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Peer reviewedD'Ignazio, Fred – Language Arts, 1991
Uses the popular "Star Trek" theme to discuss the potential use of multimedia materials in the classroom and explores ways in which it could be used to lead students to new discoveries. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
D'Ignazio, Fred – Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Discussed is the design and construction of a high-tech publishing studio on a low budget. Integrating video, print, and audio media is discussed. Suggestions for 18 multimedia projects are included. (CW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
D'Ignazio, Fred – Electronic Learning, 1992
Discusses issues involved with buying and using multimedia authoring programs. Six programs are compared: (1) MediaText, (2) HyperCard, (3) LinkWay Live!, (4) AmigaVision, (5) Director, and (6) Multimedia Desktop. Highlights include the use of multimedia in education, sequential versus hierarchical organization, price, system requirements, digital…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
D'Ignazio, Fred – Instructor, 1996
Presents a strategy called media potluck for teachers who want to use multimedia teaching but do not think they have the resources. The project uses sharing and collaboration to create small, low-tech multimedia centers that can attract additional resources from the school, parents, and community. (SM)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedD'Ignazio, Fred – Computers in the Schools, 1987
Describes the international Multi-Media Classrooms Project that involves schools in Alabama and British Columbia, and explains how to set up a multi-media classroom. Types of equipment needed to support video, audio, telecommunications, and desktop publishing projects are explained, and methods to integrate media into the curriculum are suggested.…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Costs, Curriculum Development
D'Ignazio, Fred – Computing Teacher, 1992
Argues for new instructional methods that envision teacher explorer classrooms in which teachers and students utilize multimedia tools to construct knowledge. Describes the changing roles of the teacher and student and methods to evaluate the classroom process. Describes a classroom that includes hardware, software, training, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational Change
D'Ignazio, Fred – Computing Teacher, 1995
Multi-Media Detectives was a project where fifth graders in three Michigan school districts were linked to a children's bulletin board. The goal was to have students "think global but link local" by using online resources to search for local facts and local celebrities and to bring them to life via technology. (JMV)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
D'Ignazio, Fred – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discussed are products and activities which can be used in a multimedia computer setting. Highlighted are the use of video cameras, video digitizers, and video overlays. Examples of how this technology can be used by students are described. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software
D'Ignazio, Fred – Computing Teacher, 1990
Describes possible future uses of multimedia computers for instructional applications. Highlights include databases; publishing; telecommunications; computers and videocassette recorders (VCRs); audio and video digitizing; video overlay, or genlock; still-image video; videodiscs and CD-ROM; and hypermedia. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Peripherals, Computer System Design, Databases
