Experiences with Multimedia Presentations
In my experience, multimedia presentations are a great way to engage classroom audiences and provide musical, comedic, or visual breaks from otherwise verbally dense lessons. For example, when leading a high school lesson on depression outreach, I utilized a web comic called Hyperbole And A Half. After asking the class what they thought depression was, I introduced this humorous comic strip by a young lady suffering from depression. This provides a comedic and honest representation of a previously stigmatized topic.
Multiple simultaneous vehicles for delivering information are valuable for providing contextual learning opportunities, and information is retained more effectively when students have interest in learning. By diversifying the media through which we disseminate information to our students, we increase the odds that a group of students with different learning styles all enjoyed some level of interest and retention.
At the end of the presentation I include this video that relates the feeling of depression to a metaphorical black dog, using visual and verbal imagery to convey a complicated topic to a young audience.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XiCrniLQGYc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
For the remainder of the lesson, as students complete a worksheet, I leave this infographic on the screen so they can visually understand the prevalence of the illness and possibilities for treatment.
Where possible, I would always recommend incorporating at least one other medium when asking for a prolonged period of attention and focus or addressing a complicated topic.
Multiple simultaneous vehicles for delivering information are valuable for providing contextual learning opportunities, and information is retained more effectively when students have interest in learning. By diversifying the media through which we disseminate information to our students, we increase the odds that a group of students with different learning styles all enjoyed some level of interest and retention.
At the end of the presentation I include this video that relates the feeling of depression to a metaphorical black dog, using visual and verbal imagery to convey a complicated topic to a young audience.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XiCrniLQGYc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
For the remainder of the lesson, as students complete a worksheet, I leave this infographic on the screen so they can visually understand the prevalence of the illness and possibilities for treatment.
Where possible, I would always recommend incorporating at least one other medium when asking for a prolonged period of attention and focus or addressing a complicated topic.
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