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Free, Fun, Alternatives to PowerPoint. What Could Possibly Be Better?. Prezi www.prezi.com A great way to jazz up your presentations!. Prezi Features. How Much Will Prezi Cost Me?. Refer 3 People…Get Upgraded!. Your Prezi Dashboard. How to Get Started.
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What Could Possibly Be Better? • Prezi • www.prezi.com • A great way to jazz up your presentations!
How to Get Started • Building a presentation on Prezi is a lot easier than it looks • Watch the instructional videos, and use some of your old PowerPoint presentations to get
“Prezify” Your PowerPoints! • The best way I have found to use Prezi (in the beginning) • You don’t have to make your own content to start, just import one of your old PowerPoints! • Play around inside the Prezi software to make it look cool • There is a video called “Prezify Your PowerPoint”
Empressr • www.empressr.com • View Empressr tutorial • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rMT9mMkSE
Empressr Categories Import Images From… • Google • Yahoo • PhotoBucket • Flickr • Or use your built-in webcam to take a picture and insert directly into your presentation
What Could Possibly Be Better? • Zohoshow • http://www.zoho.com/docs/online-presentation-tool.html
Photo Peach • www.photopeach.com • Probably the easiest to use of all of the sites.
How to Make a Presentation • Facebook • Picassa • Your computer
Example… My Weekend in Seattle Story View Notice the “Ken Burns Effect”, as the program zooms in and zooms out on each photo as it shows Spiral View
Convert PowerPoint Slides • Take a “screen shot” of each of your PowerPoint slides • “PrtScr”, then paste into Paint, then save the picture • Insert the pictures into PhotoPeach • Your PowerPoint will play with the press of a button…and include background music! Technology for Free! • http://bit.ly/computerrookie
Other Alternatives to PowerPoint The list below are not what would be considered “slide presentation applications” but can be an alternative for students to demonstrate their understanding to the class. PhotoStory Movie Maker Tikatok – imagine a story, create a book http://www.tikatok.com/ Animoto – create videos http://animoto.com/ Voicethread – photos with commentary http://www.voicethread.com Photopeach – slideshows http://photopeach.com/ Glogster – interactive posters http://www.glogster.com/ Letterpop- brochures, invitations http://www.letterpop.com/ Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ Pixton – create your own comics http://pixton.com/uk/ GoAnimate – cartoons and animations http://goanimate.com/