This document discusses how teachers can integrate multimedia tools into their classrooms. It defines multimedia as technologies like cell phones, videos, computers, and more. Teachers can have students create digital videos, presentations, and storyboards. PowerPoint and other programs allow students to incorporate text, graphics, sound, and video into multimedia projects. The document also addresses how multimedia can help students learn and develop creativity, research, and technology skills based on ISTE standards. It provides examples of classroom activities where students make multimedia presentations and discusses how teachers can support multimedia use in the classroom.

1. Integrating Multimedia as a Tool By: Alicia Asher Elizabeth Chavez

3. Multimedia is defined in tools such as cell phones, texting, video, computers, however the definition continues to evolve as technology increases.

4. It can be used in various forms in and out of the classroom model, such as:

5. PowerPoint presentations

6. Digital Photography

7. Graphics

9. Basic Functions Displays Text Inserts Graphics/Pictures Inserts Video/Create Movies Inserts Sound Inserts Hyperlinks (presentations) Animates Objects (presentations)

11. Movies require a sequence, and utilizing a script and storyboard to plan sequences allows correlation with storytelling/literacy.

13. During planning, students create a storyboard,

14. Using sketches on paper

18. Presentations can incorporate:

19. Sound

20. Graphics

21. Animations

22. Video

24. Plan the Content

25. Create a Storyboard

26. In planning the content students should refer to the guiding questions:

27. Who is the intended audience?

28. What is the presentation topic?

29. What information will this presentation share?

31. Work in outline mode in PowerPoint presentation

32. Type in content on slides

34. Pictures, sounds, music, digital video

35. Animation

36. Attracts attention and explains ideas

37. Use template or create own animation

38. Slide Transitions

39. Simple movements

40. Shadow, Fade out/in, bounce, boomerang

41. Too many transitions in slide show causes viewers too become disinterested

42. Hyperlinks

43. Provide a jump to another document, web page, video within the slide show format

45. New content

46. Research/solve problems

47. Discover new relationships among ideas

48. Present information to peers, parents, teachers

51. Create a power point on what you have learned about chapter 9.

52. Specify in the power point how you will implement your new knowledge into a classroom.

53. Make sure you have pictures, animations, videos or anything else you can think of.

54. Be creative: see page 242 for animations.

55. Good luck and be ready to present.