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How can you make a good presentation even more effective?
This page draws on published advice from expert presenters around the world, which will help to take your presentations from merely ‘good’ to ‘great’.
By bringing together advice from a wide range of people, the aim is to cover a whole range of areas.
Whether you are an experienced presenter, or just starting out, there should be ideas here to help you to improve.

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15 Strategies for Giving Oral Presentations
Most college students will need to bolster their public speaking skills at some point.Our 15 tips for improving your public speaking will make even a garden-variety speaker into a real Cicero:

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Prezi (An alternative to PowerPoint)
Far too many presentations are boring, with a capital B. In many cases, it’s not because the content is dull, it’s just that audiences have seen enough static slideshows to last a lifetime. Prezi creates eye-catching custom animations that blow ordinary slide decks out of the water.

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ICEBREAKER
​Icebreaker Questions – Biggest List EVER!

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Geography Games
Geography Games: The online version of the classic map quiz game for Windows, Seterra. Using Seterra, you can learn about countries, capitals, cities, rivers lakes and much more all around the world!, Available @ http://online.seterra.net/en/ex/8 or simply click on the hyperlink on the left. 

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Comic Books
Creating Comic Books: This site provides step by step instructions for creating an online comic strip, available at: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html, or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Quizizz
​Quizizz allows you to create and play awesome multiplayer quiz games, both in class and at home.

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Inklewriter: Create Your Own Adventure
inklewriter is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. It’s perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing.


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Pixton Comic Books
Creating Comic Books: This site provides instructions for creating online comic strip, it tends to be a bit more complex; however it allows more variety than many other sites, available @https://www.pixton.com/ , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Animoto
Add images, text, video clips, and music and let the program put it together for you. A free version is available to create 30-second videos. Available at http://animoto.com/education , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Poster Creation
Glogster – online poster creation. Can embed video, graphics, audio clips, and photos. Available at http://edu.glogster.com/ , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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 Online Binder Organization
This site provides a venue for organizing your research and creating online projects to highlight your research. Available at http://www.livebinders.com/, or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Clipart
A free online library of Microsoft clipart. Available at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??lc=en-us , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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PowerPoint Backgrounds
A free database of hundreds of PowerPoint backgrounds. Available at http://brainybetty.com/ , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Citation Creator
A site for easily and correctly citing sources in your presentations, available at http://citationmachine.net/index2.php , or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Digital Media Canyons District
This site provides numerous links to digital media formats that could be used to create online presentations. Available at http://prolearning.canyonsdistrict.org/bringing-social-studies-to-life-with-social-media.html ,or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Wordle 
These sites are tools for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Available at http://www.wordle.net/ and http://www.tagxedo.com/, or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Tagzedo. 
These sites are tools for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Available at http://www.wordle.net/ and http://www.tagxedo.com/or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Word Art
A tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.  Available at https://wordart.com/my-word-art​, or simply link on the hyperlink on the left

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Study Blue: Online Flashcards:
Rich Study Features. Our apps for web, iOS, and Android are all designed to help you make the most of your study time, when and where ever you need them.

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Online Interactive Timelines What is VIzzlo?
Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Dipity's mission is to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps. Dipity is the fastest and easiest way to bring history to life with stunning multimedia timelines.

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Stupeflix
Mix photos, videos, music, create stunning videos in seconds. Free video projection website.

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Quizlet
Quizlet has thousands of flashcard sets. If they don't have the exact ones you're looking for, sign up for a free account and you can create them yourself. 

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Form Creator
Create and embed a variety of forms into any web page, web site, or popular platform. 

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Jeopardy Rocks
Create an online Jeopardy game in minutes.  It's free, easy and loads of fun!



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Jeopardy Labs
JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running.

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MapMy self
Mapmyself provides a free site for users to easily create mind maps for any topic. The user must first conceptualize a topic that he or she wants to illustrate with mind mapping. There should be a central theme with several subcategories. Each subcategory can also have branch points and there is the option to annotate notes for any branch point.

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Lucid Chart
This is a great tool for concept mapping and presenting complex ideas by creating flowcharts This tool also allows collaboration with peers for real-time feedback and brainstorming. Completed charts can be saved, presented or shared with others with edit or read only privileges. Charts created using this tool can be instantly integrated with Google Docs/Drive and other Google apps.

