Pretraining

Before starting the workshop the teachers need to be familiar with several tools that the students can use for the presentation of their classroom projects. The teacher can use either cloud based tools or if they do not have internet, they can use computer based tools. The different tools that can be used are:

Glogster Prezi
 * Cloud Based:**

Microsoft PowerPoint Windows Moviemaker
 * Computer Based:**

For each of these tools there will be tutorials which the teachers will need to know how to use and these tutorials can also be provided to the students so that they can learn to work with the tools at their own pace and according to their interest as well as the level of difficulty of the tools. A student who has difficulties in working with the computer can use the glogster which will provide this student with the possibility to have an excellent poster for his project boosting his confidence in himself and making him much more motivated to try harder.

Glogster is a tool where students can develop interesting classroom projects which foster creative thinking and expression as well as teamwork. It is an interesting and easy to use teaching tool which provides opportunity for alternative assessments and differentiated instructional activities. **Tutorial - Glogster** media type="custom" key="18039866" **Transcript - Glogster** Hello, I am Maria Jardim and today we are going to learn how to construct a poster using Glogster.
 * Tutorials (How to prepare presentations using):**
 * Glogster**


 * 1) First you need to go to go to [|www.glogster.com]
 * 2) You then need to create an account. You can either create a free student account or create a teacher account. There are various … and you can also use a 30 day trial version. The advantages of a teachers account are that you can add classes and students from each class. You can also organize them by projects whether individual or collaborative, and see the student’s portfolios.
 * 3) To create a glog is very easy, just click on “create a new glog”.
 * 4) You are then automatically on editing mode, ready to start your new project.
 * 5) You can start by preparing the wall paper. There are so many to choose from, just take a minute to look through to see which appeals to you more and then click on it and then apply to your project.
 * 6) It is then time to introduce the text, first you need to choose the text boxes and then select the one you like. You can move it around and rotate it as well. Click on edit to start writing.
 * 7) You can insert images, video and sound from your computer or from the web.
 * 8) The data and draw facilities are only available to people who have a professional account.
 * 9) As soon as you feel that your project is fine you can save it.
 * 10) The site can be edited after saving it.
 * 11) It can be shared by sending the hyperlink to the people you want to share it with. You can also imbed it in sites or classroom blogs.
 * 12) Try it out and enjoy.

**Tutorial - Prezi** media type="custom" key="18039626" **Transcript - Prezi** Hello, I am Maria Jardim and today we are going to learn how to construct a poster using Prezi. Prezi is a tool where students can develop interesting classroom projects which foster creative thinking and expression as well as teamwork. It is an interesting tool to for project presentations as it provides opportunity for alternative assessments and differentiated instructional activities.
 * 1) First you need to go to go to [|www.prezi.com]
 * 2) You then need to create an account. You can either create a free educational account if you an educational email or a free version where your prezis will all be public or even a paid version. The advantages of the educational account are that you can have your profile and your prezis private. This tool can be used in the collaborative preparation of presentation as many members of the same prezi can be working on it at the same time and the other people working on the prezi will see their avatar walking around the board.
 * 3) To create a prezi just click on “new prezi”.
 * 4) You can then create a name and a description for your prezi.
 * 5) You are then automatically on editing mode, ready to start your new project.
 * 6) You can start by choosing a template or you can choose the blank screen and personalize your template. To do this you can click on colors & forms and then choose one of the templates and choose your color scheme.
 * 7) Cicking on the screen you will be able to start writing and then you can choose if you want the phrase to be title or body. You can choose the colors and make the words bigger or smaller and rotate it or transport it to another position on the screen.
 * 8) You can insert images, powerpoint presentations, youtube films, concept maps and files.
 * 9) You can invite colleagues to edit the presentation with you.
 * 10) You can prepare the path of the presentation, choosing the order of the focus.
 * 11) When you have your project complete you can save it online and download a copy to be used offline.
 * 12) Try it out and enjoy.


 * Microsoft PowerPoint**

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In this article 
 * [|What is PowerPoint?]
 * [|Find and apply a template]
 * [|Create a presentation]
 * [|Open a presentation]
 * [|Save a presentation]
 * [|Insert a new slide]
 * [|Add shapes to the slide]
 * [|View a slide show]
 * [|Print a presentation]
 * [|Tips for creating an effective presentation]

 
 * Windows Moviemaker**

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 * Import photos and videos
 * Edit for audio
 * Choose a theme
 * Share on the internet