Multimedia+Applications


 * Multimedia Applications**

Multimedia applications are computer software programs that integrate a variety of elements such as sound, animation, text, and graphics into a presentation format. Multimedia applications allow students to practise their skills in a variety of technologies to create a multimedia production. Such applications may be non-linear and allow students to compose, communicate, and create new knowledge in innovative ways. The use of multimedia applications for personalizing learning and demonstrating understanding is highly motivating for students. Multimedia authoring software enables the creation and editing of multimedia documents for presentation and publication to a variety of audiences (for example, the classroom, Internet). Hypermedia is multimedia that provides hypertext links among elements such as computer text, visual material, and sound files.
 * Description**

The teacher:
 * Method**
 * models the use of multimedia applications by creating classroom presentations;
 * provides a relevant framework and purpose for using multimedia applications;
 * creates a forum where work can be presented and analysed;
 * provides students with guidance on the self-evaluation of process and product in the creation of multimedia presentations;
 * provides access and time to use the tools required for multimedia presentation;
 * provides guidance in the use of multimedia applications to ensure inclusion and analysis of content versus the use of effects for “show.”

Multimedia applications:
 * Considerations**
 * require large memory and processing power in the computers used;
 * require additional time outside of class to create meaningful presentations;
 * require a rigorous selection process to ensure quality, relevancy, and value.


 * Illustrations from the Mathematics Classroom**

Students, working in small groups, create a multimedia presentation highlighting one big idea in mathematics. Students can use images in the public domain and student-produced audio files for the presentation.
 * Elementary**

How To Teach With Technology: Science and Math []

Students, working in small groups, create a multimedia presentation highlighting one big idea in mathematics. Students can use images in the public domain and student-produced audio files for the presentation.
 * Secondary**

How To Teach With Technology: Science and Math []