World History
This might be the coolest presentation package that I've seen yet.
I have already blogged my thoughts about this topic on the US History Teachers Blog. If you want to stick with your existing PowerPoint presentations, you can make them interactive by uploading them to nearpod and then your students can watch them on their devices and respond to questions that you embed.
If you want alternatives to PowerPoint entirely, you can make presentations with either prezi or emaze.
But this presentation package was entirely new to me. It's called PowToon. PowToon's banner says that "It's free and it's awesome." I concur as to both.
PowToon makes animated videos and presentations. I could write paragraphs describing what it does but it would be much better for you to see two short examples. Both were created with PowToon.
Want more more encouragement about PowToon's awesomeness? PowToon was named one of the best websites for teaching and learning by the American Association of School Librarians in 2014. Here's what they said:
The PowToon animations are so cool that I will be assigning them to my students to use. Why should I have all the fun?
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We do a ton of collaboration at my school so I can tell you that I have added very little to the PowerPoint above. But I did upload it into the "Presentation" mode (Google's name for PowerPoint) and since I my district requires us to use Blackboard,...
World History
Another alternative to PowerPoint
This might be the coolest presentation package that I've seen yet.
I have already blogged my thoughts about this topic on the US History Teachers Blog. If you want to stick with your existing PowerPoint presentations, you can make them interactive by uploading them to nearpod and then your students can watch them on their devices and respond to questions that you embed.
If you want alternatives to PowerPoint entirely, you can make presentations with either prezi or emaze.
But this presentation package was entirely new to me. It's called PowToon. PowToon's banner says that "It's free and it's awesome." I concur as to both.
PowToon makes animated videos and presentations. I could write paragraphs describing what it does but it would be much better for you to see two short examples. Both were created with PowToon.
Want more more encouragement about PowToon's awesomeness? PowToon was named one of the best websites for teaching and learning by the American Association of School Librarians in 2014. Here's what they said:
Powtoon is ideal for those seeking a nice alternative to more traditional presentation tools. Simple to use, it makes creating engaging, interesting, and exciting animated videos extremely easy. Users can create and show presentations straight from the Powtoon site, or opt for the export to Youtube option, or even download a MP4 video format for use offline.PowToon has a set of tutorials on its QuickStart Guide page. I also like this tutorial (6:55).
The PowToon animations are so cool that I will be assigning them to my students to use. Why should I have all the fun?
- Nearpod Vs. Powerpoint
Maybe you saw Jeff Feinstein's post about Nearpod a few days ago. I just tried it and love it. The cool thing about Nearpod is its interactivity. You simply upload a powerpoint presentation to Nearpod, add video clips, quizzes, polls or graphs and...
- Join Me In Edchat On Tuesday, 3 Pm Est
I am going to be presenting on EdChat on May 19th from 3 to 4 pm EST. I will be focusing on individualizing instruction in the classroom using technology (yes, focusing on some key concepts from my book). You can sign up for the class for...
- What To Flip In A Flipped Class
This is adapted from my book, Deeper Learning Through Technology: How to Use the Cloud to Individualize Instruction, which comes out on the 27th (and you can pre-order now). WHAT TO FLIP IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM To...
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My students will only see about one-third of the PowerPoint above since I have moved to many interactives (here is a simple one on Islam, for example) instead of lecture. But to let you see how powerful a Google Docs Presentation can be, I am putting...
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We do a ton of collaboration at my school so I can tell you that I have added very little to the PowerPoint above. But I did upload it into the "Presentation" mode (Google's name for PowerPoint) and since I my district requires us to use Blackboard,...