Saturday, November 5, 2011

Evaluating Web 2.0 Presentation Tools

After evaluating a list of websites that offer the latest tools for implementing technology into a presentation I have to say that I am blown away by how far technology has come.  As an educator I am very excited to try these tools and implement them in my lessons.

Of the sites that I experimented with I found one called Glogster Edu.  This site is super easy to use and is very kid friendly.  I was surprised at how easy it was and how much I was able to do in a short amount of time.  This website is free and can be accessed anywhere there is an Internet connection.  This is one that I would share with my students for them to use. I would very highly recommend that you check out this site.

Another site that I visited and liked is called 280 Slides.  I like this site because it is very similar to PowerPoint, only it appears to be more advanced and can be used with PowerPoint presentations interchangeably.  I like the familiarity of this site.  This site allows you to publish PowerPoint presentations directly to the web.  There is no cost for this site.

I also found the website Vuvox very useful for professional looking presentations.  This site has a lot of information to read through, so I would not recommend it for kids to use, but it appears very practical for adults and to create presentations to share with students or my colleagues. 

2 comments:

  1. I was surprised at the number of tools out there also! I didn't know where to begin. Technology is amazing, look at how far we have come. I can remember when PowerPoint or PhotoStory were top notch technology tools. I need to brush up!

    Laurie

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  2. Glogster is a resource that my students use frequently to present their work. It is a great way to present information, photos, and videos. It also allows the students to express themselves with the graphics and illustrations.

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