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Provides interesting, motivating reasons to integrate multimedia into the classroom as well as suggestions of new ways to do so

Great reasons to incorporate multimedia as well as tools use.

This is another great resource from Harvard, there are actually video lessons available from Richard Mayer talking about each of his multimedia principles.

This article points out ten reason why teachers should use multimedia in the classroom.

"DTF Teaching Tip - Mike Heller, "Designing Multimedia Assignments"" : An educator outlines 5 tips for creating multimedia assignments.

Discusses the benefits of multimedia use in the classroom and new ways to use multimedia within the classroom.The article offrsr suggestions of what types of materials can be used. There are many tools to explore on your own with the suggestions given by the author.

This has practical information on using multimedia in education. It presents 4 different pedagogical scenarios for using multimedia in education - provides definitions and possible uses, and a chart with advantages/disadvantages.

Advantages and disadvantages of using multimedia in the schools.

Lists and describes different reasons for using multimedia in the classroom.

Multimedia "expressions" similar to glogster. Allows writing on the canvas.

An excellent study of using multimedia in math to improve engagement and learning outcomes. You will need to be logged into BSU account to access.

A common assumption in multimedia design is that audio-visual materials with pictures and spoken narrations lead to better learning outcomes than visual-only materials with pictures and on-screen text. This study's results show retention rates vary depending on media used. **Login to BSU Library for full access of this article

A site which gives a lot of great information on multimedia and hypermedia uses in the classroom, as well as many informational resources.

There is a clear disconnect between the media students are accustomed to using outside the classroom and the media they predominantly use within the classroom. Students spend copious amounts of their free time socializing, shopping, and even studying on the Internet, where they are flooded with text, images, video, animation, and sound in what is a complex multimedia environment.

This is a great summary of some excellent Multimedia Principles for presentations from Harvard.

Offers the latest news, updates, commentaries from teachers, IT, and adiministrators regarding multimedia in the classroom. This site offers a snapshot of different articles with links to each article and comments.

A brief article with three tips on how to integrate technology for ELL students

This Flat Classroom project brings together Grades 3-5 to explore similarities and differences in their lives and cultures. Using Edmodo, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, and other online multimedia tools, it helps students learn, connect, share, and create.