Title: Presentational Tools Page
Course: Web Tools for Courses

Let your students move beyond PowerPoint with some of these new free tools.

Presentational Tools

Presentations That Stick

We're past the time of PowerPoint being the only way for student to present information. There are many online tools available for students to create rich and engaging content to share what they've learned.

With some of the programs it is possible to view samples and what others have created. Students may be able to build off of what has already been created by taking an existing presentation and adding to it. Since it is not very likely that they will not have access to this kind of material in the future it is important to teach students about copyright and what they can and can't do with online information.

A responsible citizen of the digital world is one who improves upon existing material and makes it available to others. Increasing their audience and making their projects relevant to the real world increases the likelihood of self/peer editing and responsible use of information. Using these tools shows students just how easy it is to accomplish this.

-Flash based presentation with an easy to use editor. Presentations can be stored online, downloaded or embedded. Education accounts available. Prezi allows students to load pictures and videos into their presentations and takes only a few minutes to learn and get started. Prezi also allows for simultaneous collaboration for students to work together in groups. You may also want to check out the Prezi App for iPads.

Lessons from Prezi Academy
Topics Include:

Basic | Advanced | Expert
Lesson 1: Prezi in 3 minutes Lesson 2: Grouping and Layering Lesson 3: Presenting and publishing | Lesson 1: Prezi in 15 minutes Lesson 2: 10 ways to say it with Prezi | Lesson 1: Looping and zooming

Prezi YouTube Channel

- From the VuVox site: VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant sharing service that allows you to mix, create and blend your personal media – video, photos and music into rich personal expressions.

While users can link to and embed presentations, there is some criticism for not being able to download copies of your presentation or host them on your own server. Users are also unable to change email address in profiles.

It remains an interesting tool to be able to create multi-media presentations for users with certain/reliable internet connections.

- lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos. One of the great things about Masher is that it already contains media that is free and available for use in presentations. This can cut down on the amount of time students are searching for content to use and lets them get started on their projects right away.

- Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.

- is a Digital Publishing library and marketplace that lets you read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content. This is a great way to increase the audience for your student assignments.

Stupeflix- similar to Animoto, but allows you to include video clips as well. Allows you to upload videos from Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, other URLs or from your own computer. Free only up to 1 minute. Can be shared but not downloaded.

- allows users to create animated videos

-Allows users to create their own time-lines using web-links and files.

Comic Strip Creators:

Toondoo- The self-proclaimed World's Fastest way to create cartoons! Allows for embedding and sharing of creations.

Discussion Board for this Section
For other presentation possibilities see the Google Apps section.

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