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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Discuss the benefits and risks of presenting themselves in different ways online, e.g. professionally and personally.
Read this article and write a public apology on behalf of Zoella, for her historical tweets.

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YouTuber and blogger Zoella has apologised for a number of old tweets about gay people and "chavs".

The posts, from 2009-12, which have now been deleted, have been called out for "fat shaming" and being homophobic.

"Fat chav", "skank" and "tramp" are some of the phrases she posted on her Twitter account, which now has 11 million followers.

Zoella apologised on Wednesday, adding she "would never say those things now".

The statement, posted on Twitter said: "I've seen a few of my old tweets from 7/8 years ago floating around (which I have now deleted) using words like 'chav', 'skank' and other words I wouldn't use now as part of my language.

"Obviously that is not who I am today and I'd like to think I'm a little older and wiser! I'm not perfect and I've never claimed to be, I'm only human!"

The vlogger, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, claims several of the statements were taken out of context as they were commenting on TV shows like the X Factor and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Two tweets, saying: "I find it funny when gay men spit... it's like they're trying to be a bit macho," and "How many straight men do you know, who whip out a compact mirror to do their hair before an abseil," have been criticised by Twitter users for being homophobic.

Others, saying "Who do these parents insist on beefing up their obese children, just give them water and some veg and tell them that's all they're getting," and phrases "fat chav" and "close up of a fatty eating a big mac" have also been seen as fat-shaming.

Ashleigh Hamman tweeted: "Absolutely disgusting Zoella calling people fat. Especially when she claims to get upset when people would call her 'skinny' in the past. How hypocritical can you get."

Zoella, who lives in Brighton, has built up a strong social media following in recent years thanks to her lifestyle and beauty vlogs.

Zoella has already come under fire this week for her 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar. The product has seen its price slashed from £50 to £25 by retailer Boots, after it was criticised for being bad value for money by customers.

Some fans said the re-emergence of Zoella's old tweets was a response to criticism of the Advent Calendar.

But not everyone has criticised Zoella, who has her own beauty range and a series of novels, with followers saying she should not be judged for things she said a long time ago.

Her work on anxiety and mental health has been mentioned as an example of how Sugg has matured and developed a positive persona on social media.

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YouTuber and blogger Zoella has apologised for a number of old tweets about gay people and "chavs". The posts, from 2009-12, which have now been deleted, have been called out for "fat shaming" and being homophobic. "Fat chav", "skank" and "tramp" are some of the phrases she posted on her Twitter account, which now has 11 million followers.

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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Discuss the benefits and risks of presenting themselves in different ways online, e.g. professionally and personally.
WM3: Write a blog on why Jack had to leave the jungle, or why he should have stayed.

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YouTuber Jack Maynard has left I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! due to "circumstances outside camp".

His exit comes after a series of his tweets - in which he used inappropriate language - were published in the Sun newspaper while he was in Australia.

His publicist confirmed he was leaving the ITV show so he could be made aware of any allegations against him and have the right to defend himself.

They said he agreed with the decision "made by his representatives and ITV".

A spokesperson for the show said: "Due to circumstances outside camp Jack has had to withdraw from the show."

The 22-year-old is one of 10 contestants taking part in the programme, which started on Sunday.

Maynard appeared on Tuesday night's show but presenters Ant and Dec confirmed his removal half-way through the programme, telling viewers they could not vote for him in Wednesday's bushtucker trial.

'Better to bring him out'

A statement from his publicist said: "In the last few days Jack Maynard has been the subject of a succession of media stories which, given his position as a contestant on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! - filmed in the Australian jungle, with no contact with the outside world, he has been unable to respond to.

"Since it is only fair that everyone should be aware of any allegations made against them and should also have the right to defend themselves, it was agreed that it would be better to bring him out of the show."

The 22-year-old has more than 1.2m subscribers to his YouTube channel and is the younger brother of singer Conor Maynard.

He has faced allegations of racism and homophobia in recent days after old tweets using insulting language emerged online - the majority of which were posted in 2012 and have since been removed.

His representative said Maynard was "ashamed" of those tweets and the star realises now that the language used was "completely unacceptable".

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YouTuber Jack Maynard has left I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! due to "circumstances outside camp". His exit comes after a series of his tweets - in which he used inappropriate language - were published in the Sun newspaper while he was in Australia.

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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Citizenship: Identity, image and reputation

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Discuss the benefits and risks of presenting themselves in different ways online, e.g. professionally and personally.
WM3: Create a safe online profile of themselves in MFL in order to send to their partner school abroad.

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Demonstrate healthy online behaviours (physical and psychological) and identify unacceptable behaviour, e.g. in relation to cyberstalking, harassment, abuse of trust and radicalisation.
Explore how social media can be a force for good by reading this article and discussing it in class.

