Objective: Identify authoring tools that offer a multimedia environment for students to express and communicate their ideas.

The first tool talked about, the Concept Map Communications Tool, is very interesting and geared towards every learner. I say this because, whether the student has a visual/spatial learning style or a learning style centered more around listening, this tool allows for both. This tool also creates a map for the students, letting them brainstorm thier ideas, and lay them out in a comprehensive, orderly fashion. The second tool, Slide-based Communications, allows the students to express their creativity while they convey their information in an organized fashion. Specific tools, such as Microsoft Power Point, are easy to use and they have several settings that add to the creativity of the project. The third tool, Clip-based Communications, allows the students to stream audio and visual clips together. Rather than creating a video including both audio and visual elements, they can just video thier project, adding background music or any other sounds they find fitting.