Richard Miller: This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2

I found that Richard Miller provided wonderful graphics that caught my eye. His choice of examples were interesting and varied. He began with the how we previously learned, by way of books, and how we as a society have slowly, in increments, changed over the years to the use of multimedia. Richard Miller has shown us that the ways to reach students has changed over the years and will continue to change.

Dr. Miller mentions how we have to become teachers or information suppliers that use audio to get to our audience. Use of music and actual audio of speeches or readings would reach audiences in a way that just reading would not. An example is how he used Dr Martin Luther King's voice, my students have read Dr. King's words but they may not have actually heard him speak. I believe this alone would enhance learning in the classroom for middle and high school students especially.

Publication from the past could take years to get published whereas publishing by way of the web would get information to audiences virtually immediately. And would become interactive in some situations. Other point of views would be included and commented on. An interactive education would reach so many more students and share ideas throughout the world. Different ideologies and cultures could be shared. There really is no end to the information and new ideas that could be made available with the multimedia approach.

As to whether my students could or would benefit from this, I don't know. I go back and forth on the possibilities that multimedia provides and the probability of actually using the multimedia. I think students need the exposure to each and every media available but with the knowledge or where I am now in that area and where they are, we will be taking "baby steps".