Group items tagged

I believe that PowerPoint is often overused, and as Learning Technology students we should be exploring new and exciting tools. This handy list provides several other presentation resources besides PowerPoint. Even though PowerPoint is listed as the top, I am eager to try some of the other tools.

According to Don McMillan, here is a humorous & yet insightful viewpoint on how people (teachers included) should not be using PowerPoint.***See more edu...

Save this one. Folks ask about it all the time. "It's not uncommon to see presenters in conferences struggling to get the video right thus breaking the entire rhythm of their presentation. The problem could be due to poor Internet connectivity or computer missing the right codecs or something else." Now you can easily save yourself from getting into such embarrassing situations by planning ahead. Will you be presenting to a live audience in a Wi-fi enabled conference room with good Internet speed or are there any chances that you may have to deliver the presentation video in an offline environment (like a classroom)?

It's not uncommon to see presenters in conferences struggling to get the video right thus breaking the entire rhythm of their presentation. The problem could be due to poor Internet connectivity or computer missing the right codecs or something else. Now you can easily save yourself from getting into such embarrassing situations by planning ahead. Will you be presenting to a live audience in a Wi-fi enabled conference room with good Internet speed or are there any chances that you may have to deliver the presentation video in an offline environment (like a classroom)?

powerpoint presentations already made

JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running. Not interested in building your own jeopardy templates? Well that's cool too. You can browse other jeopardy templates created by other people. It doesn't get any better than this!

Create web-ready presentations from your PowerPoint files.

Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more with your voice, notes and highlights.

It offers a really interesting approach to teaching grammar. The homepage has a brief overview, but to really understand the program, download the powerpoint (there is a link on the site).

URL POWERPOINT ON GOOGLE DOCS

UPL powerpoint presentation

Keep this one handy. Lots of links to excellent tools for digital storytelling - powerpoint alternatives.

A really easy way to present and record yourself.

Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System (ARS), PowerPoint Polling

"With Present.Me you just upload your slides, click record, present into your webcam and then publish instantly on the web"

This is a biology teacher's web page with TONS of power points etc. but even if you don't teach biology you will enjoy the "how to fail biology page" and the croking frogs!