Websites for Creating Multimedia - 0 views
started by Stacey Donaldson on 14 Jul 14
started by Stacey Donaldson on 14 Jul 14
started by Stacey Donaldson on 14 Jul 14
started by Stacey Donaldson on 14 Jul 14
Website: Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/
This Wordle website allows one to create a word cloud. The site is easy to use and it is a creative way of exposing teachers to familiar and unfamiliar words they will be exposed to during the presentation. This was easier to download and visually appealing. Essential cognitive load would be activated via exposure to vocabulary in pre-training .
Website: te@chthought
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/exactly-what-the-common-core-standards-say-about-technology/
This website gave me information about what common core expects of teachers. There are standards that teachers will unpack that address multimedia. I would use this site to provide teachers with background knowledge for why they need to use multimedia if they are not currently using it. It provides examples of other technologies that can be used which makes it a better site than others. This site will call for generative processing because teachers will have to analyze the information through unpacking the standard. They should be motivated to read this article because it tells how they will need to use technology with CCSS.
-Graphic Organizer
Website/PDF: Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom
http://digitalstorytellingclass.pbworks.com/f/Digital+Storytelling+A+Powerful.pdf
This website is helpful because it provides research to support the use of digital storytelling. It also provides elements that will be used for teachers to fill in their graphic organizer. This website has quality material that provides evidence that supports digital storytelling as a powerful tool in 21st century classroom. This site can be used for essential and generative cognitive load as it will require use of the working memory to recognize certain terms; it also provides information essential for teachers to understand the project building relevance, which is generative.
Website: University of Wisconsin Professional Development
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/50-uses-inspiration-and-kidspiration-software-tools.cfm
This website will be helpful for providing ideas examples of a variety of ways graphic organizers can be used. This will be helpful in constructing the best organizer for the task. There are also examples of organizers and rubrics to evaluate the organizer. This will help to assure design aligned with the instructional goal, which is usually the problem in extraneous cognitive load. I prefer this website instead of others that only provided the organizer with no explanation of how to use it.
-Presentation
Website: TeachWeb2.0
http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/bubbl.us
This website was helpful as I may use a mindmap to show teachers about multimedia. This was helpful because it provided me a SWOT for using bubbl.us as a mindmap technology. I have used this technology before. Seeing this website opened my mind to other perspectives I had not considered. It differed from other sites because it allowed me to think critically about the technology. This fact alone would support this material's support of generative cognitive load.
Website: Brainshark
http://my.brainshark.com/Brainshark-Overview-613215309
This website allows one to create an interactive PowerPoint. This technology allows for dual coding using audio and visual features. I prefer this technology for learning to minimize distractions that contribute to extraneous cognitive load, which makes it the better choice for this project.
-Authentic Assessment Activity
Website: Storyboarding: The Key to Influential Presentations http://www.guidedinsights.com/uploads/Storyboard_SLR_tipsheet_0213.pdf
I am considering have my teachers create a storyboard to plan their digital story. This website provides a very clear example of a storyboard and the rationale behind how to create one. These teachers are not artists and most other websites instructions are much more elaborate, which can be intimidating and time-consuming. This site also showed an example with a show and tell column making the storyboard concept more simplistic. This site supports essential cognitive load since this will be a new skill for many teachers.
Website: The PBL Project
http://pblproject.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fToolbox%2fStarterPages.aspx
This website is essential to assure the presentation provides elements conducive to solving a problem. The site was detailed in its explanation of the goal of problem-based scenarios as well as addressing resources one would need for a project to be categorized as problem-based. These elements will contribute to the active learning processes. They target essential and generative cognitive load because of the attention to critical thinking.
References:
Brainshark. (2014). Brainshark overview. Retrieved from http://my.brainshark.com/Brainshark-Overview-613215309
Robin, B. R. (2008). Digital storytelling: A powerful technology tool for the 21st century classroom. Theory into Practice, 47:220-228, DOI: 10.1080/00405840802153916 Retrieved from http://digitalstorytellingclass.pbworks.com/f/Digital+Storytelling+A+Powerful.pdf
Storyboarding: The Key to Influential Presentations. Retrieved from http://www.guidedinsights.com/uploads/Storyboard_SLR_tipsheet_0213.pdf
TeachWeb2.0. Retrieved from http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/bubbl.us
The PBL Project. (2012). Retrieved from http://pblproject.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fToolbox%2fStarterPages.aspx
University of Wisconsin. (2014). Online Professional Development. Retrieved from http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/50-uses-inspiration-and-kidspiration-software-tools.cfm