Entries Tagged as 'multimedia'

Advantages of Multimedia in the Classroom

October 3, 2010 · 18 Comments · 21st Century, multimedia in the classroom

  Advantages of implementing multimedia  in the classroom include: Motivation – This is important as we have learned that we must first engage the attention of our students before they are ready to learn. Learning styles addressed – Multimedia allows teachers to address various learning styles in the classroom. Students can see, hear, and imagine [...]

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Using Primary Source in Teaching Social Studies

December 1, 2009 · No Comments · social studies, TAH, Teaching

Primary sources provide firsthand evidence of events in the past. I often like to take pictures and I often tell my kids that I am just recording history to help me remember. We are constantly leaving evidences of our past behind. Brainstorming writing and rough draft writing tell history of a document. Listening to a [...]

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Jumping for joy: multimedia, promethean boards, and learning

October 14, 2008 · No Comments · professional development, Promethean Board, reflecting

It was the almost perfect PD I have organized and executed. I included a comedy routine video clip of Abbott and Costello teacheing each other to divide 28 in to seven parts. Every time I watch this video clip in Teacher Tube it brings so much laughter to me. It started my presentation with laughter [...]

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