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Visme is a relatively new service that just came out of Beta. It is visual communication tool that is easy to use and creates a great finished product. It has been described as a "PowerPoint disruptor". You can create presentations, infographics and more, while gathering resources and images, all in one place. You can create stunning visual products all in your browser. It is easy to use, with hundreds of templates and millions of photos and icons that you can use. You can make your designs interactive as well, with charts, maps, video, audio, links and more. You can then easily share your design, publish it to the web, or download it. There is also an Education version that lets educators and students create beautiful interactive presentations, infographics and reports. Visme is the only platform you need to any type of visual content for use within the classroom. Create virtually any type of visual content for use within the classroom. Choose from hundreds of beautifully ...

Planning for the first month of school can take on average 16 hours of prep, research, practice and refinement for every one hour of actual teaching time. In the hopes of giving teachers some hours back this month, here are 5 digital tools that teachers can use to lifehack their course planning. #1 BRAINSTORM IN THE CLOUD: Always forgetting great coursework planning ideas you have outside of class? Jot your brainstorms on your phone’s Evernote app. Your ideas will be synced to a central location automatically, so you can have all your great ideas in one place. #2 HAVE A DIGITAL PROJECT HUB Are you a visual brainstormer? Trello mimics your wall of Post-Its so you can drag and drop course ideas and to-do’s, big questions or due dates for projects. Teachers can also create projects for students, and ask them to add writing tasks, encouraging classroom collaboration. #3 TEACH VISUALLY Course Hero has just launched an Infographic Study Series ( coursehero.com/lit/ ): a collection of ove...

Zoho ShowTime is a very cool, free, tool that makes your presentations more interactive. It's easy to setup an account and then get started using it. You can import an PowerPoint presentation or PDF or create a new presentation right in it. (if you use Google Slides, just download it as a PowerPoint and then import). What's different about Zoho ShowTime is that it gives you live interaction with the audience as well as analytics. You can stream the slides out to the audience's devices, encourage your audience to like slides and ask questions (which you can answer immediately or later), project these questions to everyone, and then get metrics about the presentation and audience. Zoho ShowTime mobile (iOS and Android) apps:  https://www.zoho.com/showtime/mobile-apps.html  Take a look at how it works . The audience gets to follow along on their device, like slides and ideas, ask questions and then rate the presentation at the end. You get an online profile with all of your p...

Emaze is a free, online presentation tool that is easy to use and has some beautiful features. You sign in, select one of their amazing templates, create your presentation, and share it. The presentations are created in HTML5 so they are available on any web-enabled device. Presentations can be traditional slides, videos or even 3D. You can create a presentation from scratch, or import a PowerPoint. When you import a PowerPoint file, it will ask you which Emaze theme you want to use and then it will apply that theme to the file. They even have an offline viewer that you can use to be able to view your presentation and show it when you don't have an internet connection. There is also a library of presentations that you can use and modify. The free account is very good and you can upgrade to paid accounts for more features. They also work with school districts and colleges on volume licensing for premium accounts. It's a nice alternative to other products like PowerPoint and Goog...

Reflector2 is a wireless streaming product that works with iOS, Android and even Chromebooks that allows teachers and students to share their iPads, Android tablets and Chromebooks to the big screen wirelessly, from anywhere in the room. Recording with voice-over lets teachers record their lessons for future use, while multiple security features keep the classroom safe. With even more innovative features, Reflector 2 is an extremely cost-effective alternative to an Apple TV, utilizing the devices already found in most classrooms. It also works with Mac and PC. You can share your mobile device screens to a computer connected to a projector for a powerful presentation tool. It's a great tool for teachers to use in their classroom. It's not free, but the pricing is very competitive.  Take a look at it's Education uses and features.  -