Multimedia Use in the classroom: iPads - Thinking Outside the App Store
Attard, C. (2013). Teaching with Technology: iPads and primary mathematics. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom , 18 (4), 38-40. Multi media usage in the classroom, what does that look like? Well the easiest answer I could initially find was apps. iPads, and other tablet devices are relatively cheap(er) and are easy to use. There are hundreds of apps that could be used on them. However, before we go into the apps and multimedia in the classroom, we need to define multi media. In my opinion multimedia can be many different things. Multimedia can be an iPad, or a television that is presenting a video on a topical subject, multimedia could even be a digital form of a book that allows students to highlight save their favorite passages. Multimedia is just using multiple forms of media within a classroom. Now we can talk about apps. Apps are nice and all, but they cost money, they are rigid, and they need to be downloaded. Is there another way we could use iPads i...