Comments on: The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows

By: pjvermont

pjvermont — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:28:36 +0000

HI Larry,

My choices for the best places for students to make online slideshows (with registration) would be OneTrueMedia and Empressr. The capacity to include music and video put them over the top. The capacity to edit the video in OneTrueMedia makes it even more appealing.

If there are other free ones that can do the same I’d love to know.

Thanks,
PJVermont

By: Lee Fleming

Lee Fleming — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:21 +0000

I thought it was you who tweeted about faculte–if it was, thank you a gazillion times over, but if not, check it out–that has been my número uno tool of choice for professional but also personal needs. I haven’t used many on this list so I need to compare, but it is super easy and though it doesn’t let you upload just any picture from the web, it provides you with a ton of options from flickr.

Thanks for the post, definitely will try others out.

By: tweisz

tweisz — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:14:58 +0000

Larry – thank you for the clarification – your focus is on slide tools that are entirely web-based – now I have a better understanding of your list! I do really like Slideshare for all the reasons you listed above – especially how simple it is for students to use, edit, and embed. But it does require an upload from a slideshow already created somewhere else.

Although I am fortunate enough to teach in a 1:1 program, an unfortunate aspect of it is that the students do not get to keep the laptops after having them for 3 years in the program. For that reason I am trying to use as many web-based tools with them as possible and not rely on resident applications. That way their transition into life without a laptop will not be so difficult I hope. Your list will help me explore some other options!

By: Larry Ferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:26:15 +0000

Tracie,

Slideshare seems to be more designed for people to upload presentations that they’ve created using other applications, instead of actually creating them. The other tools that I include on the list that might be similar also provide another value-added benefit, typically it making it very easy to add audio to uploaded presentations.

But I’m open to hearing reasons why it should be included.

Larry

By: tweisz

tweisz — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:40:35 +0000

Larry – I like this list as there are several on here I have not checked out before and now will. VoiceThread is also my very favorite. However, I’m wondering why you didn’t include SlideShare? Do you think it is more difficult than the others?

By: Ben at Voices.com

Ben at Voices.com — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:43 +0000

Thanks for pointing out VoiceThread! That looks like a pretty great way to overlay voice overs on presentations, and to do it *easily*.

Thanks!

By: mguhlin

mguhlin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:26:53 +0000

Great post, Larry! Thanks! I was not aware of ShowBeyond and the Digital Vault! I feel like I’ve been under a rock!!

Warm regards,

Miguel Guhlin
Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org
http://mguhlin.org

By: PJVermont

PJVermont — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:39:15 +0000

I’ve been using Mixbook of late, and have been pleased. The kids love it.

By: PJVermont

PJVermont — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:14:03 +0000

I checked out magtoo. Do others question its appropriateness?

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:38:37 +0000

Thanks Larry, this is great. I hit a few brickwalls with trying to do a photoshow with the kids using smilebox (firewall preventing access) so magtoo is a great option. Off to check out the others!