Sunday, March 13, 2011

Blog Post # 8



Mr. Miller's two part video different uses and the benefits of using multimedia for education, with the goal of using the internet not only for research but also for collaboration of ideas. He discusses the importance of sharing ideas between educators to help achieve a greater future for all, and gives many examples of ways to do that using the internet. 

Mr. Miller also showed examples of multimedia that he has been using himself as well as those created by others as examples of what can be done for free online. He made a good point in part two, when he talked about the importance of how he created the video for this proposal. He made it appealing, something that basically speaks for itself about the benefits of the internet and multimedia, something he says can easily be seen from his results. This video was placed on YouTube and yielded a huge response in a very short time, as opposed to what probably would have happened if he had published a book on the topic. 

Using multimedia in the classroom is something that I will definitely be thinking of  as a teacher. It is a great way to keep students engaged in what they are doing, and would make the lesson more fun. Creating something like what Mr. Miller and his collaborators did for their Martin Luther King Jr. piece, for example, would be extremely useful for me, since I plan to teach a history class. Presenting information in this format, with pictures, sound, and video will help students to remember it much better than just giving them a reading assignment or something like that.


Both of these videos were pretty funny. Chipper certainly had some interesting ideas about how getting an education should work. She thought that the way that she had always done things, namely procrastination and putting forth minimum effort, would be enough for this class. Wrong! I think a lot of us can sometimes be a bit like Chipper. I know procrastination is something that I have trouble with too. This video is gently reminding students that they need to do the work and do it well, then the class will not be so bad for them. EDM 310 for Dummies was hilarious, and the book is probably a good idea for some people. The class can get overwhelming, especially for those that have trouble with procrastination. I enjoyed both of these videos! The students that put these together did a great job! 


This video really makes a good point! Technology, as one pf the men in the video said, is not really a choice. If schools continue to ignore and push out technology, they will turn off kids. Instead of dissuading them from technology, educators should be finding ways to use it to keep kids interested in school and to help them learn. Like Mr. Miller said in his video, there are so many different things that can be used in the classroom to teach students, things that we can assign for them to do themselves or in groups. Students can, and do, create blogs, videos, podcasts, etc in the classroom and are successfully learning at the same time. School does not have to be a technology free zone, and it should not be! 


The Drive video surprised me. Well, the beginning did not, because I thought it was sort of obvious, if you give a big reward for something of course people will work hard to achieve it. Then when the task became a bit more complex and the reward was great, people failed to achieve the goal and this happened over and over in their studies. His explanation,  "If we treat people like people and not like horses... we can make the world just a little bit better." I think that this quote was so true. People like to be purpose driven, not just motivated by money or other rewards and those who are working toward a purpose are typically happier in their jobs than those who are just in it for the money. 




2 comments:

  1. Mrs. Miller's multimedia videos were really good. The idea that students can learn just about anything from the internet or app or other technologies is amazing! The Chipper video was pretty funny, all her ideas. But she does send the message that in this EDM class, you're not just going to get by, and you have to start early in the week and spend alot of time doing the work.

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  2. Kristen,
    You post is nice, I think you could have expanded a bit more towards the end. But your ideas are right on track! Keep up the good work!

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