Multimedia in the Classroom

Santosh Bhaskar K, (November 8, 2013), New Ways of Using Multimedia in the Classroom
 Ed Tech Review: retrieved from:
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This article talks about how using multimedia in the classroom is a powerful tool in today's educational world. One of the points discussed is how it can help various different types of learners suitable learning resources for the same lesson. Auditory, visual, and tactile learners can all have different things to look at and still have the same learning outcome. Learning in a group across the classroom, school, or even the world can be done. It also discusses how with multimedia students can learn great new ways to improve how they present what they have learned to others.

It seems to me that using multimedia is here to stay and we as educators need to find ways to use this as a tool for our students to succeed in today's world. Multimedia like computers, phones, projectors, and such are basically a required teaching tool in the classroom. It seems like every classroom today needs a document camera, smartboard, projector, or all of the above to help reach students and have them engaged.

Even in my physical education classroom multimedia is present. Even if I am using a stereo to play music to keep the students motivated and pumped up it works. But that is not where I stop using it. Using iPads that my school has for videotaping students do activities, cameras for still pictures, and my laptop computer with a projector and YouTube videos are very helpful.