How would you help your learners develop their digital skills for ‘presenting information’?

Using Padlet

by Colin Hynson

I use Padlet with students to build up image portfolios and to allow students to add materials th... more

Padlet can be great for sharing content and collaborating to share links and resources

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Nice tool to share visual material - images or videos

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Can use the exercise to help students learn the skills to organise and curate their digital portf... more

1

Helps support inclusion, communication and collaboration via a visual and more interactive and me... more

1

It can be very slow to load and so is not really useful for more than a small group

by Sandra

Great tool for collecting feedback and collating information from a group, even if it is a disper... more

1

Effective tool for collaboration, discussion and feedback on lessons.

by faby

I like how it allows for a range of media (sound, files, images, video etc) to be uploaded on the... more

by Amy G

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Promotes inclusion as many students will want to try it out, see how it works. Then they get exc... more

by Janice

More visually attractive than a titanpad. Looks a bit more organised than a titanpad. Certain aut... more

You can come back to padlet at a later time to consider the ideas again.

by Leanne

Useful for smaller classes.

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Zklatife, Brittany, Rawzah and 13 more

Creating screen capture videos

by Wendy Peskett

Creating screencapture videos, using software such as screencast-o-matic. for demonstrating dig... more

Effective and easy way to demonstrate how to carry out a task on the computer.

by J Hutcheon

3

Agreed, this is a very practical skill for a number of professional as well as educational situat... more

by Megan F

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A good assessment tool for students, as well as professionals, to demonstrate skills in IT.

by Vicky Hindle

Upgrading to Pro version is worthwhile; much greater editing and publishing option; not very expe... more

by Mike Malone

Great for helping students work out how to use the learning platform - gives them something to re... more

1

Easy as it is, overcoming reluctancy to try can be seen as a downside. Saving recordings on PC ta... more

by cristina

Fab. Easy and straight-forward. Very personal. And shows your skills and willingness to adapt to ... more

by cristina

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Zklatife, Sarah, Moyra and 11 more

Google Docs

by Anita James

I use this with my online students when we are working on a case study scenario. We will talk thr... more

Easy to use

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Free tool

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Allows everyone to input information in real time

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widely available

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Occupy every day and I used this tool to work in groups

by Catalina Engelbreit

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Becoming ubiquitous. Google is infiltrating many aspects and understands the need for multiple pl... more

by Maninder

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Easy to use on mobile devices too. Learners can work on different parts to create a longer, coll... more

by Maggie

Excellent tool for collaborative working - have used for years now both in my learning and my wo... more

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Excellent starter tool for collaboration I find. Less intimidating and can be customised

We use this at school for evaluation meetings. We all fill out the grid to comment on students. E... more

by Christine

Easy to use access anywhere.

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Sarah, Siona, Zklatife and 9 more

Create a PowToon presentation

PowToon By allowing freedom to be creative students can collate various pieces of resource infor... more

The free tool does not offer a great choice of animation objects. Once the learners have got the ... more

by Clare

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A great way of creating short presentiations.

by Clare

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Not suitable for every topic. The idea needs to be contextualised before I decide on + or -.

by Jay

Some staff have found this difficult.. Just not familiar with the idea of a timeline presented li... more

by Wendy

A powerful free tool when used correctly.

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Not had the chance to explore this tool yet, so difficult to comment. However, it might be useful... more

by Vicky Hindle

Teachers will need to know how to use Powtoon, so that they can show students how to use it.

by Vicky Hindle

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Engaging, Fun and Different

The free version doesn't allow downloads, so you need to embed it in your lesson (can't add to re... more

by Janice

I think students will like the choice of themes etc. More visual.

by Sarah

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Zklatife, Sarah H, Giulia and 8 more

Microsoft Power Point

The students I teach practice presentations through the use of Microsoft power point. This is a f... more

using PowerPoint is a good starting point for less confident students as it is a familiar tool. S... more

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Powerpoint is very widely available and even when it isn't included on a particular PC there are ... more

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Powerpoint is far more flexible and creative than most people think; it is often the limtations o... more

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Students can get distracted by PowerPoint at the expense of the content.

by Mark

However.. PowerPoint is still the standard app in organizations so a better use of time for this ... more

by Mark

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Good for presenting information but need to engage with students as well with good content

