Tapped-In Multimedia Transcript
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# Tappedin transcript, 2003.07.16 16:01:42
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BjB: |** ANNOUNCEMENT: Multi-Media in the Art Classroom with panel
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CraigR: I'll get us started here in a minute.
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CraigR: was wating on Karen
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CraigR: I think I'll get us started if that's okay?
KrisW: Sure
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BjB: before you begin...
CraigR: First of all its great so many have joined us
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CraigR: please do
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BjB . o O ( and Kevan )
CraigR: oh.
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KevanN: claps for Craig...
CraigR: thanks BJ
CraigR: wlecome everyone!
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KevanN: we're glad so many could attend!
CraigR: first of all, our topic tonight is multimedia in the
art classroom
CraigR: although I assume the discussion will cross over other subjects
as well
CraigR: We have five panel members
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KevanN: ...and how that might change the teaching / learning paridigm both
in art and across the curriculum
CraigR: and we'll start with introductions
CraigR: yes
CraigR: would each panel member briefly introduce themselves?
Starting with Alex
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AlexanderK: Hi, before I start, Karen is having trouble logging in...
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JuliaL: Is this the mulitimedia session
CraigR: yes
JohnGuest7: Yes
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AlexanderK: Karen and I have worked for the past year integrating
multimedia in the art classroom with 8-14 year olds at Parson School
of Design in New York
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KevanN: Parsons - that brings back memories of several lifetimes ago...
JohnGuest7: Are there people here from MIA or Walker?
JuliaL: How does multimedia take a role inside the classroom
KrisW: Sort of
PatriciaK: me too Can we determine what mutimedia is?
CraigR: Steve, why don't you go next?
KrisW: I have worked with ArtsConnectEd at MIA and Walker
KevanN: keep us on track, Craig...
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SteveF: I am a Computer Graphics Instructor and webmentor at JFK
High School. We've been using multimedia for 10 years
KevanN: Ian Clothier?
IanGuest3: NO
KevanN: sorry
CraigR: Who else? Frank?
FrankGuest12: I'm a media educator from Columbia SC. I maintain a K12
media literacy web site, the media literacy clearinghouse,
www.med.sc.edu/medialit and
I conduct standards based workshops for schools.
NancyLA: multimedia. what equipment is used?
JuliaL: Is multimedia very important or does it ave a big impact
on the students?
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KevanN: many media - typically with an electonic common denominator
CraigR: kevan?
KevanN: Artsconnected Trainer, Pres. Elect of Art Educators of MN,
high school art teacher
CraigR: And I teacher art educaiton at the University of Florida
KevanN: don't forget the distance learning instructor piece as well, Craig
CraigR wonders if we should hear from the others who are here or get started?
JuliaL: I am currently finishing my teaching credential and I am very
interested in learning how multimedia is important in education.
KevanN: perhaps we should start...people can introduce themselves along
the way if they wish
CraigR: okay
KimFl nods
KrisW: My work has been to connect teachers to art museums and everything
they have to offer, most recently using technology.
NancyLA: I teach middle school art in Georgia.
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CraigR: I have a list of questions that were passed out to the panel
members prior to our meeting today
PatriciaK: ask a queation
CraigR: I'm going ot try and keep the session moving along
KevanN: go for it, Craig!
JacobP: My name is
Jacob Pence, Unemployed, but searching, interview
tomorrow for technology teacher position in Oregon. Very interested
in Graphic Arts, especially Adobe products
CraigR: the first question
CraigR: What is multimedia?
CraigR: how do you define the beast?
CraigR: panel members can chime in anytime
JuliaL: What do you mean by beast?
KrisW: My definition of multimedia can be anything from a slide projector
to a video to a Web site to a piece of software and everything in between.
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JasonGuest10: Hello, Jason Ohler here. I hope I am in the right place. If
not, pardon my intrusion.
SteveF: for a brief description http://users.erols.com/sjfeld/multimedia.htm
CraigR: Hi Jason
JacobP: nice site
KevanN: Multimedia - A technology based learning / communication paradigm
that reflects the diversity of available technology
KrisW: Great description Steve
KevanN: Welcome Jason!!
