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Qwiki helps you turn any website creation into an interactive multimedia experience. You can embed and share content on any blog or website and include tweets for continual commenting. Narration is auto-generated alongside maps and graphics. It converts pictures, videos, location data, and text into interactive media. Take the Internet and redesign it to provide the content you need together for you to share where ever. There is a mobile device app developed for this tool making it compatible with all Internet accessible products. This is a simple presentation development tool for essential learning.

Internet 4 Classrooms is a free web portal designed to assist anyone with finding great quality Internet resources to use in the classroom. It provides help in developing projects, technology tutorials and content material. There are an enormous amount of interactive websites listed on this site. I

This website provides detailed information about internet safety for parents.

This is a fun, interactive activity where parents, teens, or tweens can learn about who can be an internet predator.

This system allows schools to purchase a pre-loaded system with educational content already included.  The system can also assist teachers in developing multimedia lesson plans for sharing, upload original content and share with the school community, manage live streams of digital TV , video cameras and internet, manage devices for the classroom and the school and engage students in desktop videoconferencing.  

What it is: Zoho Notebook is a free multimedia presentation tool that allows users to create multi-paged presentations using images, text, and/or live websites. Why it's better: This presentation site offers and drag-and-drop interface that makes creating presentations very simple. The creation process is conducted within a cloud which allows collaboration among multiple users within the same presentation. Audio and video can be recorded directly into the presentation using a webcam and microphone. In addition, the final presentation can be downloaded so it can be viewed without internet access.

Youtube is a site that gives the user the opportunities to post videos about almost anything online. It is a video sharing website where users can upload and share videos. I chose this as a resource because it has a large resource of information that can be used for teaching purposes. Youtube makes posting and searching for videos simply because it is very easy to use.

What it is: YouTube provides millions of free videos on every topic imaginable. However, in addition to finding videos, YouTubes new video editor allows users to create their own videos as well. Why it's better: YouTube provides a user-friendly interface that most are familiar with. Videos, images, sounds, text, and photos can all be combined to create instant videos that provide prior knowledge to students. All videos under 15 minutes are free. Since YouTube is a part of Google, all items are synced with your Google account. While there are many other free video creation tools available, YouTube truly does provide an easier experience.

YouTube offers users the opportunity to compile their work in the form of a video. One feature of YouTube is the capability of adding closed caption. Videos can be used for essential and generative learning because it provides a platform for learners to authentically demonstrate their understanding of the content.

Assignment, Module 3 - Yodio.com is a free, web-based recording service where users can record from any microphone or cell phone to create a visual and audio podcast experience.  Users can synchronize their voice commentaries with photos to create media presentations and responses.  They can be shared, streamed through the Internet, or embedded in other websites and blogs.  In essence, it is an audio postcard.  Another advantage the site offers for classroom presentations is it allows you to toggle back and forth to full-screen mode.  One interesting note:  the name, Yodio, is derived from YOur auDIO.

Zoho Show is an online presentation tool. It has clipart and pre-built themes for users to create their presentations. It is user friendly, simple drag-n drop feature.

The free presentation software allows teachers to insert text, images, video, spreadsheet data, and audio. Users can cut and paste in video clips from any website. The presentations shared online through collaboration. \nWhy this one: Teachers create and share numerous instructional presentations strengthen essential learning and collaborative planning. \n

Creating presentation could not get any easer with ZOHO. This tool is free and has the ability for users to create and present from remote locations. Your presentations can be accessed and edited from any PC connected to the internet. The tool is great for collaboration and has the capabilities of embedding data in Wiki pages or blogs.

trackstar offers teachers a way to control the internet for students. http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;jsessionid=D1671293B1A30DDCF0425D894C2729D9 With trackstar the teacher generates a list of sites that the students will use to answer a given series of questions. The questions should lead to discovery on the websites annotated in the trackstar. I chose trackstar because it is very easy to use and has been in use for quite a while. This means that many trackstars have already been created for use by other teachers. A quick search through the database could deliver exactly what you need for your next activity.

Google Documents provide a free location for participants to store and share their authentic assessment activity. Google documents allow for easy access to documents from anywhere with internet access. Documents can be stored and shared with anyone or only with someone you have provided information to. Google documents is free and user friendly.

This is a categorized list of sites on the Internet which are useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth

Prezi is a web-based presentation tool using a map layout and zooming to show contextual relationships.

What it is: Prezi is an online presentation software that allows collaboration among multiple users to create unique multimedia presentations. Why it's better: Instead of a traditional slide presentation, Prezi provides a platform to create presentations that are as creative as each individual user. Images, sounds, videos, and text can all be mixed together to create the most effective presentation possible.

Prezi is a presentation tool that can either be created online or offline. It offers collaboration among users and has zoom features to highlight information. Presentations can be viewed from a desktop, iPad, or iPhone. One way that Prezi can be used for essential learning is to segment a presentation to make it learner-paced. This website offers a better product for keeping learners engaged.

Webspiration http://www.mywebspiration.com/about Webspiration is one of the best tools for gathering and organizing information that I have ever used. Webspiration allows the user to group information into any type of format that works for them. There are mapping tools, charting tools and my favorite thing about Webspiration is that with a click of the button all the information that you have used to create your mind map or chart can become a wonderfully organized outline. Webspiration allows users to be visual learners which can help them retain information. The main reason that I chose Webspiration as one of my graphic organizer websites was because Webspiration has a collaboration feature which many other sites do not. The collaboration feature is wonderful because it is always available with an internet connection, it helps keep the lines of communication open between group members and Webspiration automatically saves the work you have completed. I love the fact that I do not have to worry about losing my documents. Webspiration also lets users share their creations by posting them to a web page where they can be accessed by anyone. Webspiration is probably the best thing I have learned so far through my classes at Walden.

High quality audio and video screencast product. Great for presenting essential learning concepts. Explanation of choice: Free online screencast tool and unlike other, no download is required.

This screen capture program works from the internet, without you having to install it on your computer. It also allows you to download the file, or upload it straight to You Tube. It is better than other options because its quick and easy, and it doesn't need to be installed, which is great for teachers who often face restrictions in installing software on their school computers. This will allow teachers to record a virtual tour of a final Blackboard course.

Google docs is a great way to merge existing documents, with the ability to create and organize documents online. It is better than a lot of other options because it is free, and transfers across computer platforms.

Google docs is a web based productivity platform that allows the creation of documents, spreadsheets, diagrams and forms. Multiple users can access files simultaneously, allow for collaboration.

Google has a ton of free resources that have the same functionality as Powerpoint or Keynote. One of the great components of Google Docs is the ability to collaborate with others through real time chat or make comments/revisions to a document. For a presentation, Google Docs has a presentation tool that is easy to use, free, and accessible from any location with an internet connection. Although the presentations are not flashy, they help teachers incorporate multimedia into their instruction and make the technology accessible for all of their students.