Using Multimedia to Engage Learners

By: Kayla T, Heather S, Paula N, and Jenell B

Introduction

•Objects and models are bringing the “real thing” into today’s classrooms.

•Student’s are able to construct displays themselves with these objects and models to enhance their learning abilities.

Media Literacy

•The ability to interpret an produce a wide variety of media, including text, audio, visuals, and video. All combine to make

multimedia.

Consuming Media

•To be “media literate”- students must be able to interpret media in all formats- text, audio, visuals, and video

•To learn to “read” and understand the forms of media, students should be taught critical thinking skills to properly question the messages from media. (ex: Is this photograph real or has it been manipulated to distort reality?)

Producing Media

•It is the teachers job to encourage student’s to produce media in all four formats as part of class projects or reports.

• It is the student’s job to communicate successfully regardless of the type of media used.

Multimedia

•The sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media in a presentation or self-study program.

•Computers- for a presentation that incorporate audio, text, and images.

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Multimedia Kit

•A common method of integrating media into classrooms.

•It is a collection of teaching/learning materials involving more than one type of medium and organized around one topic.

•They include real objects, models, and mock-ups.

•Also included: video’s, worksheets, charts/ graphs, computer programs, or booklets.

Advantages of Multimedia

•It is interactive•Can be individualized•Accommodates special needed children•Information management•Multisensory experiences

Limitations of Multimedia

•Availability•Storage of materials

Learning Centers Paula Nolan

Learning Center

•Self contained environment •Individual or Small Group •Focused on a topic

Learning Center Simple Complex

Skill Centers • Provide students with opportunities for extra

practice• Typically reinforces a skill • Example: Center could provide manipulatives for

math to engage students in constructing concrete examples

Interest Centers

•Stimulate new interests •Encourage creativity •Example: Create a photo/artifact display

of a topic that you are going to talk about later in the week.

Remedial Centers

•Help students that may need additional assistance with a particular concept/ skill

•Could include interactive computer activities, flashcards, magnetic number boards, etc.

Enrichment Centers

•Offer stimulating learning experiences for students who have completed required classroom activities

•Example: Allow a student who is finished the assignment on geometric shapes go to the computer center and play a game incorporating that concept.

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Advantages

•Self pacing

•Active learning

•Teacher role

Limitations

•Cost

•Management

•Student Responsibility

ManipulativesJenell Boardley

What are manipulatives?

•Objects that can be viewed and handle in a learning setting

They are included in…•Learning centers•Instructional modules

Real Objects

Real objects are appropriate for learners who are encountering a subject that they are familiar with in their everyday life, or have little experience about. Examples of real objects are: •Coins•Plants•Animals •Tools

Modifying Real Objects

Teachers can leave real objects the way they are or, real objects can be modified to enhance instruction•Cutaways•Specimens •Exhibits

Examples

Models vs. Mock-Ups Models are three-dimensional representations of real objects. • A model can be smaller, the same size, or larger

that the object that the object is trying to represent.

• Models can be used for almost anythingMock-ups are simplified representations of complex devices. • High-light essential elements.• Eliminate distracting details.

Advantages • Realism – Manipulatives are three dimensional

so they provide realism for students. They also provide hands on experiences for students and, enhance identification of objects by size, shape, and color.

• Interest- Students are interested in manipulative because, they are real objects that they can see and touch.

• Cooperation- Manipulatives stimulate small-group work. Cooperative learning activities can revolve around using manipulatives.

Limitations

•Expense- Manipulatives can be pricey. •Storage- It can be difficult to find enough

space to store all of your materials. •Fragility- Some manipulative can be

easily broken/ damaged and, and could become unusable.

Integration

Manipulatives can defiantly be used in every subject. •Math•Science•Social Studies•Language Arts

Display Surfaces and Exhibits Heather Shipe

Display Surfaces

•A way to show visuals such as photographs, charts, graphs, and etc.

Whiteboards • The most common display surface in the

classroom • It can be used as a drawling surface to help

illustrate instructional units• Can also be used for projection of video, power

points and overhead transparencies • The most common writing tool on this display is

the dry erase markers

Whiteboards • Interactive whiteboards

▫ Allow you to capture digitally anything written on them

▫These are known as the brand name Smart Boards.

▫During presentation you can reveal the screens one at a time

▫You can capture your notes and save your work at anytime

Bulletin Boards

•Are surfaces of various sizes and shapes made of materials that hold pins, thumbtacks, and other sharp fasteners

•Most have catchy headings to draw your attention

•A decorated bulletin board is very common in most schools

•Great to display students work

Cloth and Magnetic Boards • Cloth Boards

▫ is constructed when you stretch cloth over a sturdy backing material- For example flannel over a piece of plywood

▫Can make pictures with felt and they will stick to your felt board

▫Often used to illustrate stories, poems, and other reading material

Cloth and Magnetic Boards

•Magnetic Boards

▫ Visuals are backed with magnets and then placed on the board

▫Maneuvering visuals is a lot easier and quicker than cloth boards

Flip Charts

•Is a pad of large paper fastened together at the top and mounted to an easel

•Most commonly used for drawing of key illustrations

•Very inexpensive media, and very portable

Advantages and Disadvantages of Display Surfaces •Advantages

▫Visual stimulating▫Variety of instructional strategies

•Disadvantages ▫Lack of attention to proper use▫Need for carful thought and planning

Exhibits

•Are collections of various objects and visuals designed to form an integrated whole for instructional purposes

Field Trips

•An excursion outside of the classroom to study real process, people, and objects

•Students encounter things they can’t inside of the classroom

•Virtual Field trips▫experiences the sights and sounds of a

faraway location from their home or school▫ Great to use when your budget doesn’t

cover field trips

Displays

•Is an array of objects, visuals, and printed materials

•Most include descriptive information of the object or visual

Dioramas

•Is a static display consisting of three- dimension foreground and a flat background to create a realistic scene

•Usually designed to reproduce scenes and events

Advantages and Disadvantages of Exhibits •Advantages

▫Actual materials▫Multisensory experiences▫Access to material not available in the

classroom•Disadvantages

▫Expensive▫Storage of materials ▫Space required

Review Time!

1. What are the five types of media used?

2. What is one advantage of using multimedia in the classroom?

1. Text, audio, visuals, videos, real objects/ models

2. Interactive, individualization, special needs, multisensory experiences, or information management

3. What center can be used to stimulate new interests?

4. What center can be used after a student completes his or her work?

3. Interest Center

4. Enrichment Center

5.What are some advantages of using manipulatives in the classroom?

6. What are some manipulatives that can be used in math?

7. Explain what are cutaways? Give an example.

5. Realism, Interest, and Cooperation

6. Coins, unifix cubes, countng bears, etc.

7. Cutaways are models that have been cut in half to allow close observations of their interworking. Ex: Atomic model

7. What are two examples of display surfaces?

8. What are two examples of exhibits?

7. Whiteboards, bulletin boards, cloth and magnet boards, or flip charts.

8. Field trips, displays, or dioramas