Multimedia On Wheels Equipment can be placed on low, wheeled carts to encourage multimedia to go where it is needed and wanted. Under direct teacher supervision, students can push carts around school. At night the carts can be housed in a book room, supply closet, or in the media specialist's equipment room. As explorer teams journey into new areas of knowledge, they do research, experiment, publish, and report back. Teams develop a sense of pride and ownership toward this domain.
Teams then move on to explore new subjects, projects, and domains.
Students' self-esteem rises as they see themselves as scouts, mapmakers, and trailblazers into new areas of inquiry. The teacher models a good learner. The teacher replays the videotape for individuals, for teams, and for class discussion. Each student buys one blank videotape at the beginning of the year. Students tape each other at the beginning of the school year to record each student's current communication skills, self- esteem, knowledge of content areas, etc.