Presentation+Tools

These tools are perfect for students to showcase their knowledge.

*CMCSS teachers and Technology Integration Coaches are using the free versions of these tools.

Presentation and Digital Content Creation Tools Training Page


 * Click the name of the tool for detailed information about set up and use in classroom on Empower Students.**
 * Click on the image below the name of the tool for a link to the website for the tool if applicable.**


 * Tool ||  || Description ||   || Account Information ||   || Equipment Needed ||   || Included in these Professional Learning Session(s) ||
 * Big Huge Labs

||  || Turn a picture into a
 * motivational poster
 * trading cards
 * magazine cover
 * pop art poster
 * jigsaw puzzle
 * movie poster
 * map maker
 * calendar
 * badge maker
 * framer
 * cube
 * billboard
 * bead art


 * Preparation time required is minimal. **
 * Ease of use - Teacher: Easy **
 * Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No accounts required.

An account can be made to save and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page || ||  || Take a picture with the iPad camera or choose one loaded in the gallery.
 * Chatterpix Kids - iPad App
 * Chatterpix Kids - iPad App


 * Draw a 'mouth' on the image
 * Record voice over the image
 * Saves as a video with the image 'speaking'


 * Can add text
 * Can add limited photo enhancements

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No account needed ||   || iPad ||   || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Class Tools
 * Class Tools

||  || Create
 * games
 * quizzes
 * activities
 * diagrams
 * Fakebook
 * Twister

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No account is required. ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Easel.ly
 * Easel.ly

||  || Create and share powerful visuals
 * infographics
 * posters
 * charts

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || A teacher account is required.

An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.// ** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Document Camera

media type="custom" key="28413083" ||  || Teachers already use this tool to help show images through the projector, but there is software that allows it to...
 * take photos that are saved directly to the teacher computer
 * capture video clips to the teacher's laptop.
 * capture time-lapse video by choosing 3 settings. ||  || No account is required to capture and save the video. To publish, an account is needed, such as YouTube or Google. ||   || Qomo document camera, Laptop, USB to USB cable, either the Visual Capture Presenter(Mac) or VidCap(Windows)

//If you don't have the software, turn in a CMCSS technology work order to have it loaded to your teacher laptop.//

Document Camera
 * QD3x00, QPC20, QPC30, QPC60/A, QPC70, QPC80, QD700, QD8000, QD6000 Visualizer Software (V4.0) XP/Vista/7/8 (.msi &.exe) (111295KB)


 * [|QD600, QD700, QD750, and QP10 Driver for Windows XP/7 (29297KB)]
 * [[file:Visual Presenter OS X 1.0.2.zip]]See your CMCSS Technology Integration Coach for the District's Serial Number ||  || Technology Model Classroom

Document Camera Video Capture

Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Educreations

||  || Unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting Create
 * annotate
 * animate
 * narrate
 * short instructional videos

** Preparation time required is minimal. **

** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate **

** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || A teacher account is required.

An account is required to create, save, and edit student work to the web.

Educreation videos can be saved to the iPad without an account.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.// ** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Student - computer or tablet ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Teaching with iPads--Elementary

Teaching with iPads--Middle and High ||
 * Fotobabble
 * Fotobabble

||  || Fotobabble quickly turns a picture into an audio picture story.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || A teacher account is required.

An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Google Slides
 * Google Slides

||  || Create a new presentation and edit with others at the same time.
 * Get stuff done with or without an internet connection
 * Use Slides to edit PowerPoint files

** Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || Teacher account required.

Student accounts are not required.


 * // Note - talk with your //**
 * // Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts. //** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Google Collaboration Tools

Google Apps for Education

Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * iMovie
 * iMovie

||  || Create and edit videos.

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate ** ** Ease of use - Student: Intermediate ** ||  || No accounts required. ||  || Computer with iOS operating system (Mac) ||   || iMovie and more || ||  || Turn your videos and photos into movies with Movie Maker.
 * Movie Maker
 * Movie Maker

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate ** ||  || No accounts required. ||  || Computer with Windows operating system (PC) ||   || Windows Movie Maker & Photo Story 3 ||
 * Nearpod
 * Nearpod

||  || Nearpod allows users to create or search for presentations with engaging content that assess student knowledge.

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || A teacher account is required. ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Office Mix
 * Office Mix

||  || Create engaging presentations with Office Mix.
 * embed questions
 * maps
 * simulations

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate ** ||  || No accounts required. ||  || Computer with Microsoft Office 2013 ||   || Microsoft Innovative Educator

Microsoft Office Mix and Sway ||
 * Photo Booth
 * Photo Booth

||  || Photo Booth is a tool that
 * take pictures
 * add filters
 * create paper slide videos

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No accounts required. ||  || Computer with iOS operating system (Mac) ||   || iMovie and more Teaching with iPads--Elementary

Teaching with iPads--Middle and High ||
 * Photo Peach
 * Photo Peach

||  || A web tool that allows for the quick and easy creation of an audio slideshow with captions.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy **

PhotoPeach for Education ||  || A teacher account is required.

