Leading in the Multimedia

Multimedia tools are being employed everywhere, at school, work, for entertainment, education, and a variety of other purposes.

Out of all these purposes, perhaps the usage of multimedia for education is most evidently seen in schools today.

Lead stands for LEArning eDvantage, a multimedia portal that primary schools employ to engage their students in interactive learning.


In the LEAD website, students are able to learn their various subjects through games, stories, and interactive learning materials.

For example, when learning about the Digestive System, students are directed to an animation where a professor explains the different aspects of the digestive system to his daughter. The explanations are accompanied by animated pictures and lively voiceovers that speak directly to the audience as well. Students are able to navigate back and forth between the different segments of explanations.

After learning through the animations, students are able to test their acquired knowledge through the quizzes and activity links provided. These quizzes and activities are designed like games to increase students' interests and engagement.


For subjects such as English and Chinese, the stories and texts found in the students' textbooks are also animated and read aloud to them through the LEAD portal.

Through stations such as the Story Corner, Game Station and Learn station, students' interests are sparked and maintained as they get to interact with the learning materials.

However, the downside of this multimedia function of learning is that students are unable to reflect to the 'instructors' when they do not understand the materials. The learning materials are fixed and inflexible, and even if students repeat the learning process, they will still be getting the same materials and explanations instead of further elaborations. Thus this form of multimedia still has to be monitored closely by teachers to ensure that students are gleaning the most out of this learning experience.