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Vuvox.com Creating multimedia presentations for the classroom [|Vuvox.com]

__Introduction__ Vuvox.com is a website that allows users to make presentations in the form of a slide shows. The user can upload their own photos from their PC, web, Flickr, or Picasa account to create a visual slide show. Using the tools on Vuvox.com users can embellish their presentation by adding text, music, and graphics. The slide shows can be easily shared on Ebay or Facebook. There are three basic versions on Vuvox.com: Express, Collage and Studio. Express is a simple version of Studio and is the easiest to use. Collage allows users to create a slide show with interactive text, photos and videos. Studio allows the user to be very creative, giving the ability to create many different types of presentations. Users can choose to make their slide shows public or keep them private.

__Why I Chose Vuvox.com__ I chose Vuvox.com because like many us I have loads of pictures just sitting on my computer and have been pondering what to do with them for far too long. Vuvox.com provides a great tool by allowing you to create impressive presentations with your own photos or those found on the web. Those presentations can then be shared on a variety of other sites. I thought Vuvox.com was very user friendly and had plenty of tutorial videos to explain how to create snazzy presentations.

__Utilizing Vuvox.com in the Classroom__ Vuvox.com can be a wonderful tool in the classroom for students and teachers. As teachers, we will be able to use Vuvox.com to create fun and engaging slide shows to introduce a new topic or to review an old topic. Students will be able to use Vuvox.com to create presentations to share with their fellow classmates. Presentations can vary from beginning of the year "about me" slide shows to research on the five major biomes (See example I created using Vuvox.com).

Here is a breakdown explaining how Vuvox.com can be used in several areas of study.


 * Language Arts: Slide shows can be used for digital storytelling. Students can also create a storyboard where they find photos that go along with a story recently read.


 * Math: Teachers can use the slides to go through mathematical problems step by step. Eventually, teachers can post the problem and have students work the problem step-by-step showing their work.


 * Science: Several scientific concepts involve processes. The slide show will allow students to visually show each step of a process in chronological order.


 * Social Studies: The slide show can be used to create a more modern version of a timeline. The timeline can include dates, pictures and even music of the time period.

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Visit [|Biome Example Slide Show] to see slide show on Vuvox.com