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Teacher blogs are a great resource for creating a learner centered classroom. This article explains why we need to prepare students for the technology shift. In other words how import using technology is in a learner centered classroom.

Name: Ultimate Guide To Mozilla Firefox Collections URL: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/ultimate-guide-to-mozilla-firefox-collection/ Explanation: Written in an organized manner with easy-to-follow language, this site provides a detailed explanation and guide to using and creating Firefox Collections. Graphics are included to support the learner. Reasoning: The graphics provide great support to the learner and the material is covered from the basic concepts to the completion of a collection providing a full range of resource material for understanding.

This tutorial presents the step by step process of creating a blog on www.blogger.com or www.blogspot.com. There is no extraneous information, no simulations, and focuses on the important steps of how to create a blog. It is easy to follow.

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1. Pre-training Name of the site: Blogger Tour URL: http://www.Blogger.com/tour_start.g This website serves as an outline for a brief tutorial of Blogging and what it means to Blog. This website will give novice users the opportunity to explore why Blogging will be such an essential tool for creating a collaborative and informative learning environment that will build positive relationships and enrich learning opportunities.

My final website is a blog which reviews and discusses many of the applications that educators could benefit from in their classes. The author of the blog, Gregory Swanson, compiles a comprehensive list of important apps for various facets of the educational community. He also provides tricks and tips geared for the education community. There is also a link to another blog: http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/ which provides a video that helps teachers visualize how they could incorporate the device into their classrooms. These sites would fall into the cognitive activity realm of Mayer's (2009) theory. They are also on the low end of the cognitive activity scale. There is not as much activation of prior knowledge or structure that would enhance the learning, but they do offer information relevant to the education profession.

This is an overview of setting up a blog. THis uses many graphics for examples.

Embedit.in is a very useful site for incorporating multimedia elements into any website. It is at the generative level of cognitive processing, as it focuses on integrating content into an effective presentation. An advantage to the site is that it is easy to use, as users simply upload documents, images, graphics, etc. or link to them on another site, and an embed code is provided. The site also provides analytic feedback on how the elements are used. Site allows the following types of files to be uploaded and embedded in blogs, wikis, etc.: Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf, wpd, odt, ods, odp; Images: png, jpg, gif, tiff, psd, bmp, eps, ai; Text: txt, rtf, csv

Qwiki helps you turn any website creation into an interactive multimedia experience. You can embed and share content on any blog or website and include tweets for continual commenting. Narration is auto-generated alongside maps and graphics. It converts pictures, videos, location data, and text into interactive media. Take the Internet and redesign it to provide the content you need together for you to share where ever. There is a mobile device app developed for this tool making it compatible with all Internet accessible products. This is a simple presentation development tool for essential learning.

This is a free site for creating a wide variety of presentations. Everything from using personal photos to using the preloaded images, to audio, blogs, cartoons, digital storytelling, and mindmapping is available here.

Google Presentations, while not the most sophisticated of online presentation formats, makes up for its simpler approach in its ability to be shared and collaborated upon in extraordinary ways. It is easily used for students to demonstrate their understanding and integration of presented material. What stands out, is its ability to be utilized in Google+ Hangouts for instant presentation and collaboration. It can also be easily embedded and shared across multiple social platforms and blogs. Finally, with the prevalence of students with gMail accounts, most students already have this just waiting for them at their fingertips.

This blog explains the elements of a quality storyboard and how one can be created for an e-learning course. The site includes text, audio, and examples.

Nice summary blog.

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/