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[|PowToon]
 * Introduction **

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PowToon is just one of many animation or cartoon apps. Why cartoons and animation? Something that catches kids eyes, it's familiar, it's part of their world. PowToon's Mission: ==="To address all the frustrations that people have with Power Point and Keynote and add animation and killer design" === PowToon will create the world’s most minimalist, user friendly and intuitive presentation software that allows someone with no technical or design skills to create engaging professional “look and feel” animated presentations. Our aim is to establish a new presentation category called “powtoon” – a combination of presentation and animated cartoon – as the industry standard for evolved (animated) presentations. Our greater vision is to effect the way people communicate in a profound way: “If a picture speaks a thousand words, an animation conveys an idea.” In the next series of post we will outline how the hard work of turning an idea into reality began... media type="youtube" key="oR__WIK_yqk" width="560" height="315"

** Discovery **

CURRICULUM RELATED EXAMPLES
[|Quick and Easy ways to use PowToons in your Classroom] D36 [|iPad Handbook Overview] [|Teacher Review of PowToon] [|PowToon Planning Sheet] [|Organ System Failure]

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 * ‡ HELP Videos: ** **PowToon Overview**
 * PowToon Stage**
 * PowToon Library**
 * PowToon Timeline**
 * ‡ HELP Resources: ** [|PowToon EDU Blog]
 * Additional PowToon Resources ** [|PowToon on Pinterest]

Create an PowToon video (must be over 30 seconds)- topic can be related to school or for fun
 * Task **
 * Different styles (at least 3)
 * Several objects coming in and out on one slide
 * 3 different object transitions (in and out)
 * 2 different backgrounds
 * 3 states of characters (mood)
 * Text with at least 3 different fonts
 * Background music

** Blog post for Week 5- Prezi, Voki, Animoto, and PowToon ** For this week's blog post, reflect on how these production tools can change the learning environment of your classroom. Explain some different ways you can use any of these tools in your teaching or how you would have your students use these tools to create. Consider the possibility of choice when differentiating products to demonstrate learning. This week's blog post you will practice embedding- embed your Prezi, Voki, Animoto and PowToon in this week's Blog. If you can't get them all to embed in one post, break it up into three separate posts or just use the URL link instead. As always, be sure to comment on the blogs of three classmates. If you notice that one classmate is not getting as much attention as others, please be kind and share the love. Also- KEEP TWEETING! I've loved following the class hashtag #36Learning20. One more thing... If you're Twitter profile is still an egg, it's time to hatch! People are less likely to follow eggs!

[|Here's a reminder on how to embed.]

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