1. Multimedia Inside and
Outside the Classroom
21st
Century Skills
Through the Use of Technology Made Accessible
Mary Mardirosian, Ed.D

2. The Problem I Saw…
Incorporating 21st
Century skills has lead to the need and
the desire to use more technology
Yet, often instructors are intimidated by technology
Or, they don’t know where to even begin

3. My Requirements for a Good
Solution
Instructors simply need to require the use of technology.
The goal is to incorporate 21st
Century Skills with any
existing assignment.
Your students are already familiar with technology,
therefore they will embrace it when you ask them to
integrate it with any assignment.

4. The Solution I Found
Instructors will also be given examples of assignments
that incorporated technology.
These assignments include the use of: prezis, comic strips
and cartoons.
The tools in technology can also be utilized as tools in
instruction in Higher Education.

5. A Few Practical Steps In
Implementing the Solution
Give students the option to utilize technology
You do not need to be an actual expert
Be open to it

6. The format the technology is
assigned
Students are given a series of links with the suggestion to
utilize them for their class presentations.
They may be used with both online and onsite classes.

7. Dr. Mardirosian’s
Suggested Project links
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/
http://goanimate.com/

8. Why these are good
examples…
Please, note: The examples that I suggest are compiled
from student work.
The candidates used different forms of technology for
different presentations assigned in various classes that
they showed in class.
The assignment demonstrates learning because rather
than a “traditional” PowerPoint, students used prezi’s,
comics, and even cartoons, in their graduate level MAT
TESOL classes.

9. Prezi
http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/

10. Features for Prezi
You can create a free account through the public option.
Choose the template that you like best.
Prezi provides the frames for the information.
You may add more frames or edit the presentation.
You may download your prezi for future use

11. Extracting a Prezi
1. Once completely done editing the prezi click on the
save and exit button
2. A new window will open and you will have options,
go click “Download”
3. A box will open under the “Download” button,
make sure the first option should be clicked “Export to
Portable prezi to present offline” and click the blue
“download” button
4. It might take a couple of minutes to start loading, be
patient.

12. Extracting a Prezi
5. Once the prezi is done a link will be given “click this
link to download” in blue. Click it.
6. A new window opens click on “open”
7. You will see a yellow folder, open that folder
8. You will see three icons, click on the last one that is
named prezi
9. Another window opens and it has three options also,
click on “Extract all”

13. Sample of student work from
USC MAT TESOL
Candidates from the MAT TESOL program utilize
technology as part of their class presentations.
Prezi on Self and Peer Assessment USC EDUC521
Cultivating Student-Centered International Classrooms
USC EDUC 563 Teaching from a Comparative and
International Perspective

14. Sample of student work from
USC MAT TESOL 563
http://prezi.com/rulq4rxepvy4/cultivation-student-
centered-interanational-classroom_kelly_davis-kiser-
563/?
auth_key=c1a9091f79ef047d41b07aa1bde0c39221ba8
8c2

15. Sample of student work from
USC MAT TESOL 521
http://prezi.com/kyevu7wborsk/self-and-peer-
assessment/

16. Comic Strip
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com

17. Comic Strip Advantages
Go to www.makebeliefscomix.com
No account setup is necessary.
Choose the layout you want to use.
Choose your own character
Add emotions, objects, scenes and animate
You can change the background color
Choose to have from 2-4 comic panels.
Insert thought bubbles, using the “Talk Balloons”

18. Comic Strip Features
Continued
You then have the option to print your comic and email
it to yourself.
The example is reduced in size to fit the slide, but it can
be enlarged.

19. USC 563 Teaching from a Comparative and
International Perspective
Student Comic
St o r y: Zo e Mar l o we
I l l us t r at io n:I l l us t r at io n: Cl ip Ar t Fr ee St o c k
One Day at Mehmet 's Sc ho o l
" Me hm e t a k De n iz
p l e as e r e p o r t t o
t he p r in c ip al 's
o f f ic e "
Ye s
Me hm e t
c a n I ha ve a
w o r d w it h
yo u ?
Hi Ms
Yil d iz , yo u
c al l e d
f o r m e ?
My han d s ar e
t ie d o f c o u r s e , b u t
it has c o m e t o o u r
at t e n t io n t ha t yo u ar e
al e vi m u s l im an d NOT
s u n n i M u s l im , l ik e t he
r e s t o f o u r
s t ud e n t s .
u hhh. . .
w ha t d o e s
t h at h ave t o
d o w it h
an yt hin g ?
I m
j u s t l ik e
an y o t he r k id
at t his
s c h o o l !

20. Cartoons
http://goanimate.com/

21. Go Animate Features
To create a free account you need an email address,
display name and password.
“Full Video Maker Tutorial” gives you all the steps
necessary to make your video.
 You can select the background, the character, and add
voices. You may also add scenes, including the poses,
emotions, and gestures.
You can preview and edit your video
The title and tags features make it easier to find.
Your videos are saved and easily accessible.

22. Animation and Assessment
This animation demonstrates terms from the EDUC 521
Assessment class
It shows different forms of assessment.
Classmates were asked to create their own animations in
real time.

23. USC EDUC 521
Student/Candidate Examples
USC animation
http://goanimate.com/videos/0dnpfQjFkKp0/1

24. My Teaching…
Inspired by MAT TESOL candidates and an ELD CSC
meeting
Applied to assignments in MAT TESOL program
Candidates applied technology in their own classes
I used it with my own high school students

25. The End
Thank you so much for attending this presentation.
Any Questions?
Also, if you’d like to take time to brainstorm on your own
existing assignments, we can do that as well.