1st Edition

Making Multimedia in the Classroom A Teachers' Guide

By Vivi Lachs Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by Routledge

Multimedia authoring offers a motivating and imaginative approach to subject matter where students can develop skills in group work and problem solving. This teachers guide explores the process of students authoring multimedia presentations on computer using images, text, sound, animation and video, as an integrated part of their curriculum work. It offers a theoretical basis, detailed practical... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Planning a Project into the Curriculum 3. Group Work and Collaboration 4. Space and Time 5. Audience 6. Designing Screens 7. New Structures and Making Maps 8. Interactivity 9. Collecting Information and Creating the Presentation 10. Receiving and Responding to Critical Feedback 11. Student Evaluation 12.Teacher Assessment 13. Infants Making Multimedia 14. Special Needs in Primary Schools 15. Teachers' Experience 16. Choosing Software and Resources

Biography

Vivi Lachs is an advisory teacher for ICT. In 1997 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship for multimedia in science.

'Sometimes you find a book that's so good you want to tell everyone about it and Vivi Lachs' book Making Multimedia in the Classroom is just such a book ... Quite simply, this is a joyous book because it humanises ICT, asserts its importance at the centre of learning and exalts creativity.' - The Times Educational Supplement

'The book provides an excellent introduction and guide for any teacher or student teacher who may be considering sensible and clear advice on planning and progression, and it is difficult not to feel that anyone reading this book would be much less likely to have a negative or frustrating experience in launching into multimedia initiatives ... a very practical, sensible and well written guide.' - Terry Haydn, Educational Review