Multimedia for the Classroom

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Multimedia for the Classroom

• By
• Ruth Waller
• BSU Educational Technology Outreach Program

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Multimedia

• Lets Review
• Text
• Graphics

Preview of whats to come
Audio Video
Animation
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Multimedia files
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Audio
Audio is any digitized music, speech, or other
sound that is stored and produced by the computer.
Audio allows you, the developer, to provide
information in a manner not otherwise conveyed by
the computer like the beating of a human heart
or the melody of a flute.
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Audio
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Audio

• Here are some web sites with audio files.
• Find audio files ready to import
  http//www.bham.wednet.edu/othered.htmclip
• Audio files to download http//metalab.unc.edu/pu
  b/multimedia/sun-sounds/
• Start your own radio station and be the disjockey
  http//www.mycaster.com
• Download this software to send voice emails
  http//www.mediaring.com/cnet/download/

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Video
Video consists of photographic images that are
played back at speeds of 15 to 30 frames per
second. They provide the appearance of full
motion in real-time.

• Videos can
• reinforce lectures and reading,
• provide a common base for knowledge
• provide an experience that the students would
  not otherwise get

Click on each picture to view the video
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Video

• These are some web sites with video.
• Sony music and videos can be seen and downloaded
  from this site. http//www.sonymusic.com/music/aud
  iovideo.html
• This link takes you to quick time video. You can
  download for free and look at sample videos.
  http//www.apple.com/quicktime/
• This link has video and animation files.
  http//members.xoom.
  com/VFeatures/page2/page2.html
• This link has more movie files.
  Http//www.uslink.net/egerton/tv_movie.html
• Here are more video files. Http//www.citysounds.c
  om/newband/dance.htm

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Animation
Animation is a graphic that has the illusion of
motion. They can be as simple as a blinking
icon, or as complex as a stimulation of how an
avalanche starts.
Here is a simple animation made by sequencing
several pictures. Click on the picture to view
the animation.
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Animation

• Presentation software has several animations
  built into their programs.
• Some examples are
• fly from top left
• spiral
• box in
• flash once
• crawl from bottom

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How do I organize my multimedia files?
Multimedia Files
Space Travel PP
Graphics
Pictures
Clip Art
Scanned Images
Good File Management
Animations
Audio
Video
Text
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Review

• Multimedia is a blend of media elements that
  present information in a variety of ways. They
  tend to engage and challenge students and
  encourage them to think creatively and
  independently.
• Audio files can enhance your lesson plan.
• Animation files are a great way to demonstrate a
  process or a procedure.
• Video files allow the user to view an event or
  place as if they were there.
• But remember to organize these files.