Week 1 Blog Multimedia and Technology as a Teaching Tool

Maximize school resources

Utilize resources and hardware you already have to expand your capabilities and educational offerings. In the week #1 reading by Wilson, Alaniz, and Sikora (2017), the authors contend that multmedia and technology has had an undeniable influence on modern learning.  But, that it should be a teaching tool and not a substitute for one-on-one education.

-Multimedia resource or technology that I believe is such a tool.

Zoom

Information about the technology

Virtual and hybrid classes

Enhance and expand classes with powerful collaboration tools, including video breakout rooms, multi-sharing, polling, and group chats. Attendance and attention tracking shows teachers know who’s engaged in online learning. Create and repurpose video content into easily-digested hosted videos that allow students to learn at their own pace.

Explanation about why and or how I believe it can be used

Enrich teaching and learning

• Expand traditional classrooms with video communications to meet the needs of today’s students.

Maximize school resources

Utilize resources and hardware you already have to expand your capabilities and educational offerings.

Improve student learning outcomes

• Increase student participation and learning retention with virtual and hybrid classrooms and micro-learning.

Links and or resources to the product

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Cons or difficulties teachers may have deploying the product

One must have internet access or wifi. Not all students have access to the interment.

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Teachers can utilize more than just computers and tablets in the 21st-century classroom. Some examples include:

• Interactive whiteboards: educators use a projector in conjunction with a device like a laptop to shows the screen to the whole class on the interactive whiteboard. SMART Board.

MISD provides us, educators, with a SMART Board and my students love it.

A document camera: when a camera is connected to a multimedia projector and shows real-time activity

Game-based learning: lesson plans that involve game-based

learning are competitive, yet also provide students an opportunity to have fun while learning. Such as Kahoot

When deciding on a suitable type of technology for the classroom, educators should be aware of modern educational technology trends, such as a flipped classroom. With this instructional method, students are tasked with learning the material at home via Internet research or recorded lectures. Teachers then provide activities in the classroom to help them apply what they learned on their own. Google Classroom is an excellent tool for a flipped classroom.

Another popular topic in classroom technology is the use of social media to enhance student learning. Many students in middle school and high school are active on social media, so teachers can incorporate social learning activities to help to learn fit what students already enjoy.

To save time on planning and to further engage students, teachers can utilize various online learning tools in the classroom.