As a future teacher, I want to provide multiple different methods of teaching. In order for this, I need to learn different methods including multimedia and Interactive learning. In my education timeline, I have found multimedia a great way to learn and understand material. There is often videos with images, titles, labels, and direction to help one learn. For example, I did not understand a math question. I used YouTube to look for a video to help explain better. In the video, the creator used signaling principles and modality principles. The video had images and printed texts as well as highlighted important numbers of the question. This allowed me to easily follow along and comprehend the information. I would like to learn how to create videos like “The Signaling Principle” to help my future students learn. In my own experience, I struggle with paying attention and multitasking. When the teacher provides written slides, talks and draws diagrams, I can easily get lost. This causes me to not understand the material and have to look elsewhere for clarification. Thus, multimedia is a great way to delivery knowledge. Videos tend to be organized and easy to follow along. Videos can also be entertaining to the viewers, allowing them to stay focused. Learning more about this method can improve my teaching methods. Overall, I am excited to learn more about multimedia and interactive learning.
References
Mayer, R. E. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139547369
I couldn’t agree with you more. As a teacher, you really should incorporate multimedia into your teaching. This will allow the students to be helped and inspired in different areas. Such a view of teaching is very beneficial to students. You will not only bring knowledge from multimedia to your students but also improve the quality of your teaching.
I agree with you on the idea that teachers presentations and how they are displayed is extremely important in the learning process. Many teachers simply just provide a wordy powerpoint presentation, in which they just ready directly off it word for word in order to “teach”. I believe this is an unproductive method of teaching. Instead, it is much more beneficial for teachers to provide simple presentations summarizing the point, than to extend further on the topic during the lesson.