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IMP :IMP What is it and Why?
IMP:Interactive Multimedia Project :IMP:Interactive Multimedia Project Why Should We Use Them? What Are They? What Do We Need to Overcome? What Should They Include to be Successful? Sources
What is an IMP? :What is an IMP? An Interactive Multimedia Project Could Be:
Electronic portfolios
Multimedia slideshows
Slideshows for reviews and drills
Tutorials
Research presentations
Virtual tours
Interactive storybooks Back
What Should They Include…. :What Should They Include…. They should be anchored in core curriculum; multidisciplinary
Involve students in sustained effort over time
Involve student decision-making
Be collaborative
Have a clear real-world connection
Use systematic assessment: both along the way and end product
Take advantage of multimedia as a communication tool Back
Why Should We Use Them? :Why Should We Use Them? Educational Goals Student Benefits Back
Educational Goals :Educational Goals National Education Technology Standards
State Education Standards
Curriculum Goals Back
Student Benefits :Student Benefits Students are more engaged when actively involved in their learning.
Students acquire deeper knowledge.
Projects can be cross curriculum. Back
What Are the Roadblocks? :What Are the Roadblocks? Time Training Tradition Back
Tradition :Tradition Why reinvent the wheel when the wheel is working?
Students are learning just fine with the old ways!
I’ve always taught this way and I’m too old to change! Back
Time :Time Putting together an Effective IMP takes time:
Time to reformat existing lessons to include technology.
Time to preview software and new programs.
Time to search the Internet to find supplementary activities.
Time to design worksheets, handouts, and instructions to accompany those activities.
Time to share these exciting lessons with colleagues. Back
Training :Training Training in the needed technology:
Software
Hardware
Internet Research Skills
Training in creating an effective IMP that is seamlessly woven into the current curriculum. Back
Sources :Sources ISTE. NETS for Students. Retrieved June 13, 2009 fromhttp://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/NETS_for_Students.htm
Education World. (2000). How Can We Eliminate Roadblocks to the Information Highway. Retrieved June 13, 2009 from http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech009.shtml Penuel, W. R., & Means, B. (1999). Observing classroom processes in project-based learning using multimedia: A tool for evaluators. In The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology-1999. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/techtechconf99/whitepapers/paper3.html
Tech Learning Series - Course #1. Tools and Activities for Technology Integration. Retrieved June 13, 2009 from http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/techint/u1-5.htm#multic
Tuscaloosa City Schools. (2003). Unit 5: Multimedia project activities. In Tools and Activities for Technology Integration. Retrieved April 16, 2009, from http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/techint/u1-5.htm#multic