I am a big fan of having students present and share their learning in unique ways. As a result the students tend to have more fun and ultimately get more out of it. Below are a few resources that some of my students have used or played with in the past. The best part is that they are all free.
Prezi – Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. (Sign up as a Teacher or Student for some extras)
Slide Rocket – SlideRocket was founded in 2007 with the vision of building a better presentation experience, one that provides for every part of the presentation lifecycle and helps you make great presentations.
Exmpressr – Tell your story anyway you like. Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately in an instant.
Wordle – Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
Tagxedo – Tagxedo turns words — famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters — into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.
Aviary Advanced Creative Tools – Aviary is a suite of powerful creative applications that you can use right in your web browser. We’re on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing.
LoopLabs – Looplabs is the web’s premiere online music mixing application and platform. Since 2000 we have connected millions of web users from around the world to the art of music mixing through our extremely intuitive and easy-to use software interfaces.
Wix - Wix is a simpler, faster and better way for you to create Flash web content.
WordPress – A better way to blog (I personally prefer WordPress over Blogger but both work fine and are free.)
Blogger – Create a blog it’s free.
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