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For the Presentation section of the Workshop, this free audio software can be used as a podcast or simply the audio and embeded into a Wiki or Ning or PowerPoint project.

Zoho Show is an online presentation tool. It has clipart and pre-built themes for users to create their presentations. It is user friendly, simple drag-n drop feature.

The free presentation software allows teachers to insert text, images, video, spreadsheet data, and audio. Users can cut and paste in video clips from any website. The presentations shared online through collaboration. \nWhy this one: Teachers create and share numerous instructional presentations strengthen essential learning and collaborative planning. \n

Creating presentation could not get any easer with ZOHO. This tool is free and has the ability for users to create and present from remote locations. Your presentations can be accessed and edited from any PC connected to the internet. The tool is great for collaboration and has the capabilities of embedding data in Wiki pages or blogs.

What it does: Capture your keystrokes, mouse movement, and screens to teach someone how to do a procedure. You can add voice to explain it. Why this one? It is free and very easy to use. Learning curve is quick. I have used it for my company many times. Learning benefit? For essential learning, learners can see exactly what they are supposed to do. When they trial and error it on their own, if they make a mistake, they can easily go back and watch the video again to discover their possible mis-path

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!

What it does: There are 36 different graphic organizers that teachers and students can print and use. Why this one: This site has 36 different graphic organizers for which permission is granted for educators to reproduce and utilize. The variety of organizers covers a large realm of different possibilities for different project. Learning benefits: Teachers can use these for themselves as well as students and could generate a great deal of ideas on how to incorporate into a multimedia method. The conversion from paper to electronic would serve two purposes - generative learning of creating an electronic version and the graphic organization of the lesson.

Eduplace provides free graphic organizers that users can modify to fit their needs. These graphic organizers promote essential learning because it aids in the organization of content. I chose this site because of its wide variety of graphic organizer types and because it was part of a reputable organization, Houghton Mifflin publishers.

Education Place provides a repository of printable graphic organizers.

What it does: It allows you to create a collage of pictures that scroll horizontally across the screen. It allows for links and embedded videos as well. Why this one: One version of it is free. It is simple and easy to use. It maintains interest as the photos scroll across the screen and seems to eliminate many of the possible extraneous material that is sometimes easily added to a multimedia presentation. The rate and flow of the scrolling is user controlled. Learning benefits: Text can be added, but this application is an excellent example of how "A picture paints a thousand words," and how a learner can generate their own interpretation and message from the presentation.

You can use Collage to quickly produce dynamic interactive panoramas with hot-spots. Use Studio to build a personalized media presentation and, place it in your Collage. Use express to build presentations with dynamic content from RSS feeds and online albums. Tap into Cut-out Express to use your photos as frames for slideshows. Vuvox is user friendly with a fast layout and customization of photos, video, text and music. It is easy to add media hotspots, narrate interactivity, and publish to any webpage.

This is a presentation creation program on the web that allows the addition of images and text in different ways, such as collage. There is a limited free version and the program is easy to use.

A great website that contains example of authentic tasks and rubrics. I like the variety of rubrics shared at this website.

This is the second of three screencasts I created for my multimedia workshop.  Here, I demonstrate how to enhance a 2-dimensional design by using dumpr.net.  I also demonstrated how to take a screen shot of an existing image using a Mac.

Great site for learning pencil shading and portrait drawing techniques.

This is a fun, interactive activity where parents, teens, or tweens can learn about who can be an internet predator.

This website contains a multimedia presentation for parents who want to know how to monitor their child on Facebook. There is an "advice and answers" section, links to resources, and a video presentation that describes how parents can find out what their child is doing on the computer, specifically on Facebook.

This instructional site supports teachers and students with interactive tutorials and samples related problem-based learning video productions.

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.

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.

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.

this is a pretty accurate citation maker from Purdue University

Provides a brief learning experience on a tool that helps users create three-dimensional text / animations for use in Web sites.