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I want to say the duck face picture days are behind us but I'm not sure if that's a safe statement yet. We still have the mouth wide open, peace sign pics but I haven't seen a duck face pic in a while so I'm hopeful.

I'm not one for selfies. They actually freak me out and when I see my teenager take 75 selfies during the 3-minute ride to church, I completely lose my cool. She says she has to get it just perfect. She once tried to get me in one of her selfies so I shot the camera the bird in an effort to make it unsendable (I know, I know, there's no need for chastising comments) ... it ended up being sent anyways and now she's the kid who's mom flipped off the camera.

Seriously.

Snapchat is nonstop in our house. We have two teenagers that use Snapchat 26 hours a day.

What's wrong with these kids?

How did we raise a generation of selfie taking teens who are constantly sending their friends pictures of themselves. I told my daughter to send something else instead of a selfie to her friends on Snapchat and she looked at me like I had 2 heads. "Like what? What else would I send?"

I was speechless.

Last week one of our teens missed a week of school and ended up in the ER because she was so sick. I have no doubt that on Monday morning, when her friends realized she wasn't at school, they started snapchatting. I'm pretty sure they all got a selfie of my sick child with puffy eyes and pale face.

Oh my God, make it stop.

But then something strange started happening.

The first day she was home sick the doorbell rang mid-afternoon and it was one of her selfie taking friends with a milk shake for my daughter. She knew my daughter couldn't eat because her throat was so sore so she brought her a milk shake. She drove to Sonic and spent her own money on a milkshake for my daughter. Even if it seems like the smallest act of kindness, it's kind of huge in the teen world.

The next day the door bell rang and it was the delivery guy from Panera Bread. Her "oh my gosh mom, stop calling him my boyfriend, you're so embarrassing" called in an order for her and had it delivered to our house. For real, this sweet young man placed a lunch order for my daughter and had it sent to our house. What? Who does that? I'm sure she snapchatted him a thank you. I called my husband to tell him he needed to step up his game because this kid just schooled him!

The following day the doorbell rang again and when I opened the door, there stood a pizza delivery guy. Her BFF (who doesn't even live in our city) called in a pizza and had it delivered to my daughter. He handed me a personal pizza, fries and a drink and let me know that everything down to the gratuity was covered.

I called her mom later on in the day to tell her thank you and her mom had no idea that her daughter had sent mine lunch. There was no glory in it for her friend, she was simply and silently being kind.

The next day we landed in the ER and as she laid in the hospital bed I watched her phone go off nonstop with friends checking on her. I also watched her snapchat pictures of her IV, monitor, socks, and whatever else was in that room.

On the last day of the week, her "oh my gosh mom, stop calling him my boyfriend, you're so embarrassing" and her best guy friend showed up to our house during their lunch hour with hamburgers from our favorite fast food joint. The three of them sat outside and had lunch together. They kept her company and gave her several reasons to smile after a long and isolated week.

These kids proved me wrong over and over all week long. It was a humbling experience to say the least. Maybe all this technology, Snapchat, texting and selfies aren't making them all crazy, self-centered bullies. It's giving them access to each other in ways that we didn't have growing up and maybe that's not always a bad thing. I know that sometimes social media is abused and used in hateful ways but I've learned this week that sometimes it's used in the sweetest, most generous ways.

When I was growing up and friend missed a week of school due to illness we really didn't do much about it. We might have called them from our Swatch phone after dinner to see if they were okay and if we were really cool we added a friend to the conversation by using three-way calling. But other than that we kind of just let their parents handle it and waited for them to return to school.

The instant access these kids had to each other over the week gave them the ability to show compassion to my daughter in ways we couldn't when we were their age. It gave them ways to love on her while she was home sick. It gave them the ability to show her that they cared and that she was not only loved but she was missed. I want to call each one of their parents and tell them thank you and well done.

We don't give this generation enough credit. These are good kids doing their best to navigate through a world that has instant access to everything and every event the moment it happens. Their lives are being played out through social media in real-time right in front of all of our faces. Teenaging is hard stuff right now but they're actually doing a pretty good job at making it work for them.

If you have little ones and are terrified of the teen years please let me tell you that the best is yet to come. These kids are the coolest and even through their struggle in trying to figure out who they are and where they fit in, they can be surprisingly awesome. It's so amazing watching these kids grow into compassionate and generous young adults, even if we have to see most of it via Snapchat.
Related post: Related video: This post comes from the TODAY Parenting Team community, where all members are welcome to post and discuss parenting solutions. Learn more and join us! Because we're all in this together. I found out what my daughter had done through her social media

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I want to say the duck face picture days are behind us but I'm not sure if that's a safe statement yet. We still have the mouth wide open, peace sign pics but I haven't seen a duck face pic in a while so I'm hopeful. I'm not one for selfies.

