Presentation Tools

In my short years as a teacher and as a student I have not been exposed to many presentation tools. To have grown up in the "computer age" I am fairly computer illiterate. I have used Microsoft power point the most and am the most comfortable with it. I am actually learning new ways the presentations can be manipulated and tweaked weekly. It is very user friendly and somewhat interactive. This is actually the method I will most likely use.

The only other presentation tool I use is the activInspire. We have activBoards in each of the classrooms in my school and I thoroughly enjoy working with them. The students also really enjoy them. The students can easily get involved with most lessons by either the pen or a wireless notepad. We have also recently purchased a set of text ready devices where students each have a handheld device where they can type in their answer. The students love anything to do with texting of course since this is their way of communication.

I did try to branch out and look into a few tools I was unfamiliar with. The one I chose was Prezi. I was actually very impressed with the ease of use. The Prezi program has several nice features that would make using it beneficial to both the teacher and the student. I rally like how everything is on one page so you can see all the information that you have gathered. This is very different from Microsoft power point or the active Inspire programs. With those you are only able to see the particular slide you are working on. With the Prezi program it also seems extremely easy to change to ordering and layout of the program which is not so easy with the others. My exploration and the tutorial video of the Prezi program may have changed my mind. I may just use this useful tool fro my presentation.