PowerPoint is a very underrated tool and most users discount it because they don't spend the time... more

by Ian Lilliman

PowerPoint is an ideal tool for presenting. It has many great features and easy to add informatio... more

by SArah

I just discovered Adobe Presenter, works just like Powerpoint slides but more features to make tr... more

Great tool for graphics and highlighting main points. Should aid trainer not over shadow them.

by Kirsty

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Zklatife, Simon, Amanda and 8 more

Windows Movie Maker

Use Windows Movie Maker to put together images, videos, captions and audio information that the l... more

Free software

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Microsoft format is familar to maky learners already to easier to learn

Gives the option to incorporate a wide range of different types of information

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Encourages creativity

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Allows the use if audio data which increases accessibilty for learners who struggle with written ... more

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Teachers will also need to be proficient at using this software in order to show students how to ... more

by Vicky Hindle

Make sure work is saved regularly as the program can struggle with high work demand.

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Jan, Zklatife, Richard and 6 more

Back to Basics

by Angie

PowerPoint It is important to remember that not all students are as ICT savvy as we would hope t... more

Hear, hear!!! we must ensure we are using digital tech at a level all can participate, and see a ... more

by Viv

it allows you to use voice annotation, great tool for people that favour oral presentation

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you can also link to other tech within the power point so can extend the learning going on and ha... more

by Michelle K

Not all organisations are ICT savvy either, I think PP can be misused e.g. I have experienced a w... more

by Terry H

You can embed videos/links in PPP and can animate content, as well as have some interactive conte... more

by Elizabeth C

In my view, competent use of Word and PowerPoint is an essential minimum learner requirement. Man... more

by Dave G

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Dave G, Davina, Zklatife and 5 more

Office 365

by Kevin

OK as an educator I’m not a great fan of Microsoft however for learners to present information, e... more

Develops skills used in the work place

by Kevin

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Integrates with many other apps

by Kevin

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Cloud access for editing and storage

by Kevin

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I take your entry as "Office". This is a tool really necessary to be familiar with in todays prof... more

by MB

Requires Cloud access and really fast internet for EVERYTHING. Useless in developing nations

by Janice

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Jan, Zklatife, MB and 5 more

Creating presentations in Prezi

It could help students to analyse information they use, to structure it, to prioritize this or th... more

Very interactive and can look great visually.

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Images and text can express key important information in an interesting visual layout.

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Layouts and transitions can be diffcult to follow and confusing

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Requires a stable internet connection for use

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You need an internet connection to create the presentation, but it can be exported to present off... more

Use of Prezi can distract from the content. There is the potential that students will learn more ... more

by Mark

However - Prezi is fun and engaging and as the topic is 'presenting information' then worth an in... more

by Mark

An excellent tool, but could be time consuming and not user friendly. However, could be a very cr... more

by OO

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Zklatife, Michael L, Kelly and 4 more

Padlet is Perfect

by Chloe

Padlet provides a perfect Launchpad for gathering ideas on-mass. We have already seen it utilise... more

Great for capturing and displaying - appalling for collaborating - Yammer is a better collaborati... more

by Mark

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Zklatife, Elizabeth, Kevin and 3 more

Articulate for engagement

by Russell

Using Articulate can bring interactivity to course books and manuals that students need to study ... more

Skills and time required to learn how to use this software

by Kevin

If you can use PowerPoint, you can use Articulate with a a few hours of practice.

by Mark

Articulate can publish in multiple formats eg, Flash and html

by Mark

Is learning any kind of rapid e-learning creation a good use of students time? Unless they are go... more

by Mark

Platform-specific (Windows)

by Janice

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Colin Smith, David, Mark and 2 more

Voki

by Walter Hard Rocker

This app lets anyone make up an avatar. You can either record your own voice or write what you ne... more

Easy to use, and especially motivating and fun for children and young people.

by Walter Hard Rocker

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It seems you still need internet connection in case you want to use it in a powerpoint presentation.

by Walter Hard Rocker

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Might be useful for tutors and students who are not comfortable with recording a video of themsel... more

by Vicky Hindle

More interesting than presenting a bunch of text when explaining something

by Janice

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Walter Hard Rocker, Janice, Ollie and 1 more

Captivate 9

by David Moon

The latest version of Captivate can incorporate screen capture, video, audio, assessments, images... more