JasonGuest10: The term multimedia literally means "many many media" ...
just an observation...
FrankGuest12: I think multimedia is a tool that educators can use to
provide instruction.
FrankGuest12: Just like a computer or a book or a slide rule, are tools.
CraigR: Alex, your thoughts?
JuliaL: Which of course has caught the attention of many children and
adults and seem to like it more than reading books.
PatriciaK: I think mutimedia is what is necessary to provide all aspects
of "observation' no longer just drawing
KevanN: but the term has developed an electronic / technological focusin
the vernacular
CraigR: Can multimedia include traditional art media as well?
JeffC: I'm not sure that multimedia is "inherently a collaborative battery
of tools." I think that it can be (mis)used and be as non-collaborative
as any other style of teaching. Powerpoint can be just one way to bring
on the "Ben Stein boring filmstrip." (and quite often, may be).
FrankGuest12: Yes, it appears technology is sexy, yet I'm sure we have any
definitive studies about its effectiveness and whether its enhances learning.
FrankGuest12: I'm not sure...can anybody help with research into multimedia
vs. learning?
AlexanderK: Multimedia allows students to express themselves with new,
interactive materials that allow for collaboration
NancyLA: Describe how multimedia enables my students to visit museums,
please.
PatriciaK: are we talking mutimedia for teacher presentation or multimedia
for student solutions
KrisW: One way for students to visit museums is online of course
JasonGuest10: The buzz term these days is "blended technology platforms"...
i do a lot of digital storytelling which involves the human being
(carbon-based) in the multi-media platform...blending means taking
anything we have created thus far (chalk to computers to people) and using
them in a blended fashion...
AlexanderK: Multimedia allows you to visit museums vitually!
KevanN: there is a difference (I think) between how multiple mediums and
mulitmedia are perceived
FrankGuest12: Yes, I like the way multimedia can allow students, who may
NEVER get to a museum in their lifetimes, to visit and experience and learn.
KrisW: But more importantly the internet provides a way for students to
prepare for a real visit
JuliaL: I believe that its a tool that will help the students in any
subject but ut certainly depends on how it is used.
CraigR: I think it can include both teachers and student work Patricia
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KrisW: Or add to their experience if they have visited
AlexanderK: Yes! Multimedia is a tool-- not a subject!
KevanN: Multimedia also allows students to interact with the world around
them using multiple technlogies
KrisW: Or as Frank points out, visit museums students and teachers will never actually get to.
FrankGuest12: One of the key concepts in media literacy is ACCESS..
KrisW: That's tool vs. subject is an important distinction I think.
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JuliaL: Yes it does allow students to see what they have not seen out their in the real world.
PatriciaK: Multimedia is a subject if you look at how contemporary artists
are responding
KevanN: Access = money = the technological divide too often
CraigR: Wow! And to think all this conversation was generated by just
asking the quesiton "what is multimedia!"
KevanN: open Pandora's box and see what you get?...lol!
CraigR: lol
KrisW: But I just read a report that says high schools in the U.S. are
100% connected to the internet.
FrankGuest12: I think the access= money issue is one reason driving many
grants to provide access (i.e. E rate funds) to impoverished areas.
CraigR: can we summarize this barrage?
KevanN: but access within the schools across curriculum is not always eqaul
NancyLA: Not all students gain parental permission to surf.
VictoriaF: or from school to school
PatriciaK: I hope this discussion is not about how to use the internet
FrankGuest12: You are correct, there is no equal access.
CraigR: to say that all schools are connected to the net is not the same
as saying all classroom have internet access
VictoriaF: true
KevanN: not going there...that;s another discussion
FrankGuest12: Nor is it saying they all know HOW to use it well.
JuliaL: Yes, many schools are connected to the internet or have computers
but the lack of training does not allow teacher to use it a proper or
educational way in their classroom.
KrisW: Not at all, the internet is just one example of multimedia
CraigR: goof point Frank
AlexanderK: Or... all classrooms use the internet in a positive learning
environment!
FrankGuest12: Would all agree: more prof development is need for teachers
in the proper use of multimedia for learning?
CraigR: Okay. . . .I am going ot try something here
AlexanderK: yes!