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Demonstrate healthy online behaviours (physical and psychological) and identify unacceptable behaviour, e.g. in relation to cyberstalking, harassment, abuse of trust and radicalisation.
Read this YouTube Academy website, and write an opinion piece, either for or against such an establishment, entltled 'Shouldn't we be running around the park?'

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Age: 7-10 Our Mini-Tubers Creator Class has a casual "club" feel so that it doesn't feel like an extension of school. Groups of no more than 5 are rotated through experiential and bonding/team building sessions. The experiential sessions are designed to teach under the cover of fun. For example - Superhero Week is presented to the children as a fun opportunity to come up with their own superhero name and which powers they would have. The session aim is to get them planning a unique, self created production whilst improving their onscreen camera confidence as they present independently. Our Mini-Tubers are high energy and look forward to the very social nature of the experience. Often they build friendships with children they don't see at any other time during the week. With this in mind we rotate each week through a video shoot, editing, and fun gaming/Virtual Reality session. For example; in week one, Group One will do a video shoot, in week two they will practice editing that video, and in week three they do gaming/Virtual Reality.

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Age: 7-10 Our Mini-Tubers Creator Class has a casual "club" feel so that it doesn't feel like an extension of school. Groups of no more than 5 are rotated through experiential and bonding/team building sessions. The experiential sessions are designed to teach under the cover of fun.

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Citizenship: Digital rights, licensing and ownership

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Understand copyright, licensing, fair use, and the rights they have as creators.

Explain basic copyright laws, e.g. explore the ethical and legal ramifications of piracy and plagiarism and know that they are irresponsible and disrespectful.

Act responsibly as creators and users of creative work, e.g. explore decisions that creators make when exercising their creative rights and responsibilities, giving consideration to ethical, real-life issues.
Explore use of https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/ in order to use legal photos in any digital work.

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Join a global community working to strengthen the Commons

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Citizenship: Digital rights, licensing and ownership

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Understand copyright, licensing, fair use, and the rights they have as creators.

Explain basic copyright laws, e.g. explore the ethical and legal ramifications of piracy and plagiarism and know that they are irresponsible and disrespectful.

Act responsibly as creators and users of creative work, e.g. explore decisions that creators make when exercising their creative rights and responsibilities, giving consideration to ethical, real-life issues.
Learn to always use the Advanced Search on Google: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?hl=en

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When you do a Google Search, you can filter your results to find images that offer licenses for reuse.

Important: Images might be subject to copyright. Learn how to find content you can reuse below.

Review the license & terms of reuse

Before you reuse content, make sure that its license is legitimate and check the exact terms of reuse. For example, the license might require that you give credit to the image creator when you use the image.

We recommend that you:

Use the "Usage rights" filter to find images that have license information attached to them. Google filters images by license based on information provided by the sites that host those images, or the image provider.

Always confirm an image's license information. You can follow the "License details" link and review it for accuracy with both the license's provider and the image's host site.

Find images with info available on how to reuse them

Share an image

Types of usage rights

For each "Usage rights" filter, you can limit results to images that have license details attached, which include how you can license and use an image.

To find license details: Select an image, then below the image, select License details. We recommend that you always review the licensing requirements of any images you want to use.

Creative Commons licenses: These images are usually available at no charge to use, but require credit. They may also have limitations on how, or in what context, you can use them. For example, an image's license might state that you can't modify it or use it for commercial purposes.

Commercial or other licenses: These images have non-Creative Commons licenses and can be from either sites available at no charge or commercial sites that require payment.

How usage rights work

Usage rights help you find content that you can use beyond fair use. Site owners can use licenses to let you know if and how you can reuse content from their sites.

Report incorrect usage rights

For complaints about misuse of your copyright, review the copyright infringement notification requirements or file a complaint.

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Citizenship: Digital rights, licensing and ownership

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Understand copyright, licensing, fair use, and the rights they have as creators.

Explain basic copyright laws, e.g. explore the ethical and legal ramifications of piracy and plagiarism and know that they are irresponsible and disrespectful.

Act responsibly as creators and users of creative work, e.g. explore decisions that creators make when exercising their creative rights and responsibilities, giving consideration to ethical, real-life issues.
Ensure understanding of rules regarding adding music to multimedia presentations.

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What if I want to add background music to a film I've made?

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What if I want to add background music to a film I've made?

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Identify high-risk situations and active strategies to avoid them, e.g. critically evaluate behaviour to limit exposure to high-risk situations.

Define and identify advanced forms of cyberbullying, how to avoid it and the consequences of such actions.

Critically evaluate the behaviours of others online and identify how they could be beneficial or damaging.

