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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.

I am amazed at the capabilities of collaboration software. The use of Elluminate, in particular, has been demonstrated in LiveChat presentations by a number of my professors. With a network such as proposed in my Smartboard entry, and with all computers equipped with webcams, the breadth of educational technology can be put on display. This is perfect for the purposes of my workshop.

Scribbler is a great, user friendly multi-user whiteboard application where groups and individuals can meet together and not only create, but edit and converse about assignments and projects. This can be used for an entire session of a workshop to meet online rather than face to face, or through a website.

Assignment, Module 3 - Edmodo.com is a free, secure, social learning site for classrooms.  It is a blogging-type platform that allows users to share ideas, post questions, polls, files, links, and other assignments.  Students can create an avatar for responding to the assignment.  It also allows for mobile access and messaging.  It includes a class calendar, a grading application, and RSS feeds.  Educators can set up a secure site for each class or learning unit.  It can be employed in a  synchronous or asynchronous format.   Also, it includes a teacher connections forum.

* Edmodo is a social networking/learning management system tool for students and teachers to engage and personalize learning, connect with resources, and measure progress. It can be used for essential or generative learning through participation in discussion threads, learning groups and communities, delivery of content for assignments and resources, and taking tests and quizzes. * I found Edmodo to be better than other authentic assessment activity resources because many teachers use it as a learning management system, it is easy to use and provides a safe and secure online classroom environment that is free. Edmodo also provides the capability of interfacing assignment and assessments with other web resources.

Assignment, Module 3 - Animoto.com is a fast, free, easy-to-use, video production site.  Users can turn their digital photos, video clips, and music into well-orchestrated movie presentations.  It is trendy, fast-paced, and geared toward the young, digital natives that thrive on personally-produced content.  Animoto encourages creative applications of learning.

Description: Video slideshow creator using words and audio and graphics Why better: Slideshows can align with Mayer's(2001) principles. Downloadable and embeddable.

Animoto is designed to allow its users to upload captions and images in order to create vivid videos set to music. Animoto videos are what I like to consider, "smart videos." They analyze the video, feel the music, and then customize the video, allowing users to share and publish their unique video to any webpage. Animoto videos are a creative and fun way to introduce a topic of study, introduce vocabulary, or to teach a short lesson with. Animoto is free to use after making an account, but unless a membership is purchased with Animoto, the videos that you make will be no longer than 30 seconds in length. I have used it with my presentations, after purchasing a membership, and participants of the presentation were engaged and excited about what they saw and learned. It makes learning more interesting. Animoto is better than most other video production sites as it offers its users a variety of professionally looking templates to add your photos, text, and audio to, whereas other sites are limited on their templates to basic features.

Site with video and text to describe how to create video presentations for the classroom . . . for student and teacher self-created videos

The Microsoft Movie maker site uses cogitative activity to teach learners how to create multimedia presentations. This site supports the learning needs by using audio and imagery when students create and share their movies. Mayer (2010) is a strong believer that verbal and visual representation is essential to process and organize data. In using Mayer's dual channel system the system uses the learner-centered approach since the design features are simple (2010).

A digital library collection of proceedings, conference papers, ebooks, talks, topics, ppts, tags, and journal articles.

Mostly technology-centered resources for multimedia technologies

Resources include: Tech Tools, Tech & Learning, and Internet such as ThinkQuest and online projects. Inquiry-based learning focus for student-centered, active learning approach focusing on questioning, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

The Teacher's Hub is a page from SMART that provides users with notebook collaborative learning software tutorials. On this page, teachers as well as others can learn information that will help add creative touches to lesson materials or even organize your work and teach interactive lessons. This site is a technology-centered learning site.

The following multimedia presentation represents students at a University that are expressing the "analog" learning available and their need for digital technology. I find this presentation to be an interesting representation of what students feel they need in order to learn in today's society versus what the university feels is an acceptable means of education. The focus of this article is technology-centered.

Wiki for Snyder's Multimedia Workshop on Basic Web Site Construction using Online Tools and by Coding by Hand

Voki is a online site that allows the learner to create their own speaking avatar. Once the avatar is created, there is an opportunity to demonstrate generative learning by creating speech for the avatar. The speech can be recorded by one's own voice or done through a text to speech tool. In my project, this will be a way for workshop participants to use generative learning to apply their learning to creating their own project. They will post an avatar on their wiki to entice learners to use it, giving purpose and features that will make the wiki useful to the participant. I chose this site for many reasons. Although it is very simple to use, it requires a high level of creativity that is engaging for learners. The product is high quality and is able to be shared via email and different online environments.

Voki is a great multimedia website that will allow students to create talking avatars depicting themselves or historical figures.  I will use this site in my presentation wiki on infusing mulitmedia in a history class.

This website allows users to design an avatar. A video demonstrating the use of avatars for editing rough drafts show a potential use of this Web 2.0 tool for the K-12 classroom. This video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/embed/ao9KQltMkP0

Quick video tutorial for getting started with Rubistar the online rubric generator.

Teacher-friendly tutorial that discusses wikis, the significance of the its usage in the classroom environment as well as gives specific instructions on how to create a wiki within Wikispaces.

Educators discussing the advantages of wikis as a collaborative tool for school and classroom usage.

Tools for teachers with specific correlative standards for multimedia use