MULTIMEDIA OPTIONS
Multimedia can enhance your teaching experience and students’ learning. Classroom multimedia could include Powerpoint, Camtasia screen and audio recording, digital recording, animations, student voting machines, document projection systems, transparencies, film, filmstrips and whiteboards.Digital multimedia can be stored in Blackboard, a student/instructor Web-based interface for e-mail, asynchronous discussion groups, digital whiteboard, file exchange and storage, scores and grades, blogging, and online testing with secure exam.

CLICKERS
Classroom responses systems (CRS; also referred to as “clickers”) can be an effective tool for instruction, particularly in large classes. Clickers are individual, hand-held units that use infrared or radio frequencies to transmit responses to a receiver. After an instructor poses a question, students use clickers to answer it. Computer software then generates a histogram for displaying the responses to the class. CRS primarily improve learning outcomes by increasing active participation via individual student responses or peer interaction, by allowing students to answer anonymous questions that help jumpstart discussions on difficult topics, by providing feedback to teachers about how much material students are retaining so that lectures and class activities can be adjusted, and by giving students an idea of how their understanding of the material compares to their classmates. Teachers can also use clickers for mid-semester evaluations of the class as a whole.However, technology alone doesn’t enhance learning: Instructors need to plan how CRS can help meet learning goals, create carefully worded questions, and have flexible teaching plans so student feedback can influence a lecture’s rate and direction.