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	Work out the Brain! Work All the Brains Differentiating by Product Bringing Learning Alive by Varying the Complexity of the Product that Students Create
	Multimedia can stimulate more than one sense at a time, and in doing so, may be more attention-getting and attention-holding. T. Reeves (1998)

Bring Learning Alive with Multimedia Presentations

Some of the benefits of projects that incorporate multimedia production for students:

understand the concepts in greater depth than in traditional writing projects.

make connections between facts, ideas, words and pictures

encourages self expression and sense of ownership for the student

organize and present information using the kind of media from which they usually receive it

quality of student work and level of engagement increase when audience includes peers, parents and the global community

active rather than passive learning environment

Students realize that effective communication involves both content and design. In creating a multimedia presentation, students work with the information from four perspectives: (Smith (1993) as cited in ISTE research)

Researchers	Locating information and building knowledge on the topic
Authors	Deciding what information is relevant and pulling the pieces together create meaning
Designers	Selecting the media to present the concepts
Writers	Create context and structure to present the new knowledge

Each of the following examples of Multimedia are cognitive tools - they activate critical thinking and mental functioning

Differentiation occurs through choice, media, contribution within a collaborative project and incorporating various pathways for students to learn. Remember: students can use multimedia to pose questions and create examples, not just culminating presentations.

Podcasts ca provide another way for students to express their knowledge can help address multiple intelligences or varied learning styles provide readers with another way to gain information or knowledge and support literacy development can allow students with weaker typing skills an alternate form of expression involve more senses in the learning and sharing cycle Mystery Radio Show - Gr. 3/4 Booktalk Podcasts Gr. 8 Pirate Podcasts Gr. 4

Slide Presentations variety of software such as Apple's Keynote, Microsoft's PowerPoint, KidPix Slide Show or online with a Google account's presentation. Although program capabilities may vary, text, graphs, audio, animation, live hyperlinks and video clips can be added to many of the presentation software programs. engage students in higher order thinking by creating their own Jeopardy interactive game for a unit using the PowerPoint template from California State University. Download this template. Keynote Presentations - Gr 7/8 Alcohol PowerPoint KidPix Idiom slide example

Hypermedia combination of hypertext and multimedia. Hypertext is often referred to as the text on a web page which may include graphics, sound animation and video as well. navigation of hypertext is designed to be nonlinear allowing the viewer to jump between segments as they choose eZedia Samples and Resources

Video provide opportunities for students to plan, develop, edit and produce presentations . This can be done with younger elementary aged students with increasing sophistication as the age and experience increases. Gr. 5 - Historical Events in Canadian History Cabot and Cartier (8.2 MB) Battle of Quebec (9.4 MB) Gr. 8 - Research on Artists - Lasting Impressions

Animations create animations to demonstrate understanding of a concept. iDraw is an animation application for Mac. Pencil is a shareware application for Windows, Linux and Mac. Samples

Other Resources The Writing on the Web wiki shares a variety of resources that can be used to support digital storytelling and other forms of online writing to demonstrate learning.