Multimedia Reflection

The lesson plan I created for using multimedia was very interesting and fun. I used the ASSURE lesson plan model which made it uniform and simple to develop. I was nervous at first but the more I started working with the media and trial and error, the easier it was for me to comprehend. I have never put a multimedia lesson plan together and having the examples to model after also made it less stressful for me to organize. I was terrified at first but like my dad use to say, “You can’t learn if you don’t try.” I found the multimedia tools very intimidating at first and started off really slowly in the development of the lesson. I knew my topic and research the information that I mostly knew already, but putting it into a multimedia format was not as easy in the beginning as I thought it would be. Practice makes perfect and I got plenty of practice the first week trying to fix all the kinks and problems. The more I worked with the tools, the better I have became and the more confident I am with the media formatting that is needed to develop these unique lesson plans.
I’m not a person who is a computer whiz and I have become better since practicing with the tools I have had to utilize in my audiovisual class. I believe these tools and others are going to be very important in my future as a teacher. I only hope to get to utilize as much of these tools as I can. I definitely will develop my skills with the multimedia devices and I firmly believe that practice does make perfect so I don’t foresee and problems. The audiovisual class I believe is vital in developing a teacher who is capable of using technology in the classroom. I am proof of that. The tools taught and shone to us throughout the semester are useful and important. In today’s classroom, teachers need to be ahead of the game so to speak when it comes to teaching with technology, and developing multimedia lesson plans like the one in our class will help us to become these teachers. One tool that I learned and will be useful in future teaching is the Windows Movie Maker. Creating a movie was really cool and fun. This was part of the lesson that took the longest because after all the practice and finally getting what I wanted on the movie and recorded, the 7 megabyte movie was too big to load onto the website. I had to make it smaller which was okay because I still got the important facts across.
Using the computer to teach is also vital with today’s students who may be incapable of learning through conventional ways. We saw the move enabling dreams and watching that showed the importance of technology in the classroom. Using multimedia lesson plans will further advance the learning styles of all children weather they are disadvantaged or normal. Watching the technology in the movie made me aware of the importance knowing about certain tools and utilizing them with disadvantaged students can make a learner out of all children. I believe this is vital for allowing all kids a chance to excel in their education. I only hope I can utilize more tools in my future class and continue to develop into a technology teacher of the future.