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SlideSix

http://slidesix.com/

This Web2.0 tool is amazing for creating, collaborating and sharing presentations.  I originally chose this program because I felt that it would be helpful in my Action Research Project that focuses on creating digital social stories to help teach social skills to children on the Autistic Spectrum.  SlideSix allows users' to create videos from within the program or to import existing projects into the program to enhance.

With this tool it is relatively easy to upload an existing Keynote, PowerPoint or OpenOffice presentation.  It is then possible to add sound, dialogue and embedded video from YouTube or a personal collection into the presentation.  This would help create a more interesting and inviting presentation or social story for the student.  This is important because the more input the student is able to have in the social story, the more he/she will want to watch it.  The more the student watches the social story the quicker the chosen social behavior will be learned.

A bonus application that SlideSix offers is the ability to collaborate online with other users on a document from Googledocs.  In this application a group can collaborate on a presentation and have a discussion as they are doing it.  Each member has the ability to view and make changes to the document.  Each member can view and add text to the conversation as the changes to the document are being made.  I can see this application being highly important to marketers, students, businesses as well as educators.

You are able to create an account and give the application a free trial.  This tool is going to be valuable in my Action Research Project and in the EMDT program at Full Sail.