Personally, I know that I would much rather watch a video than read a “how to” article on any given topic. For example, this Christmas I was helping a 5th grader learn to make bracelets with her new loom. We read the directions together over and over and were stuck on step 2 for some time. I picked up my iPad and after searching YouTube for a “how to” video, we were well on our way to creating bracelets within a minute of watching the video! The demonstration in the video made learning the concept so easy and will be a good reference for her in the future.
The use of multimedia
makes learning easy by demonstrating or modeling a concept, allowing you to work
at your own pace, and gives you the ability to watch the media over and over if
you are having trouble grasping the idea. When learning from relevant and
meaningful media resources, the classroom can be anywhere and learning can
happen at any time.
Like in the example of
making bracelets, I often go to YouTube for answers! Most of the time, someone
has posted a video that can offer some valuable information. I have also used a
free program, screen-o-matic, to capture and record “how to” videos for our
staff when we want to teach a new software or Web App that they can use in
their classroom. This allows them to watch it as they need or at their
convenience.
There are many Web Apps
in which you can make great multimedia presentations. Slideshare and present.me
are a couple that I use when collaborating or presenting online. In addition, resources
like Khan Academy that offer a collection of math and science videos organized
by objectives are useful for students to use when doing homework and if they
need that extra help. Also, the flipped classroom approach encourages the students
to watch these presentations outside of class so that the face-to-face time
enables the teacher/facilitator to guide and help students with class projects
or assignments.
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