'Sometimes you find a book that's so good you want to tell everyone about it and Vivi Lachs' book Making Multimedia in the Classroom is just such a book ... Quite simply, this is a joyous book because it humanises ICT, asserts its importance at the centre of learning and exalts creativity.' - The Times Educational Supplement
'The book provides an excellent introduction and guide for any teacher or student teacher who may be considering sensible and clear advice on planning and progression, and it is difficult not to feel that anyone reading this book would be much less likely to have a negative or frustrating experience in launching into multimedia initiatives ... a very practical, sensible and well written guide.' - Terry Haydn, Educational Review 'Sometimes you find a book that's so good you want to tell everyone about it and Vivi Lachs' book Making Multimedia in the Classroom is just such a book ... Quite simply, this is a joyous book because it humanises ICT, asserts its importance at the centre of learning and exalts creativity.' - The Times Educational Supplement
'Advice for the real classroom is definitely this book's strong suit ... This book is not just for ICT-specific lessons - the computer, and multimedia in particular, are seen as empowering tools to be used throughout the curriculum.' - The Times Educational Supplement
'This is a thoroughly appealing coverage of this comparatively new approach to work with a comparatively new form of IT.' - Eric Deeson, British Journal of Educational Technology
'I recommend [ this] ... to teachers who are keen to get started with multimedia in the classroom, or who are puzzled about how best to serve learners with special needs.' - David Hawkridge, Computers & Education
'The book provides an excellent introduction and guide for any teacher or student teacher who may be considering sensible and clear advice on planning and progression, and it is difficult not to feel that anyone reading this book would be much less likely to have a negative or frustrating experience in launching into multimedia initiatives ... a very practical, sensible and well written guide.' - Terry Haydn, Educational Review
'This is a book which can be recommended to all those interested in the role that information and communication techniques might play in developing higher-order thinking in dealing with the nature and structure of information and how it might be communicated and used. It is presented in an accessible and well-organised way, enabling teachers and student teachers to engage in thinking about the potential of multimedia in children's learning...' - Avril Loveless, Education, Communication and Information
