Designing a Presentation:
- Garr, Reynolds (2008) Presentation Zen. Simple ideas on presentation design and delivery. Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 (see: repository, BbConnect) (PDF)
- Alan Levine. (2007). 50 Web 2.0 ways to tell a story (webpage)
Online tools with free options for designing digital presentations:
- Open Office
- Gimp – Image manipulation Program
- Audacity – free, open source software for recording and editing sounds
- Haiku Deck – presentation software (free public account offers 3 presentations)
- Storify: turning social content into shareable stories
- TouchCast – video web integrated with different digital media (iPad and PC)
- Powtoon – create animated videos and presentations
- Edupuzzle – video tool to engage students
- Prezi – presentation software
- Storymaps – ArcGIS online, public account free
- PicassoHead – create your avatar in Cubism manner (use print screen to save your pic)
Katie Dorr list – Ferndale School District (NCCE Conference, March 2014, Portland US):
www.wikispaces.com – Collaborative site for students to create a share projects
www.kidblog.org – Private blogging site for teachers and students
www.voki.com – Students can create their own online avatars
www.bighugelabs.com – a library of tools for creating digital images, maps and art objects.
Infographics
http://www.schrockguide.net/concept-mapping.html – concept mapping in the classroom;
https://www.canva.com – layouts for creating presentations and digital graphics;
http://infogr.am/ – to create featured charts for online publishing
Making Movies & Storytelling
Photopeach – www.photopeach.com
Voicethread – www.voicethread.com
Interactive Maps
Timelines
Timetoast – www.timetoast.com
When In Time – http://whenintime.com
Interactive Pictures
www.thinglink.com – free basic account ((one teacher and a class of 100 students) for creating annotated images