This document provides information about an AST Conference workshop on using the internet and blogs to share ideas. It lists several online tools that can be used to create multimedia presentations, including Photopeach, Animoto, Google Docs, Croco Docs, and SlideShare. It also provides tutorial links for how to use each of the listed tools.

1. Lambeth CLC, Rectory Grove, London SW4 0EL
Telephone 0207 720 7514 Fax 0207 498 8089 www.lambethclc.org.uk
AST Conference - Sharing Ideas Workshop
Using the Internet and blogs to share ideas allows you disseminate information to wide
a audience with minimum effort. For example, see Simon Haughton’s blog (he is an ICT
co-ordinator from Bolton):
http://simonhaughton.typepad.com/
Or Tom Barrett’s blog (a former Primary school teacher - now an education consultant -
from Nottingham).
http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/
We will use various online tools to create multimedia presentations and look at ways to
include these presentations in our blog.
Online Tools:
• Photopeach - A simple multimedia slide show designer.
http://photopeach.com/
• Animoto - A more complex slides how Designer
http://animoto.com/
• Google Docs - Google’s version of Microsoft Office, available to use online. No
software download required.
http://docs.google.com/
• Croco Docs - A tools for uploading and sharing documents on the Internet.
http://crocodoc.com/
• Slide Share - A tool for uploading and sharing slide show presentation.
http://www.slideshare.net/
Tutorials:
• Photopeach:
http://www.slideshare.net/Andreatej/photopeach-tutorial-2916914
• Animoto: CLC handout to be emailed after the session.
• Google Docs:
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews_breeze/DocsSpreadshee
ts/index.html
• Croco Docs:
http://crocodoc.com/faq/
• Slide Share:
http://help.slideshare.com/home