1. Use PowToon to "Bring Awesomeness" to your classroomPowToon  Why is PowToon so awesome? What does it do?What does it do?  How can you use this to make your classroom more awesome? How can you use this  Example of this awesomeness! Example  The cost and accessibility of being more awesomecost and accessibility  What is the learning curve to become more awesome?learning curve Click the PowToon to go to home page

2. Why is PowToon so awesome? Click the PowToon to go to home page Essentially, PowToon is presentation software that helps people make animated presentations and videos. Two options: 1. Studio: Make animated videos either from scratch OR if you are in a crunch, use a ready-made video but adjust the text, pictures and sound to make it your own! 2. Slides: Make exciting, entertaining presentations that are a refreshing alternative to PowerPoint. Use animated characters to tell a story, record voice overs, and manipulate images that are downloaded or found through PowToons

3. Classroom Uses for PowToon  Introduce Assignments  Introduce New Units  Wrap-up and celebrate big units by organizing accumulated student work and learning into a presentation or video  Use emotional hooks and storytelling to make lectures more relevant and engaging to students  Can be used in an effective subject-specific manner (ex. Have a historical character teaching about history, or a famous scientist talking about the scientific method)  Give students an exciting and interesting platform to present information and show their learning Click the PowToon to go to home page

4. Look here, I made a PowToon! Neuron Investigation Click the PowToon to go to home page

5. The Cost of Using PowToon PowToon is FREE!!  However, there are some “Ready-Made” PowToons that will say “preview” a couple times throughout when you do not have the upgraded version. Also, you will not be able to download your PowToon to your computer, you will be limited in music and styles and to a 5 minute cap on videos and presentations.  For $16/month you could utilize an HD download, 20 royalty-free tunes, or 57$/month, 18 royalty-free styles, and make PowToons up to 15 minutes.  For $57/month, you could utilize Full HD Download, 3 rd Party transfer rights, unlimited royalty-free music, 24 royalty-free styles and make PowToons up to 60 minutes.  But Wait! There is special pricing for teachers, students and the classroom! $2, $1 and $8, respectively. Click here to check that out!here Click the PowToon to go to home page

6. It's pretty easy to be this awesome...  PowToon includes many tutorials on different aspects of creating videos and presentations from scratch.  For those who are really technologically challenged, the ready-made templates and videos are super easy to edit.  Because PowToon caters to these different levels of technological prowess, it is a great program to engage your students with! PowToon is already pre-scaffolded.  A great way to teach PowToon use, may be to teach about one new element each day (such as voice overs, characters, props, etc.) Click the PowToon to go to home page