This document provides an agenda for a presentation on presentation tools, screencasts, and website additions. It discusses PowerPoint, Keynote, and Prezi for creating presentations; SlideShare for sharing presentations online; Google Presentations; and screencasting tools Screenr and Screencast-o-matic. It also introduces Answer Garden for blogs/websites and lists some interesting education sites. Attendees are instructed to practice with the tools and share their creations.
3. BLANK
I learned that to have clickable links on slideshare, you now cannot include
links on the first three pages. It used to be two.
4. POWERPOINT OR KEYNOTE
Present information
Very easy to use
Presentation Advice - please be sure to read this blog post
Keynote - tutorials
Powerpoint Activities
Parade of Games in Powerpoint
Powerpoint Templates for Teachers
5. SLIDESHARE
share your powerpoint or keynote online
easily embed presentation into blog or website
Go to www.slideshare.net
Create an account
upload your powerpoint or keynote presentation
public unless you upgrade
6. MORE SLIDESHARE
When you have uploaded to slideshare get embed code
the embed code is: < >
Create a new blog post on ning
use the html button on the top right
paste embed code in the now pale yellow blog space
Watch my screencast
If you have difficulty I will help next week.
7. GOOGLE PRESENTATION
Create on Google or upload a powerpoint (no keynote)
limited bells and whistles
need internet connection
can publish and have viewers join in
Great for collaboration and sharing
8. PREZI
Dynamic presentation
Ability to share online
Slick
Go to Prezi
try it out
Death to Powerpoint, long live Prezi - Travis Allen iSchool initiative
The Ultimate Guide to Prezi
9. PRACTICE
Create a powerpoint or keynote presentation - on any
topic, just for fun.
Save and upload to slideshare & post on ning
Save and upload to Google docs
Try a little Prezi
10. SCREENCAST
Screencasts allow you to:
capture your desktop
very easy to use
these two are free:
Screenr
Screencast-o-matic
I needed to add the screenr site to my java security site exceptions
There are other more robust screencasting tools, but the are not free.
11. ADDITION
FOR BLOGS OR WEBSITES
Answer Garden
This is new to me but looks intriguing
Read the information on the site
Watch a demo
Create one to share on the Ning
You can either embed or link
Answer mine on the ning
12. SOME INTERESTING SITES
From Edudemic
20 great websites for Elementary classrooms
From Ed tech and mobile learning
Internet safety cheat sheet for parents & teachers
From Edventures
Finding free children’s books online
