Week 3 – Multi-Media Learning

After exploring how to use screencast and H5P tools, tools such as these would be helpful in the classroom. Screen recording and casting is a great way to show students different sources and websites, or record your material to present to students. For intermediate-level elementary students, these tools would be helpful for a variety of different things. For primary-level intermediate students, H5P tools may be less of an asset. I believe younger kids need more hands-on learning activities, rather than watching videos. I would like to teach at a middle school or intermediate-level elementary age, so as I have mentioned I do see this as being helpful. A lesson plan that could involve H5P tools may be teaching mathematics, screen recording yourself practicing math questions and then using H5P to add in different blocks and functions to further explain the mathematical process. You could even use the blocks to add fun math jokes or questions to keep students engaged. The Multi-Media Learning theory can help us create more educational and instructional videos as it leaves us with the option of creativity and personalization. When lessons have character to them, it can help keep students interested and wondering about the task at hand. Another great classroom tactic is using the Flipped Classroom method. This method creates a classroom environment that focuses on more hands-on activities by assigning tasks to do before the class or lecture leaving more time for interactive learning. Being that I want to teach around the grades 5/6, I could use the Flipped Classroom method by assigning a story to read or a video to watch that the class will unpack as a whole.