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      PRESENTATION TOOLS

      • Presentation Tools
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      • Presentation Tools
      • Presentation Tools

        If you're looking for an alternative to PowerPoint for student presentations (or your own!), consider the following tools for getting you and your students creating dynamic and interactive multimedia presentations. See also our "Suggested Apps & Websites" page and scroll down to the "Presentations that Pop" section. Reach out to any of us on the Digital Learning Team to help brainstorm which tool would work best for your situation. 

        iPad (for all ages)

        Book creator – https://bookcreator.com/ Visit our Book Creator page in Technology Resources for more info. 
        ChatterPix (give pictures your voice) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck-moose/id734046126?mt=8 
        iMovie - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8 
        PicCollage - https://pic-collage.com/ 
        Pixton (comic book creator) - https://www.pixton.com/ 
        SeeSaw - https://web.seesaw.me/  Hotspot page - pisd.edu/seesaw 
        Shadow Puppet - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?ls=1&mt=8 
        Tellagami (talking cartoon) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tellagami/id572737805?mt=8 

        Chromebook or PC (for all ages)

        Adobe Creative Cloud Express, formerly Adobe Spark! (app in Webdesk) - https://www.pisd.edu/spark
        Book creator (Freemium) – https://bookcreator.com/ Visit our Book Creator page in Technology Resources for more info. 
        Buncee (Education Freemium) - https://www.edu.buncee.com/about 
        Google Drawings - http://drawings.google.com 
        Google Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/?tgif=c 
        Pixton (comic book creator) - https://www.pixton.com/  
        SeeSaw - pisd.edu/seesaw   
        StoryBird (book creator) - https://storybird.com/ 
        Sutori (interactive timeline)- https://www.sutori.com/  
        Sway (dynamic presentations) - pisd.edu/sway
        WeVideo (video creator) - pisd.edu/wevideo

        Chromebook or PC (for ages 13 and up)

        Animoto (video creator) - https://animoto.com/education/classroom 
        Buncee (Freemium) - https://www.edu.buncee.com/about
        Canva - https://about.canva.com/en_in/education/ UPDATE! Click here to sign up for a FREE Canva Pro Education Account 
        Easelly (infographics, with parent permission) - https://www.easel.ly/ 
        Emaze - https://www.emaze.com/education/
        Piktochart - https://piktochart.com/blog/piktochart-classroom-infographics-education/ 

      • PISD Classroom Examples

        Abobe Creative Cloud Express "Page" Student Examples

        Book Creator Example


        Submit your student examples on this Padlet here!

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