Commercial
Hypermedia Product: Reference Materials
Reference materials are a
commercial hypermedia product that comes in CD’s and DVD’s or on the Internet
for little to no cost (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 175). Some of the key examples of this product
include atlases, almanacs, encyclopedias, newspapers, and conference proceedings
(Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p.175-176).
One reference material that is readily available and free to the public
is the New York Times. As a history teacher, this is the one reference
material that I would use the most; the first reason being in order for
students to keep up on current events and the second to find research on
historical events that have happened throughout history. Newspapers are great way to research a former
event not just for the knowledge but so one can grasp the attitude of the
writers’ during that specific time period.
Here is a link to the New York
Times: http://www.nytimes.com
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Multimedia Authoring Tool: Audio and Video Production and Editing Systems
Audio and Video Production and Editing has exploded into the world of education to rival the rapid increase in word processing of documents (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 188). There are primarily three increases in technology that has allowed this phenomenon to happen and they are the emergence of digital cameras and cell phones, the iPod, and finally the start of YouTube (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 188-189). Due to this, a whole new creation of better and more polished video presentations have emerged. In my classroom, the one that I believe would benefit me and the students the most is iMovie. None can argue that Mac computers have become the most popular type in today’s society. iMovie is a creation of the Mac that enables people to make videos with audio and then go back and edit them. As a history teacher, presentations and videos are key to getting the students interested in the topic at hand. Students need to see the pictures and hear the sounds to really learn what was going on during a specific time period. Also, iMovie would allow me as a teacher to create video presentations so that students could watch them if I had to be absent at any given time (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 196). I truly believe that video presentations are the best way to capture young student’s attention and that is why I will be using iMovie in my classroom.
Here is a link to iMovie: http://www.apple.com
References:
Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology Into Teaching (6th Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
References:
Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology Into Teaching (6th Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
I agree with the with your assertion with the New York Times being a great source for History teachers as well as for everyone else in the educational field; as well as your explanation of iMovie and how you would use it in a classroom environment. “The combination of media such as video and audio with text makes them multimedia; the ability to get from one media/information element to another makes them hypermedia.” (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 174). Which according to your article, you have a clear understanding of this process.
ReplyDeleteI agree that video presentation software has improved greatly over the past couple of years and it is a great tool to integrate into the classroom. Adding the element of real life audio and video to research done by the kids themselves makes learning more interesting for the students (Roblyer & Doering (2013) p.190). I also agree that iMovie is a great tool to utilize but please go check my blog out and watch the video at the end. The video is about an app called storykit and I think it is a great product to integrate into the classroom. Let me know what you think?
ReplyDeleteI chose Worldatlas.com. Even after reading the Roblyer and Doering (2013) statement about reference materials including "encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, newspapers, and conference proceedings," it did not cross my mind to bring a larger, distant newspaper into my classroom (176). I just thought of the local paper as I read and then dismissed that choice. Great idea for the classroom to keep up with what is going on elsewhere in the world. I wonder at some other good ones besides the New York Times. Of course, if it was overseas, the teacher would have to know the language of the paper before presenting it to the class.
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