The document discusses multimedia documentation in schools. It defines documentation as a process that transforms implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge, allows for self-evaluation and assessment, and helps with planning and decision making. Documentation also facilitates knowledge sharing, community building, and professional development. Multimedia documentation makes the process more social and participatory. It introduces teachers to ICT while engaging students cognitively, emotionally, and relationally. Multimedia documentation is described as a more fun approach. The document provides contact information for Silvia Panzavolta, the author and senior documentalist at INDIRE, an organization supporting educational documentation.

1. MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTATION AT SCHOOL Silvia Panzavolta (ANSAS, former INDIRE) Etwinning Professional Development Workshop Villasimius (IT), 29/05/2010

2. WHAT IS DOCUMENTATION?

3. IT IS A PROCESS TRANSFORMING IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE INTO EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE (METACOGNITION)

4. IT IS A PROCESS FOR EVALUATING THE ACTIONS WE HAVE CARRIED OUT (ASSESSMENT)

5. IT IS A PROCESS ALLOWING BETTER ORGANISAZION OF FUTURE PLANS (DECISION MAKING)

6. IT IS A PROCESS FOR LEARNING ABOUT OTHERS’ PRACTICES (KNOWLEDGE SHARING)

7. IT HELPS PROFESSIONAL DISCUSSION AND RELATION-MAKING (COMMUNITY BUILDING)

8. IT IS A PROCESS FOR LEAVING TRACES AND EXPRESSING OURSELVES (MEMORY / IDENTITY)

9. IT IS USED IN TEACHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)

10. IT IS A CREATIVE PROCESS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS

11. WHY MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTATION?

12. IT EASILY BECOME A PARTICIPATED PROCESS (SOCIAL NETWORK)

13. IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR TEACHERS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ICT

14. IT INTRODUCES A WIDE RANGE OF CODES REALATING WITH EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, RELATIONAL, METACOGNITIVE AREAS OF PROCESSING INPUTS

15. IT IS MORE FUN!

16. WHO AM I?

17. Silvia Panzavolta Senior documentalist Psychologist Have been working at INDIRE since 1998. I deal with: educational documentation, metadata, thesauri, information architecture, European projects. CONTACTS: [email_address]

18. CREDITS Author: Silvia Panzavolta – ANSAS (former INDIRE) Pictures: from DIA – INDIRE, www.indire.it/dia