Digital presentation tools

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.comCollaborative site for students to create a share projects
www.kidblog.orgPrivate blogging site for teachers and students
www.voki.comStudents can create their own online avatars
www.bighugelabs.coma 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

www.tripline.net

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

Word Clouds

www.wordle.net
www.tagxedo.com