In our lifetime
the use of multimedia has grown at an incredible rate. Everywhere we turn multimedia is being used
to grab, engage and teach us new and unlimited information. One type of these
Hypermedia Products is the Interactive
or Electronic Storybooks. These are
stories that can be read off of any screen device including computers, mobile
devices or from print, but they all have some kind of interactive buttons, (Roblyer
& Doering, Integrating Educational
Technology into Reading, p.175). The
beauty of these materials is that participants can go at their own pace moving
forward or backwards in order to have material repeated as needed, (Roblyer
& Doering, p.175). These Interactive storybooks can be used with
all ages and can be introduced to children at an early age, (Roblyer &
Doering, p.175). “Various
studies have reported positive impact of interactive storybooks on children’s
enjoyment of reading and development of reading skills,”
states Roblyer and Doering, (p.175). An
example of these storybooks can be found at http://disneydigitalbooks.go.com/.
I believe these formats would be a wonderful addition to a classroom and the
learning curriculum. It gives children
different levels of assistance in their reading. Teachers are competing with
games and activities that are stimulating with sights, sounds and motions for
their students’ attention and Interactive books provide a learning
choice with all the bells and whistles.
Hypermedia that
once had a small role in education and our daily lives is now one of the top
forms of communication methods, (Roblyer & Doering, p.178). With the access to computers, cellphones most
individuals use multimedia several times a day.
There are four main types of multimedia that are used by teachers and
student including, interactive presentation media, audio/video production and
editing systems, hypermedia production software and virtual environments, (Roblyer
& Doering, p.179). One of the most popular is the Audio and Video Production and Editing Systems. There is a personal interaction between those
teaching and those learning when they are able to share their information
visually. The audio or video can be
recorded on computers, phones or cameras and can then downloaded to be edited
with titles, graphics and sound effects, (Roblyer & Doering, p.189). An example of this Software that can be used
for editing is Apple’s iMovie at http://apple.com.
It is both easy and high functioning for teachers and students to make
and edit their own productions. The one choice
that I think is very beneficial for both students and teachers is the Student-Created Presentations. They are
using a creative outlet, learning to do research and bettering their skills of
using multimedia that will follow them throughout their lives. This example
from School Tube shows how students recreated their own video to share with
their classmates: http://www.schooltube.com/video/dd07655afef33ce2de96/Student-made%20BrainPOP%20video%20-%20Triangle%20Shirtwaist%20Factory. Created and presented by a student it shows
how this form of media is informative and relevant to students and their peers.
Roblyer,
M.D., & Doering, Aaron H. (2013). Integrating Educational
Technology Into Teaching (6th ed.).
Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, INC.
Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, INC.
