This document provides information on several online tools that can be used to create multimedia presentations for promoting and persuading including Smore, Glogster Edu, Animoto, and iMovie. It lists the website addresses for each tool, provides brief descriptions of their functionality like allowing text, images, and video, and notes whether a free basic account is available or if advanced features require a paid license. Useful websites for finding royalty-free images, music, and sound effects are also included. Contact information is provided for questions.

1. Lena Arena
ICT Consultant K-12
9582 2851
Carmelina.arena@det.nsw.edu.au
ICT Tools to Promote and
Persuade

2. • Create on-line flyers
• Multi-modal (text, images, videos,
hyperlinks, audio)
• https://www.smore.com
• Free account needs to be created
• No printing in free accounts
• All flyers public
SMORE

4. • Create on-line poster
• Edu site must be used – Glogster site blocked to
students
• Multi-modal texts (text, clip art, photos, video,
audio, hyperlinks)
• http://edu.glogster.com/
• Free account
• No printing available in free account
Glogster Edu

6. • Create a video
• Multi-modal (text, images, music)
• Free account – 30 second video – need
account to create a free video
• Request Educational License – unlimited video
length
• Videos can be downloaded
• http://animoto.com/
Animoto

7. http://animoto.com/education/classroom

9. • Create a Movie Trailer
• Templates provided
• Multi-modal - add images, music, text
iMovie on the iPad

10. Student Sample
http://nbpsyear6oc.edublogs.org/

11. Useful Websites
• Purple Planet Royalty Free Music
http://www.purple-planet.com/
• Freeplay Music
http://freeplaymusic.com/
• Incompetech
http://incompetech.com/
• Partners in Rhyme (sound effects)
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/

12. Useful Websites
• Flickr Storm
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
• MorgueFile
http://www.morguefile.com/
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13. Lena Arena
ICT Consultant K-12
Sydney Region
9582 2851
Carmelina.arena@det.nsw.edu.au
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