21 Top Presentation Tools for Teachers
http://morethanatech.com/2015/07/21/21-top-presentation-tools-for-teachers/
As repeated by me for years, PPT should not be the one and only. Here are some choices. Please consider that IMS delivers workshops, one-on-one sessions and class sessions on the applications listed below:
What Works on What Device
| Tool |
Windows |
Mac |
iPad |
iPad App |
Chromebook |
Chromebook App |
Android
Tablet |
Android App |
| Animoto |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bunkr |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Canva |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Clear Slide |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Creedoo |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| eMaze |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Flowvella |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Goanimate |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Google Slides |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Haiku Deck |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Impress |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Keynote |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| KnowledgeVision |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| MoveNote |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PearDeck |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PowerPoint |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PowerPoint Online |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PowToon |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Prezi |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Slidedog |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Visme |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
More on this topic at the IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=presentation&submit=Search
Practical advice to read fine print
from informal Facebook Discussion: with age and / or feeble eyes, how one can read fine print
6 Must-Have Magnifier Apps to Use for Free on Your Android Device
http://www.sellmymobile.com/blog/6-must-magnifier-apps-use-free-android-device/
Mobile video advertising is growing three times as fast as spending on desktop video
YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, BuzzFeed, and Snapchat videos are increasingly keeping audiences glued to their small screens, opening up new greenfield opportunities in advertising.
New Teacher Advice – ‘Hold On To Your Optimism & Idealism’
http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblog%2F100%2F%3Fuuid%3D47397&cmp=soc-edit-tw-tm
Your job is to grow your students to become independent, self-directed learners not for someday in the distant future, but right now. Students deserve to have clarity on the following questions:
- Why do I have to learn this? What value is it to me?
- How will I be assessed?
- How will I be judged?
- How will I be supported during the learning experience?
Memento Mori: Why the Chegg IPO is Not About Textbooks
http://www.edukwest.com/chegg-ipo/
About 80% of the revenue still comes from renting textbooks, which might seem a bit outdated with everyone talking about tablet deployments and digital textbooks.
Though heavily funded and with more than 225,000 digital textbooks in its library, the startup was sold for pennies on a dollar to Intel Education last week.
With the Internet and tablet devices, publishers themselves can now go directly for the students through digital products. There is no need for physical bookstores or other middlemen to distribute the textbooks. Also professors are now able to sell their own textbooks directly to students.
This IPO is not so much about the current business of renting physical textbooks but about the time after paper-based textbooks. Chegg apparently does not see a future with publishers or professors by their side, and they will probably choose more direct sales channels in order to balance out sinking margins.
From Books to Bytes: How Educational Technology is Engaging Students and Enhancing Learning
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Sponsored By: VitalSource |
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This presentation will begin on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. |
http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=1030139&sessionid=1&key=65FED8F873D5F1BF695F2E0D8A27ADCF&eventuserid=123437779
moderated by Linda Briggs
David Kent Director VOLSHOP (official bookstore) U of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lisa Kiefer, Managing Director Wakefield ResearchCindy Clarke Vice President Marketing, Vital Source Technologies
stats from presentation available here: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/informedia/blog/bytes_books.pdf or http://wcc.on24.com/event/10/30/13/9/rt/1/documents/slidepdf/vitalsource_campustechnologywebcast_finalslidedeck.pdf
methodology: 519 students from 4 years college and u/s
close to what keynote speaker at MN eSummit 2015 shared https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2015/07/29/mn-esummit-2015/ David Wiley, MN Learning Commons
students want formally taught life skills: interview for a job, balance checkbook and do taxes, how to take out and pay for student loans
Tennessee:
traditional 4 year school. cost is part of the program, not charged as a course fee. all materials avaiable first day of school and available in perpetuity. way below rental books prices. via LMS (BB). no printed textbooks. few books through websites, for books, which do not subscribe for the program. ebooks offered at the store. increasing titles selection. cost, learning outcomes. the outlook for digital in the future: already digital, but open for further development. expand courses offered, launching more programs with materials bundled and online course.
digital is easier to work with, deliver to customer,
business partnership (this is different now from https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2015/07/29/mn-esummit-2015/ David Wiley, MN Learning Commons). working closely with provost, cio, vital source. working with publishers to make sure that content is available>
business model: program bundle all the content and deliver to students and advertise periodically to students
the course fee model: charged to student account semester by semester bases. also student-paid method. all access model is better for everyone.
ebooks are important for the interactivity, collaboration
Q and As:
what was the students’ reaction moving to digital books. how traditional faculty are accepting the change. A: pilot group of several faculty and gradual roll out. early adopters influencing others.
does the content open on all devices? A: yes, device-agnostic. dedicated apps for iOS, Android, and Windows
disability? A: enhanced apps, migrate all PDF format to proprietory platform. epub and PDF content. user added epub content. Center for accessible material innovation, American Foundation for the blind, Tech for All etc
libraries do not provide course materials for students. clean division between campus store and library
BB admin is loading the codes in the LMS, but the idea is to load the information straight into BB. cio in charge. helpdesk support for vital provided by the cio department.
cost savings in percent for students digital to print. student pay model, ebooks can vary to new book price. ebooks even more expensive. with the course fee, 70% off rental. 3rd party operator may add 30%. all parties must be looking for reasonable margin. greater digital adoption results in lower costs for students.
digital alleviates dropout rate.
what course which don’t fit digital materials. life sciences and mathematics, science and engineering is landing itself well
how much interactive content and links to social media is incorporated.
Can Crowdfunding Pay for Teacher Professional Development?
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/the_startup_blog/2015/08/crowdfunding_feedback_for_teachers.html
Crowdfunding as a movement gained initial traction among platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where people began soliciting a high volume of small donations to fund a litany of causes, ranging from starting a new comedy club, to funding innovative new products
For educators, platforms like DonorsChoose.org and PledgeCents can similarly be used to crowdfund donations for education-related causes.
Recently, however, I and many of my colleagues have been put off a bit by the proliferation of countless GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns on Facebook, where individuals seek funding for their college tuition and personal debt. Does the spread of questionable personal campaigns make the general public less willing to invest in worthy campaigns
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed and Microsoft partner hosted datacenters. It provides both PaaS and IaaS services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Azure was announced in October 2008 and released on 1 February 2010 as Windows Azure, before being renamed to Microsoft Azure on 25 March 2014.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure
Predictive Analytics and Azure Machine Learning
http://www.apress.com/9781484204467
From ASP.NET Site to Mobile App:
https://live360events.com/Events/Orlando-2015/Sessions/Tuesday/VST05-From-ASPNET-Site-to-Mobile-App-in-About-an-Hour.aspx
