Chapter 1:
Chapter 1 focused on what multimedia is and why teachers should utilize multimedia in the classroom. A key part of multimedia is its ability to be incorporated into the classroom and curriculum and to aid student learning. Part of the chapter described including the theory of multiple intelligences into multimedia projects. I think that this is something that is useful to keep in mind when creating projects. If you are able to activate different intelligences within each student within one activity of a project then you can help promote active learning, activate learning by means they will best benefit from as well as give them important roles which the overall project and learning will benefit from because of their strengths. Incorporating different intelligences into a multimedia project also allows for students to have different ways of understanding the material. The chapter further went into cooperative learning which I feel is an important part of education today. Communication is an important part of today’s world and starting with the fundamentals of working with classmates is a good way to get a good structure and base for students when they get older.
Chapter 2:
Chapter 2 focuses on the DDD-E model which is decide, design, develop and evaluate. This model allows the student to be given guidelines and structure while not limiting their creative and learning capabilities. The teacher sets the goals and standards as well as what the project is plus how the students will be evaluated on the results. The students are given an array of different methods to keep them focused on the task at hand and guide them through the project. I think that this is something that is important to keep in mind. Evaluations should be done first so that you know what you want from the students, what they should know when they are finished and what should have been accomplished. From there the activities should be designed to direct the students toward the common goal. I feel that there are many different applications of this that can be seen in education that have mostly been based off of the backward design. However there is definitely applications for the DDD-E model throughout education regardless of its multimedia inclusions or not.
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I like the way that you discussed the idea of multiple intelligences in your blog entry. While I didn't address that section of the text in my entry, I do think that Gardner's theory is important in being able to make sure a lesson will reach all students. Since everyone aquires knowledge in different manners, as well as expresses knowledge in different ways, lesson plans should be geared to meet multiple (if not all) intelligences.
In addition to the points that you made though, I also think that being able to know which intelligences your students tend to use more frequently is important not only in creating lessons, but also in understanding why your students choose to respresent their knowledge a certain way.
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