What are the benefits of using multimedia in the classroom?  Are there any drawbacks/problems with using multimedia?  What are some specific ways you might use multimedia in your classroom?

There are many benefits of using multimedia in the room! It gets students interested in the topic being discussed far more than reading through a text book. They can watch a movie over a book you just read to find differences between the two. The could also make a music video on a topic they researched and show it to the class. There are drawbacks. Students might become uniterestwd if the material used is out of date. As a teacher I will include multimedia into my lessons as much as possible and will be sure to keep only recent materials in use.