The dangers of posing photos online.

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A few years ago most people only took a camera to special occasions like parties or holidays. Now we carry cameras all the time - on our phones.

You can take some snaps or shoot a video anywhere and share them online in no time. Photos and videos can be a great way to show your friends what you're up to.

But remember, it can be really hard, sometimes impossible, to delete pictures or videos from the internet or other people's mobiles. Once you've shared something online or on your mobile you've lost control of it - it can be copied, shared and even edited!

If you send an embarrassing picture or video to a friend it could end up anywhere. If you post it online anyone could see it, including your parents, teachers or future employers!

Remember - it's never too late to get help if you've shared something you regret. You can report photos and videos to the websites they are on or seek help from an adult you trust.

First to a Million

Ever posted something you regret? Find out how to get help when things go too far. You choose what happens in this interactive film!

What's wrong with this picture?

Sharing pictures and videos can be a great way of telling your story but always think before you share. Want to post that funny photo? Ask yourself these 5 questions first:

Lost control of a picture or video?

It's easy to share more than you meant to but remember it's never too late to take control. 5 ways to take control:

1. Report it to the website.
If it's been posted on a popular website like Facebook or YouTube you can make a report to the site to ask them to take it down. Most sites have rules to stop people posting embarrassing or hurtful pictures - if the picture or video breaks these rules they should delete it from the site. You can find out how to make a report to Facebook or YouTube here. Find out how to report to other sites here

2. Get help if you're being bullied.
If people are being mean about a picture or sharing a video to embarrass you, talk to an adult you trust. You can post messages and get advice on Childline's Message boards or if you want to speak to someone confidentially you can call Childline on 0800 1111.

3. Report if you're being threatened.
If someone's threatening to share a picture or video of you that you don't want other people to see, talk to an adult you trust or report to CEOP. Whatever may have happened CEOP will understand. You won't be in trouble.

Have you shared something you regret?

Talk to someone

ChildLine is a free helpline for children and young people. You can contact ChildLine about anything. No problem is too big or too small. Whatever your worry, it's better out than in.

ChildLine is a private and confidential service. Confidential means not telling anyone else what you've said. This means that whatever you say stays between you and ChildLine.

They would only need to tell someone else if:

You ask them to

We believe your life or someone else's life is in immediate danger

You are being hurt by someone in a position of trust who has access to other children like a teacher or police officer

You tell us that you are seriously harming another young person

Call them on 0800 1111. The number won't appear on your phone bill.

You can also visit www.childline.org.uk to speak to a counsellor online.
Share your experiences with other young people
Talk to other young people about your experiences and get support at the ChildLine messageboards. There are lots of young people talking about everything from sex and relationships to sport and fashion.
ChildLine messageboard
If someone is threatening you over a picture or video you've shared you can report to CEOP.

CEOP

CEOP helps young people who are being sexually abused or are worried that someone they've met is trying to abuse them.

If you've met someone online, or face to face, and they are putting you under pressure to have sex or making you feel uncomfortable you should report to CEOP.

This might be someone:

Making you have sex when you donʼt want to

Chatting about sex online

Asking you to meet up face to face if youʼve only met them online

Asking you to do sexual things on webcam

Asking for sexual pictures of you

Making you feel worried, anxious or unsafe

If this is happening to you, or you're worried that it might be, you can report this to CEOP.
www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Identify high-risk situations and active strategies to avoid them, e.g. critically evaluate behaviour to limit exposure to high-risk situations.

Define and identify advanced forms of cyberbullying, how to avoid it and the consequences of such actions.

Critically evaluate the behaviours of others online and identify how they could be beneficial or damaging.

Understand how to keep yourself safe while gaming online: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_13/Need-advice/Gaming/

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You can game online with lots of people at the same time and 'make friends'. But be careful when playing with strangers, some may not be very nice...

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Citizenship: Online behaviour and cyberbullying

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Identify high-risk situations and active strategies to avoid them, e.g. critically evaluate behaviour to limit exposure to high-risk situations.

Define and identify advanced forms of cyberbullying, how to avoid it and the consequences of such actions.

Critically evaluate the behaviours of others online and identify how they could be beneficial or damaging.

Ensure you are always safe online, and what to do if a problem occurs: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/

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Having a mobile phone and going online is great for lots of reasons. But it's important to be aware of the dangers too. Learn how to stay safe online.

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Select and use different online communication tools for specific purposes with higher levels of competence, e.g. set up and manage an address book and organise contacts on appropriate mailing lists; independently carry out a video call for a specific purpose including screen sharing where appropriate.
WM3: Use your address book to write mass e-mails on behalf of your school council or a school committee.

