Multimedia in the Classroom Toy or Tool?

Multimedia as a Resource Attitudes  Faculty  Student Benefits Concerns

Faculty This is how I’ve always done it and my students do just fine!

Three magic words: Sufficient Professional Development Martineau, P. (2009). Teaching with Technology. Education Digest, 74(7),

“…. open access to the Internet is educationally valuable.” the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Youth study Byrne, R. (2009). The Effect of Web 2.0 on Teaching and Learning. Teacher Librarian, 37(2),

Students “Internet chat rooms, online video games, and other electronic features that once seemed inappropriate for the classroom are proving useful for meeting many educational goals.” Martineau, P. (2009). Teaching with Technology. Education Digest, 74(7),

ASL 3. CD9 4. KPC 5. LMIRL 6. P911 Marijuana Age/Sex/Location Code 9 - parents are around Keeping Parents Clueless Let's Meet In Real Life Parent Alert Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know, from What Do These Mean?

“…teens are not just consumers of Internet content but are now actively engaged as Internet content creators.” Considine, D., Horton, J., & Moorman, G. (2009). Teaching and Reading the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(6),

Student Engagement “…today’s teenagers bring to school a rich and different set of literacy practices and background that is often unacknowledged or underused by educators.” Considine, D., Horton, J., & Moorman, G. (2009). Teaching and Reading the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(6),

Student Abilities Literate  Information  Visual  Computer or digital  Media Digital Natives Highly Social Considine, D., Horton, J., & Moorman, G. (2009). Teaching and Reading the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(6),

Encourages Learning "Multimedia software provides a bridge to reach students who otherwise might give up on certain subjects." Colette Stemple Arts and technology instructor at Coral Gables High School in Miami Regan, B. (2008). Why We Need to Teach 21st Century Skills—And How to Do It.

Expense Free content on the web Check licenses Use what students have

Access Computers Cell phones iPods Internet  Blogs  Wikis  MySpace & Facebook

Protecting Children Opportunity to educate Research based Review blocked sites Be open to requests

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” John Dewey