The wiki is an online platform that provides a space to house my multimedia project. It provides both essential and generative learning for workshop participants. I decide to use wikispace because I am very familiar with the site, it's free and easy for student to navigate.

Ning is an online platform that allows participants to create there own social network. This site would work well for generative learning, because it allows the learner to engage in conversations with others about what they are learning and how it could fit there classroom needs. I selected the Ning because it is something teacher can use in their classrooms and teach student how to use it.

This website contains many types of rubrics to fit every need. It gives sample rubics that are adaptable to meet the needs for various assignments. It even has a collaboration rubric. It is easy to use. Since the rubrics are specifically designed for the online learner, it is best for my purpose than the other sites that are for the face-to-face classroom.

This site is a how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics, and standards for measuring and improving student learning. The site provides good examples for developing standards or authentic tasks or rubrics. It also gives you step by step directions for creating an assessment. This site is one that I would use often becuase it takes the worrying out of authentic assessment it makes it easier and it's user friendly.

Bubbl.us is a mind-mapping product aimed towards literally anyone who needs help organizing their thoughts or any untidy information. This site promotes generative learning because it helps participants organize ideas for future learning. I selected this site because it makes it easy for you to quickly start planning and sorting out their ideas through the use of linked text bubbles.

I use Webspiration to map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or colleagues. This site can be use for generative learning the organizer will give participants an overview of the main concepts and allow them to construct new knowledge. I selected this sit because it is user friendly. It also has sample organizers that you can use.

Jing will allow me to create a short introduction to my multimedia project. It will help me to provide essential learning materials to my students. I like Jing because it free and easy to use.

Wordle is a great site for creating pre-training activities that will inspire participants to learn. The activities will be used for essential learning because it givse participants a starting point for learning. I would use this site because it catches the learning attention while provide meaningful learning.