20 ways to use multimedia in the classroom

1. Group video reports foster team building and provide
hands-on experience with new technology. Assign three to
five students to a team and let each team choose a topic
about which they can make a short movie.
2. Video yearbooks on DVD are a popular trend and
simple to produce. Sony video editing software students
can edit together video footage and still images highlighting
the year’s activities to create a polished movie.
3. Enhance the school website with streaming video
content. For example, students could create a video tour of
the school complete with a host/narrator and subtitles.
4. Video language lessons can help speed learning. One
teacher in Monona, WI shoots video on her trips to Frenchspeaking countries. She uses Vegas
®
+DVD software to edit
the footage and add subtitles, then shows the video in class.
5. Produce highlight reels to document progress in music,
dance, or sports. Capture video throughout the year and edit
the clips together with Sony video editing software.
6. TV news programs can be filmed, edited, and produced
entirely by the student body with just a video camera and
Vegas Movie Studio, Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition,
or Vegas+DVD software.
7. Create movies of school productions such as plays
and drama presentations. With Vegas software students can
create a soundtrack, edit video footage, add special effects,
and produce the final DVD.
8. Liven up parent-teacher conferences with video
footage taken in your classroom throughout the year. Short
clips can easily be merged together, set to music, or even
given some commentary with Sony video editing software.
9. Slideshow presentations can be used for almost any
subject and are easy to create using Sony video editing
software. You can use slideshows to enhance your lessons,
or ask students to deliver reports in slideshow format.
10. Multimedia portfolios show off student work in a fresh,
new way. For example, art students can use Vegas software to
create a slideshow featuring their best work.
11. Video book reports are a fun way for students to
learn multimedia production. With Sony video editing
software students can incorporate narration, still pictures,
and music in their reports.
12. Royalty-free music for presentations is easy to create
when you have Sony music creation software. With ACID
®
 or
Cinescore software, anyone can create great-sounding music
in minutes without infringing on copyright laws.
13. Understanding pitch and tempo is easy when you
use ACID Music Studio or ACID Pro software as a teaching tool.
These applications help students more easily understand key
music concepts.
14. Fundraiser CDs are a fun alternative to selling cookies and
candy. For example, students can make a CD of a school concert
and sell copies to raise money for the school.
15. Create mobile music lessons that students can download
and play on their portable music devices.
16. Animate student poetry with music. Have students
create music that matches the mood of a literary masterpiece
or enhances their own original composition.
17. Set math to music with ACID software. For example,
using musical beats is an excellent way to introduce the
concept of fractions.
18. Podcasting is a method of communication allowing anyone
to create audio files and post them on the internet for others
to download. Sony audio editing applications are perfect for
recording, editing, and producing podcasts.
19. Convert lessons to MP3 so students can listen to material
more than once. With Sound Forge
®
 software you can easily
record lessons, make edits, and convert the file to MP3 format
for playback on a personal MP3 player.
20. Explore audio with the Sound Forge product family.
Students can create dialog that portrays the sound of various
environments and use effects such as echo, reverb, and pitch
shift to create these environments with software