Educational technology is seldom used to facilitate more active student learning in the classroom. Instructors who have mastered PowerPoint, however, could just as easily learn to create simple pieces of interactive multimedia that encourage student participation in learning tasks and that appeal to multiple intelligences and learning styles. Macromedia Flash animation projects can be used to increase student engagement and to activate peer learning. New multimedia authoring software can create opportunities for effective student-centered learning that were not previously possible. (Contains 4 figures.)