What is Multimedia and What are
Web Applications?
Multimedia 🎮🖻🔊
Here are a few things that I learned about multimedia from reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia as well as other sites that are linked to this blog:
It Communicates📣
Multimedia reaches us in many different ways such as through audio (music, voice recording), video, photos, animations, and haptic technology.
It Is Interactive🖰
We can become participants in the multimedia experience instead of just watching it. This is true for video games, simulations, virtual reality, and animations. Personal computers (PCs) are also a type of interactive multimedia. As I type this text and insert links, videos, and symbols into this blog using my touch pad and keyboard, I am interacting with multimedia.
It Is Everywhere🌎
From our office computers, to our game consoles, smartphones, and even our cars, we are surrounded by multimedia in the modern world.
It Is Educational 🕮
Thanks to multimedia on the internet and in classrooms, students and teachers now have access to an abundance of learning and teaching aids. Animations, tutorials, and video lectures on educator websites allow students to review content several times and at their own pace. This reduces the stress and difficulty that can come with having to take voice recordings and carefully scrawl down notes during a lecture that can only be heard once.
Smartboards are an example of multimedia in the classroom that allows teachers to spend more time facing and interacting with students, and less time with their backs turned to chalkboards. Smartboards also make learning more fun and interactive by allowing students and teachers to use touch features and easily set up presentations.
In my own experience, multimedia in education has been invaluable by reducing the inconveniences and time constraints I have faced from having to work full time while attending college. Because multimedia has come so far, I can now take interactive Biology Lab classes through an application called SimuText that allows me to meet my course requirements online without having to physically be in a laboratory.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPm7oTV4uY
It Is Everywhere🌎
From our office computers, to our game consoles, smartphones, and even our cars, we are surrounded by multimedia in the modern world.
It Is Educational 🕮
Thanks to multimedia on the internet and in classrooms, students and teachers now have access to an abundance of learning and teaching aids. Animations, tutorials, and video lectures on educator websites allow students to review content several times and at their own pace. This reduces the stress and difficulty that can come with having to take voice recordings and carefully scrawl down notes during a lecture that can only be heard once.
Smartboards are an example of multimedia in the classroom that allows teachers to spend more time facing and interacting with students, and less time with their backs turned to chalkboards. Smartboards also make learning more fun and interactive by allowing students and teachers to use touch features and easily set up presentations.
In my own experience, multimedia in education has been invaluable by reducing the inconveniences and time constraints I have faced from having to work full time while attending college. Because multimedia has come so far, I can now take interactive Biology Lab classes through an application called SimuText that allows me to meet my course requirements online without having to physically be in a laboratory.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPm7oTV4uY
Web Applications
Here's what I learned after reading http://web.appstorm.net/general/opinion/what-is-a-web-app-heres-our-definition/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software
What Are Web Applications?
Web applications use multimedia to help users perform tasks. These tasks include, but are not limited to banking, buying and selling products, making designs, and organizing or searching for information. As long as the software aids the user in doing a task, it is an application.
What Are They Used For?
Many people have a variety of web apps on computers and smart phones that are used on a daily basis to make life more convenient. These might include apps used for banking, insurance, buying and selling products, and navigating to destinations. Web applications may also be used for education (as noted in the SimuText example) as well as for entertainment, gaming,and even performing basic searches. These applications can be found in online stores such as Google Play or Amazon and are designed to be compatible with certain operating systems. Many applications are also compatible with multiple platforms such as smartphones, PCs, and game consoles.
The Takeaway
Since I was born in the 90's, I grew up right as cellphones and the internet became highly interactive. I use my smartphone, laptop, office computer, and television for at least ten hours every day, five days per week. I also spend a great deal of time on Facebook and YouTube watching and sharing all kinds of audio and visual content,and my entire education has revolved around online learning. From social connections, to convenience, news, and entertainment, I have reaped the benefits of multimedia and web apps for almost my entire life.My takeaway is that multimedia and web apps are an extremely important part of the human experience, and they are in a state of constant growth. There are billions of people throughout the world at any given time using, creating, and interacting with multimedia on smartphones, game consoles and computers. Multimedia and web apps are used at home, at work, and even during commutes for business, hobbies, learning, viewing the latest breaking news stories, and communicating with friends and family. They have a huge impact on education, the economy, and society as a whole.
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