Using Digital Media in the Classroom

I enjoyed reading about all the positive reasons for using digital media in the classroom. I’m a big fan of using digital media in my kindergarten classroom. I was glad to see the importance of how it addresses multiple intelligences. It stated that by using video in the classroom it is able to accommodate a wider range of learning styles for the diverse group of students’ whose educational needs need to be met in the formal educational setting. I also found this interesting “Visual messages of multimedia are processed in a different part of the brain than that which processes textual and linguistic learning.” They went on to say that the part that processes multimedia is the emotional part and in turn memory is influence by emotion.

The articles just reinforced for me the benefits of using digital media in the classroom. I have always been aware of multiple intelligences and have seen the importance of delivering the curriculum in many different ways to accommodate the different learning styles in my classroom. The way a student learns has always interested me and for many years I have been interested brain research. I’ve found that simple exercises and music with 60 beats per minute can greatly influence a student’s learning.

Cruse, E., M.ED. (n.d.). Using educational video in the classroom: Theory, research and practice. In Library Video Company [Article]. Retrieved February 22, 2010, from http://www.libraryvideo.com/articles/article26.asp?mscssid=DKGD53CXPDPB8HA3X7RJP76VAK1L7BXF

I hope I am using Noodle Bib correctly. I might want to know more about that.