Explanation: This site offers several collections to view but also provides users the ability to login and create their own collection. Once logged in, an extensive tutorial is available with both video and graphic support so users can create their own add-on collection in Firefox.
Reasoning: This site is created by Mozilla Firefox and has the most up-to-date versions as well as a very professional tutorial to support learners at they create their own collection.
Name: Ultimate Guide To Mozilla Firefox Collections
URL: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/ultimate-guide-to-mozilla-firefox-collection/
Explanation: Written in an organized manner with easy-to-follow language, this site provides a detailed explanation and guide to using and creating Firefox Collections. Graphics are included to support the learner.
Reasoning: The graphics provide great support to the learner and the material is covered from the basic concepts to the completion of a collection providing a full range of resource material for understanding.
This is an example of LiveBinder, a great resource collection tool. This particular binder has tabs, which indicate collections of resources, for different age ranges and one for parents and teachers, too. The resources range from tours to case studies to interactive websites and videos.
Headline Spot is a collection of website links to places in the web dedicated to news for young learners. The site is learner centered, offering young researchers a plethora of resources to obtain information. Even though these are accessible through the exclusive use of online computing devices its purpose is to be useful in facilitating access to information. Instructional design is important for effective use of this website, where the learner would be expected to collect and analyze information from various sources, interpret it critically and transform it into unique and original pieces of knowledge.
Gizmo contains a collection of interactive study aids on various educational topics. Learners can use these interactive tools to gain a better understanding of a variety of topics.
Exploratree provides a free online library of thinking guides to help users graphically organize their collected information. It is a product of Microsoft from their futurelab development team. You can print these forms out or use them collaboratively online. Customization is also an option with text, images, and shapes. Consider submitting a template to the site for others. This website offers group essential knowledge sharing toward generative learning.
This wiki is a collection of many resources for creating lessons incorporating digitalstorytelling. The tools here are technology-centered - it is up to the teacher to use the tools in a learner-centered manner.
This Web site includes a collection of resources (articles, blogs, podcasts, and presentations) related to the significance of tablets and iPads in K-12 and higher education institutions.
One article in particular discusses seven things that users need to know in using iPad apps in education (http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7069.pdf). The scenario provided in the article makes for a learner centered approach to learning, as the iPad is simply used to enhance student's natural learning in identifying stars and constellations. Additionally, the active engagement required focuses on cognitive activity.
This site provides a collection of graphic organizers available in a variety of media formats including Word, HTML, and PDF. The graphic organizers provided on the site allow the presenter to organize workshop material and provide participants with a guide and note-taking handout. The process of using a graphic organizer during instruction ensures essential cognitive processing of select material and promotes generative processing with an engaging environment. The significance of this site involves the ability to manipulate the graphic organizers to tailor the layout to specific instruction.
A collection of graphic organizers available in a variety of media formats. The development of computer simulations and games are a great addition.
The ability to modify the graphic organizer to match the content.
Thinkport Graphic organizer page has examples for several different graphic organizers such as character maps, concept map, cornel notes, compare/contrast, Venn diagrams, and many more. The most interesting thing about graphic organizer section is that it allow you to open each of the graphic organizers in three different formats…HTML, PDF, and Word.
Educational workshops typically ask participants to rate the experience. An easy way for this to be done digitally and anonymously is through the free Basic Plan feature in surveymonkey.com.
Survey Monkey is an excellent FREE tool to develop and monitor progress and assessments of participants. This resource is used frequently in my school district, where results and participation can be easily monitored.
On this site, users are able to create quick questionnaires in which data may be collected and analyzed online. The user provides the questions, and the program does the rest. I chose this site because of its ease of use. Additionally, the disaggregation of data and the creation of charts of graphs would be beneficial to the overall success of the workshop.
In my experience, all workshops/PD end with an assessment questionairre that asks participants to give feedback. SurveyMonkey.com digitizes the data collection and evaluation processes. In addition to its intended purpose, it represents as another educational technology application.
This is an online site to design surveys. I can use this to gauge what participants are learning and what questions they may have after each module. I would also use it as a tool to critique the whole workshop. This site would give me a chance to evaluate the material as well as the participant's knowledge acquisition.
Survey monkey is an online survey site that will allow for trainers and participants to determine where the current state of knowledge is on a given topic. Participants could be given the survey the week before the training which would allow the presenter to modify instruction and content if needed.
I chose survey monkey over other online survey providers because of its always free basic package. Most other sites offered a limited free trial.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Survey Monkey is a multimedia tool online that allows users to create custom surveys in minutes. Based on what you create, all the results of the survey participants will be delivered to you. Surveys can contain answer choices, open ended answers, or both. It is free to use and saves time on the creation of surveys.
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