Students learned current events from the newspaper, in the classroom. They often sent letters to penpals in another country, when doing a unit. Today, because of multimedia and the Internet teachers can present their lessons through the computer. With multimedia, teachers and students can create multimedia projects using KidPix and ClarisWorks slideshows. They can also create HyperStudio and HyperCard stacks on various topics they are studying.
Students can access information from multimedia encyclopedias and the Internet for their projects.
They can also copy and paste pictures, movies, animations and sounds and incorporate these into their multimedia presentations. In addition, students and teachers can create charts or scan images from books for their multimedia projects. Before the World Wide Web exploded, one of the easiest ways for students to incorporate multimedia technology into their presentations was through a video laser disc. The laser disc allows students to create presentations that meld sound images and text. Today, it is easier to download sounds, animations, graphics and movies off the World Wide Web because there are more resources to choose from.