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Basic instructions for using a Promethean brand interactive white board.

This brief tutorial explains the ease of use of the SMARTBoard, although the participants in this workshop are familiar with the SMARTboard and it's use, they may need a quick refresher and it may show some shortcuts or features that they have not been utilizing. I found this site to be easy to access and the way the information was presented was interesting and engaging to the learners.

This overview training video is designed both to help existing users understand how to develop a roleplay simulation in the GoVentures platform, and to introduce novices to overall design processes for developing a role-play simulation.

Module 1 Multimedia-SMART Board Training Videos Smarttech-http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/trainingcenter/flash/tutorials/display_frame_basics/display_frame_basics.htm This Smarttech video presentation is a tutorial that introduces and teaches teachers the basic steps on how to use a SMART Board. The video uses a learner-centered approach to technology because according to Mayer, it does "compliment human abilities, aid activities that we are poorly suited and enhances the development for which we are ideally suited" (Mayer, 2009, p. 13)." The required active engagement for this video is cognitive because the focus in the video is on the meaning of the presented material and interprets it in light of prior knowledge, YouTube-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hlgGpVpgWo YouTube provides a video presentation on a "SMART Board Interactive White Board Accessibilities." This video presentation provides teachers with information on how to make the SMART Board accessible to all students. The video uses a learner-centered approach to technology because it "takes in account the learners information processing (Mayer, 2009, p. 9)." The required active engagement for this video is cognitive because the focus is on learner adding information to their memory. Smarttech http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/trainingcenter/flash/touch%20write%20and%20save.htm This Smarttech video presentation is a 2 minute tutorial. This presentation introduces and teaches teachers how to use a pen and toolbar on the SMART Board

The three web sites that I selected that include multimedia artifacts for active learning: 1) http://www.learner.org/ The learner.org website is a cognitive activity. This web site accomplishes the learner-centered approach. The web site focuses on using multimedia technology as an aid to human cognition (Mayer, p. 13 2009). It uses film clips to demonstrate the practical applications of various mathematical concepts to real life situations. It builds a connection of what the students are studying to a concrete example (visual) to create a clearer mental picture form prior knowledge to new knowledge that is being discovered. 2) http://pearsonmylabandmastering.com/ The My Lab web site is a behavioral activity. This web site accomplishes the learner-centered approach. The web site focuses on rewarding students for the correct responses (excellent) or punished for the incorrect ones (try again). The underlying metaphor is that of drill-and-practice system, so multimedia is a vehicle for rewarding correct responses and punishing incorrect ones (Mayer, p.15, 2009). A student receives immediate feedback positive or negative and strengthens a response system to proceed or provide reinforcement of the content. 3) http://webgraphing.com/ The web graphing web site is a cognitive activity. This web site accomplishes the learner-centered approach. The web site provides engagement between the student and the graphing calculator. Multimedia learning is a sense-making activity in which the learner seeks to build a coherent mental representation from the presented material (Mayer, p. 17, 2009). The students actively engage with the graphing calculator along with the teacher

Here are my links to my working and presentation wikis: 1) http://klein-educ8847-working-wiki.wikispaces.com/ 2) http://klein-educ8847-presentation-wiki.wikispaces.com/

Marion Bush-Multimedia Artifacts

Visual dictionary/thesaurus

Online; free text to speech voices. can use to lighten up an otherwise boring lecture on definitions.

A website where you can create your own animated videos. This is the main presentation and focus of my workshop. It has tutorials and step by step instructions on how to create an animated video of your choice.

GoAnimate! allows teachers to quickly create animated lessons. The site offers a variety of options for setting, images, and avatars. Users can use the text-to-speech feature or record their own voices to narrate the videos. These videos can be used to quickly create engaging videos to present content to learners. GoAnimate! can be used to help learners manage essential processing by using the principles of multimedia to create an effective presentation. It is better than other sites because it is so user friendly, and animations can be created quickly.

This website lets you create an animated video for use in your classroom. View the video on their introduction page to learn about the features and options. A teacher could also let students have the option of animating a presentation for the class to help engage student creativity.

This site allows the user to create a screencast using a web based service, so unlike other screencasting programs, this one is entirely online. The benefit of screencasting is that you can show your users how to create something using the computer and be able to share the video in the end.

This video collection would be great for pre-training. Various instructors at Duke share their experiences with using Bb. Though the audio is a bit tinny, the interview-style videos include actual visual examples of the topics spoken about. What a great way to introduce a group of learners to Blackboard.

*This site reminds educators of what our "Digital Immigrants" are expecting *A Picture is worth 1,000 words. This site will motivate teachers to engage in infusing technology into their curriculum.

*This is companion material to Catherine Cennamo's text " Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach, 1st Edition *The Game plan will keep instructors organized as they develop technology rich plans.

Phixr is a free online photo editing application that supports popular social media applications such as Facebook and MySpace. Pictures can be uploaded from a computer as well as a cell phone. The free web application is user-friendly and very interactive. It is comparable to others such as Picasa; however, you don't have to have an account in order to work with your photographs.

Skype allows presentations from anywhere without the physical presence of the presenter. It fosters a deeper level of learning through the experience of another. I have not used another site such as Skype; however, the ease and flexibility of the site attracts users of all ages and experiences.

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.

Jing is a screen casting application that allows the user to capture pictures and videos for authentic assessment. One of Jing's best features is the fact that it sits on the user's desktop for accessibility. The images can be saved and added to other material to add depth, or it may be used to create a video.