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Here is the link to my Working Wiki Multimedia Workshop for EDUC 8847.

Artifact rich site for environmental class I recently taught. Many static and multimedia resources.

Resource page for learning processes, artifact use and more.

Edudemic is a website that provides the latest education technology tips for students, teachers, and administrators using tools, trends, how to videos, online learning and social media.

Kathy Schrock is an educational technologist, author, speaker, and well-known K-12 technology leader in the field. Kathy has developed this website to provide teachers with an extensive compilation of technology integration support resources.

This is a free software package is on your Microsoft CD or, you can download it from Microsoft.com. Using Photostory, you can create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures, remove red-eye, add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, you can personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail or watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile-based portable device. Students can take their own digital photos to create a time-line, presentation, or video product.

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others. MuseumBox is a cross curricular tool useful in areas of the curriculum where students have to assess, investigate or debate issues and explore and develop ideas. In addition it provides an excellent opportunity for integrating ICT into the curriculum. Not only is this site really original in its concept and organization, but it allows teachers to approve, reject, and edit student projects. If a box is approved, it will go live on the DiscoveryBox website within your school or organization's area. The author of the box will be also able to reload the box in the box creator. You may send a message to the user who created it if you choose this option. If a box is rejected, it will be returned to the author with any message. The author will be able to load the box and make changes, or do any further work on it. You can edit the box and make changes to the text and the audio attachments if necessary.

The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Teachers and students can use Kerpoof to make artwork, make an animated movie, students can earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in a store, make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug, tell a story, and make a drawing. Kerpoof has free lesson plans for a variety of disciplines, from math and science to social studies and foreign languages available for download. Educators can register students and arrange them into classes. Students may chat with each other, post creations on a class message board (moderated by the teacher), and collaborate on a project in real-time from different computers. State and National Standards are cross-referenced with Kerpoof they can be used to meet. Kerpoof also publishes a free electronic newsletter that highlights new features, lesson plans, and ideas for using Kerpoof in the classroom.

Viddix allows you to connect all kinds of web content to your videos. You can really interact with your audience and deliver your messages more effectively. Upload your video and support notes, images, etc. VIDDIX is great for presentations, pitches, lectures and a lot more. Teachers can show slides next to a video lecture, can offer a PDF download with extra information or study guide, and allows student bloggers to ask a question which can be answered instantly by his viewers using a poll. Viddix allows you to view the presentations on double presentation screens, and publish to any webpage Demo Link: http://www.viddix.com/watch.php?v=47f43c36a5ed5

The Math textbooks are available online with content identical to the student books. Education Place includes a Math Glossary, Games, Brain Teasers, Extra Practice, Homework Help, and More. Both of these websites are used with each unit or lesson in Reading or Math. It can also be accessed at home by parents and students. Some games included in the sites might provide some behavioral activity, however, it is general more cognitive in nature. The learning is presented through a website used via iPads, computer, or interactive white board, however it is learner-centered on the standards and objectives directly correlated with the units and lessons being studied at school in Reading or Math.

Reading stories for each week have great tools online to increase comprehension. Online instruction includes: Meet the Author/Illustrator, Literacy Lessons, Research and Inquiry Activities, Language Activities, and Vocabulary/Spelling Activities.

The Study Island program is specifically designed to help students master the Tennessee Curriculum Standards. Study Island's focus on the required standards enables students to improve their performance in all standard skill areas, which results in increased proficiency and leads to improved test scores for Math, Reading/Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Students can use Study Island from any computer with internet access. This will help students prepare for TCAP (Tennessee's state assessment) as well as for next year's learning. Blue ribbons show mastery in the Subject Areas and Topic Areas assessed on TCAP. As students advance through the objectives, they can use games or test mode to complete tasks and achieve blue ribbons. I have seen this learner centered program really boost student learning in science and social studies, subjects I feel are often left to cram in at the end of the day. It appeals to students at various grade and learning levels. It is repetitive and gives direct instruction for areas of need.

