Add Multimedia Elements to Presentations

Whereas slideshow presentations entirely made up of text can disengage students, ones with multimedia elements can effectively hold their attention by varying content delivery.

When applicable, try to include

• Images
• Graphs
• Pictographs
• Podcast clips
• Sound effects
• Short video lessons
• News, movie and television show clips

You don’t have to scour the Internet to find relevant graphs and pictographs — you can make them yourself. There are free Online tools  that take you through steps to input data, adjust labels and modify your design.

It’s likely that slideshow presentations already play a part in your lessons, and adding different kinds of media can make them more engaging. 

Easy Way educationally

Technology has failed to transform our schools because the education governance system insulates them from the disruptions that technology creates in other organizations. The government regulates schools perhaps more than any other organization. Rules govern where students study, how they will learn, and who will teach them. Education regulation governs the relationships of actors in the system and stymies the impact of innovative technologies. Furthermore the diffuse system of governance creates numerous veto points to limit innovation.

To overcome these obstacles, we must persuade teachers that technology will empower them and help their students learn. We argue that there are five strategies for successful teacher adoption of education technology and that these principles will help fulfill the potential that Edison saw a century ago: