A New Type of Presenter

A New Type of PresenterAre you still using PowerPoint? Are you or your students bored with it? Take a look at the online tools below. You will be amazed at how easily you can take your same content and make it more visually appealing. Your students will be so in awe, they will be begging to try it themselves. AnimotoUpload your images, music and videos and include text, then Animoto generates a professional, always original, presentation. Animoto for Educators = Animoto Plus and accounts for 100 students.High School - Life & Debt | Clowns | Global Stratification Visual CreationElementary School - Jane GoodallXtranormal

Movie making made simple. Can you type? Then you can make a movie. An education version is available. Find button under "Sign in".

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Prezi

A single slide presentation that allows for the presenter to zoom in and out, move to and from images / text in a fluid manner. Prezi Edu = Edu Enjoy accounts for students and teachers.

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Teacher Example - Origins of Sociology

Voice Thread

A collaborative presentation that allows you to share documents, images or videos. The idea behind this tool is that everyone has a voice and should be allowed to express their thoughts. People can comment five different ways and all of the collaborative ideas are displayed on the same page. Voice Thread K-12 = Accounts for teacher and students.

Teacher Example - Origins of Sociology

Glogster

This is the ultimate online poster presentation tool...picture the giant poster boards we've all used, but the digital version. Embed images, text, and video and create over-stimulating presentations for everything. Glogster Edu = 200 student accounts.

Integration Ideas

  • Have students try one or more these instead a traditional presentation method.
  • If having students create "boards" why not try a digital multimedia presentation instead.