Project+Format+Ideas

This page will give you alternatives to standard classroom presentations and projects. Also see the Project Based Learning page. **For other ideas, be sure to check out the Web 2.0 page.** **For Online resources similar to PowerPoint--** but better **, go to the Slide Show Page** = A good place to start: =
 * [|Remix-T]** helps **teachers** develop engaging, "media rich" activities that incorporate images, video, and sound. The companion site, [|Remix.ND.edu], helps ** Students ** use and apply digital media. Grades 4-12 and Up. ( AASL 2014 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning )

= Animations :=
 * [|Animata] is an open source real-time animation software, designed to create animations, interactive background projections for concerts, theater and dance performances.
 * **Blabberize** allows you to use your own voice in a photo story display.
 * [|Dvolver] is a tool to **create online animations**. You choose the characters, write the dialogues, add some music and publish or send it to someone. Very easy to use. No registration required.
 * ** DigitalFilms ** is a website that lets you create your own film for free. You choose your background, scene, characters, animated actions, dialogue, introduction, and ending credits.
 * With [|DoppelMe] you can ** create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people ** for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web. It's ** free ** and there are ** no Flash, ActiveX controls, downloads or toolbars ** needed - just your browser and a few mouse clicks. That's it!
 * [|FluxTime] Studio is free - you can create, edit and play your own animation clips, and send them as e-cards to friends and family.
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/AASL_Best%20T%26L%2014.png width="96" height="132"]] -> [|PowToon] - This site allows for the creation of web-based presentations that include animated videos and amazing content.
 * **SCRATCH** can be used by kids aged 8 and up. It is brought to you by the National Science Foundation and it is FREE. It includes kid-oriented programming language and has friendly tools for kids. You will need to create an account, but it is free.
 * **Voki** - Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized ** speaking avatars **and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. It can also be used in several languages.
 * **ZimmerTwins** is a fun site for students. It’s the best way to create your **digital cartoon** and tell a story with it. I’m sure you and your students can create wonderful cartoons. This is geared toward grades 4-6 but could be applied at any age.
 * __**ZimmerTwins for Teachers**__ gives some great hints on how to make the movies.


 * BOOK CREATORS: **
 * **Storybird**-


 * Book Reviews **- can be created by students at **Library Thing.**
 * Book Trailer Creations ** --for those of you who are tired of Book Reports.
 * This is a good place to start: [|book trailers]
 * [|Book Nook] (from Infohio) is a site devoted to student-created book trailers. The site is open to all Ohio K-12 students.
 * Check out the guidelines and rubric for submission .
 * When the book trailer is finished, just complete the short submission form . The Book Nook team will review the content within five days.
 * If you've never made a book trailer, Book Nook includes links to resources for teachers and students to spark creativity and guide them through the development process.
 * Check out the book trailers already posted for ideas and the Help section for more information.


 * COMIC BOOK OR COMIC STRIP **
 * 1) [|Comic Creator]- From Read Write Think, an easy/simple to use comic creator for children and teens.
 * 2) [|Comic Master] - Create your own short graphic novel. No log in required to use and print. Can log in to save.
 * 3) **[|Make Beliefs Comix]** - A wonderful site with lots of options to choose from -- it even lets users create comics in Spanish. **POPULAR SITE! Here is a [|tutorial] that shows you everything you need to know to get started.**
 * 4) Pixton  is a great tool that students can use to create comics. From fully posable characters to dynamic panels, props, and speech bubbles, every aspect of a comic can be controlled in an intuitive click-n-drag motion. Pixton provides [|free lesson plans] (for all subjects) to help you get your students engaged in writing through comic creation. Printing is not available on the free plan, but students can get a web link or an embed code to share. Here is a [|sample]
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #5a99c4; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Seedling Comic Studio (<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif;">iOS app) - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #898989; font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;,&#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Create and share your own amazing comic book! Easily mix your own photos with custom backgrounds and stickers
 * 6) **Toondoo**- just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!
 * 7) [|Witty Comics] - focuses more on creating text.