KevanN: or---all teachers are not equally comfortable even turning the
computer on...
KrisW: YES!
CraigR: with so much on the table thus far
BretBi: so what about multimedia in the art classroom?
KevanN: ok Craif
KevanN: Carig...
KevanN: duh
NancyLA: I want to expand what my students do with their electronic
portfolios and understand the equipment even more.
JuliaL: I have noticed that in many high schools teachers are actually
afraid in using technology as a way of teaching.
VictoriaF: in terms of delivery or student production?
CraigR: I'm going to ask the panel members to offer one bried summary
statement that completes the sentence "Multimedia IS. . ."
CraigR: brief
FrankGuest12: .....another classroom tool.....
AlexanderK: I think it is important to integrate multimedia materials
with "classic" art materials (i.e. paint, drawing...)
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KarenJM: Sorry I'm late.
JuliaL: that would help students understand that there are lots of
opportunities
KevanN: multiple communication tools with a technological base
KevanN: welcome Karen!
NancyLA: My students have not used it for drawing much. This seems
to revert them to a lower skill level. It does not reflect their
true drawing skills.
KrisW: I'm with Frank and Kevan on the multimedia summary.
KevanN: more definitions folks!
JasonGuest10: multimedia is ... the science of knowing how to use
a number of technologies and communication platforms (including people)
in stand-alone and/or blended situations and the art of knowing when
to use which...
AlexanderK: Multimedia is a tool that helps to enable student collaboration
and therefore expands students' undertanding of multiple perspectives
CraigR: Okay Karen has joined us
JuliaL: getting back to my question why are so many teachers afraid of
using multi media if it has a positive effect on students
CraigR: Karen, please introduce yourself
CraigR: briefly
KevanN: now that's a definition worth chewing on for quite a while!
KarenJM: Hi.
KevanN: that's brief...lol
KarenJM: Karen Monahan art educator and
KarenJM: interactive web designer
KarenJM: producer
CraigR: And oyur definition of Multimedia Karen?
KarenJM: that's it
KarenJM: Well, multimedia is technically defined as more than one media.
CraigR: thanks
KarenJM: But there are obviously newer definitions that involve web
and desktop publishing.
CraigR: Anyone want ot respond to Julia's quesiton before we move on?
KarenJM: But I think the traditional def. is impt.
JuliaL: What do you mean by more than one media Karen
KevanN: yes....
KarenJM: When teach. about mltmdia. people forget about the traditional.
FrankGuest12: I think the term multi-media will continue to evolve
and change as technology changes.
CraigR: yes, I agree Karen.
KarenJM: But multimedia can involve drawing, markers, sketchbooks.
KarenJM: old as well.
BretBi: I have heard some teachers say that they can't do it because
the kids know more than they do, but I always wonder then if they aren't
a professinal, lif-long learner
CraigR: so, a art curriculum should include both old and new technologies?
KarenJM: Bret! I have lots to say about that comment.
FrankGuest12: Ive heard that when teaching teachers about technology, its
best to let the students BE the teacher.
NancyLA: Yes!
KrisW: Why are teachers afraid to learn from their students?
AlexanderK: Fear of the unknown (i.e. any technology created AFTER you
went to school) is scary to teachers, as they do not have as much training
as their students...
KevanN: The single biggest issue regarding fear of teachers (from my
generation), using technology is that it necessitates having to change
who has the control over the material - no longer does the teacher
necessarily gauge the rate of progress in the classroom
BretBi hmm
JasonGuest10: i agree... about the evolution... this is why art as a
literacy is going to be so important... as holography, VR and all sorts
of other media come on board, we will need a perspective that allows us
to understand and apply them...
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VictoriaF: I like to think of multi-media as a road to reaching more
diverse learning styles
KarenJM: Yes. art curriculum = old and new. and children knowing more
can change the paradignm
KarenJM: paradigm
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CraigR: Well . . .itme for a new question
FrankGuest12: I wonder, not being an art educator, if the textbooks you
utilize even include multimedia?
CraigR: this is directed at the panel
KrisW: Students learn more when they have to teach others.
KarenJM: Don't use textbooks!
