J.+Workshop+Planning


 * Working Page in Wiki :** Now that you have determined the authentic assessment activity you want to develop for your workshop, create a working page in your wiki where you can begin planning.


 * 1) ** How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity? As stated by Mayer (2009), active processing occurs when humans engage in active learning by attending to relevant incoming information, organizing selected information into coherent menal representations, and integrating mental representations with other knowledge. Active cognitive processes simply stated requires that the participants of the workshop pay attention, organize information being presented and further integrate this new nformation with other knowlede. According to Mayer (2009) humans are active processors that seek to make sense of multimedia presentations. In order to assure that my workshop participants remain engaged and active throughout, I will structure the information(amount of knowledge) and the format and intensity so that the participants are provided with a coherent or flowing structure. Guidance will be available as participants embark on the design of wiki spaces, blogs, glogs and Skype. **
 * 2) ** What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology? By participating in the workshop people will be guided through the creation (product) of a wiki space, a blog account, experimentation with Glogster and establishing a Skype account. In order to create these collaborative pages participants will need access to a computer, the internet, specified URLs, and curriculum that is relevant to their area of expertise. Prior to attending the workshop particpants will be prompted a to what materials or information will be necessary to establish a fully functioning collaborative tool. Suggestions will include possible class projects, book reviews, current events (local/global), politics, environmental issues/concerns, poetry, communication with parents..... **
 * 3) ** What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? In order to provide workshop participants with a brief but comprehensive overview of the collaborative tools that can be integrated into the classroom, I will create two separate PowerPoint presentations. Each presentation will provide essential information, the benefits, etc. The first presentation will focus on wiki spaces and how these can be created and used within any classroom. Within the PowerPoint I will embed short video clips focusing on wikis. The second presentation will provide an overview of blogs, glogster and Skype. I will also embed short video clips within the presentation that demonstrate the effectivness of these tools. **
 * 4) ** How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation? Humans possess separate channels for processing visual and auditory information and humans are further limited in the amount of information that can be processes in each channel (Mayer, 2009). In order to accommodate for visual and auditory channels I will incorprate text and gaphics in the presentation. Since humans are limited in the amount of information that can be processed at one time, I will be selectie in the material that is included, leaving out extraneous audio, video and text. **
 * 5) ** What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop? The goal of the workshop is to provide middle school certified staff with tools for encouraging collaboration and authentic leanring that can be integrated within the classroom. Since most particpans are familiar with Microsoft Word ad how to create a graphic organizer using MS Word, I will provide them the opportunity to create a graphic organizer using FreeMind, an online graphic organizer program. I feel that by including this type of technology into the workshop, the participants will learn how easy it is to create an an online organizer that can be uploaded later to a wiki or blog . **
 * 6) ** What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop? Prior to beginning the actual workshop, participants will need to have knowledge of keyboarding, accessing the internet, and school access codes. **
 * 7) ** How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase? Tentatively, for the pre-training stage I will request participants to determine a project that entails collaboration, a topicto be discussed, and a "poster" or review type project. To compete this particiapnts may access websites on the internet, use textbooks, newspapers etc. for ideas. **
 * 8) ** What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)? The workshop will be held in the media center to permit 25 particpants access to a computer. Also needed for the workshop: internet, laptop, LCD projector, overhead projector . **
 * 9) ** What online applications might you use? [|Http://wikispaces.com], [], [|www.Skype.com], [|www.glogster.com]. **
 * 10) ** How will your participants collaborate on their projects? While each workshop participant will be working independently in the creation of each collaborative tool, there will be time for discussion and collaboration as needed. For a wrap-up activity, workshop partcipants will share one of the sites they created allowing other members to provide feedback. All participants will be encouraged to add each other as followers or members tothe sites created so that collaboration can continue once the workshop is complete . **
 * 11) ** How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop? Since the participants will be from various disciplines (science, math, english, ...) I will group members based on the content they teach. In dong this, participants can exchange ideas and projects that can be adapted to their classroom. **