AFTER COMPLETING THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
 

Describe how multimedia computers provide a powerful environment for achieving the goals of the cognitive movement in education

 

Understand how multimedia computers are being used across the curriculum in a wide range of subjects

 

Sample demonstrations of state-of-the-art applications linked to the Multilit Web Site

 

Assess how up-to-date your local schools are in adopting multimedia technologies for teaching and learning

 

Question whether technology will make any major difference in the structure of schooling


MULTIMEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES:

Background Literature
 
Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
John Seely Brown, Allan Collins and Paul Duguid


 Art
 


National Gallery of Art
ArtsEdge
Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge
Archives of American Art

ArtsEdNet

The State Hermitage Museum



 Biology
 

SVE & Churchhill Media

CLEARVUE/eav

NABT: National Association of Biology Teachers

The Interactive Frog Dissection

Virtual Courseware for Science Education

Human Genome Project Information



Chemistry
 







Civics
 

White House
United States White House

Senate

House of Representatives


U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory


Foreign Languages
 

Syracuse Language
Living Language Multimedia

no longer available

Kidspeak 10-in-1 Language Learning  



 Geography
 

National Geographic Xpeditions

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

MarcoPolo

Broderbund

National Geographic Society

Environmental Systems Research Institute
ArcView



 History
 

Cromohs Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

HNet: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine

The History Channel

University of Kansas History Group WWW-VL History

Mississippi State University Historical Text Archive 



 Mathematics
 

Academic Systems Interactive Mathematics

IBM K-12 Education



Eisenhower National Clearinghouse



 Music

Voyetra Turtle Beach

Coda Music Technology

PLAY Music

William and Gayle Cook Music Library

BMG Classics

The Classical MIDI Archives



 Physics
 

Physics InfoMall
(no longer available as of 6/17/03)



 Science
 

CIESE ONLINE Classroom Project
(The Center for Improved Engineering & Science Education)


Web Sites for Science Study via the Internet




 

 

Type of Project

Topic of Project

Location of Project

Collaboration

Pond water

Water Sample Project

Collaboration

Temperature

Global Sun/Water Temperature Project

Databases

Ships at Sea

The Stowaway Adventure

Science labs

Fusion

The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience

Science labs

DNA Research

Waksman Student Scholars






 Elementary Education
 







Reading & Writing
 



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