BretBi: but apparently children knowing more instills fear
KarenJM: We're ahead of the textbooks frankly.
NancyLA: The computer works for different levels of learners-special needs
and gifted.
CraigR: How have you implemented multimedia into your curriculum?
(e.g., through collaborative work, project-based learning, etc.,?)
KrisW: Some art teachers use textbooks.
JuliaL: It is important to know that mulitmedia is another tool that
will help teachers to perform a better result in their stdents education
and not a failure.
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KarenJM: Yes. Children knowing more does instill fear. I hope to work
more with educators in assisting them to encourage being a guide as
opposed to keeper of the knowledge.
NancyLA: Cooperative learning activities and illustrated poems.
AlexanderK: Using multimedia (i.e. building websites, learning graphic
tools) to tackle traditional subjects such as science
FrankGuest12: As a media educator, I'm doing alot with visual literacy
and the digital manipulation of images. On my web site, I have a category
called "Is Seeing Believing?" which challenges students to be more
visually literate.
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JuliaL: So how can we make teachers aware that multimedia is a great tool
to use.
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FrankGuest12: I'm also writing a teacher guide to the film TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD, using the DVD version. So part of the guide will be how
to use DVD in the classroom.
KevanN: ArtsConnected (which allows for students to interact with material
from museums and the internet), is used in all of my classes as an
integrated piece of the existing curriculum - students learn to utilize
real world / current strategies for accessing, utiziling and communicating
information.
CraigR: Karen and Jason. How have you worked multimedia into your programs?
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AlexanderK: Here's a link to mine and Karen's website documenting our
work over the part year:
http://igor.parsons.edu/karen/thesis/
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CraigR: everyone should definitely check out Karen and Alex's website
KarenJM: We've encouraged using multimedia to learn about more traditional
classroom subjects.
CraigR: its how I found out about their work
NancyLA: I will definitely check it out. Thanks for sharing.
KarenJM: So it's not multimedia for multimedia's sake, but as
a tool to learn about art, design or other subjects.
KarenJM: Also, heavy combining old and new technologies.
JuliaL: I have noticed that when I observed a ELD teacher at the
high school level she implemented mulimedia as her teaching startegies
and the students were well involved in any project they had to perform
and felt proud of themselves.
NancyLA: It is a tool. Just like my potter's wheel and drawing pencil.
KevanN: Great goal, Karen and Alex!
KarenJM: Many art teachers are reluctant to use new tech. because they
are fearful of it replacing older forms.
AlexanderK: Our last class had students research urban animals, and
then students learned to post their findings online
(http://igor.parsons.edu/animalReports/)
CraigR: That's a good point Julia that we'll return to in a moment
NancyLA: I do not think the older more traditional forms will ever
completely forgotten.
KarenJM: It shouldn't replace older forms and I can't blame them for
reluctance. it should be in ADDITION to.
KarenJM: Nancy I agree, nor should they be. but i think it's a reason
for the fear.
CraigR: I agree, they said that painting was dead with the invention of
the camera
KrisW: Students in art class don't just learn how to make art, often
they study art that is already made.
KevanN: nor should they, but they will not be alone on the palette
of available choices and they also develop different skills
KarenJM: Kris agreed, and tech can help with that too.
CraigR: okay..new question coming up here
JuliaL: But its not about replacing the old forms but making more
presentable , enjoyable, and most important learnable.
CraigR: What do you see as the major benefits and challenges of
incorporating multimedia into an art curriculum?
VictoriaF: I agree it should be a blending of old and new. I see too
many technology-wise students in art rooms with no physical skills
KarenJM: Are a more integrated learning experience.
NancyLA: Shh. Learning. My kids thought they were having fun.
KarenJM: Victoria, I agree!
KarenJM: LOL Nancy.
AlexanderK: One of the difficulties is keeping up with all of the new
types of multimedia standards...
JuliaL: Students can actually work more as a group, be more collaboratuve
instead of focus on negative things.
AlexanderK: And the expense of new technology as well.
KarenJM: Craigs question: One thing I am concerned with is
availability of equipment
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CraigR: do you have administrative support at your school Alex for what
you do with multimedia?
