Nonlinear Presentations: Alternatives to "Death By Powerpoint"? - 2 views
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How do you create a nonlinear presentation? In earlier blogs we have discussed Pachyderm, a nonlinear multimedia authoring tool. This open source web-based application allows a non-programmer to create media-rich flash presentations that incorporate text, graphics, videos, audio, and external links using a simple template-driven approach
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Prezi acts more like a Google map of your information, letting you fly over an information landscape at will, zooming in to objects of interest—text, images, videos, links, etc—to pick up additional details
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I realize now that using a tool like Prezi–like Pachyderm–requires rethinking how you plan and organize your thoughts. For example, rather than an outline, create a concept map. Use that to create a map that you can fly over, zooming in to key concepts and media at will, and in any sequence.
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One that grabbed me is “The Future of Video” created by Jody Radzik from the Institute for the Futur
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these tools or others will challenge you to rethink how you organize your information, and to just “let go” and give the audience more control over your presentation