
This is an introduction to this course explaining what you will learn. In addition, a downloadable PDF file is provided with a few tips for creating more engaging presentations for students.
Check out this downloadable PDF file showing you how to use the resources in this course.
Haiku Deck is a fabulous presentation tool that comes with some very convenient features like a plethora of creative commons images so you don't have to locate copyright free images on your own; it also comes with an easy-to-use chart and graph creator.
Emaze makes creating presentations truly enjoyable. It comes with numerous 3-D templates that add depth to your slide show by zooming in and out of slides without any effort on your part.
Tawe is a fantastic program which will enable you to upload an image, a map, a diagram, or an infographic and take students on a tour of specific areas.
Bunkr will enable any user to quickly and easily create presentations with online content like images, videos, articles, and documents. It's the perfect app to create flipped content for your classroom.
Buncee is a presentation tool that is so much fun and easy to use. From a variety of backgrounds to the ability to draw on the slides, to the ease in which videos can be inserted, Buncee should be in every teacher's tookbox. You will find yourself reaching for Buncee to create appealing presentations for your students time and time again.
Spiral is a fantastic presentation tool that's actually so much more. With Spiral, you can create interactive slideshows with questions students can respond to with their devices. You can also create quick formative assessment checks. And, finally Spiral has a terrific feature which allows you to randomly assign students to groups and enables students to work in groups very effectively. All students contribute to the group slideshow and their names are attached to all the slides and work they contribute to the project. In addition, students can present their group project right from their desks as it is sent to the teacher screen which can be projected for all to see. You will absolutely love Spiral!
The ease with which you will be able to generate animated videos with Wideo will amaze you! Definitely keep this in your digital toolkit.
Although this online video creator was designed for the business world, it is easily adaptable to the classroom. Just select a template, edit it with your content, and have a video for classroom use in minutes.
Viosk allows you to choose a template, add your content, drag and drop scenes, and create a video for your students you can be proud of.
Stupeflix is such a fun online video creator. You simply choose a template, add a title slide, upload photos, maps, and video clips. Then choose a soundtrack which you can upload from your computer or choose from Stupeflix's library of music. Finally produce your video and share it with the world. What could be simpler? You're going to love this one!
Wow your colleagues and students with this simple video creator! Biteable is so much fun to use and will make you look like a tech wizard. This app comes with animation scenes, footage scenes with people and animals, and image scenes that you can mix and match. Just add your text to each scene, then drag and drop scenes to create your video. Your final product will look like you spent hours or days creating, but your secret will be that it only took you a few minutes.
Smore is a great way to create a digital poster featuring text, audio, images, and links.
This tool is aimed primarily at elementary teachers and students. Teachers can create short storybooks with ease to teach students about concepts. Easy to use and fun: what's not to like?
Wizer is a digital program which allows teachers to create an interactive worksheet/presentation for students. It's easy to add text, images, video, and a variety of quizzes. Afterwards, teachers provide students with the link to the worksheet and students can respond, while teachers view the results in the program. It's fun and easy; what's not to like?
A short conclusion to remind you how you proceed forward with these tools.
Teachers, if you have been overusing PowerPoint as a way to deliver instructional material to students and have looked out on a sea of bored faces and yawns, then you are going to love this class. This class offers you 17 presentation tools to excite students about upcoming units, present information, and provide options for student projects.
In this course, you will find approximately 3 hours of screen casts (videos) introducing you to and showing you how to use each free online program. You will discover 4 categories of presentation tools ranging from apps that present information in a linear fashion to animation, video, and text presentation programs. And, within each lecture you will also be provided the link to the app site as well as written user guides (if they are available). Additionally, you will find useful information in the introduction and conclusion.
If you are a teacher looking to more fully engage your students when you present information. this course is for you. If you are a teacher who is bored with the same old Power Point student projects, this course is definitely for you. Sign up for this course today, and change your method of delivering instruction forever!