AlexanderK: Yes, the advantages are in the communication and the ability
to store and retrieve information quickly
FrankGuest12: There's that access issue again.
KrisW: New technology doesn't have to be more expensive. For example
KevanN: multimedia usage is a great way to overcome the skill / 'talent'
disparities that exist among any group
VictoriaF: yes, I'm still suppose to function with one computer with
Windows 95 on it.
KarenJM: Alex and I are also interested in developing curriculum for
"open source" = tackle expense issue
KrisW: subscribing to an art image database is much cheaper than buying
art books.
AlexanderK: Well, I do not work in a traditional school setting...
but yes, I do have administrative support!
NancyLA: I have two computers and 750 students.
KevanN: time for a technology funding referendum
JeffC: Great ration Nancy... I told you not to take that job at the
Amish Unified School District
CraigR: Kris, it seems there are a lot of art image databases out
there that don't require a subscription?
KevanN: lol
JeffC: ration=ratio
AlexanderK: Open source technology is the key to free or inexpensive
educational materials
KarenJM: Nancy is addressing the reality. What I would like to do is
assist teachers in building labs with "throw away" equip.
VictoriaF: wait, we can't leave any children behind FIRST
BretBi: Don't know if this is a good time to interject this but I
just found this CD-Rom this summer called Project-Based Learning
with Multimedia and I think their wevsite is http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
VictoriaF: lol
BretBi: website
AlexanderK: The money is out there for technology, the real barrier is
in professional development...
CraigR: thanks
Bret
FrankGuest12: Are these websites archived in this discussion?
KevanN: I liked wevsite better - sounded Eastern European
CraigR: yes
KrisW: I agree with Alexander
KarenJM:
Bret, thanks for the referral.
CraigR: the whole discussion here will be sent to your email box
FrankGuest12: Thanks.
JeffC: Good point Alexander... and it's not just status quo staff
development single shots... it's *sustained* development and support
that is needed.
NancyLA: thanks
JuliaL: Yes the money is out their but how or where do we go to get started?
KarenJM: Yes, teacher training is impt.
KrisW: Recently read a report that said professional development and
content were the areas that must grow next.
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KevanN: absolutely right, Kris!
KevanN: Hi Anna!
AnnaM: hello, Kevan
VictoriaF: the p
Roblem with that is educators understand this and
administrators still plan one shot fits all stuff
AlexanderK: Grants, private investors, and learn about FREE software
(open source)
JuliaL: But it also depends on the kind of training teachers are receiving
from the trainer to be effective
FrankGuest12: Has anybody here been involved in submitting one of the
recent NEA arts education grants?
KevanN: Another consideration about the plusses of multimedia and
technology...
NancyLA: I have looked at the applications.
CraigR: yes, I promote the use of FREE web-based tools as well Alex
KarenJM: RE teacher training. We also have to encourage teachers to
support students learning on their own, no? STudents knowing more
shouldn't be bad!
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AlexanderK: http://sourceforge.net/
is a great place to start!
KrisW: O.K. the report I keep quoting is a pdf called CEO Forum School
Technology and Readiness Report at http://www.iste.org/starchart/index.cfm
SteveF: heres a successfully funded RPF for professional development
KarenJM: Thanks Kris
SteveF: http://users.erols.com/sjfeld/rfp.htm
CraigR: thanks Kris
KevanN: the shortening up of the tiem needed to perfome many tasks
that by their nature are extremely time consuming and tedious, allows for
at least the possiblity of a much greater learning curve as people
are freed up to become more creative and explore further than they were
capable of doing before
CraigR: okay. . .moving right along
JuliaL: How can parents be involved in the multimedia in schools?
KarenJM: Thanks Steve
CraigR: How has multimedia helped to redefine what happens in the classroom?
AlexanderK: Oh, yes, that's a definite bonus, Karen. When students know
more than the teacher, it allows them to take the lead! What an education!!
SteveF: Teachers developed curriculum links as a result
KarenJM: Exactly (you can tell Alex and I collaborate toether)
VictoriaF: In some cases I think access to technology has created a wider
chasm between classroom teachers and arts specialists in many schools.
KevanN: allotment of time for specific tasks / the setting of what we
define as being the classroom / the tools and materials that are used...
