Thursday, October 23, 2008

Multimedia in the classroom

What were some of the advantages of using multimedia? Do you believe that using multimedia in the classroom benefits students? Why or why not?

13 comments:

Katherine Rich said...

Multimedia creates a more stimulating learning environment. I think students have more fun when they can work with technology. It's new, different, and engaging.

Jordan said...

Multimedia helps children with all different learning styles to learn in their own way. It also lets the teacher use their own teaching styles to teach. I think that using multimedia in the classroom would benefit the students because they are engaged in the learning, and they can have fun while learning. Since they are used to growing up around so much technology, I think they would enjoy being in the classroom much more if multimedia was used in the classroom.

Carol said...

Multimedia will cater to more children because it's more stimulating. It could be a more hands on learning experience if they took pictures or shot movies, whatever it may be, but it would help the children retain the material better and in a way that is more fitting to today's technological ways.

Katie said...

I definitely agree that multimedia is important for teachers to use because it's more stimulating. However, I also agree with Patrick that if teachers don't understand how to properly use the technology, it prevents the class from flowing, because teachers have to constantly stop and fumble with the media.

Ashley said...

Multimedia opens a lot of doors for the students in a classroom. It allows them to access information that they previously couldn't access. They use the multimedia to enhance their learning. I think it would be beneficial because it helps the students have fun while learning. It gives them options and help keep their attention on the assignment.

Amy said...

I like multimedia because it helps all students and their different learning styles. They are engaged a lot more and can take what they learned home and remember it. I would use multimedia in my classroom because it would help a lot of students.

Anonymous said...

Multimedia in the classroom can be a very good thing if it is assisting in a particular lesson. However, it needs to be something that the teacher is very familiar with, and I don't think that multimedia should be the only means of teaching a lesson.

Rachel said...

I think that it is good to use multimedia in the classroom. I think that it engages the kids more and helps address multiple learning styles. I don't think that you have to have high tech lessons everyday, but I think that it is good to have them often to give variety to lessons.

Kylie said...

I think students like to work with technology, and it is something new to try in the classroom. But it is really important to teachers to have experience with technology, so when something happens the teacher is not running around not knowing what to do.

Jenna said...

Multimedia in the classroom is something new and stimulating to both teachers and students. I think there are a lot of benefits is teachers are able to use the technology properly. This is something I will want to use in my classroom.

ashley said...

I think that multimedia gives the children a more advanced way to learn. It is more fun and a hands on way to learn. I think that all teachers should use this in their classroom.

Renee said...

I think that Multi Media allows many different learning styles to be addressed. I think that it can seem fun to the students while they are learning at the same time.

Autumn said...

After doing research on this..I found that I really think I will use multimedia in my classroom and that its a really good thing that will fit my style of teaching. However, I think that each teacher has their own style and multimedia might not fit their particular style.