Multimedia Projects in Education

¿ Karen Ivers (Author) taught elementary school before becoming a professor of teacher education. Karen loves finding creative and engaging ways to help students learn new concepts, especially in mathematics. She has written several books and appreciates Hope's ability to bring her characters to life!¿ After retiring from the legal industry, Hope Richardson Fahey (Illustrator) returned to her love of illustrating. Hope has illustrated several children's books, including: Why is the Penguin Wearing Glasses, Laurel and Her House of Coral, Three Weeks in Women's Shoes, Pelly the Pitching Pelican, Pelly and the Plutonians, and Henry the Hessian. Intrigued by the concept of Karen's book and its focus on teaching, Hope's illustrations help to convey the warmth and emotions tied to the endearing story of how friendship and support can overcome adversity.

This practical and easy-to-use resource will help teachers and library media specialists effectively integrate multimedia projects into their curriculum.Like the three earlier editions, Multimedia Projects in Education: Designing, Producing, and Assessing, Fourth Edition addresses the need to help students use their knowledge to analyze, create, solve problems, communicate, collaborate, and innovate. With 40 percent new materials and updates to everything else, it offers the perfect, hands-on approach to using multimedia in everyday practice.The book is centered around the easy-to-use DDD-E model-Decide, Design, Develop, and Evaluate-coupled with practical advice on how to effectively integrate the development of multimedia projects into classrooms. Focus is on student learning outcomes and such issues as classroom management, grouping alternatives, computer scheduling options, design stages, and assessments. Readers will learn how to select and plan multimedia projects; use hypermedia programs and presentation and development tools; manage graphics, audio, and digital video; and create webpages. Project suggestions come complete with a scenario, overview, topics, and reproducible worksheets, and can be easily adapted for different grade levels.

A glossary of key terms and numerous references and resources