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"Animoto is an excellent tool for creating audio slideshows. But there are some limitations to it that some teachers don't like. Most notable of those limitations is the time limit (30 seconds unless you get an Animoto for Education account), lack of space for text, and that students have to remember a username and password to use it. The YouTube slideshow tool provides a tool for creating audio slideshows without those three limitations of Animoto."

"Somewhere between a PowerPoint presentation and a full-fledged video is the audio slideshow. Creating audio slideshows can be a good way to add meaning to slides that otherwise might not mean much without a presenter. Here are some ways that students can create audio slideshows."

* Create beautiful slideshows\n* With music and many effects\n* Insert them into your blog or website\n* Burn slideshows to DVD\n* Edit your pictures easily\n* Store and organize all your photos online\n* Share your creations with your loved ones!"

"A screencast is a digital recording of a computer screen with audio narration. Screencasts can include telestrator ('John Madden pen') annotations. Narrated slideshows include audio recordings synchronized to images without hand-drawn annotations." Some nice, straightforward directions by Wes Fryer

Webslides allows users to easily and instanly convert their bookmarks and feeds and present them as live web pages in an interactive slideshow format complete with the full content pages, links, and comments. It enables a new way to easily create and share unique presentations based on web content and user annotations.

An HTML5 slideshow maker. Share. Branching structure chapters. Lots of features. Share and export.

Stich.it is a service that lets you "stich" almost anything together on the Internet. That means that you can quickly and seamlessly create a slideshow-like experience that can include Web pages, video, music, photos and more. All you need are links! The idea behind Stich.it is that by "stiching" content together, you can create a faster, easier way for you and others to surf the Web.

HTML 5 browser-based whiteboard & conference room. Share slideshows. Beta. Free for 6 people. Chat.

"We've created a slideshow highlighting the key trends and forecasts for the entire Internet-connected ecosystem, including connected TVs, connected cars, wearable computing devices, and all of the consumer and business tools that will soon be connected to the "Internet Of Things.""

Record your voice with photos. Create a slideshow. New Facebook app for fan pages. Embed on web pages. Great for storytelling.

Post explaining how Nearpod can be used. Nearpod is available in an Android version as well as iPad, and allows teachers share and control content (including slideshows, videos, and web pages) with students in real time. 

As this summer approaches, I've been contacted by additional instructors wanting to use "Playing with Media" as a course text. To facilitate student downloading of the iPad eBook version, I created a six minute narrated slideshow and screencast explaining these download and installation steps.

The centrepiece of many graduation and end of year events is the 'photostory' - a slideshow or video production that captures the many events that occurred during the year .. Thankfully technology exists to take much of the headache out of creating these shows - and below you will find a number of free or very reasonably priced digital tools that will create amazing multimedia quickly and easily.

Free Video Movie Maker and Slideshow Creator For YouTube

For the last couple of years Vimeo has offered free music to download and re-use in your video projects. Now YouTube is offering the same thing through the YouTube Audio Library. This library is slightly different than the free music available when you use the YouTube slideshow creation tool. The music in the YouTube Audio Library is music that you can download to use in projects online and offline. You can search the library of music according to genre, mood, instrument, or duration. You can listen to the tracks before downloading them as MP3 files.

"It was interesting to see that many of my students identified with some of the 'symptoms' of computer dependency presented in the slideshow below. It got me thinking - how many of us are dependent to any extent on the technology we carry around with us?"

"Live.pics.io recreates the experience of real-world slideshows, when your guests would come by to see photos and hear you tell the story behind the shots. Drag some images and start the conversation."

[via @rmbyrne]