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Interactive online custom rubric generator. Ideal for assessing essential learning. Explanation of choice: Free, and chosen because it is part of the course management system, rcampus, which is ideal for use with presentations and online learning.

Thie video is a demonstration of one teacher utilizing a project based learning approach to teaching engineering. The video shows the teacher and students and incorporates voice over from a narrator. The narrator points out features of a project based learning approach. It is part of an instructional effort that begins on the pbl-online.org home page.

This is part of http://www1.teachertube.com/index.php. Reviews and shows steps to create an effective TD.

Blog article describing the revenue comparison of social media use for their firm.

Video introducing LinkedIn, and why it is important.

This blog post describes how to tag photos in facebook.

Voki can be used for pretraining. Students can create avartars and record their own voices delivering speeches. It promotes essential learning because it can be used to introduce important concepts before a lesson begins. I chose this site because it allowed users to overlay their voices, and it is a reputable site.

Voki is a great website that allows users to create speaking avatars. It provides a variety of different avatars that can be selected, including historical figures. You can add speech using typed text, recorded voice or your cell phone. This would be great if you had limited access to a microphone or other recording hardware. Voki also provides users with the ability to change the voice that is speaking. For teachers, it provides lesson plan ideas incorporating Voki. Voki Classroom allows teachers to set up accounts for their student without requiring an email address, which is a great feature for elementary aged students.