The first website that the educators will be introduced to is Engineering Go for it is located at http://www.egfi-k12.org/read-the-magazine/. The participants will explore this website. At this website, the participants will be previewing the website in Presentation-mode view. According to Mayer it is consistent with a "cognitive theory of learning that assumes that humans have separate information-processing channels for verbal and pictorial knowledge" (2009, p.8). This website would also be considered student centered because I do assume that the learners are able to use various coding systems to represent knowledge.
The second website that I found was located at http://www.loaz.com/learning-objects-authoring-templates/time-line-creators.html. This website gives a tutorial on the use of free time line software. This website should be considered Learner-centered. It focuses on the skill of completing a timeline. It even suggests completing the timeline using pen and paper than transferring the information into the timeline. The technology helps to aid in human cognition instead of causing confusion as referenced by Mayer. (2009). The time line is augmenting the learning for the student.
The third website I found was located at http://www.dipity.com/ . This free digital timeline creator is leaner centered and should be considered a cognitive artifact because its purpose is to improve thought or action. (Mayer, 2009). The student still has to do the research to put the applicable information in the timeline. Students will have to create a timeline using this software at the workshop. Students will be able to adapt the multimedia technology to aid in human cognition.
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The second website that I found was located at http://www.loaz.com/learning-objects-authoring-templates/time-line-creators.html. This website gives a tutorial on the use of free time line software. This website should be considered Learner-centered. It focuses on the skill of completing a timeline. It even suggests completing the timeline using pen and paper than transferring the information into the timeline. The technology helps to aid in human cognition instead of causing confusion as referenced by Mayer. (2009). The time line is augmenting the learning for the student.
The third website I found was located at http://www.dipity.com/ . This free digital timeline creator is leaner centered and should be considered a cognitive artifact because its purpose is to improve thought or action. (Mayer, 2009). The student still has to do the research to put the applicable information in the timeline. Students will have to create a timeline using this software at the workshop. Students will be able to adapt the multimedia technology to aid in human cognition.