Helpful Multimedia Tools

Multimedia tools have many implications for instruction. Photo Story, Discovery Education and Kurzweil offer services that are not only helpful for teachers but also meet the needs of the 21st century learner.

With the help of Photo Story, teachers can create class books that are digital. Teachers can also have students record their reading and check for fluency once students have made progress. Discovery Streaming offers a multitude of resources from videos to music. With these resources, teachers can add more to flip charts and make lessons with Promethean more engaging and interactive for students. Programs like Kurzweil offer teachers the chance to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities but also to create interactive centers where students can be read to by the computer. Additionally, students could use Kurzweil as a proofreading software and by having a paper read back to the student,they could listen for and hear mistakes in their writing.

Overall, there are many benefits to be had by using multimedia tools such as Photo Story, Discovery Education and Kurzweil. Teachers now have options to meet their students needs for 21st century instruction as well as their own needs to teach children in creative and meaningful ways.