Educators Program

Teaching History and Multimedia
Papers

Chair Rosalee Wolfe DePaul University Virtual Reality in Education: Irish and American Students on the Virtual Frontier Casey D. Charvet University of Texas at Austin J. Matthew Miller III Duke University Jonah Peretti Isidore Newman School American and Irish students teach each other about their own respective national histories in a media-rich environment. Integrating Digital Technology into Classes Through Collaborative Projects: The Making of " Warp & Weft, Might & Magic, Mettle & Motherhood," an Electronic Exploration of Women's History, Colonial Times to 1877 Barbara K. Iverson Teresa Prados-Torreia Columbia College Chicago An interactive CD-ROM and Web site created via a collaboration between a history class and a CD-ROM multimedia production class. The Art and Science of Multimedia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Multimedia at a Liberal Arts College Naomi Ribner Wellesley College Art and computer science students worked in pairs to produce an interactive multimedia project on topics of their choice. The results far exceeded expectations for the excellence of the projects, the motivation of the students, and the impact on the students in their subsequent studies and career paths. Media Technologies and an Interdisciplinary Approach to Program Design David J. Keskeys Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education Design, philosophy, and implementation of an interdisciplinary, flexible-media, first-degree program developed to equip students with the skills, understanding, and knowledge they need for careers in the rapidly changing media industries.