The contribution moves from the critical discussion of the term multimedia. The idea is that this term, from the epistemological point of view, could be considered as a soft-concept able to describe a lot of things. This fact grants its easy integration in the schools, but also the risk that it doesn’t produce innovation but only the consolidation of the traditional didactical practices. So it’s important to take care of some points introducing technologies in the classroom: the application of a socio-centred approach, where the focus should be the student and not technologies; the substitution of an instructional teaching model with a cooperative one; the necessity to update the traditional critical approach so that it could be useful also about new technologies of communication like Internet, videogames or mobile phones.
Il contributo muove dalla discussione critica del termine multimedia. L'idea è che questo termine, dal punto di vista epistemologico, si possa considerare come un concetto morbido utile a descrivere molte cose. Ciò garantisce la sua facile integrazione in scuola ma anche il rischio che non produca innovazione ma solo il consolidamento delle pratiche didattiche tradizionali. Così è importante tenere presenti alcuni aspetti quando si introduce il multimedia in classe: l'adozione di un approccio centrato sulle pratiche sociali, il cui focus dovrebbe essere lo studente e non la tecnologia; la sostituzione di un modello didattico istruzionale con uno cooperativo; la necessità di aggiornare il classico approccio critico affinché possa essere utile anche nel caso delle nuove tecnologie della comunicazione, come internet, i videogiochi, i dispositivi mobili.
RIVOLTELLA P (2008). Introducing multimedia in the classroom. GOTEBORG : The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth.
Introducing multimedia in the classroom
RIVOLTELLA P
2008
Abstract
The contribution moves from the critical discussion of the term multimedia. The idea is that this term, from the epistemological point of view, could be considered as a soft-concept able to describe a lot of things. This fact grants its easy integration in the schools, but also the risk that it doesn’t produce innovation but only the consolidation of the traditional didactical practices. So it’s important to take care of some points introducing technologies in the classroom: the application of a socio-centred approach, where the focus should be the student and not technologies; the substitution of an instructional teaching model with a cooperative one; the necessity to update the traditional critical approach so that it could be useful also about new technologies of communication like Internet, videogames or mobile phones.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.