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Stormboard
Edistorm now Stormboard is a program used to replace sticky notes and a whiteboard with online visual and virtual brainstorming. Edistorm/Stormboard is a Collaboration tool. Edistorm/Stormboard allows students or participants to work at the same time or view a teacher's lesson at different times. Participants can vote on which ideas or sticky notes they like the best contributing to the overall collaborative effectiveness.

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Edmodo
Edmodo is a new kind of web-based learning management system that supports learning and networking between learners and teachers. It's interface resembles social networks with added features like assignments, quizzes, calendars and additional resources. It is a secured and social way to learn.

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Jing
Jing is a tool that captures images or animations on your computer with your own voice narratives. Once captured, The images or videos can be available instantly on the Web if the user sends them through either screencast.com or saves them locally and uploads to the website, like your blog site.

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Penzu
Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal focused on privacy. It makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper. Unlike blogging, entries are private by default and can be highly protected.

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Scoop.it
Create an online Magazine made up of previously written articles on any subject you choose. Scoop.it! is a free, web-based tool that allows you to collect and share links to articles on your topics of interest in an electronic magazine format. As the user, or curator of your topics, you link topic-related articles (scoops) to add to you topic page, creating posts. The Scoop.it site can even do some of the work of finding scoops for you.

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Aviary
Current district filters block this site.  Aviary offers free online image editing tools, from basic image touching to complex effects. It boasts to be a free suite of powerful online creation tools for photo-editing, web templates, logos, filters, color pallettes, screen captures and more

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Classtools
Allows teachers/ students to create variety of flash based activities & games. There are no required downloads and user friendly and step-by-step instructions make it easier for the user to follow and use the given flash templates and create a unique activity.

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Digital Vaults
Digital Vaults is called an online exhibition. It is an online interactive exhibit conceived as a portal into the National Archives. The site uses visual records such as documents, photographs, and other media, and illustrates how these materials can come together in unexpected ways to tell the story of the US.

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DVOLVER
Currently blocked by Alpine School District Servers Dvolver moviemaker is a Web 2.0 Creativity and Innovation tool that can be used to make movies. It revolved from a tool called Dfilm (Digital Film). Dvolver was created by Ben Rigby in 2007. Dvolver moviemaker is an inexpensive tool that can be fun and innovative for all ages. With this web 2.0 tool, you can select your own characters, background and images. You can also add animation to the scenario, create a dialogue, and add music of your choice, then share it with others.

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Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary 
Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.

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Powtoon
Easy & Intuitive!  You don’t need to be a professional animator to get started with PowToon today!
We provide all the animation tools you’ll ever need to immediately begin creating your own professional-looking animated explainer videos and animated presentations. From start to finish, you’ll be guided through a surprisingly simple process, resulting in eye-catching videos that will hook your audience without fail.

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Thinklink
With ThingLink you can easily annotate image and video content with notes and rich media links. create interactive news photography, maps, posters, family albums, infographics, shoppable product catalogs, and much more!
You can share ThingLink images to social media channels, blogs, and keep following how people interact with each link on each embed location. That's pretty cool!  One image tells more than a thousand words. With ThingLink you can turn any piece of visual media into an engaging stor
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Vocaroo
Vocaroo is a shiny new service for sending voice messages across the interwebs. It's still under development though, so problems may occur.

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Timeline
TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines and is available in 40 languages

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Timeline Toast
Delightful timelines, as easy as toast.  
Take your narrative to the next level with our gorgeous interactive timelines. Bring your story to life in a way that not only looks good, but colors it with context.

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Adobe Voice
Just talk to tell your story. Say it one line at a time, with touch recording. Voice will make you sound amazing. Communicate visually. Instantly pick from thousands of beautiful, iconic images to show your ideas. Then choose the perfect look.  Watch your ideas come alive. Voice automatically makes your story move, with cinema-quality animation. Just press play

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Vittles
Turn Your iPad into a Video Whiteboard.  Vittle lets you easily narrate and annotate your photos and PDF slide decks to create highly engaging videos. Your iPad is now your broadcast studio  Import a PDF from Keynote, PowerPoint, or elsewhere into Vittle. Drop in photos from your camera roll. Hit record, and start talking. It's that easy. Vittle works like a magic whiteboard that records what you write and say:  Annotate and sketch using the ultra-smooth ink of our proprietary Inkflow Engine, Resize and move anything around the page, Zoom in to focus on key points, Visually navigate through even complex topics. Use Vittle to create video lectures and flip your classroom. Quickly annotate PDF documents and share a video recording with your colleagues. Get your point across exactly and in an impactful way. Collaborate across time and space like never before.

