Brigit McAroy

Websites for Creating Multimedia

Pre-training:
1. Poll Everywhere
* Name of the site: Poll Everywhere
* URL: http://www.polleverywhere.com/
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: Poll everywhere allows the presenter to take a poll on how the workshop is going. It's the easiest way to gather live responses from workshops, presentations, etc…
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): I find this site to be more exciting and engaging to the participants. Participants can use their cell phones or laptops to input answers to the poll.
2. You Tube Video
* Name of the site: You Tube on SmartBoard Tutorial
* URL: http://youtu.be/dwla8E6jz4g
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: This video allows participants to view how the SmartBoard is setup, oriented, and tips on using the SmartBoard in the classroom.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): This video presents the key points on how to use the SmartBoard effectively in the classroom.

Graphic organizer:
1. Bubble.us
* Name of the site: bubble.us
* URL: https://bubbl.us/
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: Bubble.us is an online software program that allows you to create free colorful mind mapping and brainstorming graphic organizers. It helps you to organize your thoughts and ideas into one comprehensible map.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): I find this site to be easier to use than others that I have found. Embedding is simple and the entire graph can easily be zoomed in and out for viewing.
2. Holt Interactive Graphic Organizer
* Name of the site: Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers
* URL: http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: The Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers can provide differentiated instruction to participants. The KWL chart that I will be using with my participants will allow teachers to post what they already know and what they want to learn in the first two columns. The third column provides space for what the participants have learned in the workshop.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): I found this site to better than others because it is easy to use and you have a variety of graphic organizers to choose from.


Presentation:
1. Teacher Tube Video
* Name of the site: SmartBoard: Why are they so easy to use?
* URL: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=96951
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: This teacher tube video allows teachers to view other teachers using the SmartBoard in the classroom.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): This video is an easy way to show teachers the basic step of using the SmartBoard.
2. You Tube Video
* Name of the site: You Tube Video on a Lesson Activity Tool Kit
* URL: http://youtu.be/PGO1sJxnUAo
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: This video is an activity lesson using theSmartBoard Activity Tools. It also shows how to download the free tools for the activity.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): The techniques are easy to use, the video also shows graphics along with narration which is easier for participants to comprehend.

Authentic assessment activity:
1. RUBISTAR
* Name of the site: RUBISTAR
* URL: http://rubistar.4teachers.org
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: RubiStar is a free online software that allows teachers to create quality rubrics that can be used to assess student's work.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): With RubiStar you can save and edit rubrics as needed. The rubrics are more effective and it also shows examples that teachers can adapt to their own teaching style.
2. Moodle
* Name of the site: Moodle
* URL: https://moodle.org/about/
* Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: Moodle allows instructors to use wikis and blogs to assess collaborative work and create full online courses.
* Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): I found this site to be very helpful because my county uses Moodle for online training, virtual presentations, and other professional development.

I have chosen the topic "SmartBoards in Elementary Schools". At my school every teacher has a SmartBoard and projector in their class. Unfortunately the lack of experience and knowledge to operate the SmartBoards has regressed their ability to effectively use the technology as a learning tool.

Three Websites with Multimedia Artifacts
http://youtu.be/dwla8E6jz4g
This is a video tutorial from the YouTube website that shows the first steps of using the Smartboard. The video accomplishes the learner-centered approach. Learners can learn through the aid of technology which enhances the human's cognition. The learner also uses active learning by bringing material from the outside into the working-memory by activating prior knowledge to build connections (Mayer, 2009).

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listsmartboasb.html
This website contains Smartboard resources to use with your students. These resources are computer assisted instruction which accomplish the technology-centered learning. Educators can use these resources to find interactive educational resources to use in the classrooms. The active engagement focuses on behavioral and cognitive activities which the learner reads the directions first and then engages in the activities (Mayer, 2009).

http://www.ehow.com/list_6181886_effects-smart-boards-student-learning.html
The third website is a support site with professional opinions and experiences on The SmartBoard. Educators can review the opinions of others and how the SmartBoard helps students stay focused and engaged. This website takes on the learner-centered approach which allows individuals to read and access prior knowledge of other educators. The learner uses active engagement through cognitive activities that bring in outside evidence of the effectiveness of SmartBoards in the classroom (Mayer, 2009).


Reference:
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

The Working Wiki will be a work space to house your workshop during the development process at
http://mcaroyworkingmultimediaworkshop.wikispaces.com


The Presentation Wiki will house your Multimedia Workshop that is presented to participants as the finished product at
http://mcaroymultimediapresentation.wikispaces.com