=** [|Digital Storytelling] - ** Digital storytelling, at its most basic core, is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. Many of the resources on this page can be used for digital storytelling, including those found below.= See Digital Storytelling Tools for more information. (Also see **Slideshows** below and the ** Slide Show Presentation Page) **
 * [|Adobe Spark] - Turn your ideas into impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos—in minutes. This free resource for creating and sharing visual stories has both Web and mobile options.
 * [|Buncee]- A creation and presentation tool for students and educators to create interactive classroom content, allowing learners of all ages to visualize concepts and communicate creatively.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: volkswagents-demiboldregular; font-size: 35px;">[|Popplet]- tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas.
 * [|Shadow Puppet EDU] - (app) - <span style="background-color: #353739; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: &#39;Open Sans&#39;; font-size: 14px;"> simple video maker for the classroom.
 * Use your** iPad for Digital Storytelling **!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7759ae; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">[|Google Tour Builder] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> - <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: &#39;Open Sans&#39;,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">check out the inspiring stories that people are creating using Tour Builder. Here is an [|example] of one called "The War for Independence".

= Flash Cards = (see Student Tools)

= Games Creation- = (See Puzzles and Games Creation)

= Graphs (see, Creating Charts and Graphs on the Just Science page)=

= Infographics are visual devices intended to communicate complex information quickly and clearly. By presenting information in a compact and creative format, infographics are able to quickly convey knowledge and engage viewers. =
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Inforgraphics Archive] is a good place to start
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/AASL_BestT%26L13.png width="96"]] ---> [|Easel.ly] (Recommended by Richard Byrne) allows users to quickly create infographics and share visual ideas online. Easel.ly has an expansive library of elements and visual objects that can be added to personalize infographics of all kinds. Students and teachers can choose from pre-formatted infographics or start fresh and create their own. Easel.ly is intuitive and easy to use, relying on drag-and-drop features and streamlined menus. Grades 6-12.
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/right_nav_pods/piktochart.jpg caption="best website icon" link="@https://piktochart.com/"]] Piktochart **[[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/img/external.gif]] - AASL** 2016 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning - Billed as an easy-to-use infographic maker, Piktochart offers a large library of professionally designed templates with visual appeal and plenty of layout choices. Piktochart can also be used to create colorful presentations and posters. Its drag and drop interface makes it a tool appropriate for grades 3-12.
 * [|Infogram] - Beautiful charts, maps, graphics, and dashboards are a snap with Infogram.
 * [|Vengage] - Choose from a 100+ infographic templates and follow simple steps to create your own infographics.

(Also see Animations above) media type="youtube" key="PUKWRHhmId4" width="560" height="315" = = = MAPS = =(See more on maps on the Just Social Studies page)= ==<span style="background-color: #f4f5f6; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,&#39;Palatino Linotype&#39;,Palatino,serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Maps are a great way for students to navigate their understanding of different topics. While it is useful for geography (of course), students can also use mapping to increase their understanding of a story in English, a lesson in History, and more. ==
 * MAKING MOVIES/VIDEOS: **
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/right_nav_pods/biteable.jpg link="@https://biteable.com/"]] ** Biteable ** **[[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/img/external.gif]]AASL** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif;">2016 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning - three-step animated video maker that lets the user choose from animation styles, upload pictures, select and change font, colors and text, in an incredibly easy process. Final videos can be emailed and shared at the click of a button. Appropriate for grades K-12.
 * ** Drag On Tape ** - is a very user friendly site that uses a ** drag-and-drop interface to edit and create "video mixtapes" using **YouTube videos. (** Top 25 Sites of 2010 **)
 * ** JellyCam ** - Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos. ** Top 100 of 2011 . **
 * ** KidsVid ** provides teachers and students with the tools and instruction necessary to plan, script, create and edit and show their own videos. ** You will need to register but it is worth it ! ** Each step you need to take is available with all the necessary tools.
 * ** Movie Maker ** Easy video editor everyone can use. Edit, add effects and more to make a movie.
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #373737; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|StudentCam] is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. Students in grades 6-12 are asked to **<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">create a short (5-7 minute) video documentary **<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #373737; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> on a topic related to the chosen theme. <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #373737; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,sans-serif;">StudentCam competitions usually begin in November and end in January each year.

= NEWSPAPER CREATORS: =
 * **Crayon** allows you to create your own newspaper.
 * **Newspaper clippings** helps students to create a newspaper clip.
 * **Newspaper Template** provides LOTS of templates that you can use to create your own newspaper.
 * [|Printing Press] by ReadWriteThink is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers. It is very simple to use and requires no login.

