Sway is an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for creating and sharing polished, online, interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more. It allows users to incorporate multimedia such as images, videos, documents and more. The document discusses how Sway can be used to develop skills like research, technology, writing, organization, presentation, communication, problem-solving and assessment. Examples of projects that can be created in Sway include PSAs, movie trailers, living histories, documentaries and virtual tours. The document also provides an introduction to the Sway interface and basics of using cards to incorporate different media types and reorder content.

1. © Copyright 2016
by The Source for Learning, Inc. All rights reserved
So Simple. So Slick.
So Sway!

2. Karen Streeter
@howlingmonkey2
Ruth Okoye
@moreruckus2

3. What is Sway?
Watch
Video
together

4. An easy-to-use digital storytelling app for
creating and sharing polished, online,
interactive reports, presentations, personal
stories, and more.
What is SWAY?
“

5. Why SWAY?
Media Rich
Reader to Interact with Content
Focus on Content NOT Formatting
View on ANY Device (with browser)

8. Research Skills:
documenting the
story, finding and
analyzing pertinent
information
Technology
Skills:
learning to use a
variety of hardware
and software
Writing Skills:
Formulating a
point of view and
developing a script
Organizational
Skills:
Managing the scope
of the project, the
materials used and
the time it takes to
complete the task

9. Presentation
Skills:
Deciding how to
best present a story
to an audience Communication
Skills:
Working within a
group and
determining roles
Problem-
Solving Skills:
Learning to make
decisions and
overcome obstacles
at all stages of
project Assessment
Skills:
Gaining expertise
critiquing their own
and others’ work

10. PSA
Breaking News or historic
“you are there” broadcast”
Movie trailer for a book,
article, historical era, event
Living History/ Oral History/
Historical interview
Dramatizing pieces of
literature
Personal narrative Virtual Tour
Digital Lab Report
Documentaries/Docudramas

11. INTRODUCTION TO
INTERFACE
● Menu
● Storyline / Preview

12. BASICS PART 1
● Text Cards
● Media Cards
● Reordering Cards
● Emphasize
● Accent
● Focus Points
CARDS
● Pictures
● Documents
● Videos
● Social Media
● Audio
INSERTING MEDIA

13. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Embed-content-in-your-Sway-
1e1ab12a-f961-4a26-8afc-77a15f892b1d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Esri ArcGIS Online
GeoGebra
Giphy
Google Calendar
Google Docs
Google Forms
Google Maps
Infogram
Sway currently supports embedding content
from the following sites:
Microsoft Channel 9
Microsoft Docs.com
Microsoft Office Mix
Microsoft OneDrive
(Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and PDF
documents)
Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Pulse
Microsoft Sway
Mixcloud
Poll Everywhere
Sketchfab
SoundCloud
Vimeo
Vine
YouTube

14. Sway Basics (Part 2):
Transforming and Sharing Your Content

15. Creating a Sway from Content

16. Have no fear...start from topics or templates is here!

17. What existing document
do you have that might
easily become a Sway?

18. Sample Sways
•Art portfolio
• Cows
•Quadratic equations Lesson
•Student showcase - Newton’s law
•Poetry Anthology
•Class Newsletter
•STEAM PD

19. How could you use Sway in your classroom in a
way other what has already been mentioned?
What do you think?

20. Stay Connected!
• Presentation Link:
• Follow us!
@HowlingMonkey2
@moreruckus2
• Join the MS Educator Community:
https://education.microsoft.com
• 30 Minute Sway Training:
https://education.microsoft.com/GetTrain
ed/Introduction-to-Sway
• Microsoft Educator Promo Code:
KSZXRD6DSWSFY2017

21. © Copyright 2016
by The Source for Learning, Inc. All rights reserved
Thank
you!
So Simple. So Slick.
So Sway!