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Brancher enables instructors to create scenarios, case studies, trouble-shooting workflows and much more. Students receive branched instruction based on their question answers, menu choices and/or their performance. Brancher combines text, imagery, animations, video, and audio for an exciting, multimedia eLearning experience. |
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Mapper enables instructors to synchronize Google Maps with instructional content that includes text, imagery, animations, video and audio. Students can click on a marker on a Google Map and see instructional content related to that geographical location or they can navigate through the instructional content and watch the map pan or jump to the location. |
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Panner enables instructors to create scrollable views that might represent timelines, landscape panoramas or just a unique means to tell a digital story. With Panner, instructors can combine text, imagery, animations, video, and audio for a multimedia eLearning experience. |
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Syncher is intended to give instructors a simple mechanism for synchronizing imagery and other multimedia with mp3 audio files or podcasts. Syncher adds another dimension to audio presentations with its addition of text, imagery, animations, video, and more audio. |
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Presenter makes the task of creating
stunning lesson pages trivial. Instructors
can choose from multiple layouts, insert
images, create smooth text (anti-aliased)
and automatically create hyperlinks and a
table of contents. |
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Crossword enables instructors to create
a crossword puzzle from any group of words
they wish. Instructors can type in science
terms, historical facts, literary
expressions or whatever they choose.
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FlashCards present students with a
series of cards. Students are required to
answer a question or identify an image by
typing in text. Instructors can require
students to type in exact spellings and
exact phrases or instructors can use special
characters such as * and ? to allow for
variations. |
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SlideShow allows an instructor to add
images and SWF animations to a slide show.
Students can move forward through the slideshow
one slide at a time or set the show to autoplay. Instructors can retain the
original resolution of an image so that
students can zoom in and explore the image
in detail. |
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Timeline enables students to scroll
through time, click on key events, read
descriptions and see the relationship of
events graphically represented.
Timeline is easy for instructors to
configure. Instructors add key events, type
in relevant information and save their work.
The Timeline interaction automatically
performs the calculations to best represent
the information to the student.
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BoardMaker retains all of the advantages
of a traditional display board but in an
online setting. Instructors can choose
from multiple layouts with text, imagery,
SWF animations and SWF video. Students
can see the whole presentation at a glance
and then drill into individual panels to
read the text or view the image. |
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Sequencer
provides students with
a sequence of activities that includes
simple text descriptions, web pages,
animations and, most importantly, other
lodeStar activities. Instructors, for
example, can create a Timeline, a
Presentation and a Challenger Game and then
sequence these along with external web pages
and swf animations. |
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Sequencer as WebQuest
Sequencer can
sequence different types of activities
including the 5 essential components that
are part of a webquest (i.e. Introduction,
Task, Process, Evaluation and Conclusion.)
Instructors have used webquests to help
guide their students inquiry into a specific
topic. Webquests are a useful
instructional strategy to define a task and
process and limit the students exploration
of the web to specific sites.
Webquests often involve team collaboration,
inquiry and many of the skills that have
been identified as critical skills of the
21st century worker. |
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A Sequence of Activities Directed at a Single Topic In this example, Sequencer is used in concert with Flashcards, Concentration, WebQuest, and other templates to engage students in activities in support of Electronic Health Records -- an important topic in Nursing Education. This demonstration shows how a variety of activities can reinforce skills in any given topic. |
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Math and Reading Practice Tests are available for $900 per school
Math and Reading Practice Tests Instructional Designs Incorporated used LodeStar to produce practice tests in Mathematics (grades 3 - 8) and Reading (grades 3 - 5). The MCA success kit is available for purchase through Instructional Designs Incorporated at http://www.instructionaldesigns.net/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=423 |
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Sharpen enables an instructor to construct a list of words and hints and place them in a politically correct hangman game. As the student correctly chooses letters, the blanks fill in. When the student answers incorrectly, the pencil sharpener shortens the pencil. |
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