This site provides sound effects and music for video creations in mp3 and wav formats. Participants may wish to include variable sounds other than fabricated audio in their media projects. Therefore, motivation and deep, creative thought regarding the project determines the level of involvement and generative processing by the participant. This site does require registration and a small fee for sounds. However, the sound designs follow copyright guidelines for use in video production and available for immediate download in accessible formats.

This screen capturing software permits the creation of video tutorials with audio, text, and image features. Struggling participants will view the tutorials in order to perform assessment criteria thus building knowledge structure and reducing essential cognitive load. Camtasia offers an affordable solution to producing a visually sound presentation with a professional polish. Although the final presentation seems complex, the creation process takes little time and effort.

Skype allows video conferencing between participants and students sharing sample media projects. By initiating motivation for the workshop through synchronous communication with student experts, participants experience generative processing. This procedure will demonstrate the purpose of the workshop and increase motivation for participation. Skype is free, available on my school server, and easy to install and use.

ActivInspire software used in conjunction with Promethean's Activboard creates multimedia presentations including a variety of media such as images, text, animation, and video. Software features affect essential and generative processing by using innovation to create an engaging environment and present fundamental skills in a variety of learning modalities. This software creates an interactive learning environment with a library full of resources and organizes select information with easy navigation.

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.

This interactive graphic organizer allows participants to create a storyboard for their media sample. The process of generating and organizing ideas on a graphic organizer fosters generative learning as participants reflect on personal experience and new knowledge to create an authentic product. This site demonstrates a unique teaching tool while promoting the editing process to adult participants. It is easy to use, printable, and shared in multiple formats.

This site demonstrates how to use the Snipping Tool in Microsoft software to capture images on the screen. This tool is helpful in creating pre-training tutorials where learners discover how to insert media into the computer and download files. This process generates essential learning as participants select tutorials necessary to build prior knowledge of workshop skills. The snipping tool is quick, easily accessible, and produces quality images effortlessly uploaded into a slideshow.

Assignment 3 Wikispaces provides sharing and feedback of pre-training requirements. The creation of a wiki for pre-training material promotes essential learning by allowing learners to engage with key elements of the workshop and build retention of fundamental skills. I prefer wikispaces due to the cost effectiveness and technical ease of the software as well as faithful tech support.

This instructional site supports teachers and students with interactive tutorials and samples related problem-based learning video productions.

This online tutorial uses text to instruct learners on how to create a presentation using Windows Movie Maker.

Site with video and text to describe how to create video presentations for the classroom . . . for student and teacher self-created videos