There are many tools that teachers and students can use for presentations in today’s world. There is always something new out there for us to utilize. Presentations tools help us show others what we know and have researched.
One presentation tool that I have used personally and have encouraged my students to use is Prezi. Prezi makes presentations almost interactive and very visually appealing. As one goes through the presentation, the system zooms in over the slide so that you are able to present it. There are endless possibilities for using Prezi from professional presentations to project presentations in classes. One assignment my students have used this for was a presentation on their independent class novel. They created their presentations on Prezi so that we would have access to them as long as we had internet and we did not have to worry about someone forgetting a flash drive.
Another tool is IMovie from Apple. This presentation tool allows students to create mini-video presentations that they can edit, add music, and much more. I have used IMovie to create videos for class presentations for Liberty University as well as in high school.
A possible assignment that I would create for IMovie would be to video their presentation for a class. Many students I have in my class suffer from anxiety about presenting in front of crowds, and this would be a way for them to still present (in a cool way) and not have to worry about physically standing in front of the class to present.
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