Death by PowerPoint! We hear this a lot from students on course evaluations and from articles. Reading verbatim from a static PowerPoint is not appropriate! Now with Web 2.0 tools, there are alternatives to presenting. Here are a few:
Prezi.com - I really like this tool and the tutorials are easy to follow. Make sure you practice a lot before using this tool to present. The ability to easily add video, photos, links, etc, and to share publicly or privately are easily accomplished. Prezi markets this product as the "ability to make your presentations zoom." Be careful though because too much zooming can cause motion sickness among your viewers.
Empressr.com - I'm not sure about this tool yet, but I do think it provides some interesting transitions and easy to add photos, music, video, and audio, and it's easy to share publicly or privately. I found it relatively easy to import a PowerPoint presentation I already created.
VoiceThread.com - This tool provides a great collaborative multimedia slideshow. I've had students create phenomenal presentations using this tool. Often I require students to post comments in the five ways: using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).
Google Presentations. - too much like PowerPoint to me without all the bells and whistles.
Of course, if you want to create word clouds, I think Wordle and Tagxedo are easy tools to use. In an online "getting acquainted" discussion board, I've had students create a Wordle, add it to a PowerPoint slide, and then narrate it and post it in the discussion board. They really enjoyed this tool.
I'm always interested in hearing what YOU are using for presentations especially the "free" tools.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment