Planning

- Within the professional development session, participants get the opportunity to see some presentations that have been created by other teachers. Participants will see that they can all use the resources and materials in provided in Notebook software and change it to fit the needs of their students. To help participants to put all parts of the professional development together, they will use graphic organizers to keep up with useful information. Participants will keep an interactive notebook of information that will be useful to their topic chosen for their authentic assessment. Participants’ will chose a lesson to teach to their students and create an interactive notebook lesson to go with it.
 * 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? **

- For the actual professional development, my presentation would be created in using Notebook software. However, everyone doesn’t have notebook software therefore, the presentation will be in the form of a power point. Notebook software makes the information interactive and easier to work with or move around. Participants will also be provided with extra helpful tutorial sites on different uses of Notebook software. - To make sure that participants are receiving the information that is needed and most important, I will make sure to not overload the presentation slides. Slides will contain the appropriate graphics, text, and information needed to go with the professional development topic. No extraneous information will be added, causing participants to pay attention to other things rather than the information being discussed.
 * What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screen cast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation? **

- A KWL and a flow chart will be best to give my participants to help facilitate learning in the workshop. Participants will be able to see the information that they learned at the end of the workshop and can compare it to what they already knew. Oftentimes, I find it effective if students can actually see the progress they have made at the end of a unit using a KWL chart. - The flow chart will help participants put their information in sequential order when planning the interactive lesson for the authentic assessments.
 * What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop? **

- Participants are required to use prior knowledge to add to their new knowledge of the Notebook software. Many of the participants will already know some information about assessments and other effective materials that can be found in the notebook gallery for their use. What’s most important is knowing how effective each resource is and when is the best time to use it. With their prior knowledge and the new information, participants will create their own interactive notebook lesson at the end of the workshop. The lesson must be something that they will use in their classrooms with their students to receive feedback on the effectiveness of the lesson.
 * 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? **

- SMART Interactive whiteboard - School laptop to hook to SMART board - Computer lab (enough for participants) - Internet - Participants should bring flash drives
 * What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)? **

- Graphic organizers - Notebook Basics Video Tutorial - Sample Notebooks from other teachers
 * What online applications might you use? **

- Participants will be grouped an activity that will mix the groups up. Participants can work in groups of 2 or 3, no larger than 3 to create their authentic assessments. By mixing the participants, each person will be able to bring their individual perspectives to the group. Each group will choose a topic to teach and create an interactive notebook lesson. The interactive notebook lesson must show that participants have mastered the learning outcomes of the workshop.
 * How will your participants collaborate on their projects? How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop? **