PowerPoint (http://office.microsoft.com/) presented with Quicktime narrations and animations added (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/). This combination would be a huge improvement from a solo PowerPoint, as it would allow the presenter to present as a mediator/monitor, circulating the room providing clarification, support, being ….(This is also an excellent option to create a presentation/training for an on-line module! A presentation of this nature would enable learners/participants to pause presentation and replay key points for emphasis, and learn on their own time and in their own space without time contraints.)

Hyperstudio 5 - http://www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/index.html (incorporating graphic fonts, logos and banners from www.cooltext.com!)- this program allows various mixtures of media fusion. User can make movies, create animations and creative blogs and tweets, create podcasts and more! This is a software available for Mac OS X and Windows and bring presentations alive. A more animated presentation can be created than using a dry erase board, interactive white board, or PowerPoint!

My Webspiration - http://www.mywebspiration.com/ - visual thinking and learning tools create a framework to brainstorm and organize information, helps students improve their writing and thinking skills, and outline and organize information by using webbing, concept mapping and other graphic organizers.

Wordl - http://www.wordle.net/ - allows user to create a word cloud populated with the most often used words on the topic. User pastes text into a space on the site, click "Go", and a URL that can be shared is provided instantly. This handy tool would create a much more professional-looking word wall than if one were to create the word wall in various and cut and paste them together!

http://www.corestandards.org/presentations

This site consists of video presentations introducing the Common Core State Standards that help inform teachers about the new standards they are to implement to prepare students for life, college and careers; therefore, for learning centered around students. The Common Core state standards initiative conference in Georgia conference contains guest speakers to announce the arrival of common core. Guest speakers discuss the benefits and reasoning behind the adoption of common core standards. By improving curriculum and assessments, the common core was designed to stretch student thinking by implementing higher order education and prepare U.S. students to compete with other countries' students and leaders. Another goal of the common core adoption is to standardize teaching, learning, and match course completion across states.

http://edudemic.com/2012/12/24-multimedia-tools-that-support-the-common-core/

Susan Oxnevad has created a "wheel" of technology and multimedia tips that offers many ways for teachers to help learners master the new common core standards by utilizing technology. A few very helpful strategies she shares using multimedia are: showing students how to "clean" screens from ads while researching, reiterating the essential questions in a slideshow, and how to utilize the productive options offered by Google. The author provides student-centered learning activity options.