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YouTube Conversion
CONVERT YOUTUBE VIDEO LINKS TO MP3, MP4, AVI WITH THIS FREE ONLINE YOUTUBE CONVERTER AND DOWNLOADER

Vimeo Video Converter
Convert Vimeo Video links to MP3 MP4 with this free online video converter and Downloader

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Today's Meet
Enhance classrooms. Enable discussions. Empower students.
TodaysMeet gives everyone a voice

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Geoguessr
Embark on an online journey that takes you all over the world.
From the most desolate roads in Australia to the busy, bustling streets of New York City.
Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world.
From the most desolate roads in Australia to the busy, bustling streets of New York City.

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Wonderopolis
​Welcome to Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways.

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Timeline JS
TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet, a free spread sheet for use is available on the site. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations, while keeping TimelineJS's core functionality.

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Online Venn Diagram
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles. Students identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically. Students may view and edit their draft diagrams, then print the finished diagrams for reference.​

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Creating and editing Historical Newspapers 
Editable newspaper powerpoint templates.  This newspaper is ready for content. Available in both portrait and landscape format.

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Weebly Websites
Free online website creator.  Easy to use and publish.

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​Emaze Presentations
Emaze is an online presentation platform built on html5 technology. Users can create, manage, and share presentations through a cloud-based SaaS system. emaze offers a variety of presentation templates including formats using 3D animations and video backgrounds t

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The Inflation Calculator.
The following form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2017. Enjoy! Enter the amount of money: ... Source: The pre-1975 data are the Consumer Price Index statistics from Historical Statistics of the United States

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BINGO BAKER
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Find and customize one of the thousands of ready-made bingo cards, or create your own. Then print as many cards as you need. You can even play online using a computer, smartphone or tablet. It's fast and easy.​
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FlipGrid
Let your students’ creativity flourish with the powerful, easy-to-use recording tools. Students can capture widescreen videos, pause while recording, add more after reviewing, and trim to perfect. From 15 seconds to 5 minutes, your students can perfect the elevator pitch or give a short presentation.

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​FlipSnack Digital Book Maker
Digital flipbook maker for stunning magazines.  Create, share and embed online magazines, transforming your PDFs into online flipping books.

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Story Jumper
Digital Story publication, Create, share, embed and publish digital storybooks.

Personality Type Test
Based on the Work of Myers, Briggs, and Jung
This free personality test will allow you to obtain your four-letter type code according to Jung's typology as developed by Myers, Briggs, von Franz, and van der Hoop. Our test is one of several ways to quantify interpretations of Jung's typology, similar but not identical, to the MBTI test (the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® MBTI), the Jung Type Indicator, and other such instruments.  This test is uniquely designed to identify political identification
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Make any video your lesson (Edpuzzle)
Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.  Youtube bypass

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
​This is a Google Slides editable Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game template. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is great for a fun and interactive way to review information. You can insert all your own information and all the slides are linked for you, ready to go.

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HSP
H5P makes it easy to create, share and reuse HTML5 content and applications. H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences more efficiently - all you need is a web browser and a web site with an H5P plugin.

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Safe youtube
Free technology tools for teachers and students  which enable them to watch and share YouTube videos in classroom in a safe and friendly way without any distractions or offensive comments.  Safety tube is available in schools.

Plagerism Checker
It is completely free and available 24/7, ready whenever you need it. This tool to avoid plagiarism which becomes a personal assistant, meaning that you no longer may require hiring an assistant to check the article for originality.  Because it is online, and completely free wherever you are, it can be used on any of your devices as ever needed.
YouTube to Mp3 Converter
By using our converter you can easily convert YouTube videos to mp3 (audio) or mp4 (video) files and download them for free - this service works for computers, tablets and mobile devices.
Audacity Audio Recording
​Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Lame Software to Support Audacity
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Audacity(r) needs a plugin called "Lame" to export to mp3 format. It also uses the "FFmpeg" plugin to be able to read/import mp4 files, too.  The site above provides versions for Windows and Mac OSX of those plugins.  Please, read before clicking.
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