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Select and use different online communication tools for specific purposes with higher levels of competence, e.g. set up and manage an address book and organise contacts on appropriate mailing lists; independently carry out a video call for a specific purpose including screen sharing where appropriate.
WM2: Carry out a video call with your partner school abroad.

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Educator Center Overview - Microsoft Learn Educator Center

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Microsoft Learn for Educators takes the best of Microsoft Learn online learning paths and helps you to bring instructor-led training materials from Microsoft into your courses. This program provides members with access to Microsoft ready-to-teach curriculum and teaching materials aligned to industry-recognized Microsoft Certifications.

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Select and use different online communication tools for specific purposes with higher levels of competence, e.g. set up and manage an address book and organise contacts on appropriate mailing lists; independently carry out a video call for a specific purpose including screen sharing where appropriate.
WM3: Use the appropriate register when e-mailing or messaging different people: friends, teachers, family members.

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Independently select and use online collaboration tools to create a project with others.
WM2: Collaborate with other pupils to create a presentation about your school for an open evening, in one language or more.

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Planning is the most important step in creating a successful presentation of any kind. During planning, you decide on the content and the order in which the information is presented. Whether you are using PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress or any other presentation software, use the following steps as a guide when planning a presentation.

There's no end to reasons for presentations, but you should know why you are giving the presentation and what you hope to accomplish. It may be a:

Presentation about a product for a client

Business presentation about the latest sales figures

A new idea you are introducing

An informational presentation to a club

An educational topic

Know your audience and focus your presentation on their interests and the information you are trying to relay to:

Your staff

A new prospective client

A group of small children

A convention for people in the same line of work

Remember the KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid) when designing your presentation.

Focus on three or four main points only.

Know everything about your topic so you are ready for questions after the presentation.

Design the slides to emphasize the main points in the presentation.

Place only one main idea on each slide.

List no more than four points per slide.

Use transitions that enhance your presentation, not that detract from it.

Use speaker notes if your software supports them to plan which topics you want to be sure and cover as each slide displays. Plan time for a run-through before the presentation.

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Planning is the most important step in creating a successful presentation of any kind. During planning, you decide on the content and the order in which the information is presented. Whether you are using PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress or any other presentation software, use the following steps as a guide when planning a presentation.

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Independently select and use online collaboration tools to create a project with others.
WM2: Collaborate with others on a presentation about bilingual countries.

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How automation saves Calendly's team 10+ hours a week

How Fellow onboards wholesale customers 4x faster

Create your first Zap with ease

The latest presentation apps have made it easier than ever to format slides and create professional-looking slideshows without giving off a "this is a template" vibe. Even standard PowerPoint alternatives have updated key features to make it easier than ever to collaborate and create presentations quickly, so you can spend more time prepping for your actual presentation.

If, like me, you've been using Google Slides unquestioningly for years, it's a whole new world out there. The newest crop of online presentation tools go way beyond the classic slideshow experience, with new features to keep your audience's attention, streamline the creation process with AI, and turn slide decks into videos and interactive conversations.

I've been testing these apps for the past few years, and this time, I spent several days tinkering with the top presentation software solutions out there to bring you the best of the best.

The best presentation software

Canva for a free presentation app

Beautiful.ai for AI-powered design

Prezi for non-linear, conversational presentations

Powtoon for video presentations

Genially for interactive, presenter-less presentations

Pitch for collaborating with your team on presentations

Zoho Show for a simple presentation app

Gamma for generative AI features

What makes the best presentation app?

How we evaluate and test apps

All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site-we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

When looking for the best presentation apps, I wanted utility players. After all, slideshows are used for just about everything, from pitch decks and product launches to class lectures and church sermons. With that in mind, here's what I was looking for:

Pre-built templates. The best presentation tools should have attractive, professional-looking templates to build presentations in a hurry.

Sharing and collaboration options. Whether you plan to share your webinar slides later, or you just want to collaborate with a coworker on a presentation, it should be easy to share files and collaborate in real-time.

Flexibility and customization options. Templates are great, but top presentation apps should enable you to customize just about everything-giving you the flexibility to build exactly what you need.

Affordability. Creating compelling presentations is important, but you shouldn't have to bust your budget to make it happen. With capable free tools on the market, affordability is a top consideration.

Standalone functionality. There's no reason to use multiple tools when one can do it all, so I didn't test any apps that require and work on top of another presentation app like PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Familiar, deck-based UI. For our purposes here, I only tested software that uses slides, with the familiar deck-based editor you expect from a "presentation" tool (versus, for example, a video creation app).

While many apps now offer AI features in one way or another, I found many of these features to be lacking still-they're often slow, struggle to pull in relevant imagery, and yield wildly inconsistent designs. For that reason, I opted not to make AI features a strict requirement (for now!), and I've still included apps that don't offer AI. (Of course, if you opt for one of those, you can still easily get AI-generated images from a separate tool and copy them into your presentation app of choice.)

