Presentations Beyond PowerPoint
NATC 2014
It's time to start thinking beyond PowerPoint and allow students to chose a tech tool that best conveys their message/project.
Find a rubric that can be applied easily to multiple technology tools.
Funny Toilet Paper Commercial.
Apps:
Haiku Deck
- Free, requires an account
- Creates beautifully visual presentations
- Photo search does require an internet connection
Meet Haiku Deck
SlideShark
- Free, requires an account
- Allows you to view and present PowerPoints with animations
- Has an excellent presentation screen
Web 2.0 Tools:
Narrable.com
- Free, web-based tool for student narratives
- Upload any image and add voice over
- Teacher accounts allow users to create classes
- Also available in App Store
Creating a Narrable
Smore.com
- Online flyer creator
- Free with account; only create 5 free flyers
- $59 annual educator account
- Flyers can be shared via email, social media or embedded into existing website
- Smore gives users analytics on each flyer shared
smore for teachers
Wordle.net
- Word Cloud Creator
Wordle Tricks:
- Text box in Wordle does not save your words
- ~ keeps words together
- the more you repeat a word the larger it appears
- Clouds are difficult to save---my students use screenshots edited in paint and saved
- Tagxedo.com (word clouds with shape)
Apps That Record:
Story Creator App
- Free
- Creates story books with text, photos, video and audio!
- Stories are saved to the iPad or shared with a free account
- Friends will need to have the app to open the link via email
Animoto
- Free app
- Account required to share videos
- Creates a video from photos, videos, text and includes music
- Also a web based version
Tellagami
- Free app
- Create and share avatar videos
- Videos can be easily saved to camera roll, emailed or shared to social media
Tellagami App teacher tutorial
Presentation Rubrics:
Questions? --- Share!
Resources I Love!
Paige Craig
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Buckhorn High School
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