Presentation+Software

=Emaze= http://www.emaze.com Truly dynamic presentation software with awesome graphics and transitions

=Samples and Ideas= Presentations for students and faculty or give students a choice to use Emaze for their presentations. media type="custom" key="27716195"

=Pros= It's free. Easy to use Lots of professional eye-catching templates, including infographic templates, holiday-themed templates, tutorial templates, biography templates for reports, etc. You can easily add images, charts, and videos. Easy to embed or share via email or popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. You can hide buttons and set it to autoplay when getting the embed code.

=Cons= You must sign up to create an Emazing presentation. Just like with Prezi, your audience may become a little dizzy, especially if you progress through some of the templates a bit fast.

Prezi
http://prezi.com Create nonlinear presentations that zoom in and out

Samples and Ideas
Create presentations or have students create presentations.

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**Pros** Creates interesting presentations which are much less boring than PowerPoint.

Cons
Non-linear presentations can be a bit disconcerting for those who are linear thinkers, so don't pack too much information into a prezi!

Mixbook
@http://www.mixbook.com/ Create a scrapbook style presentation.

Samples and Ideas
Highlight award winning books Highlight genres Alternative to book reports Author studies @http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/pookie-s-pearl-4974032 Historical Periods research: @http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/middle-ages-3737083 Animal Reports: @http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/the-mali-uromastyx-2997437

Pros
Very easy to use Students can create a mixbook and share the link, embed it into a webpage, or invite you as a collaborator.

Cons
Pro: Very easy to use Cons: requires email, can be overwhelming because there are so many choices.

Voki
@http://www.voki.com/

Samples and Ideas
Library Introduction/Website Introduction Students doing commercials for their section Book talks Definitions of vocabulary words

Pros
Pros: easy to use, can upload file or by phone

Cons
Requires an email. Can't search what others have done but can share your own with others. Currently does commercial free for teachers, but this changes quite frequently during the school year, and can be glitchy.

Podcasts
Making the Audio Files: Audacity @http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Uploading the Files: Podbean @https://www.podbean.com/

Samples and Ideas
@http://advancedvocabulary.podbean.com/

Pros
Students can create projects in audacity and save to a central location for teachers to review and then upload Easy to set up an account

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Would have to download audacity on every computer Can be a little complicated Podbean requires email

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Slideshare.net
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Upload your PowerPoints or Open Office presentations and embed a widget of it into websites or wikis.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Pros
You can embed your presentation as a widget, so you don't use up precious file storage space on your website or wiki. You can quickly share presentations on social networking sites like Twitter, Linkdin, and Facebook. You can set your presentations to public or private. You can embed Youtube videos into your presentation. You can search other users' PowerPoints and access all your PowerPoints anywhere you have internet access. It's free!

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You must register with an email as with most online applications.

=Show Me= @http://www.showme.com/ Create tutorials in which you can incorporate screenshots and pictures with drawing and audio.

=Samples and Ideas= View showme presentations from different content areas at @http://www.showme.com/learn Have students create a showme presentation to demonstrate their learning through thinking (mind) maps such as a Venn diagram comparing characters, or a plot line. Students can record their voices as they write or draw. They can also insert pictures to represent people, places, or ideas. Create tutorials and embed them into your website. =Pros= It's free! Presentations can only be created on an ipad using the ipad app. However, anyone may search for relevant public showme presentations to show their students via a search box or tag cloud. Presentations can be classified as public or private and may be embedded into a website. You can advertise them via Facebook ad Twitter. There is no limit to the number of showme presentations you can make. =Cons= You can not currently download the presentations, only embed them online. Be aware of room noise when recording and don't cover the microphone. There is no PC version in the works, but the creators are considering creating an app for androids.

=FlipSnack= @http://www.flipsnack.com Upload PDFs to create virtual books FlipSnack Instructions:

=Samples and Ideas= Student books Vocabulary books with pictures Commonly misspelled words with definitions

QR Code Sample: @http://www.flipsnack.com/57A66C97C6F/f7ksr33n

I Search Example: http://www.flipsnack.com/9FD66AD9E8C/fhpmaxt7

=Pros= Easy to customize and upload. You can easily sign in with Facebook, Google, and other popular sites.

=Cons= File format is narrow only Not a lot of privacy settings It costs money to get the embed code or to download which is why there is a link above under Samples. It didn't cost anything. You can only store 3 flip books for free.

=Haiku Deck= http://www.haikudeck.com Create a a beautiful slideshow without all the bells and whistles and embed it.

=Samples and Ideas= Present instructions for a project and embed it into your website/wiki Book promotion Have students create a haiku deck to demonstrate something. Students can also use Haiku Deck to create a summary of a book or story.

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=Pros= Free Several layouts None of the bells and whistles that students get too caught up in. You can embed them easily into other sites.

=Cons= There can be some inappropriate content, so be cautious. No sound option but you can use Screenr to narrate over it.

=PowToon= http://www.powtoon.com Create cool animated videos that can incorporate characters, pictures, and music. Create animated cartoons.

=Samples and Ideas= Use PowToon to create introductions to lessons, projects. Spotlight tools or events. Have students use it to report or create a book trailer.

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=Pros= There free templates that you can easily edit or you can start from scratch. User friendly interface which isn't difficult to figure out. You can access it on their website or upload for free to YouTube or Wistia. It gives you four different size options when creating your embed code. The smallest option was used for the widget above. You can also set it to private so search engines can't find it. Allows you to share via Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, or Google+ No storage limit. No limit to the amount of your own art you can upload and insert. Now all totally free! Easy to download =Cons= 5 minute limit

=Awesome Screenshot= http://awesomescreenshot.com Capture and annotate part or all of a website and then save it or share it.

=Samples and Ideas= Use for technology courses or presentations. Have students come up and annotate items such as citations. Share annotated screenshots or webpages on social media or upload to Google Drive. =Pros= Easily install this extension for Chrome, Firefox, or Safari Easily download, save on the awesomescreenshot.com website, save in Google Drive, email, or share on Facebook and Twitter. You can capture and annotate all of a webpage, the visible part of a page, or a small section of a page. No registration required to use.

=Cons= Though there was an undo button, I could not find an erase button. Because it's an extension, you can only use it on webpages.

Wideo
@http://wideo.co/ Capture animated presentations

=Samples and Ideas= Use for your library stats (this wideo doesn't have anything populated yet) media type="custom" key="27683063" =Pros= Easy to use Wealth of icons and templates Easy to search gallery =Cons= Only 45 second videos are free but discount for educational accounts