Course description
Examines advanced multimedia authoring tools for designing instruction for K-12 classrooms. Develops multimedia skills such as use of sound, video, graphics, PowerPoint, and Hyperstudio. Students plan multimedia projects that include performance-based indicators for each instructional unit. Examines principles of constructivism, lesson design for student projects, and assessment strategies.
Course
overview
This course focuses on using the principles of lesson design developed in Understanding By Design to create lessons which use multimedia to develop understanding. The course develops strategies and skills to enable participants to develop lessons in which students exhibit their understanding of a topic via multimedia projects that they construct. The course examines several models that guide teachers and students in this process. While the World Wide Web is definitely a forum for multimedia, this course focuses instead on presentation software and multimedia components.
Course tools:
This course will be supported by electronic courseware such as Blackboard. Essential features will be the discussion area, discussion areas for small groups, email, and web pages.
Texts:
Grabe, M. & Grabe, C. (2001). Integrating technology for meaningful learning. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
McTig
Optional Text: Ivers, K. and Barron, A. (1998). Multimedia projects in education: Designing, producing, and assessing. Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press.
Enduring Understanding: The understanding needed to design and develop problem-based learning activities that integrate multimedia technology to support improved student achievement for all learners.