Beyond that, I also looked for presentation apps that brought something unique to the table-features above and beyond what you can get for free from a legacy solution like PowerPoint or Google Slides. (And I opted not to test any brand new apps that are still in beta, since there are so many established options out there.)

Here's what my testing workflow looked like:

I went through any onboarding or guided tutorials.

I created a new deck, scanning through all available templates, noting how well-designed they were (and which were free versus paid).

I added new slides, deleted slides, edited text and images, and played around with other content types.

I changed presentation design settings, like color schemes and background images.

I reviewed and tested the sharing and collaboration options.

I tested out presenter view (when available).

After my first round of testing, I went back into the top performers to test any unique or niche features like AI, brand settings, interactive content, and more. With that, these are the best presentation apps I found-each one really brings something different or radically easy to the table.

The best presentation software: at a glance

The best free presentation software

Canva (Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS)
Canva pros: Canva cons:
Canva offers one of the most robust free plans of all the presentation apps I tested. The app delays account creation until after you've created your first design, so you can get started building your presentation in seconds. Choose from an almost overwhelming number of beautiful templates (nearly all available for free), including those designed specifically for education or business use cases.

Anyone who's accidentally scrolled too far and been bumped to the next slide will appreciate Canva's editor interface, which eliminates that problem altogether with a smooth scroll that doesn't jump around. Choose from a handful of preset animations to add life to your presentations, or browse the library of audio and video files available to add. And Canva also has a number of options for sharing your presentation, including adding collaborators to your team, sharing directly to social media, and even via QR code.

Present directly from Canva, and let audience members submit their questions via Canva Live. Once you share a link to invite audience members to your presentation, they can send questions for you to answer. As the presenter, you'll see them pop up in your presenter view window, so you can keep the audience engaged and your presentation clear. Alternatively, record a presentation with a talking head bubble-you can even use an AI presenter here-to share remotely.

Canvas has added a number of AI-powered tools, but I wasn't super impressed by them yet. When I asked the Magic Design tool to generate a presentation from scratch, for example, the result was a bunch of unrelated images, inconsistent design, and surface-level copy. These features will likely improve in time, but for now, you're better off starting from one of Canva's many great templates.

Canva pricing: Free plan available; paid plans start at $119.99/year for 1 user and include additional features like Brand Kit, premium templates and stock assets, and additional AI-powered design tools.

The best presentation app for AI-powered design
Beautiful.ai pros: Beautiful.ai cons:
If you're like me, editing granular spacing issues is the absolute worst part of building a presentation. Beautiful.ai uses artificial intelligence to take a lot of the hassle and granular design requirements out of the presentation process, so you can focus on the content of a presentation without sacrificing professional design. If I needed to make presentations on a regular basis, this is the app I'd use.

Many apps have recently added AI design features, but Beautiful.ai has been doing it for years-and they've perfected the UX of AI design, ensuring the tool's reign as the most streamlined and user-friendly option for AI design.

The editor is a little different from most presentation apps, but it's still intuitive-and you'll start off with a quick two-minute tutorial. When creating a new slide, scroll through "inspiration slides" to find a layout you like; once you choose, the app will pull the layout and automatically adapt it to match the design of the rest of your presentation.

With 10 themes, several templated slides, over 40 fully-designed templates, and 23 different color palettes to choose from, Beautiful.ai strikes a perfect balance between automation and customization.

While Beautiful.ai doesn't offer a free plan, paid plans are reasonably priced and offer sharing and collaboration options that rival collab-focused apps like Google Slides. And speaking of Google, you can connect Beautiful.ai with Google Drive to save all your presentations there.

Note: I did test the newly released generative AI feature (called DesignerBot) and felt it wasn't much to write home about. It's great for adding individual slides to an existing presentation-automatically choosing the best layout and matching the design to the rest of the deck-but as with most other apps, it struggled to generate a quality presentation from scratch.

Beautiful.ai pricing: Plans start at $12/month for unlimited slides, AI content generation, viewer analytics, and more. Upgrade to a Team plan for $40/user/month to get extra collaboration and workspace features and custom brand controls.

If you're a founder looking for an AI presentation tool for your pitch deck, is a great Beautiful.ai alternative for startups. The app offers a number of templates; a unique, content-first outline editor; and AI design help that you can toggle on or off for each slide. I didn't include it on the list mainly because of the price: the free plan is quite limited, and the paid all-access plan starts at $228/year.

The best presentation app for conversational presentations

Prezi (Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android)
Prezi pros: Prezi cons:
Struggling to squeeze information into a basic, linear presentation? Give Prezi a try. Unlike nearly all other presentation apps on the market, Prezi Present doesn't restrict the structure of your presentation to a straight line. The editor focuses on topics and subtopics and allows you to arrange them any way you want, so you can create a more conversational flow of information.

