidence in their ability.  Integrating multimedia into daily lessons allows students to visualize the material and increases how well they are able to recall the information when needed.  The use of multimedia in the classroom activates and builds prior knowledge, supports transfer of learning, supports attention, and increases motivation (Taylor, 2008) 5

7.  Reading Curriculum  Videos clips  Vocabulary games  Digital Story Boards  Math Curriculum  Interactive lessons  Video clips  Animated lessons  Etools  Writing & Grammar  Grammar jams or raps  Power Point Presentations  Video record writings  Science  Interactive lessons  Video clips  Animated lessons  Simulations New Curriculum with multimedia incorporated into the lessons 6

8.  Reading  Math 7

9.  Derek Glover, D. M. (2001). Running with Technology: the pedagogic impact of large-scale introduction of inteactive whiteboards in one secondary school. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from Technology, Pedagogy, and Education: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14759390100200115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14759390100200115  MFTEducation. (2010). YouTube. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from Vision for Technology in Higher Education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0L5fxWgsr8&feature=channel_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0L5fxWgsr8&feature=channel_video_title  PennState. (2007). Voice Thread Browse. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from VoiceThread Universal: http://voicethread.com/?#q http://voicethread.com/?#q  Schacter, J. (1999). The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from Milken Family Foundation: Education Technology: http://www.mff.org/pubs/ME161.pdfhttp://www.mff.org/pubs/ME161.pdf  Taylor, D. (2008). Why Use Multimedia in your Online Classroom? Retrieved April 25, 2011, from DE Oracle @ UMUC: http://deoracle.org/online-pedagogy/teaching-tools/why-use-multimedia-in-your-online-classroom.html http://deoracle.org/online-pedagogy/teaching-tools/why-use-multimedia-in-your-online-classroom.html  WIKIJA. (n.d.). Emerging Technologies. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from School Computing: http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Emerging_Technologies http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Emerging_Technologies 8