Effective Strategies Using Multimedia/Digital Content in Instruction

There are so many strategies for using digital content for instruction. Outlined below are four ways that you can integrate multimedia into the learning process.

1. Pop Mashups! This can be used to either explain information to students in a fun way or for students to explore their learning in creating their own mashup! Check out this Quadratic Formula song that has the students cracking up! Creativity can be found in math class too and it can especially be a great way for students to discover the strengths and interests in their peers when deciding what type of mashup they would want to make.

2. Podcasts! I think podcasts can be used in a variety of ways by both teachers and students. Here a teacher uses video podcasts to explain different concepts that the students needed to learn. Students could go back and review these if they got stuck while practicing. In the same way, students can create their own weekly podcast to sum up what they learned that week. This would be a great way for students to review the concepts that they learned.

3. Powtoon! As I previously discussed in my last blog, powtoons is new to me but I am eager to explore it further because it is such a fun engaging tool. Students can express what they have learned through their own powtoon creations. Students could then watch and review their peer's powtoons for further review. One activity that could be done is assigning different concepts to different students and having each student make sure they have watched a powtoon from each concept. This would be a great way to commincate new ideas and review old concepts.

4. Video Images and Audio Sounds. These can be used to create collaboration by pausing at different point during the video or sound bite and asking students to think-pair-share before continuing the video or sound clip. This strategy would be effective in math because students can give reasoning and discuss possible solutions before the solutions is shared. In the link provided, students can discuss who is right and who is wrong and why.

I hope that you have enjoyed learning about new ways to go digital in Mathematics!