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PowToon is a free web app that lets you easily create presentations and animated videos, often with a cartoon look and feel.

Emaze might be a tool worth investigating if you are seeking to create interesting presentations

8 different online tools that may help students share what they have learnt and create interesting and appropriate presentations - from zooming presentations to animations to timelines,

GifDeck is a tool that can convert your SlideShare presentation into an animated GIF. It is simple to use - go to the site, paste in a SlideShare URL, and out comes an animated version. You can then embed the GIF whatever you like. You can also adjust how long you want each slide to appear, how many slides you want to included and the size of the GIF.

"Found this fantastic infographic touting the success of infographics. Reading it ( or more correctly, viewing it) immediately focused my thoughts on the use of visual texts in classrooms today. Click on the screenshot above to view the animated, interactive info graphic that presents  13 reasons why we should use infographics ( or visual texts in general). Unlike other infographics I link to on Mr G Online, I'm not going to discuss the specific points presented - that would be contradictory to the message of the infographic. I'll let you get your own meaning from it. However, I am going to reflect on how it made me consider the use of visual texts in education."

Animated visual drawing illustrates OpenU concept presentation by Anya Kamenez on Fast Company Magazine. DIY U is a new book.

Oomfo is a new (beta) add-on site for PowerPoint. Once Oomfo is downloaded users can then create excellent looking, interactive, animated graphs.

3DTOAD.com is 3D/360 website that allows parents, students and teachers free access to 3D images of a variety of educational subjects. Items that once could be viewed only in the classroom are now available 24 hours a day via any internet connection. Images presented for viewing are selected jointly by Techtol Imaging LLC as well as Ohio Universities and Colleges.

Interactive 3D animation/visualisations e.g. dissections, skeletons, molecules, geology ... & yoga!

Might be an idea to to check things before using with younger students ... cat dissection warning!

Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new RSA Animate adapted from a talk given in 2009, Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics.

"A short animated video presenting statistics and future predictions about mobile technology."

Educators can apply for a free Animoto Plus account for use in the classroom. Its powerful features can be used to create stunning presentations incorporating images, video clips, music and text.