With the arrival of November comes the celebration of Native American Heritage Month. This period serves as a wonderful opportunity to pay tribute to the rich history, culture, and invaluable contributions of Native Americans. Within the elementary classroom, teachers can seize this moment to actively involve their students in understanding and valuing this vibrant heritage. This post will guide you on incorporating literature, music, and interactive research in your classroom.

Let's talk classroom technology. You use it. You may have a love-hate relationship with it.

But, no matter what - classroom technology is here to stay.

So, let's focus on some best practices to have in place so that you can make the most of your digital learning time.

Looking to create a multimedia classroom?

A better questions to ask would be: HOW do we create a multimedia classroom?

Over the past few weeks in this mini-email series, we've been unpacking what the research says about the impact of using multimedia (spoiler: it makes a HUGE impact).

We also outlined what EFFECTIVE multimedia is (so that we get the biggest bang for our buck).

But - you still might be left thinking about how you can take action and create a multimedia rich learning environment.

We already know that our brains absorbs information more efficiently and effectively when we have access to multimedia instruction.

Why? Because when information is presented and absorbed using both visual and auditory channels of the brain information in the working memory is more easily transferred to our long term memory.

But - it's not enough to just know to use multimedia. We must use EFFECTIVE multimedia.

Let's unpack what it means for multimedia to be effective.