Gary Ryan

“Speaking in Multiple Tongues: Creating the Perfect Multimedia, Collaborative Research Project.”

Grades 9-12

Gary Ryan, Christian Brothers, College High School, St. Louis Gary demonstrates how to teach a web-based research project that results in a multimedia presentation. Gray gives practical advice on how to use hardware, software, and teaching strategies to create and Internet learning environment that students actually find enjoyable. *In this session, Gary will demonstrate how to teach a web-based research project that results in a multi-media presentation. He will describe what it is like to teach the “new collaborative essay” in an environment where all the students have laptops, their course content is online, and everything happens in a wireless environment. Using a computer with projection capabilities, Gary will give practical advice on how to use hardware, software, and teaching strategies to create an Internet learning environment that students actually find enjoyable. *Write to Learn program description