Multimediabyrån

Multimediabyrån
When speaking with teachers about ICT-use in school I often meet reactions of frustration. Many teachers feel that they do not have the knowledge or the the time or the equipment asked for in order to develope their use of ICT. I think that Multimediabyrån can meet this frustaration and that is why I choose to write about this web-site.
Background
The Swedish National Agency for Education recieved from the Swedish government a mission to develope and support the ICT- and media use in the Swedish school and pre-school. Multimediabyrån is a part of that investment and is supposed to give support and inspiration to teachers.
Education
At this page you can find short courses with instructions of how to use different software, how to work with pictures, film and music, and how you can publish and present the work of your pupils. Multimediabyrån also provides exercises you can do and often you can start to use the results of them at once. The choice of what software is to be thought about in this site is made out of two parameters: if the software is for free or if it is common at schools. This means you do not have to invest money to start learning and use the things you learn.
Inspiration
At multimediabyrån you can find reports and tips about what others already done, from pre-school up to gymnasium level. You can read about ideas, the work and the outcomes from different projects. I find it very inspiring! Like always "copy-paste" of the idea of someone else is not advisable, but get inspired and make it your way!
Pupils
I think that not only teachers but also pupils from the age of 10 12 years of age could recieve great support from the courses and exercises at this site. The most useful thing though, might be the access to pictures, music, animations and ssound effects that are free to use in a non-commersial purpose at school.