Spruce up your Presentations

I am thinking most teachers can relate to this.

You have some notes to give, but you just don't want to use "PowerPoint" again.

OR, perhaps you have an assignment where you want the students to present some information, but you would like to try something new?

Well, for the sake of variety, perhaps you could use a different presentation application?

There are a number of online resources, out there.  Some of them incorporate video, some of them are for "booklets" or "magazines", some of them are for animation or comic strips.

The point is, there is a lot of different resources available, and by "mixing up" the variety of your presentations and/or assignments you can keep things a bit more fresh.

I am going to post a list of them below.

1.  Google Slides "Google Drive" version of PowerPoint.
2. Prezi - Interactive slide show
3. Glogster - Poster Creator
4. Go Animate - online animation resource
5. Info.gram - creates graphics and Charts
6. Issuu - creates online documents "magazines"
7. Knovio - online presentations, with audio or video embedded?
8. Metta.io - online presentations with Video... compatible with Google Drive
9. SlideRocket - online presentations
10. StoryJumper - create online Story Books
11. SimpleBooklet - create online "Booklets"
12. Storybird - create, read, and print Art inspired stories.
13. StripCreator create and share comic strips
14. ToonDo - create your own comic strips and comic books
15. VoiceThread - create and share images with images, audio, and video
16. Zentation - Presentation tool that brings together slides and video.

Note:  This is certainly not an "all-inclusive" list.  There are always new websites, and new ideas being implemented.  This is a just a list I had on hand.

ALSO:  Most of the sites are free, or have a free option.  It is possible that some of them are NOT free and that there is a charge for their service.

I haven't used them all, but I have had students who have used many of the sites discussed here for various products, and I have been very pleased when getting the results.

Will Wheaton- Video...had to share

I loved this so much, I had to post the video.

Please share with any and all students, and other teachers!

WHEATON!

Technology and Warfare Presentation

Here is the link to my presentation on Technology and Warfare that I used in Mrs. Harming's class.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bZLysRac9NUPZd47EKREBQAliMbANqpSuocPjDio4x4/edit?usp=sharing

Please don't be afraid to let me know, if you would like me to come in and talk to your classes on technology  issues.

Some Possible Ideas are:

•  History of Technology in School
•  Technology tools and tips
• Digital Citizenship
• Internet Safety
• Using Social Media
• something that some "smart" teacher comes up with, that I didn't think of!

Please let me know if you are interested in having something like this.

Thanks!

New Technology Resoure: Free Technology for Teachers Blog

I'm here at TIE and listening to speaker, Richard Byrne.

He runs a very excellent blog for educators.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Feel free to check  it out!  Lots of good stuff on there.