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Wordle also features a gallery of multimedia content in which Words are displayed as a form of art.

* Wordle is a "Word cloud" generator from text that you provide giving greater prominence to Words that appear more frequently in the source text. The clouds can be tweaked with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes, and the images can either be printed out or saved to the Wordle gallery to share with others online. Wordle can be used to introduce key vocabulary for a lesson or unit providing a visual of important terminology. * I found Wordle to be better than other "Word cloud" websites I looked at because it is simple to use and there are many excellent examples created by others that are provided for ideas.

o Wordle provides already established Wordles or Word maps around numerous topics. In addition, users can create their own customized Wordles to demonstrate they have key understanding of a particular concept. To enhance generative learning, not only can students try to make sense of the concept but also work with others to compare Wordless and discover other ways of viewing concepts, characters, books, and just about any topic being discussed. o Wordle provides an easy way to create Wordles and instantly change format, colors, fonts, and look and feel.

Brief description ...: This program allows the teacher to create a visual word cloud from a list of words or passages which helps to familiarize the learner with information that will be covered during the lesson or training session. As a generative process, the learners working memory is stimulated as it opens the senses for what is to come, during the presentation. Brief explanation ...: I like this site because it can be used to summarize documents like reports, speeches, and etc. into easily read word clouds. In addition, it makes important words bigger than other words.

* Brief description of Web site: A free tool that allows users to create online word clouds from sentences, whole documents, web addresses, or tables. After completing, these word clouds can be printed out. * Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found: Besides the fact that this is a free resource, it is very user friendly because it allows users to design their own word clouds as they would like (i.e. choose their layout, choose their own colors, fonts, sizes, etc.).

Description: Allows users to create graphics style art with words. words are randomly positioned where the more important words are made bigger. Explanation: This is a great tool for tool for users to create a cluster of words about a topic and use them the same way they might use a graphic. This was preferred to other programs because there is no registration required.

Turns anything you want inot visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. This was a great site, gave many options to upload from, also had gallery to choose the orientation of your word cloud. My participants can use this as a visual along with their videos they create.

Tagxedo is a site that creates word clouds from user inputs. The site will convert a block of text to a word cloud, which can be transformed into a variety of shapes. words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud. Teachers can use this for pre-training to present key terms. Based on the size of the words, learners can determine the key terms for the content they are learning, as well as important words associated with those key terms. The teacher can manipulate the text to place emphasis on the words of their choice. A feature of Tagxedo that distinguishes it from other sites is the feature that allows the user to upload an image and form the word cloud using she shape of that image. A teacher could use this possibility to further emphasize an important key term or concept. This site can be used for essential learning by providing learners with knowledge of key terms prior to the lesson, freeing important space in working memory for the processing of other information.

* Tagxedo is a great way to make "word clouds" from websites and different social networks in real-time by customizing the font, theme, color, orientation, and shape. Tagxedo is an excellent resource to use when introducing new content material, because of the ability to use Internet web addresses and other media that can be added to the word cloud.
* I found Tagxedo to be better than other "word cloud" websites because it is effective at using paragraphs of text to highlight key vocabulary and has many options to create a better-finished product that can be transferred to other mediums.

TagCrowd (http://tagcrowd.com/) takes the presentation that one is going to do in class and creates a word cloud of the words that are most important to the training topic. Students can see which words will be most relevant to what they are learning by the size of the words in the word cloud. TagCrowd allows its users the option to download the word cloud to a pdf file or it gives it the code to embed into a website of blog. TagCrowd does allow the user to change the fonts, style, color scheme but for a small onetime fee of $19. The ability to omit words, determine the number of vocabulary words that you want your word cloud to have and the embed codes given to you make it surpass some of their free counterparts like wordle because what you can do with the word cloud once it is completed is limited.

TagCrowd (http://tagcrowd.com/) takes the presentation that one is going to do in class and creates a word cloud of the words that are most important to the training topic. Students can see which words will be most relevant to what they are learning by the size of the words in the word cloud. TagCrowd allows its users the option to download the word cloud to a pdf file or it gives it the code to embed into a website of blog. TagCrowd does allow the user to change the fonts, style, color scheme but for a small onetime fee of $19. The ability to omit words, determine the number of vocabulary words that you want your word cloud to have and the embed codes given to you make it surpass some of their free counterparts like wordle because what you can do with the word cloud once it is completed is limited.

You are your words allows learners to create images made of words. The depiction starts with a self-selected portrait oriented image, then the addition of words that fill to create a shaded silhouette of the picture. The active engagement required focus on cognitive activity as the learner designed words to pictorially aid human cognition. This is accomplishing learner-centered learning by adapting multimedia technology to show how the human mind works (Mayer, 2009, p. 15). Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Description: This is a tutorial on the Word 2010 environment. This helps students become familiar with the new version of Microsoft Word before attending the Word 2010 Introduction training class at our facility. Explanation: There are many videos online that help to show how to use Microsoft Office. Even Microsoft has tutorials. I have found these to be exceptional. They provide text, graphics, videos and hands-on tutorials created in Flash. This all-round training option meets the needs of all learning styles.

