Planning+Page+for+Multimedia+Project

Questions to answer for Module 2:

1. How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity? What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology?

If I understand the idea of Mayer's principle of active processing correctly, is that it is the idea of how information is presented, how learners organize that information, and then how they choose to use the information. As an assessment activity, I would like for my audience to create an Edmodo account, create classes, add students, teachers, and subject areas and begin being active participants in an online classroom environment. By doing this, learners will be actively processing the information presented during our workshop.

2. 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)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation?

I would like to use a video that introduces the key concepts from Edmodo or YouTube (both have introductory videos) and share that with the staff. The video will show why Edmodo is such a successful tool for creating an online community with students and other teachers. Being that most of the teachers are unfamiliar with Edmodo, I will be segmenting the information where the teachers can see, hear, and then do (visual, audio, and application).

3. What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?

I will probably provide a handout that will also be available on Google Docs that will allow users to have access to web site, steps, helpful hints/tips, etc.

4. What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop? How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase?

In the initial video, it will provide background knowledge on what Edmodo is and how teachers and students alike feel about using it. That way, teachers will have an understanding of its rationale prior to beginning the registration/setup processes.

5. What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)?

I will need my laptop (docked) so that it displays what I am doing and what videos I want to view on screen in front of room, as well as, having workshop in computer lab (with internet access) so that teachers are able to interact with site as I explain. Hear, See, Do.

6. What online applications might you use?

www.edmodo.com www.youtube.com Google Docs

7. How will your participants collaborate on their projects? How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop?

Staff members will create an Edmodo account, add classes and students, and then add their account to both the New Hope Middle and Whitfield County Edmodo profiles so that teachers can interact with not only their own students, but teachers at their school and across their county to collaborate and discuss meaningful learning.