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SlideSnack gives users the ability to upload and shre their presentations online as well as creating them on the site. Presentation made in software like PowerPoint can be uploaded into the system. They allow for adding voice to the presentation to make in their terms a "slidecast". The slideshows can also be exported into a video.

This is a free software package is on your Microsoft CD or, you can download it from Microsoft.com. Using Photostory, you can create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures, remove red-eye, add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, you can personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail or watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile-based portable device. Students can take their own digital photos to create a time-line, presentation, or video product.

This is the presentation wiki for my 7107 multimedia workshop.

Wikispaces claims it "…makes managing your class a breeze, with tools to handle day-to-day work and features to tackle the special activities you've only dreamed of." It allows a presenter a venue for organizing, navigating through, and presenting multimedia in a learning management system (LMS) type environment. It is engaging and pace oriented while also being accessible and editable to anyone the creator allows to enlist. Wikispaces creates a presentation forum for learners to build knowledge at their own pace. It is free to users in education.

My presentation wiki for a multimedia workshop for engaging students in project-based learning.

This site not only focuses on the organization, content, and design of a presentation, but provides public speaking tips as well. I especially like the various resources that they provide and with specific software and its applications.

Description: This is an easy to learn tool for creating online presentations. Users can incorporate audio, video, graphics and text into the presentation. It is free to use. Explanation: Due to the ease of use and ability to upload graphics and video, this tool is perfect for creating multi-media presentations. It is preferred to many other online tools because it is free and easy to learn.

This aim of this screencast demonstration is to create clarity concerning misleading elements found on the wikihow site that was provided as a guide for my workshop participants to effectively develop their powerpoint presentations for their authentic assessment.

Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: This site is awesome for creating mindmaps using a software that runs on multiple platforms and is adjustable when viewed. The most notable function is the collaboration function that allows the sharing or co-creating of a mindmap. This organizer can be completed by the audience member pertaining to the presentation material in a manner that makes sense to them. Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): I have used this with my students and received positive feedback. I have even used it for some Walden assignments and feel it is user friendly and designed to promote collaboration.

A free, web-based graphic organizer. It is easy to use and share. I am using this as a way to organize the workshop and provide a visual for the teachers to have and understand the goals/timeline of the training.

Bubble.us is an online mind map that allows users to collaborate on brainstorming. Users can share their mindmap with others and provide access to read or edit. As content is added the mindmap takes on a new shape and cells can be color coded. Another feature of bubbl.us is for users to import work that has been saved on their computer or embed their mindmap. Bubbl.us can be used for pre-training which supports essential learning. I found this site to be more useful for collaborativebrainstorming .

Brief Description: Dim Dim 5 is a software tool that allows individuals to present presentations, give audio, and share whiteboards by the press of a button. Brief Explanation: Although Dim Dim 5 is a software that may cost, Dim Dim 5 let group members present live (with a webcam) and audio conferences, do not have to install any software, and let up to five members participate in a session.

For those of you familiar with the software Inspiration, this is a web version with some of the same options. This is a mind mapping tool that helps you "capture ideas, organize information, collaborate and share your work, and create diagrams.

Webspiration is a teacher friendly site that contains a vast array of graphic organizers, diagrams, writing organizers and many others. This site is typically used in grades 5-12. With many options, students and/or teacher are able to find an organizer that suits their project or essay. This site is easy to use and is effective in assisting students in independently developing their graphic organizer. 

Webspiration offers collaboration and graphic organizer software for classroom or professional use. Webspiration has free subscriptions available as well as subscriptions for purchase. I found it to be easy to use and share.

Presentations * Name of the site: OpenOffice.org * URL: http://download.openoffice.org/ * Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: This application seems to be a free version of PowerPoint with some different slide templates. Anyone who has used PowerPoint would be able to use this application. It might not look so run-of-the-mill as PP. * Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on). This is free. Looks easy to use for students.

What it does: Allows teachers to create a video from jpg files, video clips, and music. Also allows for verbal explanation to accompany video. Why this one: It is free and simple to use. Other movie makers may have many more bells and whistles. However the capabilities of this package are broad enough to satisfy most teachers' needs. The simplicity of the package is an invaluable benefit for teachers who do not have the time to spend learning new packages. Learning benefits: Both essential and generative learning can result from this multimedia option. Videos can be short (limited capacity) and provide dual coding (Mayer, 2009). Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Windows Moviemaker allows presentations and pictures to come alive. Windows Moviemaker is user friendly and easy to navigate. This software allows students and teachers to create and display presentations in the form of a movie. These presentations are engaging and keeps the participants involved.

What it does: Allows teachers to create a simple cartoon strip. Why this one: It is free and easy to use. It provides templates from which to choose. I see a great benefit in that teachers can quickly create a dozen of these messages in the same time it would take to create just 1 video message. Therefore, time and practicality are key benefits. As mentioned above, I have tried to maintain the need for simplicity and efficient use of time. Creating multimedia presentations are but a small fraction of the enormous number of jobs a teacher must complete. Learning benefits: I see this more for generative learning. Role playing, "what if" scenarios, and thought-provoking situations can be presented by the teachers.

This is a tool which can be used for digital storytelling.  It is technology centered although its use is learner centered.  I incorporated the use of this tool with students from another school to retell parables with a 21st century twist in the middle school curriculum of the private Christian school at which I taught.

This is a free site that allow you to create cartoons using the available images, images you create, or your own photos. Just drag and drop!

This multimedia presentation is intended for students in the Los Angeles Unified School District to learn how to use and manage their MyMail district computer account. They will learn how to use Gmail, Googledocs, and Google Calendar which are available within their account once logged in.

This is the site to download the free version of Jing. You can also purchase the professional version. This tool will be used to create how to videos and real time screen sharing. When learners see step by step processes in real time, it helps to reinforce the concepts and increases memory. These videos can also be shared via HTML and as downloads. Because the HTML codes are easy (cut and paste) and the loading of the presentation (click play), learners will not have to have high tech skills to access the videos and they have the oprion to save them and revisit them.

Brief description of what it allows you to do and how it can be used for essential or generative learning: Jing is awesome!! Jing allows you to quickly take screenshots or record short videos. If one is intending participants to have something set-up before the presentation, record a Jing and save the file or easily share the file using sites like screencast.com. Jing allows audience members to be prepared for the speaker. Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found (e.g., more effective, creates better products, easier to use, and so on): Easy to use! You can also pause the recording while making it as well as mute. Screencast.com allows for quick sharing in multiple forms.

Learners can use jing to record their activities that demonstrate their learning within the Bb environment. It connects visuals with audio and can demonstrate, highlight, and segment items in accordance with best-practices in multimedia design. It's better than other products because it's easy to use and free!

This short video offers tips to use to implement an effective powerpoint presentations. Powerpoint presentations are an effective way to display content and get learners actively engaged. Hooking the learner into the presentation will lead to success.

Posted by: Jean Haefner: Site: YouTube This presentation offers generative material requiring the learner to make sense of the information presented and the depth of field examples are clear and presented with enough time to for the learner to comprehend, unlike many of the tutorials I've seen, allows for pausing an replying if needed.

This is by far one of the best powerpoint oriented portals on the web. The nice thing is that you can save a useful ppt on your computer without licensing issues. The drawback is that there are so many options and links that just dropping in for a fast pick-up of a presentation is difficult. Additional links on the site go to educational clipart and interactive activities. Just a great site.