Authentic Assessment Activity Blogger: Create Your Own Blog http://www.blogger.com This website is what the individuals will use to create their classroom blog. This website is free and user-friendly. Parents, students, grandparents, and teachers can access this site information; the fact that it is free makes it accessible to all. Bloggers for Educators http://www.clearvieweducation.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-teachers-of-the-future/ This website gives a clear view of how blogs or weblogs can be useful to educators, parents, and students. There are 100 different blogs for teachers in the future. There are numerous examples of different grade level blogs that educators use to enhance communication and learning experiences for teachers, students, and parents.
Presentation Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html This website allows the instructor to create screenshots for the workshop presentations. This website is free and effective. Prezi http://prezi.com/index/ This website allows the instructor to create educational presentations. This website offers more options than PowerPoint.
Graphic organizer The Ten Top Blogs for Educators http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2012/03/top-10-technology-blogs-for-education.html This is a website that provides several examples of educator websites. There are several tips about what to do and not to do when using blogs. First Grade Teacher's Blog - Laura Candler, Blog Author http://www.oceansoffirstgradefun.blogspot.com/ This is an actual blog of a first grade teacher. This blog is used like a newsletter to keep the students and parents abreast of what is taking place in her classroom. For example, she a list of her spelling words for that week.
Pre-training Common Craft - Blogs in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs This is an informative website about the beneficial use of blogs. Blogs are websites that are organized by blog posts - these are individual news stories, like articles in the paper. Bloggers simply fill out a form like this one to post a new story. Over time, the blog becomes a collection of these posts, all archived for easy reference. Bloggers: Create Your Free Blog - Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video. http:// www.blogger.com This website allows the individuals to create their own blog.
Three websites about using Mimio Boards in the classroom were reviewed and selected. The three websites contain multimedia artifacts and will be identified as learner-centered or technology centered. The Mimio board is one of many in the emerging world of interactive white boards. When set up and used correctly, the Mimio board is a great way to enhance a classroom lesson or conference room presentation.
This website ( Mimio Connect Interactive Teaching Community) offers a self guided training about how to use the Mimio Connect Interactive Board. This site provides a wealth of information about how to implement the Mimio Board in a learning environment. Some information includes: lesson plans and activities, news and events, and tutorials. According to Mayer, a site that requires the learner to follow directions, and complete certain tasks through a tutorial is a learner centered website. (Mayer, 2009).
This website from "youtube" provides a tutorial with illustrations about how to use some of the "bells and whistles" that the Mimio board has to offer. The site provides information about how to use the technological designs of the Mimio board. For example, how to calibrate the board using the Mimio pen is illustrated in the presentation. It is learner centered.
This is an awesome website that provides a wealth of interactive websites. These are new online recommended websites categorized by disciplines from Mimio. These subscription curriculum related links are free and they will enhance instructional delivery. This website is updated regularly with new educational sites using Mimio. It is technology centered learning.
Reference
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Blogger: Create Your Own Blog
http://www.blogger.com
This website is what the individuals will use to create their classroom blog.
This website is free and user-friendly. Parents, students, grandparents, and teachers can access this site information; the fact that it is free makes it accessible to all.
Bloggers for Educators
http://www.clearvieweducation.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-teachers-of-the-future/
This website gives a clear view of how blogs or weblogs can be useful to educators, parents, and students. There are 100 different blogs for teachers in the future. There are numerous examples of different grade level blogs that educators use to enhance communication and learning experiences for teachers, students, and parents.