Dr. Barrett's (n.d.) webpage presents an introduction to the types of ePortfolios in a learner-centered approach. The website requires cognitive activity and capitalizes on the use of multimedia to present the essential content; and it does so following instructional design principles as recommended by Mayer (2009). Beginning with an anticipatory set to activate the learner's prior knowledge, the lesson page begins by asking learners to think about their own personal use of portfolios. Immediately following, the essential material elements are presented in a cartoon image, capitalizing on the benefits of dual coding (Id.), using both images and key words to help learners pay attention and select appropriate information. The image also relies on spatial contiguity (Id.) in its presentation format. This webpage itself would fit into Mayer's (Id.) use of multimedia as "information acquisition." However, coupled with a reflective activity, learners would be able to make more integrated sense of the types of portfolios available and which types would be most suited for their particular needs. References: Barrett, H. (n.d.). ePortfolios and Google Apps. [Webpage]. Retrieved from http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/blog-entry-eportfolios-and-googleapps Mayer, R. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

In this Prezi, Pappas (2011) has designed a presentation that prompts the viewer to think about the reflective culture of a school. Coupled with the content in Pappas' (2010, January) blog series, "A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking for Students, Teachers and Principals," a learner-centered orientation to the process and importance of reflection in schools and learning is achieved. Embedded in the presentation itself are prompts to gain viewers' attention and provide opportunities to consider questions relevant to the content. As noted by Mayer (Laureate Education, 2010), the effectiveness of a technology is based on its application, guided by instructional method. While Prezi is receiving a lot of enthusiasm as an alternative to Power Point, effective use of this tool still relies on the designers' ability to create content that will effectively promote learning. References: Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010). Technology-centered vs. learner-centered instruction. [DVD]. Pappas, P. (2010, January 04). A taxonomy of reflection: Critical thinking for students, teachers and principals [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.peterpappas.com/2010/01/taxonomy-reflection-critical-thinking-students-teachers-principals-.html Pappas, P. (2011). The reflective school: A taxonomy of reflection. (Prezi Presentation). Retrieved from http://prezi.com/z-iozettlllo/the-reflective-school-by-peter-pappas/

SpicyNodes is a website that allows users to create node-maps (similar to mind maps) through an interactive, multimedia platform. Creating a node-map requires users to engage in highly complex cognitive tasks as users must create a hierarchal order for the information they want to present. As a teaching tool, each node can be designed to include both pictures or videos and text to highlight content, consistent with Mayer's (2009) dual channel processing principle. Designed effectively, a node-map can be an effective learner-centered approach for presenting information as the concise format of a node naturally aligns with the "limited capacity" of working memory (Id.). As a learning tool, learners can use node-maps to organize their thinking and developing understanding of complex subjects. Creating a node-map requires the user to carefully consider the relationship and interconnectedness of information and to organize that information in a meaningful manner. Reference: Mayer, R. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

PhET Interactive Simulations (http://phet.colorado.edu/) allow students to see and practice complex science concepts that they are working on in class and see them actually performed. These simulations offer students the opportunity to try things out in a simulation before constructing their own machines. It allows teachers to show students advanced concepts and principles that they may not have the lab equipment to do in class. Students are able to manipulate the variables to see what happens so that physics is more than a series of equations. Mayer (2009) would see this as a knowledge construction becuase students are able to go in and manipulate the variables in their own way so that they given any circumstances they can see what happens. They are able to construct their own knowledge based on the parameters they put into the simulations so they can see what would happen when they apply more force or increase the mass of an object, they can then use that information to help them determine if their calculations make sense.

USA Test Prep (www.usatestprep.com) is a site that our school pays to use that is extremely beneficial to students and teachers. The site itself allows students to practice on the state standards that we are learning in class in a variety of ways. They can play games, watch videos, and take practice test, review vocabulary and even complete teacher generated assignments. Mayer (2009) would consider this site as information acquisition because all learners will come away with the same knowledge. How they attain that knowledge will differ on the learner, if they are more of an auditory visual learner they will watch the videos on the content. If they are more of a hands on learner than they will most likely play the games so they can be involved in the learning. If they want to see what they already know they may take a practice test first to see where they should spend their time. Mayer (2009) would not consider this to be using technology for the technologies sake because authentic learning is taking place and students are able to drive how and what they learn.

.The website, Technology Resource Teachers, provides guidance and steps for teachers to update and utilize their promethean boards without having to ask their technology coordinator. It provides visuals along with step by step directions.

Internet 4 Classrooms is a free web portal designed to assist anyone with finding great quality Internet resources to use in the classroom. It provides help in developing projects, technology tutorials and content material. There are an enormous amount of interactive websites listed on this site. I

This learning centered, website from "YouTube" provides a tutorial covering the very basics of using Promethean Boards. It begins with the simple task of turning on the equipment. The many tools Promethean Boards have are covered and illustrations are given on how to utilize each of these.