Lesson 1- Activity 4-5: Create and Publish Multimedia Using Blog

A. WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?

Multimedia is a form of communication that combines different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media which featured little to no interaction from users, such as printed material or audio recordings. Popular examples of multimedia include video podcasts, audio slideshows and Animated videos.

Multimedia can be recorded for playback on computers, laptops, smartphones, and other electronic devices, either on demand or in real time (streaming). In the early years of multimedia, the term "rich media" was synonymous with interactive multimedia. Over time, hypermedia extensions brought multimedia to the World Wide Web.

B. USES OF MULTIMEDIA

Home

Multimedia now from the gardening, cooking, home design, remodelling and repair to genealogy software is entered the home. Maybe in Malaysia only youngsters use multimedia more than elderly people, but in overseas elderly people are also very keen in learning about this. Finally, most of the multimedia project will reach through the family TV or monitor, built-in interactive input. Either in the old East-West Women Network TV or high-definition set user. After that, home consumers can use own computer to watch movie such as CD-ROM or DVD driver. We want set-up a player that hooks up to television such as Nintendo, X-box or PlayStation machine. Therefore, have multimedia at home so we not so boring at hom

School

Now many schools are using multimedia in teaching. That can bought teaching and studying to the next level. In this at the schools are encouraging teachers to use multimedia in line with their teaching to create an interest for children. This allows the body absorb and retain information more easily associate, if they can stimulate all kinds of information. Further, using multimedia can help address the needs of students with varying learning styles. This also can make technology to improve teaching and learning the practical possibilities is endless, but the learning curve of software and hardware is shrinking. Best of this entire multimedia projects can provide a means of actively engaging students in the learning process. For examples, students can work in groups to create a digital video project. Projects this usually just only attract students to far more personal than writing a paper, even though they may actually work harder in the video project.e.

Public Places

In the public places have hotels, train station, shopping malls, museums, libraries and grocery stores. We make the multimedia in public places is for the people provide 24 hours a day also can use the multimedia in them life. In this is piped to wireless devices such as cell phones and PDS. The wireless is at anywhere and anytime because that can give the people at any moment also can online to research any things. This make easier to people, then they don’t want go back home just can online. That can save time and also can make the life more enrich.

C. SIGNIFICANCE OF MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia in today’s society is one of the most important influences in today’s new digital age. Every day we use Multi media. Many people depend on multimedia for everyday usage, whether it is work related or for personal use. The biggest form of multimedia today is the internet not just for social media and research but for commercials’ purposes as well. Multimedia has become a way of life and accepted by many people as a norm.