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This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so. Written and produced byy B. Nesbitt

Blogger This site is a good site for creating a blog. Particpants of my course will be required to create a blog. This blog woud be a generative learning assignment becasue particpants are activly involved. This blog allows for uploads of videos and pictures both of which will be required in particpants' final project. Blogger is a free site and simple to learn and use. Participants will need a Goggle account to have a blogger blog. This blog site has a variety of templates to use in designing their blog.

Collaborative brainstorming site that can be used for pre-training (asking questions, planning projects, reflecting, etc.) or assessment. Wallwisher is in the generative level of cognitive processing, because participants are challenged to apply and synthesize what is learned. The site is useful for many reasons. It can include multimedia elements, such as images or embedded videos. It is extremely easy to set up and create. It can also be embedded into other sites, where users can add content without visiting the home page.

This site is at the generative cognitive level, as it requires users to construct their own criteria for assessing a multimedia product. It is an effective tool for creating a simple checklist, or rubric, that provides an assessment tool and a criteria document for students. The site features tools for different subjects, and there are links to multimedia checklist tools at 3 different age ranges.

A student used GoAnimate to do a project for school. This video is her interpretation on how to teach about MASS. This shows you can use GoAnimate to complete projects in an educational setting.

This site hosts a video that instructs teachers in the steps required to create an effective asynchronous discussion.

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The Center for Universal Design website of the College of Design of NC State University claims to be designed to promote accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products. Though, it's not about web design per se, covers nonetheless the essentials of what I want faculty to understand about Universal Design in creating their websites. The multimedia artifact on this page is picture and text but it is presented in a way that engages the learner. The headings are reasonably big and color coded. The images are relevant and positioned in a manner that facilitates learning without focusing the learner's attention too much on the graphics. I would say that this workshop is also learner-centered.

Slideshare allows users to share their slides regardless of program installation. It also allows the user to edit slides in the spirit of connectivism. The option for embedding slides is easy and useful when helping students transfer knowledge. Slideshare allows students to receive feedback from others which in turn will help their senior project presentation.

Create list of ideas to use Edmodo in the classroom. I will be using this article and cite with my inservice project on Edmodo. The website focuses on both behavioral and cognitive activities that can be used.