This site is a great resource to post presentations (PowerPoints, Word documents, PDF...) which may be too large to share on a blog or in an email. I n my workshop, participants may access videos, presentations and files with ease, as well as create their own log in to post their own findings and creations.

This online bookmarking site is an excellent method to organize and access online resources with ease. As an assignment, participants will be cataloging resources and references to be on hand in the classroom as needed following the workshop. For many years I have utilized this tool, where I can access my bookmarks from any computer. In this day and age of searching online and linking from site to site, often we forget where we started, and what the initial subject of our search was. As individuals are actively searching online, they can simply tag their resources to locate later.

RCampus is a free online course management resource which provides opportunities to develop and organize training material specific to your topic and needs. I have used this site before and it is not difficult to design each element of a course, including easy monitoring of participation, and provides student access with individual log ins.

Wikispaces is an excellent platform for providing information to individuals and groups. I have used this resource for many years and prefer the simple layout and navigational tools. Information can be linked, downloaded and posted to provide synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities. Active discussions, or interactions can also be monitored.

RubiStar is a resource which provides users to design and individualize rubrics for classroom use. This tool is very easy to use, where you have access to templates and publicly posted rubrics of others. Essential learning can take place through the learner being aware of course/project requirements and expectations. I have used this resource many times in both my classroom, with parents and for assignments and have enjoyed the available templates and examples.

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.

Scribbler is a great, user friendly multi-user whiteboard application where groups and individuals can meet together and not only create, but edit and converse about assignments and projects. This can be used for an entire session of a workshop to meet online rather than face to face, or through a website.

Webspiration is an easy to use concept mapping resource which allows users to design and manage their own learning webs. Compared to other similar programs, this site is very similar to Inspiration, and Kidspiration, used frequently in elementary schools. Final products can be easily shared, saved and downloaded into other media such as Word documents, Google Docs, and also can be used for collaboration. Various designs allow learners to individualize their maps according to their needs.

Google Docs is a wonderful platform for groups and individuals to interact and collaborate on an assignment. Private groups can edit and use this application to work on projects, spreadsheets, drawings saving information in one convenient location. In the past, I have used this while my group was on Skype, where we were able to compete an assignment within a few minutes.

This is a website that I have used for many years in both my general education first grade and special education classrooms. It provides individual short stories accompanied with songs, focused on basic phonetic and reading skills typically used in primary grades. I think this site to be very learner centered, since basic reading skills are regularly learned and this site can be facilitated as a strategy for building phonemic awareness skills in young children. It also is a wonderful tool for those older ELL students to learn and practice English. As Mayer stated, technology must be used in a way that is consistent with the way in which people learn (2009). Starfall.com provides strategies such as audio, songs and visuals to assist in students becoming better readers.

This also is a site which I have been familiar with, more recently when I received my interactive whiteboard. This site appears to be much more technology centered, where it is designed to be used with the interactive boards and student response systems. BrainPop.com is also partner with the Promethean Company, where many of its features are accessible using their products. As you navigate through the subject areas, each lesson begins with a short video and provides additional resources such as games, printable handouts and a short quiz. There also are sites for K-3 and ESL learners. The technology used to present this site to students (interactive whiteboards, student response systems) was developed prior to this site, although it is possible to integrate this in others ways to students (centers, whole group using a projector) but it is clear this site was directly designed and developed with the technology in mind first.

Scholastic BookFlix is a new interactive online literacy resource for Grades PreK-3 that pairs fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with classic nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic. While reading and stories have been around for centuries, the availability of having videos and books read aloud through the computer is a more modern creation. Book Flix is a subscription based site through Scholastic, featuring many popular children's literature in a variety of subjects. Each subject provides the student with a video based on a book, and another which is read aloud page by page. This site fits into the category of technology centered, where Mayer (2009) acknowledged technology often drives the method of instruction. Students in my classroom enjoyed being able to view and hear their favorite books providing the auditory and visual learners more opportunity to enjoy the story.