Technology in the Education Arena

So, you want to have your students create a presentation.  Do we work with PowerPoint again?  Well, you could – but you have so many more options…

Microsoft Photo Story 3
Free download from Microsoft.  Import your images, add some music, add some text, record some audio, and you have a project.
Download at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Tutorial: http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net
A cool place to host and share presentations.
Upload all your slide decks, and find/download interesting presentations.
Janetta Garton’s, Willard School District/Fusion Finds Blog, has published a link to her great Slideshare Handout.  Check out her blog posting pointing out the ability to Embed Slideshare into a blog post.

Slide at http://www.slide.com/
Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish.
Slide Blog: http://blog.slide.com/

Animoto: http://animoto.com/
Animoto analyzes your images, feels your music, and customizes a video. Built by real TV and Film Producers.  Puts together a short video.

Google Docs at http://docs.google.com/
Just added the capability to make presentations.

All these tools are wonderful to use and will give a different flavor to your classroom presentations.