The focus this week is on multimedia. Multimodal learning is
about using Digital tools and making the most of them. Using digital tools in
the classroom to enhance learning outcomes for all students to achieve and
succeed not only in your classroom but for the rest of their schooling journey.
As a component of the Australian
curriculum our aim is to enhance learning using these support tools. Undeniably
we have evolved into a word where technology is taking over and changing faster
than we can keep up. We must keep our skills sharp and continue to gain new ways
of using digital tools to engage students, guiding them the BEST we can.
This week has been a journey looking at the way things work,
Video, Images and Pod casts ( I had NO idea what a pod cast was). Through understanding these tools, there are
many useful ways in which they could be used in the classroom.
Using Digital Tools
- Saves paper (we all need to look after the environment!)
- Encourages collaboration (two great minds are better than one)
- Recourses at our fingertips
- Personalise Learning
Resizing and uploading digital photos
Resized- 75% smaller Size: 77KB
Flickr..
The world of Flickr.. AMAZING. For the first time today I joined
flickr, I had hear of it before and many of my friends ‘follow’ others profiles,
looking at their photos. One of the most popular repositories of digital images
online is Flickr. It had never interested me before today, but the amount of
images is unbelievable (you have to see it to believe it). Anyone can upload a
photo and tag it with a topic to go web wide (and the best beauty It’s FREE). I
have found it to be one of the most enjoyable program on the web for a long
time. Members share an incredible amount of amazing work on Flickr. If there is
an image you'd like to use, "Request to license" on the photo page to
be able to use a photo from the site then copy the HTML code (easy as it
sounds, it really is this easy) then paste the code into the HTML section on
blogger.
As I am a ‘style stealer’ I love fashion blogs and pages. I typed
in fashion- Paris fashion week (their style is perfect) and countless pictures,
too many to look at appeared before my eyes. Here is one of my favourite picture
I found from Flickr..
Paris Fashion Week x
Flickr would be one of my favourite tools to use in the
classroom, I would defiantly involve it in any topic I could. As it is simple
to use (and safe), it would make searching for pictures a very easy task, with
many to choose from. Teachers would be able to search for images related to
their lesson and use them as the ‘hook’ for their lessons. As long as teachers
are aware that any images uploaded can be viewed by flickr uses, permission to
use students in the class would have to be gained. It would be a great tool to
share photos of class progress and activities throughout the term at a parent
information night.
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