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Think about an example of how multimedia have been used effectively to enhance your learning.
I’m a big fan of videos as an educator and student. As an educator, videos like can say things much better than I can. With resources on web 2.0 technologies like youtube, I can find videos that can support the learning objectives in an entertaining manner. Some can be boring but videos like Wikis in Plain English, are instructional while remaining entertaining.
As a life-long learner, videos help me visually understand concepts and ‘how to’s’. I am a subscriber to Lynda.com, a software training & tutorial video library with access to hundreds of tutorials on the latest and greatest software like Moodle, the full range of Adobe products, twitter, facebook… just to name a few. I can learn a new tool or pick up a few quick tips. In my role as support for faculty, I am often asked how to do things. If I am stumped, I use Lynda videos to find answers. They are often more helpful than software help.
I help nursing faculty with online learning materials via the textbook they use. Evolve has an amazing array of multimedia support materials for nursing students. In one Flash animation, the student can increase the blood pressure of a patient and hear the resulting sounds one would hear through a stethoscope. In another animation, one can hear the sounds of a healthy lung verses a smokers lungs. Videos on patient interviews are used for discussions.
It is quiet a rich resource of teaching and learning materials.

This is my digital story telling experience.

I decided to just pick one of the online storytelling tools and go with whatever it had to offer. I picked Bubblr  because it offered free images to work with.  All I had to do was to enter some keywords in the search box and click go to get a pile of photos to pick from. The comic strip theme intrigued me. Here is the result

Obviously this did not turn out that well. The text is too small to read  and the photos hard to see.

Here is a link that might show it better:
Seekin Adventure by Katie the dog

I remember creating comic strips as a young student and enjoying it so I thought I would try it here. I was very disappointed with the result and view this task as a failure. I was hoping for a visual presentation with images telling the story but I didn’t get the effect I wanted. The free images offered didn’t quite suit what I wanted to say. The images only didn’t relay the feeling of exploration or calmness the woods brings. Music would have helped. I think I will try using comic strips with ‘how to ‘ documents for professors. It might be fun but I don’t know how effective.

I also tried Animomo and found more success.