NECC
National Educational Computing Conference
San Antonio, Texas
June 17 - 19, 2002.

Presenter: Peter Skillen
Title: Multimedia Reports - Are Students Constructing Knowledge?

Description: Use outliners, idea processors, collaborative software and classroom techniques to maximize student learning as they create multimedia reports. Focus on both process and product.

Many of the 'multimedia reports' created by students are attractive and interesting, but what knowledge have the students developed in their creation? Have they merely made a linear stack with reworded information that they acquired from books? Or have they reworked the knowledge to create new understandings for themselves? What kind of knowledge have they developed? Did they acquire new subject knowledge? What about procedural or metacognitive knowledge that is not domain specific, but rather will add to their expertise as a learner? Journal writing, collaboration and procedural facilitation embedded in a classroom culture focussed on 'mindfulness' or 'intentionality' may be used to support these kinds of learning.

Through demonstration of student work and discussion participants will:
- Understand the role of students' questions
- Learn collaborative techniques (and pitfalls)
- Expect higher standards from their students

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