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One of the problems when using PowerPoint with video backgrounds is that if you move forward the slide then the video background will start over again and again. The smart guys behind PresenterMedia proposed here a simple solution to avoid this issue in PowerPoint and let you make professional PowerPoint presentations with a continuous looped video background. The solution is simple, instead of using slides use text shapes and animations with a single slide. By watching the video on Youtube embedded on this article, you can learn how to use video backgrounds in your presentation and take advantage of the awesome video backgrounds that you can download from PresenterMedia.com

Thank you for sharing this. I'm trying to learn on how to create presentations using powerpoint.. and this could be very useful for me. Thanks again.

A list of useful presentation resources being offered online (free and paid) including presentation templates, video backgrounds, photos, clipart and animations.

A presentation at CATESOL San Francisco, April 29, 2006. Includes an extensive page of linked references and resources for using video online for student projects, vlogs, and presentations, as well as video-based lessons and content resources.

From M. Wesch - "presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result." more info: http://mediatedcultures.net

Two days ago Stephen Wolfram gave an early preview of his "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha at a talk at Harvard University. The video of the whole presentation (1h 45min long) is here above, while down below you can find some highlights I transcripted from his speech.

Gleaned from Carla Arena's collection

Alan Levine's list of 50 tools you can use to tell stories, rounded out with examples from him and others.

"The Fifty Tools Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. I have used each tool to produce an example of the original Dominoe story, plus links are provided, where available, to examples by other people. Please share your own examples or thoughts in the discussion area of this wiki. But before rummaging around the toolbox, have you done your prep work? Do you have your story idea or presentation concept outlined, developed? This should be on paper or in a document file or scribbled on the back of a napkin, but do not rely on making it up as you go! If not, go back 2 spaces and do this now. Next- do you have your media assets available, your images, video clips, audio files-- if not go find your media now."

Provides engaging activities, videos and more to teach elementary students and teens about internet safety. Includes free curriculum materials for teachers, school assembly presentations, and a wealth of info for parents.

Free teleprompter/autocue service. Good for folks producing video podcasts

BestBloggingTips shows and tells how to start screen-sharing in a Google+ Hangout. She warns that everyone present can see your Gmail address, if you share Google stuff directly, and notes that sharing screens in Hangouts are small.

Anamaria Menezes' Webslide presentation of various sources of listening material for learners of English as an additional language

"This series of video tutorials demonstrates how to use an Interactive whiteboard" (retrieved 2010.10.07).

This information is available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) for easy printing.