presentations

=Presentation Tools = toc

These are tools that work for presentations, whether you present information to your students or they are presenting a report.

Some of these tools are good for presenting information in a new and engaging way.

Animoto - Education
Animoto is a web tool that easily edits images, text, and music into videos that can be downloaded. It takes 5 simple steps to create amazing videos.

1. Just pick the length of video you want to create, 30 seconds or longer. 2. Either upload your pictures from your computer or choose from their selection. 3. Next put your pictures in order, and add text by clicking on the "T." 4. Then add music. Select either from their selection that they received permission from the artist to use, or upload your own soundtrack. 5. Finally, choose the speed of the slides, name your presentation, and then click finish. It will take about 30 minutes for the site to render your video. It will then email you to tell you that it is done. Watch enjoy, edit, or download to your computer.


 * Pros **
 * Easy to use
 * Selection of images and music on the site to use or upload your own (be aware of copyrighted music and images)
 * Animoto adds the effects and transitions between the images
 * Can add text to the presentation
 * Easy to edit video
 * No limits on how many videos you can create
 * Educational account allows you access to create full length videos for free
 * Animoto for Education edition allows you to set up accounts for students. Other people cannot access your students’ videos or contact students through the site


 * Cons **
 * Text cannot be added to pictures
 * Only one song can be used
 * Can only use special formatted music or sound files
 * Can only use JPEG images

**Classroom Ideas**
 * Create a 30 second public service announcement about events going on in the world today
 * Summarize the main idea of a passage or story using images, words, and sounds
 * Using images and sounds, create a video describing a character or historical figure
 * Use photos taken over a field trip or an event
 * Use images and words to create a vocabulary flashcard video
 * Have students create a video about themselves

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 * Examples **

Glogster EDU
Glogster is a powerful tool for students to use to create online collages that they can share with their friends and classmates. In other words, it is an online poster creation tool. Glogster for Education gives teachers the ability to create accounts for their classrooms. Using their Glogster for Education accounts, teachers can assign to and manage individual accounts for their students.

**Pros**
 * This tool is free
 * Educational accounts allows you to set up student accounts that are protected and can be monitored
 * Easy to upload text, video clips, audio files, and photographs
 * Easy to edit each item uploaded by changing colors, effects, zoom, and deleting it
 * Numerous graphics
 * Various types of text boxes and wall designs within various categories including: basic, hippie, punk, retro, etc.
 * Can upload video from SchoolTube, TeacherTube, or another video website
 * Grab image or audio file from camera and microphone
 * When registered: can save and publish blog and have others view it or have it private

**Cons**
 * When uploading a file, sometimes you need to get out of the catergory and then get back in to see your file
 * Audio files that are wav files take a long time to upload
 * Glogs with a lot of videos take a long time to upload
 * Work must be saved frequently in order to not lose it during an upload
 * Glogster is blocked in our system, but Glogster EDU is not
 * Glogster, not Glogster EDU, do contain glogs of inappropriate material
 * Glogster, not Glogster EDU, does have an online chat could be an issue
 * If a file from YouTube is embedded, the video will be blocked, but not if you download it into Glogster


 * Classroom Ideas **
 * Create collages about famous figures from history
 * Create book reports and or character portrayals
 * Complete a project on a famous composer and add video clips from a symphony orchestra playing his or her pieces
 * Complete a project on their instrument and add audio files and photographs of the instrument
 * E-folios
 * Online study guide for students

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 * Examples **
 * On the Technology Notebook, there is a PDF document from Glogster EDU with examples and lesson plans for using Glogster
 * Here is a video done by Discovery Education on how to use Glogster with a few examples

Prezi
Is a zooming presentation tool. Instead of placing items on slides, there is a canvas to create visualizations and storytelling without slides. It's more like a presentation map.

**Pros**
 * Allows you and your students to create amazing and engaging presentations online
 * It's not s slideshow, but a flash based application
 * There is a free account and an educator account
 * You can embed images, movies, and PDFs
 * It allows you to create a more fluid, effective, and attractive way to present desired information
 * Students can see the "big idea" of a presentation
 * A new way of thinking
 * Because of the big picture idea of Prezi, it helps to keep you from putting too much information on a page

**Cons**
 * With the free or educational account, you can only edit while online
 * With the free version, everything is public
 * Using the "Zebra", maybe challenging for some students


 * Classroom Ideas **
 * Instead of creating a presentation over a report, they can create a more interactive presentation with Prezi
 * Students create time lines and embedded images and interaction

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