McFarland School District Technology Tools: Presentation Tools

Below are links to some popular and everchanging online publishing tools, including digital storytelling.

Voicethread - is an application that runs inside your web browser (no software to download, install, or update) and it allows you to transform collections of media, like images, videos, documents, and presentations, into a place for a conversation. These conversations are not live, but take place whenever it's convenient for the people to participate. They are also secure, with simple controls that let you dictate who can participate and what they can do. Educators use VoiceThread for many different reasons, from extending and documenting classroom conversations, online tutoring, virtual class spaces, professional development training, and a thousand things in between.

Prezi - is an online tool for creating presentations. It works with the “zoom in, zoom out” technique to create a dynamic and entertaining alternative to the standard slideshow. Presentations are storyboarded using the wheel menu in the top left corner of the Prezi canvas, which is like a whiteboard you place your ideas on instead of using slides. You can then add text and images, embed video, and choose different colors and templates for the shows you are constructing. You can completely control the size and angle of your text and images using Prezi’s “Zebra Wheel” feature.It’s also portable—users can work on their presentation anywhere anytime, and when it’s completed, it can published and shared , or it can be embedded into a blog.

Small Byte Prezi

Animoto – Animoto is a video creation technology that takes still images, text and music and creates short length (30 seconds - free) or full length ( > 30 Seconds at a subscription) videos. It is simple, straight forward and easy to use.

iMovie - is a movie editing application that is part of the iLife suite of digital lifestyle applications that allows Apple Macintosh users to create movies from a number of different sources including digital video cameras, DV-encoded files, and pictures.