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This website allows participants to access and explore a demonstrative Moodle course. It is useful for generative learning, as it offers teachers participating in the workshop the opportunity to experience the course from a student perspective. Also, this demo course allows them to simulate activities that they can manipulate to learn concepts related to the course creation. I have selected this site as it features a demonstrative course that outlines some of Moodle's main features by providing examples of resources and activities. Furthermore, it allows teachers to use simulation to design course activities.

Participants will be using Cacoo in the class to organize their thoughts in a graphic organizer. They will be able to make a copy of a graphic organizer that was created through Cacoo as well as have access to the original. Participants will be able to edit and add information to their copy and the original will be filled out by the instructor compiling the different ideas shared during the workshop. The active learning that will take place would be both behavioral and cognitive. Behavioral learning will take place as they interact and add to the graphic organizer. Cognitive learning will take place as the participants generate ideas and organize them into their graphic organizer.

This is the presentation wiki for my 7107 multimedia workshop.

This is the working wiki for my 7107 Multimedia Workshop

Located within the apple.com website, this link offers educators a variety of guides and ideas for integrating the suite of Apple products into their classrooms. One resource directly related to my workshop about the iPad device is: http://images.apple.com/education/docs/Getting_Started_with_Apple_iOS_Devices_20110912.pdf Here, users can learn about the different ways to integrate the iPad device into their lessons. There are many step by step guides for the different features of the iPad which include graphics and screen shots of the device. Similar to the first website I mentioned, this is a cognitive activity in that the users are processing how they could incorporate a device into their daily routine. After they have learned some of the procedures, they then move to behavioral activities where they manipulate the device as shown in the guides.

Jing is a screencasting computer program which takes a picture of a computer screen and instantly provides it a URL and is uploaded to the web. It can then be shared instantly between collaborators. Jing offers capture, history, and more in the little transparent "sun" at the top of the screen. A free account can be set-up and software can be downloaded. This will provide the live presenter with opportunities for anytime essential screenshots for projection during the workshop. The screenshot will generate inquiry into the software programs.

This video describes some of the fundamental principles of policies and procedures. Part of my workshop is to explain the importance of documents in an organization and how they influence the processes in place in a company.

* PowToon is a new presentation tool to create animated presentations and cartoon style videos. It can be used to captivate the interest of students of all ages, increase engagement and provide an excellent alternative to PowerPoint and Prezi that I will use in my workshop presentation.
* I found Powtoon to be better than other presentation websites due to the ease of use of this web resource that is new to most students and teachers. Powtoon also encourages excitement and motivation of students learning with the creation of animations, and it is free!

The site provides a free service as well as one that can be purchased. For the purpose of classroom or workshop use, the free version is all that is required. By signing up, if the user has a Google account this process is only a matter of linking the two, the user creates a name and password, and can begin creating. There are samples provided and a help center if needed. This site provides the presenter or teacher with speedy feedback to help monitor the lessons. Easy to use and fun, even for students.

o SurveyMonkey is a useful site for creating surveys and polls. Responses can be instantly shown in a graph to generate discussion. For pre-training specifically it can allow teacher to get background information on learners, and to get an understanding of what students may or may not know. Identifying gaps in pre-training can help better gear a lesson towards the audience's needs. Thus, from the beginning, this tool can help learners make sense of what they know, and what they need help with to fully comprehend. Presenting pictures to foster generative learning is crucial according to Mayer (2009), and SurveyMonkey can provide data in various graphic formats to help learners visualize and solidify a mental picture of data. o SurveyMonkey provides many features in the free version. Other than customized urls, analysis, and major reports, all else that is needed for polling and surveying can be found in the free version.

Youtube is a site that gives the user the opportunities to post videos about almost anything online. It is a video sharing website where users can upload and share videos. I chose this as a resource because it has a large resource of information that can be used for teaching purposes. Youtube makes posting and searching for videos simply because it is very easy to use.

What it is: YouTube provides millions of free videos on every topic imaginable. However, in addition to finding videos, YouTubes new video editor allows users to create their own videos as well. Why it's better: YouTube provides a user-friendly interface that most are familiar with. Videos, images, sounds, text, and photos can all be combined to create instant videos that provide prior knowledge to students. All videos under 15 minutes are free. Since YouTube is a part of Google, all items are synced with your Google account. While there are many other free video creation tools available, YouTube truly does provide an easier experience.

YouTube offers users the opportunity to compile their work in the form of a video. One feature of YouTube is the capability of adding closed caption. Videos can be used for essential and generative learning because it provides a platform for learners to authentically demonstrate their understanding of the content.

I love this website.

This website allows you to choose an avatar and design a 3D animated presentation of the text provided. This will be a great added feature to add visuals to what I have to share for my presentation. In my classroom, this multimedia tool would inspire student creativity, meet student learning needs who may be uncomfortable speaking in front of others.

You can use this site to make animated movies of your presentation.

The Smart Technologies website provides an abundant amount of information about Smartboards but the writer paid close attention to the Education link. The site gave basic information about different Smartboard models and how they are used in classrooms. There were videos, links and graphics used to deliver information.

Big displays in workshops and other presentations is an essential feature. Whether it's an IWB or just a big projection screen, the ability to display enlarged content for all to see is invaluable. In this manner, IWBs enrich the experience with it's interactive capabilities and robust software (Notebook 10 for SmartBoards). A little known feature of Notebook 10 is an included LinQ application that allows for the networking of 5 additional laptops that can share their screens to the SmartBoard. Oh yes it doeoess. . .

A Course Management System for educators.

Moodle is an open source Learning Management System. It allows educators the opportunity to develop online courses, or to augment their traditional face-to-face course. Activity modules can be created around particular content. Also, Moodle offers various tools for authentic assessment, which may include quizzes, forums, and assignments. Because the workshop will focus on the use of Moodle, the selection of Moodle for authentic assessment activities was an appropriate one.

This is a great resource for teachers. It offers videos, docs, audio, photos, channels, blogs, etc. that teachers can share. Videos can be uploaded and downloaded to share with other teachers. I think this will be a very useful and effective way to share presentations in my workshop.

This website is an interactive graphic organizer tool. It is a free resource that allows the user to create many graphic organizers to be used in a class. It is very user friendly, and can be designed to fit any workshop. Also, it allows real-time collaboration.

This website is another mind map interactive tool. It offers many design features that allows the user the freedom to design a mind map. It is an awesome brainstorming tool that I will use in my workshop as a pre-training activity. I think this website is easy to use, and I love that fact that it creates an outline as you make the mind map.

This website allows the user to create interactive, unique mind maps that can be shared with peers , saved, or printed. The application is free. It is very useful for brainstorming. It will be useful in the pre-training of my Literacy Work Stations workshop. It is very easy to use, and I like the way it allows the user to be creative.

The correct website is www.mywebspiration.com. This website has various applications. For purposes of my workshop pre-training, I would lead with a mindmap that would illustrate its organization and concepts, and then hyperlink these to the tutorials in commoncraft.com and other resources. Audio, sharing, and outlining features would also be leveraged.