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The proper way to use PowerPoint!

SlideBoom is a free service for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the web. Create online versions from your ppt, embed the presentation in a blog or website, collect feedback, discuss the presentation in groups. Free.

"Thousands of Free Presentations in PowerPoint format & Free Interactive Games for Kids This is the themes and topics index all on one page. Please scroll down." Might be useful for some subject matter lessons, e.g., Ice Ages, Active Galaxies, Aesop's fables, Afghanistan, etc.

Nifty site that has games based on PowerPoint. Pre-made games, by teachers, are free downloads. A book on game templates is purchasable on site. From a prof at School of Ed, Univ of North Carolina, Wilmington. You should be able to use audio files as well as text for games and questions.

An intro to explaining Prezi, its features and tools, how it works, and how it differs from PowerPoint. Stannard suggests that Prezi is a good brainstorm tool that will let us collect thoughts, images, and video, and then join them in a path that organizes them.

Prezi is a flashy presentation program, but once you master the intricacies, creates very beautiful and visual compelling presentations. One advantage over the old PowerPoint is the ability to show how ideas relate to one another visually -- like visual Venn diagrams that swirl in and out, that grow as their significance increases. Worth a try. And available from the cloud, desktop, iPhone, and iPad.

"Technology in the classroom no longer means simply having a computer available for students to use or presenting material through a PowerPoint presentation. Educational tech means utilizing aspects of the digital classroom within the traditional classroom-students use cloud technology to submit and review assignments, teachers facilitate class discussions through online platforms, and students collaborate through online media. These are new and revolutionary elements of learning and education that play an important role in our students' academic experience."

You can upload PowerPoint or pdf files and add your audio and/or webcam visuals. Might be useful to advanced students in creating presentations.

At last the answer to my wishes: A free video converter that transforms the Mac .mov format into almost any desired other format, including Mpeg4, FLV, and AVI. Despite the goofy name, QTAmateur.app, this little gem will make it easy to convert your Powerpoint movies into video that can be uploaded to YouTube and viewed on mobile phones, etc. Thank you Anvsoft, Inc. It also supports English, French, German, and Japanese.

This list of Webinar's appears to be free, but you must sign in with your email, telephone, organization, etc. Most Webinar's run about an hour. Numerous topics - designing mobile learning, using powerpoint, media editing tools, etc.

"The Works Museum offers teachers three lesson plans and two Powerpoint presentations that can be used before and after a class visit to the museum, each focusing on the engineering design process." Nice lessons for ESP teachers.

These resources include an APA Powerpoint tutorial, the APA Sixth Edition, advice on writing a dissertaion -- with samples -- the mechnaics of writing/grammar, and how to avoid plagiarism. For advanced, academic students.

Many of these sites/apps have surprising features, such as the ability to insert a poll, educational portals where student accounts can be created, easy embedding of a collage or slideshow in a blog, student response systems within the slideshow, video mash-up, animation, video narration side-by-side, etc. Far more than Powerpoint can do.

"This Twitter Wiki has been designed with the needs of individual teachers in mind and can be used in a number of ways: * ...present all or part of this ... to staff * ... powerpoint document can be saved and used at any time * ... individual learning ... " Professional development--how do you use Twitter for educational purposes?

Jing can be used to make a screencast of what's on your monitor--including a Powerpoint persentation--pretty cool! Jing Pro is $15/year.

A whole bunch of educational links that speak to reasons why students should use blogs, tips for using iPods in the classroom, PowerPoint for collaborations, etc. Many sites worth exploring.

"The purpose of this site is to take an extensive list of websites that are considered high quality, reliable, and valuable and organize them in a way that even "non-techy" teachers can utilize them. It took around 10 years to collect these resources, but new ones are found every day. All of these websites have been recommended by other teachers and educational organizations and qualify as "the best". You'll find support for all core curriculum areas. In addition, you will find lesson plans, multimedia, and primary sources to enhance your students' learning environment." by Nadine Norris, a tech specialist for elementary schools near Chicago, IL. Has a wide variety of explanatory pages: tools to use with core content areas, project-based units, rethinking Powerpoint and classroom presentations, a blog highlighting social media, and advice about using digital literacy skills and research skills on the Internet.

These are comprehension questions that go with the Death by PowerPoint video.

A space created to hare activities and games for EFL. Check the sidebar for categories: paper games, powerpoint games and presentations, and tutorials, songs, templates. Teachers can leave comments and suggestions.

On-line practice modules for such common apps as Word, Dreamweaver. WebQuest, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Explorer; with links to other technology tutorials on the Web and tech advice for the novice.