Bye Bye Verbal-Only: Welcome Interactive Multimedia - "A"

This article is about the radically changing classroom in today’s schools. Technology, but multimedia in particular has paved the path for students and teachers to be involved with their learning. The author talks about how multimedia assisted instruction has led students to solve problems on their own, because it presents a new way of learning. He also brought up the recent reports of using multimedia with small groups of students resulted in a collaborative effort. There are many significant educational and personal skills that can be learned through multimedia. The article brought back the teaching belief of constructivism, which I talked about in some of my other posts.
I thought that this article represented the current activities going on and it gave the positive results of incorporating multimedia in the classroom. It relates to my most obvious question of how technology is used in education and what the prospects are in the future. I liked how the author talked about the multimedia helps students acquire collaborative skills, which he said employees are looking for. I think the article fits in well with giving more insight on using technology in the classroom and I enjoyed reading the author’s views.

Faryadi, Q. (2006). Bye, Bye Verbal-only Method of Learning: Welcome Interactive Multimedia. Online submission. Retrieved March 22, 2007, from ERIC database.

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