Wow! That was difficult. Unfortunately, I have had two Macbooks crash on me in my lifetime, and both times I have spent 100’s of dollars trying to recover things that did not save properly. Due to those occurrences, I get quite terrified that I will lose things that I am working on. But it was a great learning experience!! Watch the video below to learn about multimedia learning prior to reading further.

Screencasts and H5P tools could be quite helpful in the classroom. ESPECIALLY during online learning. I will be honest I was probably only half paying attention when I was watching some of the pre-class videos, however, having prompts and questions built-in helped me to start paying attention! A random situation that could be helpful is when you are sick and have a TOC, you could do a quick screencast to help explain to the TOC what you would like them to do! Or have a random lesson in your back pocket that the TOC could show the class!

Having the text boxes and multiple-choice questions embedded really helps to keep people engaged!

Using H5P is an easy way to incorporate Multi-media Learning Theory. As a review, multimedia learning theory is using multiple simultaneous techniques while instructing to increase retention. Using a screencast while teaching a lesson may help to increase students’ retention and understanding of the subject area.

The below article gives some broad tips on how to use multimedia in the classroom!

https://degree.lamar.edu/articles/education/tips-on-using-multimedia-in-the-classroom/

In my link2practice last semester I observed a grade 6 teacher using story problems for an entire math unit. This unit was based on Tesla! Students got to go on Tesla’s website to design their own car, use google maps to find the best route to take in order to have access to charging stations, and watch interactive videos on how to use math to do it all!

It was a great use of multimedia in the classroom, however, there were some drawbacks. Keeping students focused when they have access to the internet can be quite challenging. As a way to combat this, the teacher gave the students their own headphones, however, this led to the students searching youtube for music. It would have been beneficial if the school had a tighter security system to restrict students’ use.

All in all using multimedia in the classroom has a long list of positives for use in the classroom! But with all things, you must consider the negatives as well! Below is a link to the Tesla Story problems.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Based-Math-Grade-6-4010323