Presentational

Interactive presentation software

Glogster is a website "devoted to self-expression and presentation of knowledge". This site is great for creation and outstanding visual, interactive displays. Students can put variety of media, pictures etc. into their glogs and it can explore their creativity while understanding how to effectively present information in an informative and interactive way. Teachers can use this as a tool to display knowledge, have students present information they've learned, allow them to create glogs for individual or group collaboration work. This website can also allow teache to set up classes and invite students to use glogster through the teacher dashboard, and teachers can view students progress on glogs and grade glogs through the dashboard.

Animated presentation software

PowToon is a "powerful animated presentation tool". It gives users tools to create animated slides to show presentations that present like videos. By using this webtool, users can add text, images, simple animations, short videos, stickers, transition effects, borders, and more. This web gives students opportunity to become teachers, and teachers can increase their teach cred with students by moving beyond the slideshow. While using this tool, it turns writing instruction on its head by teaching students create expository or persuasive videos. Teachers can use this tool to give students opportunities to create problem-based learning assignments and passion projects, and to teach them design thinking concepts.


Here are two video introduction of the two softwares

Here are two examples of the finished products

Cited resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glogster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powtoon