An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.// ** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student

Creating a PhotoPeach on PhotoPeach ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Photo Story 3
 * Photo Story 3

||  || Create engaging digital stories using
 * photos
 * titles and effects
 * motion and transitions
 * narration
 * music

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No accounts required. ||  || Computer with Windows operating system (PC) ||   || Windows Movie Maker & Photo Story 3 ||
 * Piktochart
 * Piktochart

||  || Piktochart is an easy infographic design app.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.

**//Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Quicktime Player
 * Quicktime Player

||  || It is not just for playing movie/video files. The version on Mac computers can record video from the computer's built-in camera or record the activity onscreen and user's voice for a screencapture video.

The Mac version of this tool can record audio using the computer's built-in microphone or a plugging headset.


 * Mac users can screenshot and screencapture video.** ||  || No account is required. ||   || MAC ONLY ||   || iMovie and More ||
 * Scratch
 * Scratch

||  || Creates movies, animations, programs, and introduces code writing in a fun, visual interface. It is also available as downloadable program

Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy

Built-in tutorials for starter projects with both video and picture help make it very user-friendly. ||  || An account can be created if you wish to save your work online. Students below 13 will need parental permission.

Work can be saved in the offline program or download from the online editor and saved to the local computer for later editing. ||  || A computer with internet connection for the online editor or the downloaded program for offline use. ||  ||   ||
 * Screencastify
 * Screencastify

||  || Make a screencapture video of anything on the web through the Chrome web browser. This is a free add-on to the Chrome browser. ||  || A Google account is required. Students can use their Google Apps for Education account to add to their version of the Chrome browser. ||  || The Chrome browser is required. ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * @Shadow Puppets Edu
 * @Shadow Puppets Edu

||  || Easily create videos in the classroom!
 * make videos to tell stories
 * explain ideas
 * document their learning

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No accounts are required. ||  || iPad ||   || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Teaching with iPads--Elementary

Teaching with iPads--Middle and High ||
 * Show Me
 * Show Me

||  || Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard!

** Preparation time is required. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  ||   ||   || iPad ||   || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page || ||  || Use Snip to take screenshots of part or all of the device's screen, then annotate with markers and highlighters while recording voice over the image. Share out your work via email or as an MP4 file. ||  || No account is required to access or use Snip.
 * Snip
 * Snip

Student's Office 365 email can be used to send. Students' Google accounts can be used to share. ||  || Laptop or Desktop computer running Windows 10 ||   ||   || ||  || Use Sway to easily create and share a polished, interactive, web-based canvas of your ideas, creations, and presentations.
 * Sway
 * Sway

(Office 365)
 * Preparation time is required. **
 * Ease of use - **
 * Teacher: Easy **
 * Student: Easy ** ||  || Teacher and student accounts are required.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * Tagxedo
 * Tagxedo

||  || Turn words into visually stunning word clouds.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No accounts are required. ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  ||   ||
 * ThingLink
 * ThingLink

||  || Make your images interactive.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate ** ||  || A teacher account is required.

An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  ||   ||
 * Timeline JS
 * Timeline JS

||  || Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy and intuitive to use.


 * Preparation time is required. **
 * Proficiency with Google Apps is recommended. **
 * Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate **
 * Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate ** ||  || Teacher account required.

Student accounts are not required.


 * // *Note - talk with your //**
 * // Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts. //** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  || Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page ||
 * VoiceThread
 * VoiceThread

||  || VoiceThread allows all students to make observations, comments, or narration about a photograph or graphic. ||  || A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work.


 * //Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach for guidelines for student accounts.//** ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  ||   ||
 * Wordle
 * Wordle

||  || Wordle is a tool for generating word clouds from text you provide.

** Preparation time required is minimal. ** ** Ease of use - Teacher: Easy ** ** Ease of use - Student: Easy ** ||  || No account is required. ||  || Teacher - computer and projector

Students - computer or tablet for each student ||  ||   ||
 * kizoa

||  || Kizoa is a free online movie maker.

1 GB of storage
 * Preparation time: minimal**
 * Ease of use Teacher: easy**
 * Ease of use Student:**
 * Easy** ||  || **Free** with limited features

Download movies: **max**
 * 1 min in 600p standard resolution + logo**

Share by email, FB, blog etc. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||