Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation / Edition 1

by Timothy (Tim) D. Green, Abbie Brown

Overview

This "how-to" guide provides you with the step-by-step secrets you need to make multimedia work for you, your students, and your curriculum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761978534
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/11/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	1,017,475
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Timothy D. Green holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology and Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University. He is co-author of Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation (Corwin Press) and the author of Power Point Made Very Easy! (Scholastic). He has taught fourth grade and junior high school. His expertise is in multimedia design, the integration of technology into the teaching and learning process, and pedagogy. He is an assistant professor at California Sate University, Fullerton in the department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. Currently, he is the university’s Director of Distance Education.

Abbie H. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and an MA from Teachers College at Columbia University. He is currently an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton in the department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. He is co-author of Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation (Corwin Press), and a contributing author to Teaching Strategies: A Guide to Effective Instruction (Houghton Mifflin). He has taught at the Bank Street School for Children in New York City and George Washington Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He has received awards for outstanding teaching and curriculum design from the New Jersey Department of Education and is an experienced computer-based instructional media producer.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. What is Multimedia?
2. Integrating Curriculum Content Into Multimedia Production
3. Multimedia Projects in the Classroom
4. Evaluating Multimedia Projects
5. How Professional Multimedia Is Produced
Appendix: A History of Multimedia
Glossary
Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides an informative and easy-to-use guide to teachers on how to successfully integrate technology into their current curriculum even if the teachers’ background in technology is limited. "

Bridget Weishaar