Presentation Tools for the Classroom

It's that time of year. No, not American Thanksgiving or Christmas or even Winter.


It's the beginning of the end.


Many teachers have started to hand out Summative Assignments to their students. These assignments can be worth anything from 5-30% of the final mark and should be a reflection of what the student has learned and proof that they can apply the knowledge they have acquired.


In the 'olden days', all students were required to submit their final projects in the same way. Whether it was an essay or a poster, you would ultimately end up marking 30 final assignments that looked exactly the same.


Not any more.


To support student achievement in all our classes, we should be differentiating instruction as much as we can. And it's all about choice.


This year, when you hand out the final project, give your students a choice. Let them choose what platform/tool they are going to use to demonstrate their knowledge.


And to get you started, here is a list of Web 2.0 Tools that students can use for free!

·         You Suck At Power Point: http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/you-suck-at-powerpoint

 

·         www.prezi.com

·         A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

·         www.voicethread.com

·         Create stunning video slideshows with music.

·         http://animoto.com/



www.flixtime.com

• A competitor to animoto with greater voice over functionality

 

·         Digital poster boards

·         http://www.glogster.com/

·         http://plasq.com/products/comiclife/win

·         http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/

Xtranormal

·         Create comic videos

·         www.xtranormal.com

 Photostory

·         Bring your digital photos to life.

·         Use photos, narration and music to demonstrate your learning

·         http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11132

 Scratch

·         Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

·         http://scratch.mit.edu/

 Create a Digital Portfolio

·         www.blogger.com

·         www.wordpress.com

·         www.edublogs.com

·         www.kidblog.com

Create a Website--   Google Sites and Wikis.

www.sites.google.com