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 * PICTURE/POSTER/ONE PAGE **** PROJECTS **
 * **Big Huge Labs** is a fabulous site for making creative projects with your own **photos** --create **magazine covers, posters, collages, jigsaw puzzles, trading cards**, **badges**, **calendars**, **slide-shows**, **mosaics** and more. It is FREE to share or save on your computer! You can also order hard copies for a fee.
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Block Posters **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> is a very cool site. You can upload pictures and then **create a poster** from them. What is special is that you can print it out in pieces so that you can put it all to create a HUGE poster.
 * [|Imgflip] is a simple and fast website for creating and sharing images. Create posters, memes, pie charts...See the example below.
 * Use your own **photos** or supplied symbols to create fun __**posters** or **word mosaics**__ and more at **Imagechef**--very fun site.
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The web-based sticky note application, [|Lino], makes creating and sharing web-based projects easy and fun for all ages.
 * **[|Magnoto] -** add your photos, videos, audios in a magnetic style to the web. You can also send your content as an email. It's like sticking different media on a refrigerator door.
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Oswald,tahoma,&#39;lucida grande&#39;,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">[|PixTeller] is a new and simple way to make beautiful posters and share them. **
 * [|Quozio] - turn meaningful words into beautiful images in seconds; then share.
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/AASL_Best%20T%26L%2014.png width="86" height="118"]]>>>>>** Recite This [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/img/external.gif]]where you can go to "Turn a Quote into a Masterpiece." Pick a quote from literature, a movie, a mentor, teacher, or create of your own, choose a template, and voila, you have created a gorgeous quote with Recite This. A wonderful resource for bulletin boards, classroom walls, door decorating contests, Power Point and other online based presentation tools. Grades K-12. **
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/AASL_Best%20T%26L%2014.png width="86" height="118"]]>>>>>ThingLink Make your images completely interactive by adding links, videos, text, and more with your computer, smartphone, or tablet. Add your own picture and embed information or pull images from other sites and add facts to those.
 * **Wordle** is a fun way to make creative pages with specific words. Kids can create their own __ **mini-posters** __ with words for vocabulary or on a specific theme. For more information check out the **Word Clouds** Page.


 * Podcasts **- (See the Podcasts page)--

= Quizmakers --Have your students create their own **online quizzes**. See Quiz and Survey Generators page.=

= Slideshows - See Slide Show Presentation Tools=

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= TimeLine Creators: = Build and share timelines. Use your own events and images or add content and images from World Book. This INFOhio tutorial will take you through World Book Timelines, show you how to use this resource and give suggested ideas of how you can incorporate Timelines into your classroom. media type="youtube" key="pM-9jbmA1K4" width="560" height="315"
 * [|World Book Timelines] - from INFOhio - Contact the media center for login info. if needed.

Other timeline resources: Sample of a timeline from Timeglider... media type="custom" key="9132332" width="70" height="70" media type="custom" key="9134488" width="70" height="70"
 * **Capzles**- One of the nicest timeline creation sites--it has a beautiful user interface as well as the ability to embed into a site.
 * [[image:http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/AASL_BestT%26L13.png width="80" height="110"]]---> Using [|myHistro], you can combine maps and timelines seamlessly into one great presentation.
 * **Our Timelines**- create timelines by using pre-existing forms--text only.
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif;"> Sutori - formerly Hstry - ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif;">a multimedia timeline tool. Teachers can create interactive timelines or use pre-made timelines to present lessons using video, images, audio, quiz questions and text. ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif;">Students can also create, interact and comment on peer timelines. ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,arial,sans-serif;">Grades: 3-12 **
 * **Tiki Toki**- Create **ANIMATED** online timelines. ** Top 100 Site of 2011 **.
 * **Timeglider**- a great site that lets users create not only multimedia timelines but legends as well. There is a "Plus upgrade" in the works for for education!
 * **Time Toast**- A timeline that includes text and pictures. A sample of a timeline created using Timetoast follows:
 * **Timeline Maker**- A simple to use timeline generator that only displays text. Can be vertical or horizontal. Many worksheets for teachers here too.

Create your own ** Tutorials ** = = = Webpages **__ : __**=
 * [|Showme] - This app allows you to create lessons and tutorials on an IPad, then share. You can also view tutorials that others have saved.
 * [|Tildee] - Easily create and share step-by-step written instructions including pictures, videos, maps and web links.
 * **Wink Screen Capture** -<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanation boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.
 * [|Fakebook] allows teachers and students to create imaginary profile pages for fictional and historical figures. Chart the plot of a book, the development of a character, a series of historical events, the debates and relationships between people, and so on!
 * Have students create their own __**websites**__ . Go to WEBSITE CREATORS.

= Webquests -- are inquiry-based activities in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from resources on the web. For more information, go to WebQuests-Pathfinders.=