Tagul (http://tagul.com/) is a free word cloud generator. This generator is better than wordle and many of its counterparts because even on the free version you have so many stylistic controls. The creator can input the text; determine the color scheme, the shape or the word cloud, axis rotation, and number of words to be displayed. It even has a rollover option for the word that is used infrequently that may be hard to read. The software allows for multiple saving options and even offers embedding code so that the word cloud can be put directly into a website.

I know we only needed two pre-training websites, but I just wanted to include this one so that I did not forget about it, as I find it to be a great resource. What it does: Generates a list of synonyms for a chosen word. Provides a "mind map" type of chart for the synonyms. Why this one: It is extremely simple and quick to use. Teaches are always short on time. This is a resource that requires no learning time. Results are immediate. Learning benefits: The mind map results chart is great for generative learning. It launches possibilities from which a learner can begin brainstorming.

The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus that encourages exploration and learning. This program is easy to use and creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words, helping to understand the concepts to engage in the learning process.

Although this website requires a subscription, I found it to be so easy to use that its well worth it. My participants can take any key word they want and instantly create a thinkmap with a few clicks!

Brief description ...: In this program, the learner is able to create a word cloud, as well as, click on the word to get a visual dictionary, definition, examples of the word and etc. The word sift provides an engaging learning environment. Brief explanation ...: I like this site because of the many tools available to help the learner become familiar with the lesson which will presented.

This website provides a tutorial explanation sheet on how to create a graphic organizer in Microsoft Word. Step by step instructions with a visual are provided for viewer. The website is a great way for teachers to become familiar with technology and creating a customized graphic organizer to fit the content needs. Explanations on how to insert shapes and change the color scheme are detailed enough to help the uneducated participant. The visuals add to the explanation of how to create the graphic organizer. The user can see how the screen on Microsoft Word should appear; this assists in finding the correct icon for each step.

Vocabulary A to Z- Custom Vocabulary Builder http://www.vocabularya-z.com/ I believe that Vocabulary A to Z can be used for pre-training because before I ever start anything new I need my students to be aware of and know the definitions for words that will be introduced and by doing vocabulary before I start the new information front loads my students to be prepared for the information to come. Vocabulary A to Z is a site that offers a free trial for 30 days and then requires a low annual payment of $19.95. I have found this twenty dollars a year to be indispensable when I consider the types of products that I am able to create with it. The wonderful thing about Vocabulary A to Z is that it offers so many different types of resources for all different subjects, grade levels and disciplines, but the feature that I love the most is the custom vocabulary builder they provide. I can enter my list of vocabulary words for any given novel, text book chapter, poem, anything and this custom builder helps me to organize and produce high quality and visually pleasing handouts and information sheets for my students.

This website shows how to create a customized organized chart in Microsoft Word 2007. The verbal directions that correlate with the visual modeling foster generative processing of essential information. In addition, workshop participants may wish to personalize or modify graphic organizers to fit within their individual classrooms.

This website gives step-by-step instructions for using the tools of Microsoft Word to create a graphic organizer. This is especially helpful for developing age-appropriate graphic organizers for teachers in adult education.

"Mrs. Pearce's Classroom Website" is a website that offers many research-based ideas that will assist teachers in creating more successful literacy work stations. The website includes many words and pictures, which is promoting learning. The website is learner-centered due to the fact that it is aiding human cognition with the graphics and words included. Although the website is not very interactive, it does offer many examples which teachers can use to build on prior knowledge and their own experiences. This website is an example of multimedia instruction, pictures and words meant to foster learning (Mayer, 2009, p. 5).

Excellent for helping learners determine key concepts in a visual way. Fun, too.

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This site allows users to simply enter a word to find the meaning and related associations. The site provides a visual definition that can be accessed by teachers ad students. The site is free and does not require membership, making it an asset to the public education environment. I selected this site to use as a pre-training activity to have participants enter a word related to collaboration within the classroom and then share with the group the results. The participants will share (collaborate) the similarities and differences and how these relate to the classroom environment currently being reinforced and how this may change after the workshop.

Pre-Training 1. Wordle URL: http://www.Wordle.net/ Description: Generates "Word clouds" from text so that participants can familiarize themselves with Words and terms frequently used in the workshop. Explanation: Have always wondered how advertisers managed to arrange Words of varying sizes and colors into a visually appealing montage. This software makes the task exceptionally easy. 2. Voice Thread URL: http://voicethread.com Description: Allows learners to look at examples of artwork as a group and to comment freely. Explanation: This provides an ability to get impressions from participants in real time.

This site is at the essential cognitive processing level, focusing on essential concepts/processes and pre-training. The site provides a step-by-step overview of how graphic organizers might be created using Microsoft Word. The site is effective because it allows users to control the pacing and provides images that correlate with the instructional text. It breaks the process into small, simple steps.

This is a free visual thesaurus that offers various uses. I am using this as a way to introduce concepts being taught in the workshop and will encourage the participants to make their own.