One type of assessment tool that can be used to archive, organize, and showcase authentic assessments is an ePortfolio. Foliospaces provides users with a space to develop a comprehensive digital portfolio. ePortfolios can be help students engage in essential and generative learning by assembling authentic products of learning and organizing them into cohesive representations of their learning. This website provides a free space for developing an ePortfolio. In addition, the website allows for the opportunity to share information with others through social networking.

This website provides a resource that describes various aspects of authentic assessment. In addition to sharing examples of authentic assessments for different content areas, the author provides flowcharts and step-by-step guidance for develop authentic assessments. Authentic assessments allow learners to demonstrate what they have learned by using concepts in applicable, relevant situations. Authentic assessments provide evidence of essential and generative learning. This website provides a combination of both general steps for developing authentic assessments as well as more detailed descriptions of the "how" and "why" behind this type of assessment strategy. The information at the website is easy to access and follow.

This online tool is a free presentation software that can allow a user to presentations that incorporate varieties of different media (i.e. text, audio, video, pictures, and so forth) as well as dynamic transitions from concept to concept. Presentations can easily be shared online and can be used to promote essential and generative learning. An advantage to this website is the fact it is simple to develop multimedia presentations that can incorporate all forms of multimedia. The interface is easy to use and intuitive.

Prezi allows a user to create a presentation that encompasses many of the same features of programs like PowerPoint. However, the presentation style of the elements follows more of a mind map design rather than a linear slideshow. The presentation tool is housed online, can be access for free, and makes it easy to integrate various forms of multimedia. The tools available at Prezi are advantageous for developing stylish online presentations and for facilitating continued review of materials, non-linear formats for reasoning, and building connections among concepts. Prezi can promote both essential and generative processing by allowing users/viewers to independently explore and develop connections among concepts.

Webspiration is the online counterpart to Inspiration/Kidspiration software. The online interface allows users to design a wide variety of mind maps and graphic organizers. The software makes it possible for users to easily build diagrams that reflect the key components to essential and generative processing. This online resource has many advantages: free access, the ability to collaborate with other Webspiration users on the same project, online chat features to promote synchronous collaboration, an unlimited amount of storage space, and robust tools for design, editing, and sharing.

Gliffy provides users with an online interface for creating flowcharts, diagrams, and other graphic organizers. This site allows users to either choose from predesigned templates or to build graphic organizers from scratch. The diagrams can be easily saved as .jpeg files or published to the Internet. This online interface makes is possible for users to visually depict essential material and then develop the necessary connections for generative processing. This website is better than other sites that offer access to graphic organizers because users have the choice between preformatted templates and creating their own diagrams. In addition, users are responsible for inputting the relevant information related to their project. In addition, this website allows users to create their diagrams on the computer rather than simply printing off templates and completing them by hand.

The 4Teachers website is the main page that provides links to a variety of different tools that educators can use (for free) to integrate various technologies into the classroom. These tools include QuizStar, RubiStar, NoteStar, and so forth. These tools can allow teachers to create pre-training activities for students in addition to creating other activities for primary essential and generative learning. This site is advantageous in regard to the fact that the tools are free. In addition, there are a various tools that can be applied in many different situations. Quizzes, rubrics, outlines, brainstorming sessions, videos, and for forth can be created and facilitated from this family of sites.

This website allows a user to develop online polls that learners in a workshop/presentation can participate in. With regard to pre-training activities, quick polls can help both learners and the instructor quickly gauge what the learners know before digging into the planned activities. In addition, polls can be designed to engage learners and prepare them for some of the activities they will participate in. The product available at this website provides free access for designing quick polls. It also allows the designer to choose how participants respond to the polls. In addition to text messaging, the designer can use a web address (if mobile devices are not convenient for the setting) to allow easy access. In addition to the interactive capabilities, the polls can be seamlessly integrated into a PowerPoint presentation or website.

For my professional development multimedia workshop, my goal is to develop a training program about using Google Apps (Google Docs, in particular). The targeted audience is a group of K-12 classroom teachers. The workshop will help to familiarize teachers with how Google Docs is used as well as provide them with an opportunity to begin developing a Google Docs that they can use in the classroom. The Google for Educators site provides a wide range of information, examples of classroom uses of Google applications, and multimedia presentations for guided learning.

For my professional development multimedia workshop, my goal is to develop a training program about using Google Apps (Google Docs, in particular). The targeted audience is a group of K-12 classroom teachers. The workshop will help to familiarize teachers with how Google Docs is used as well as provide them with an opportunity to begin developing a Google Docs that they can use in the classroom. This website is supported by the Juniata College and provides a wide range of multimedia information, tutorials, and guides for using various Google applications.

For my professional development multimedia workshop, my goal is to develop a training program about using Google Apps (Google Docs, in particular). The targeted audience is a group of K-12 classroom teachers. The workshop will help to familiarize teachers with how Google Docs is used as well as provide them with an opportunity to begin developing a Google Docs that they can use in the classroom. This website is supported by the University of Minnesota and provides a wide range of multimedia information, tutorials, and guides for using various Google applications.