Power point is so old fashioned. :) It does however serve its purpose and is one of the most convenient and available presentation tools out there. As educators keeping up with technology, we have the knowledge to encourage students to branch out from good ole power point and try out something else. I am very familiar with power point, and since I began my MLIS journey, the same goes for Prezi as well. I had never heard of Prezi or any other presentation tools for that matter until I returned to grad school. Now, I'm amazed by all the options. I've tried out powtoon and made a movie with animoto. For one presentation a few semesters ago, my partner and I created a presentation with haiku deck. Unfortunately, I do not have an iPad, so I didn't get to fiddle around with the app much during our presentation making process. For this mobile thing, I downloaded 'deck slideshow' to try out. I don't have any presentations coming up where I would use this, but perhaps in the near future I'll be trying it out with my students.
I played around with deck slideshow and was pleased with what I saw. There weren't a ton of free templates, only about half a dozen, but they were attractive and unique looking. It wasn't as intuitive as soon presentation maker tools, but more than many. I played around adding images and text. I don't see it working for a very long or text heavy presentation, but for smaller, more image based presentations, I think it would be a good fit.
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