Sway is an exciting authoring app that allows you to create and share interactive presentations, projects, and more. Just add your content, and Sway will do the rest.
3. About Me
Director of Professional Development
Texas Computer Education Association
diana.benner@gmail.com
@diben
DIANA BENNER
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4. Ever been “KILLED” by
PowerPoint?
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5. Discuss how Office Sway can
be used in the classroom
Examine what Office Sway is
and how to access it
Create an Office Sway
In the next 50 minutes…
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7. What is Office Sway?
• Office Sway is a presentation program that
allows users to combine text and media to
create a presentable captivating presentations
• Released by Microsoft in August 2015
• Sways are stored on Microsoft's servers and
are tied to the user's Microsoft account
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8. Multiple Cards
• A Sway is composed of multiple cards
that are combined into a storyline.
• Cards are containers that hold text,
images and videos.
• You can combine cards into groups.
• A collection of cards make up the
storyline.
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9. What is the purpose of Sway?
• The purpose of Sway is to convey concepts
quickly, easily and clearly.
• Unlike PowerPoint, it is primarily for
presenting ideas onscreen rather than to an
audience.
• Tutorials, topic introductions and interactive
reports are the sort of things to which it lends
itself.
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10. When Should I Use Office Sway?
• When creating media-rich content
A picture is worth a thousand words
• When you want your reader to interact
with content
Sway has the ability to include live content such as
tweets and embedded sites from numerous sources
that the user can interact with including Google
maps, and numerous other sites. See a list here:
https://goo.gl/OVRmwx
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11. When Should I Use Office Sway?
• When you want to focus on content
rather than formatting
You can choose from numerous canned
designs, fonts, and navigation patterns
• When a document is not required
Sways can be shared but not exported
• When you want to create tutorials,
newsletters, or interactive reports
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12. Examples of Office Sway
Teachers:
• Document Projects
• Create Flipped Lessons
• Share Best Practices
• Recap Class Projects
https://docs.com/sway-edu/
Students:
• Class Presentations
• Research Reports
• Storytelling
• Online Portfolio
Sway in Education - https://sway.com/education
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13. Interactive Content on Office Sway
Embed interactive multimedia in Office Sway, such as:
• YouTube Videos
• 3D Content
• Maps
• Office Documents
• Tweets
https://sway.com/IoxJQBigNCnNnrgZ
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14. How Can I Access Office Sway?
1.Go to Sway.com
2.Login in with your Microsoft
account or your Office 365
account
If you don’t have an account,
you can easily create one.
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15. There’s An App For That!
• Sway is available for iPhones and iPads
• iTunes Store: https://goo.gl/RKZTiF
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16. More Ways to Use Sway
Sway Tutorials: https://goo.gl/d7N9iQ
How to create a:
• Newsletter - https://youtu.be/Qq7FaWkMAiY
• Digital Story - https://youtu.be/2CwjBK2ENdk
• Tutorial - https://youtu.be/mf2YzUEbUlM
• Presentation - https://youtu.be/U8WOSQ-z6VA
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17. Create Your Own
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”
Create a SWAY
Create a Digital Story using
the prompt on your writing
stone
Share your SWAY
• Link on Padlet
https://padlet.com/diana_benner/sway
• Tweet link to @diben and #tceatots
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23. This Presentation
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