With the structural flexibility, you still get all the same customization features you expect from top presentation software, including fully-editable templates. There's a learning curve if you're unfamiliar with non-linear presentations, but templates offer a great jumping-off point, and Prezi's editor does a good job of making the process more approachable.

Plus, Prezi comes with two other apps: Prezi Design and Prezi Video. Prezi Video helps you take remote presentations to a new level. You can record a video where the presentation elements are displayed right over your webcam feed. Record and save the video to share later, or connect with your video conferencing tool of choice (including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet) to present live.

Prezi pricing: Free 14-day trial and a free plan that includes up to 5 visual projects; start at $5/month and include additional features like private presentations and Prezi Present.

The best presentation app for video presentations

Powtoon (Web, iOS, Android)
Powtoon pros: Powtoon cons:
Powtoon makes it easy to create engaging videos by orienting the editor around a slide deck. Editing a Powtoon feels just like editing a presentation, but by the time you finish, you have a professional video.

You can edit your slides at any time, and when you hit play, a video plays through your deck-the feel is almost like an animated explainer video. Each slide includes the animations you choose and takes up as much time as is needed based on the content on the slide. Powtoon figures the timing automatically, and you can see in the bottom-right of the editor how much time is used on your current slide versus the total presentation. If you ever want to present as a slide deck, just toggle between Slideshow and Movie.

You'll likely need to subscribe to a paid plan to get the most out of Powtoon-like creating videos longer than three minutes, downloading them as MP4 files, and white-labeling your presentations-but doing so won't break the bank. Plus, you'll unlock tons of templates complete with animations and soundtracks.

One of my favorite Powtoon features is the ability to orient your video: you can choose horizontal orientation (like a normal presentation) or opt for vertical (for mobile) or square (for social media). When your presentation is ready, you can publish straight to YouTube, Wistia, Facebook Ads, and any number of other locations.

Powtoon pricing: Limited free plan available; paid plans start at $20/month and include white-labeling, priority support, additional storage, and more.

The best presentation app for interactive presentations
Genially pros: Genially cons:
While many presentation apps are built for presenter-led decks, Genially's interactive features and animated templates make it easy to build a self-led presentation. A variety of interactive buttons allow you to show viewers additional context on hover, have them skip to any page of your deck, and let them navigate to external links.

This presentation program offers a bunch of searchable templates, including some for business proposals, reports, social media presentations, and more (though most of those are available on premium plans only). Genially also includes Smart blocks -templated blocks of content for elements like data visualizations and image galleries.

My favorite feature is the brand settings. Premium users can set universal branding guidelines that include your logo, color scheme, fonts, images, and backgrounds, among other options. Think of them like a custom template, created and customized by you, that the whole team can use. Once set, your team can easily create on-brand presentations that automatically apply your brand settings, without even thinking about it.

Plus, Genially supports additional content like training materials, infographics, and interactive images-all subject to your brand presets.

Genially pricing: Free plan available with unlimited creations and views and access to templates; paid plans start at $7.49/month and include additional download options, privacy controls, offline viewing, premium templates, and more.

The best presentation app for collaborating with your team

Pitch (Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android)
Pitch pros: Pitch cons:
Need to collaborate on presentations with your team? is a Google Slides alternative that gets the job done. As far as decks go, Pitch includes all the beautifully-designed templates, customizability, and ease of use you expect from a top-notch presentation tool. But the app really shines when you add your team.

The right-hand sidebar is all about project management and collaboration: you can set and update the status of your deck, assign entire presentations or individual slides to team members, plus comment, react, or add notes. Save custom templates to make future presentations even easier and faster.

You can also invite collaborators from outside your company to work with you on individual decks. And if you opt for a paid plan, Pitch introduces workspace roles, shared private folders, and version history.

The "Go live" feature is a personal favorite-with just a click on the camera icon in the top-right, you can start a live video call. Any team members who open the presentation can hop in and collaborate in real-time.

Pitch pricing: Free plan offers unlimited presentations, custom templates, and live video collaboration; start at $8/user/month for additional workspace features, presentation analytics, and more.

The best simple presentation app

Zoho Show (Web, iOS, Android, Chrome)
Zoho Show pros: Zoho Show cons:
If you're looking for a simple, yet capable presentation app that's a step up from Google Slides, Zoho Show is a great option. It's completely free to use, offers a clean, intuitive editor, and includes a number of great templates.

While the handful of "Themes" offered are on the basic side, Zoho templates boast a more modern and professional design than much of what Google Slides or PowerPoint offer. And I love that you can set the font and color scheme for the whole template, right from the start.