FrankGuest12: I see multimedia as a tool of creation....and creating/producing are a large part of media education, now in all state's standards...so multimedia has helped teachers who have prof dev and access.
AlexanderK: Just that, Craig, let students take the lead-- let them find
out what is interesting to THEM. And they will learn. Multimedia simply
puts the tools at their finger tips
JuliaL: I believe that students feel more more comfortable working
together as a team in the areas that include multimedia
CraigR: how so Victoria?
KarenJM: Victoria. I wish it was the opposite. It should encourage
collaboration and cross disciplinary study.
VictoriaF: the computers and software are not funded as fully for the
arts as other subjects
KrisW: And art teachers who are technology savvy have taken new
leadership positions in their schools.
NancyLA: True. I would love to use more technology in my class, but I
cannot do everything in six weeks.
KrisW: It's a two way street, teachers who use technology get technology
funded.
KevanN: that is true...the more justification that can be brought to
bear for spending money on technology, the more administrations like it
BretBi: Our district has cited studies that indicate that student
learning increases dramatically with big images therefore they have
invested big $$$ in ceiling mounted multimedia projectors coupled with
DVD?VCRs that also can be hooked up to computers
FrankGuest12: Id like to see that study.
KrisW: That is great!
BretBi: hmm I wonder if I can find that refereence
KarenJM: Another thing re: question. We should separete multimedia and
the internet. The networked capability of the internet allows students
to learn from each other = GREAT!
FrankGuest12: I hope you can.
JuliaL: I have a question regarding technology that is not used in
classroom because teachers think its a wist of time, what do you think
about that?
KrisW: But isn't the internet multimedia too?
KevanN: that's not all that surprising if you think about it - p
Robably
why the VCR cic not replace the movie theater
CraigR: Although we've addressed this quesiton somewhat I want to make
sure that our panel has the opportunitiy to add anything to the pile
before we move on
CraigR: How has multimedia helped to redefine what happens in the classroom?
KarenJM: It can be a form of. But often multimedia is associated
with "desktop publishing'
KimFl: unitedlearning.com has a study on how video
usage in classes, integrated into the curriculum, increased student
test scores
JuliaL: It does help students but it all depends on the teachers plans.
AlexanderK: Julia, reagrding you question about parents-- they can be more
involved for the same reasons. Technology = better communication. And
so, parents can be more involved in their child's education
FrankGuest12: Ive seen that study by unitedlearning and IM suspect.
CraigR: another way of asking the same thing:
CraigR: How has multimedia helped (if at all), to redefine what you expect
your students to do, learn and achieve in the classroom.
KevanN: work in class becomes more interactive by the very nature of what
constitutes multimedia therefore it becomes more engaging
CraigR: it sounds like Alex and Karen expect more collaborative learning
to take place?
KevanN: ...therefore students produce at a higher level (provided the right
instruction is in place at the start)
NancyLA: I am not surprised about videos and scores. Most students will
not read for the sake of knowledge.
KarenJM: Good point Kevan, also the skill level among children varies a lot,
so I've found it encourages children to learn from each other.
AlexanderK: First of all, students just seemed more engaged when technology
is involved in the lesson...
JuliaL: There are comments from parents that they don't agreed with the
multimedia because it sends bad messages to thei children.
NancyLA: Bad messages?
KrisW: I like to think about technology savvy students being able to take
more leadership in their own learning and in the learning of others.
DavidAC: Well, perhaps these are parents that resist change
AlexanderK: How so, Julia?
KevanN: some parents don't wish their children to see the light of day,
either....
SteveF: Students take a leadership role when they teach eachother new
Powerpoint tricks
KrisW: Exactly what I meant
JuliaL: I guess they think that the traditional way is more profitable
than technology.
VictoriaF: I agree with the 'quality' of the use. 10 dead bugs in a power
point are the same as ten dead bugs on a posterboard
KarenJM: Or how to find things on the Internet, or how to use the "lasso"
tool inPhotoshop...
DavidAC: At times, yes, but in my case, I work with the sons and daughters
of Migrant farm workers
CraigR wonders if the ordinary pencil can offer something to the
multimedia curriculum?
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