Questions

Questions

//**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?**// //**Mayer's principle of active processing will be included through the use of engaging students in media technology. Students will create their wiki and use resources online. The material will be presented through projection on the promethean board. Online Videos will be used and students will collaborate. Students will create and have an opportunity during this workshop to collaborate, make adjust from ideas gained in collaboration and share their production.**//

//**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)?**// //**Power point**// //**Video will already be created**// //**How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation?**// //**According to Mayer, the brain does not interpret a multimedia presentation of words, pictures, and auditory information in a mutually exclusive fashion. These elements are selected and organized. New information is integrated with prior knowledge.**// //**The participants will be guided to select relevant words and images. They will make connections from their background knowledge they have generated through the pre-assignment. These strategies will reduce the load of information coming in at one time.**//

**//What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?//** **//A graphic organizer that will include specific terms and steps used in the creation of the wiki will be included.//**

**//What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop?//** **//A background knowledge of wikis will be created in a comfortable setting. This will take place prior to the workshop. The participant will choose a teacher they know. They will spend about 15 to 20 minutes together. The participant will choose to spend this time in observation of that teachers classroom while wiki is being used or through one on one time with the teacher demonstrating what he/she does with the classroom wiki.//**

//**How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase?**// Participants will have a pre-workshop assignment. They will spend 15 minutes with a teacher of their choice. This time will be used to experience the reality of wiki in the classroom. This assignment is outlined in the Authentic Assessment Activity page. By participating in this activity, the workshop participant is building background knowledge and gaining pre- knowledge of the material and vocabulary.

//** What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)? **// Laptops, Promethean board, Internet, computer

**//What online applications might you use?//** Wiki, online video, promethean planet

//**How will your participants collaborate on their projects? How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop?**// Students will have an opportunity to collaborate several times throughout the workshop. They will begin the workshop with a networking experience. Later, they will participate in two sessions of collaboration. These are outlined in the agenda.