The app doesn't skimp on collaboration or shareability either. You can invite collaborators via email or shareable link, and comments and version history make it easy to work together on presentations. Once you're ready to share, you can even broadcast your presentation to a remote audience right from within Zoho. Plus, you can one-click lock slides to prevent any more editing or hide individual slides to customize your presentation for different audiences.

You can even connect Zoho Show to Zapier, so you can do things like automatically create a presentation when something happens in one of the other apps you use most.

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Zoho Show pricing: Free

The best presentation app for generative AI
Gamma pros: Gamma cons:
I tested a lot of apps claiming to use AI to up your presentation game, and 's generative features were head and shoulders above the crowd.

Simply give the app a topic-or upload an outline, notes, or any other document or article-approve the outline, and pick a theme. The app will take it from there and create a fully fleshed-out presentation. It's far from perfect, but Gamma produced the most useful jumping-off point of all the AI presentation apps I tested.

Here's the key: Gamma is much more geared toward the iterative, chatbot experience familiar to ChatGPT users. Click on the Edit with AI button at the top of the right-hand menu to open the chat, and you'll see suggested prompts-or you can type in your own requests for how Gamma should alter the presentation.

Once you've done all you can with prompts, simply close the chat box to manually add the finishing touches. While you do sacrifice some granular customizability in exchange for the AI features, you can still choose your visual theme, change slide layouts, format text, and add any images, videos, or even app and web content.

Gamma pricing: Free plan includes unlimited users, 1 custom theme, 400 AI deck credits, and basic view analytics; upgrade to the ("coming soon," as of this writing) for $10/user/month to get additional AI credits, advanced view analytics, custom fonts, and more.

What about the old standbys?

You might notice a few major presentation players aren't on this list, including OGs Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Google Slides. These apps are perfectly adequate for creating basic presentations, and they're free if you have a Windows or Mac device or a Google account.

I didn't include them on the list because the presentation space has really developed in the last several years, and after testing them out, I found these behemoths haven't kept pace. If they weren't made by Microsoft/Apple/Google, I might not even be mentioning them. They're pretty basic tools, they're behind the curve when it comes to templates (both quantity and design), and they don't offer any uniquely valuable features like robust team collaboration, branding controls, video, and so on.

Some of these companies (think: Microsoft and Google) are openly working on some pretty impressive-sounding AI features, but they haven't been widely released to the public yet. Rest assured, I'm watching this space, and the next time we update this article, I'll retest tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides to see what new features are available.

In any case, if you're reading this, you're probably looking for an alternative that allows you to move away from one of the big 3, and as the presentation platforms featured above show, there's a ton to gain-in terms of features, usability, and more-when you do.
Related reading: This post was originally published in October 2014 and has since been updated with contributions from Danny Schreiber, Matthew Guay, Andrew Kunesh, and Krystina Martinez. The most recent update was in May 2023.

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Broadcasters like Newsbeat or Sky have staff who check the facts in their news stories. But anyone can write news articles and share them on social media- this has led to the phenomenon called 'fake news'. And it's not just the 'news' that people can lie about, there have also been reports of people setting up fake online funding pages for victims of crime when in fact they are just pages to trick people into giving money.

Fake news can describe news stories that are completely made up- "WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO A 4 STONE BABY!" But 'fake news' also describes news stories that have some truth in them as well as some lies - these are harder to spot! Watch this video to see how a group young people got on when they were challenged to spot fake news stories.

Some types of fake news can look real and this can make us think they're true. In some cases people can take a popular newspaper logo and place it on a fake news story to make it look genuine. In other cases, like the example above, fake news may be easier to spot. Most of the time, fake news stories have a mix of truth and lies to make the whole story seem more believable.

So why do people share fake news?

People can share fake news by accident. You might think that a story is true and want to show your friends . Other people write fake news on purpose to try and make a story more popular.

Some education experts are calling for young people to be taught how to spot 'fake news'. Teachers say they are seeing examples of ' fake news' in pupils homework. This is concerning as it shows that young people may be finding it hard to spot the difference between truth and lies online, and may be assuming that anything they read online is real . Teachers have said that young people should be given help to avoid doing this, and teaching them how to spot fake news is as important as teaching them maths and science. What do you think?

If you share a news story, check first whether it is real, as sharing fake news - intentionally or unintentionally - can mean that other people will believe something that's made up. And if we continue to share and believe news that is fake, what could the consequences be? When thinking about whether a story is fake news or not, it might be worth asking yourself a few questions: Have I seen this story anywhere else on the TV or radio? Is the source an organisation I recognise? If you share a fake story as a joke, remember that not everyone who sees it will be able to tell the difference. For more tips on how to spot fake news, click here.

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