Blog Post #12

For our assignment this week we will be looking at links discussing various ways to make presentations in the elementary classroom. There are so many sites out there that are similar, but better than a typical powerpoint presentation. These sites are allowing children to use there creativity in a way that incorporates what they have learned about.

Prezi in the Classroom

Introduction to Prezi

Learning Prezi

Glogster Information

PhotoPeach Tutorial

You will come up with three ways to present in today's classroom. Write a blog post about the tool's that you have found. Then out of the three you wrote about, pick one and make your own presentation using the tool. The presentation can be on a children's book, or any subject pertaining to a grade level you are interested in. Make sure your examples of ways to present would be engaging and motivating to students.


Rebecca's presentation:

You can use prezi to promote research presentations in a way that engaging for students to not only make, but also watch. You can make you slides have more creativity in movement and look. You can add video, and audio to your prezi slides. Prezi is great for grades 5th-12th. But if you are looking for something for the younger crowd glogster is the way to go. Children can make presentations or the teacher can describe her assignments in a fun way. You can use to present book reports and class projets. Photopeach can use a combination of music,photos, and text to present a topic. It is also very interactive so group work is greatly advised for this program.