Web-Based Tools for Designing
Creative Multimedia Presentations:
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Here are some amazing web-based tools that allow teachers and students to share ideas through multiple means. Whether you want to create instructional media to "flip" your classroom or have your students present what they know in more creative ways, this is a list of some of the best web tools available, including VoiceThread, Glogster, Popplet, etc.
★Big Question: How can teachers and students use web-based tools to design effective and creative multimedia presentations?
○Top Ten Multimedia Presentation Tools
■ Google Docs - Presentation
● Cloud-based “Office-type” suite of tools including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms.
● Allows you to share, collaborate, embed
● Example - Session Presentation
■ Glogster - create multimedia web-based posters
● Glog Example Library
● 40 Innovative Teaching Ideas using Glogster
■ Prezi
● A non-linear presentation tool/graphic organizer. Great for visual learners who want to view the 'big picture' as well as zoom down to details of the presentation.
● Free Basic Teacher and Student Accounts - http://prezi.com/pricing/edu/
● Example: Free Falling through Prezi - Presentation Tips
■ Popplet
● Collaborative mindmapping presentation tool
● Example - Bataan Death March , Napoleon Popplet
■ Edcanvas / Blendspace):This is a website and an app for Chrome
● Here is a good overview including a video from Free Tech for Teachers
● Use Edcanvas/Blendspace to Organize and ShareMultimedia Resources
● Create Quizzes in Edcanvas/Blendspace
● EdCanvas/Blendspace for Schools Lets You Manage Student Accounts
● Resources
● Create Quizzes in Edcanvas/Blendspace
● Examples: PowerPoint Alternatives, Presentation Tips
■ VoiceThread - collaborative multimedia slide shows with group conversations
● How and why would you create a VoiceThread? View this short VoiceThread to better understand what a VoiceThread can do for you and your students.
● View this example of a VoiceThread created to learn and collaborate about Edward Lear
● View an indepth video showing features of this tool - Introduction to Voicethread
● You can create up to five voicethreads with a free account
● VoiceThread4Education Wiki - contains examples, ideas, and resources
■ Thinglink
● Create rich interactive images
● Free teacher and student accounts
● Example - Many Alligators, Frog Dissection
■ Scribble Press
● With this app you can be an author and illustrator as you create your own books
● There are 50 story templates to get you started as well as:
over 500 drawing tools, including markers and stamps
a unique sticker collection, photo library, an easy and fun to use book layout tool
● There are also sharing tools and you can use this app to read books created by other students from around the world.
■ EDUCREATIONS
● Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking
● Video overview
■ ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
● A great interactive whiteboard app
● Video overview
★Reflection: Which tools do you think you might try? How do you think you will try to incorporate the tool in your school or classroom?
Additional Resources and Ideas from the Session:
How can we improve the quality of multimedia presentations? Presentation Skills for Teachers (& Students)
https://present.me/ another presentation tool
http://www.sliderocket.com/ another presentation tool
