An educational podcast that I found on YouTube that I believe to be an effective multimedia learning tool is one called "Children's Continents and Oceans". I chose this video because geography has always been one of my weak points. As a kid, I could never remember what went where. I'm sure that there are many otaher children out there that also have a hard time figuring out where the continents and oceans are.
I believe this podcast is an effective one because it does not try to use excessive techniques all at once that could overload the cognitive mind. The video uses simple text/words instead of sentences to describe each image that is shown about the Earth. Words from prior knowledge such as "water" and "land" are used to show how they connect to "oceans" and "continents" of the Earth. Since this makes it easier for a student to connect one word to one image, they will remember it better in the long run.
The visuals of the podcast are also very effective because they are kept simple. First, it shows the Earth as a whole, and then uses a zoom technique to show each separate part of the Earth so students can easily figure out where the continents and oceans belong on the Earth.
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