--- title: Are you a PowToon user? Check out this new service for teachers! description: PowToons Slide for Educators is now released and free to all teachers who sign up in 2014! --- ![concept image of teen with virtual reality goggles on](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-image-uploads/Header%20image%20option%20%233.png?width=1201&height=301&name=Header%20image%20option%20%233.png "concept image of teen with virtual reality goggles on") # Educational Technology at IU13 [![Educational Technology Logo - White](https://info.iu13.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-image-uploads/Educational%20Technology%20Logo%20-%20White.png?width=220&height=44&name=Educational%20Technology%20Logo%20-%20White.png "Educational Technology Logo - White")](http://www.iu13.org/) [ Full IU13 Website ](https://iu13.org) ## [Are you a PowToon user? Check out this new service for teachers!](https://info.iu13.org/ims/are-you-a-powtoon-user-check-out-this-new-service-for-teachers) Posted by [Ken Zimmerman](https://info.iu13.org/ims/author/ken-zimmerman) on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) PowToon allows teachers and students to create animated videos and presentations.  There is a free version and a premium version of the tool.  However, PowToon just released PowToons Slides for Educators (Edu) and all teachers who sign up for an account during 2014 will get to use PowToon Slides EDU for free (for a lifetime!).  All you have to do is share their site via your twitter account and you receive your free accout!  Yeah! ### What can I do with PowToons Slides EDU? Taken directly from PowToons, "In a nutshell: You and your students will be able to make incredible presentations in half the time it takes you now." This is a great tool that teachers and students can use to present their media in a blended learning environment. Check it out! 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