Introduction to Interactive Multimedia Projects

The title of this course, Merging Educational Goals and Interactive Multimedia Projects, brings together two essential elements of today’s classroom:

• Educational goals as defined by today's content and technology standards.

• Technology, specifically interactive multimedia projects.

You will explore ways to incorporate interactive multimedia projects into your classroom to help your students apply higher level thinking skills in communicating, problem solving, collaborating, researching, designing, and testing. In the process you will meet your state’s learning and technology standards in ways that motivate your students.

At the completion of this Module, you will be able to:

• Discuss how educational research supports the use of multimedia projects to increase student learning.
• Discuss the expectations placed on today’s teachers to use technology in their classrooms, the range of skills teachers need to learn as a result, and the standards that guide instruction and professional development.
• Describe the ideal learning environment of technology-infused classrooms and the qualities of the teacher-student relationship in a collaborative setting, including the critical thinking skills that such an environment supports.
• Distinguish among types and characteristics of interactive multimedia projects (IMPs) and their purposes in the teaching/learning process.
• Analyze whether content meets copyright and fair use guidelines for classroom multimedia projects.
• Evaluate your personal practice, adjust it accordingly, and actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally using the knowledge and skills learned in this course.

Module One Activity Checklist

Open the Learning Activity Checklist (pdf).

The Checklist can be saved to your local drive by clicking Save on the toolbar. As you complete Module Assignments, check them off on this electronic copy. Alternatively, you can print a copy to complete.