'Powerful' - build learning from scratch or adapt from Powerpoint (there's nothing wrong with Pow... more

by David Moon

Create content 'on the go' with Adobe Slate/ Voice for iPad; integrate with CP9 afterwards

by David Moon

Steep learning curve

by David

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Cost (available as subscription) is not insignificant (discount for educators, though); cheaper a... more

by David

I agree these kind of software packages are really useful I tend to use Camtasia Studio to do my ... more

by Colin Smith

Can't author with Mac

by Janice

Very expensive, $1,500 for the package

by Janice

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Colin Smith

Craig

Sarah

Wikis

by Mike Saunders

A great way for all to be involved in collaborative learning. The allowance of new pages, gives l... more

by Natalie Nel

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The downside is that all who are using the Wikis need to be working in unison as each person coul... more

by Natalie Nel

Our tech guru says class wikis are amazing. You can track who contributes & when, checking task e... more

by Maggie

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Free, open source, pretty easy to use once you get used to them.

by Janice

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Mary

Moira

Zklatife

Peer-Assisted Learning With PowerPoint Mix

by Helen Dixon

Students can create short online tutorials demonstrating how to use one of the Excel Functions fo... more

PowerPoint Mix is a free add-in that adds functionality to PowerPoint which most students are alr... more

by Helen Dixon

Students can add voice-overs and screen-casts without using additional software

by Helen Dixon

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Only available on Windows platform (not Mac) :-(

by Janice

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Alex Blackmore

BC

Zklatife

Presentation on Digital Safety

by Eddie

Presentations require drafting, proofing and refinement and are not essays. Digital safety and gr... more

Starting with PowerPoint is the most obvious presentation tool, but the structure of the idea len... more

by Eddie

This structure also allows the group to embed collaboration and team if GoogleSlides or a similar... more

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Andrea

Joe

Training using presentations on Prezi

by Naila Dracup

Press can be a really visually stimulating and interactive means of delivering presentations. It ... more

Prezi (not Press - autocorrect) allows for very effective visuals and you can easily embed additi... more

by Naila Dracup

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The downsides of Prezi is that colleagues have said that the default zooming in and out of each s... more

by Naila Dracup

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Abdulaziz

Nic

Use of Prezi

by jane Anspach-Sykes

An easy to use tool for all levels, as students can follow templates or use own ideas. They can a... more

Free to use with a public account

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A fee to pay if a private account is wanted

Overuse of effects can cause nausea! Just make them aware of it... even mentions this in their tr... more

by Wendy

Great tool to use, and not that difficult to use. Looks good

by Gayle

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Gayle

Nic

Edpuzzle. Issued to the student as a project to develop their ability to source appropriate media online for class presentation. The learner is guided through steps how to add audio add text and add questions (if required) to their own presentation. This would be suitable for all levels of lea... more

by Nic

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Damien

Jane

Create Flashcards for mobile devices

by Mark Brown

Flashcards are useful reminders and revision resources for all kinds of topics. Have small groups... more

I like this idea - am off to explore more about it

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Colette

Damien

I prefer YouTube for presentation as it can combined visual and audio with the possibility of subtitle. It is also easy to publish on the go these days with most smartphones are capable of deploying high quality, high resolution videos. Above all it is a platform everyone knows and very easy to a... more

by Tenzin

Free and easy to use

Easy to share across social medias

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It is very presentable, the presentations look nice

Presentation look really nice

Students seem to be more motivated to do a good job when they realise it's a YouTube video. Perha... more

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Annette

Richard

PowToon

by Hannah Tyreman

PowToon is an animation tool that learners can use to create their own video animations- with mov... more

One login to remember- use on fixed PC/laptop- no app required.

Free to use

Does not lend itself to easy collaboration

Easy to use

5 mins recording time max. on the free version

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moira

Robert Roe

Piktochart

by Hannah Tyreman

Piktochart is an infographic tool that means information can be presented in an easily digestible... more

Free to use

Easy to use

Does not lend itself to easy collaboration

Forces the learner to think about how to present information in an easily digestible way. Teaches... more

$39.99 for non-profit; good price

by Janice

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Janice

Rachel

use Prezy for presentation of informations. My students are of the primary school and this tool is very suggestive and intuitive. They can add the new informations very easly. They can have a clear vision their subject

It's free and it's easy

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the student can add information from house

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they can share videos or images

Great idea!

by Rosanna

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Gordon Duffy-McGhie

Moira

Creating in Keynote

Keep presentation mobile

Mobile friendly, allows for presentation without the need for connectivity to the cloud if backed... more

2

kinesthetic design on a tablet can be frustrating at times, there are still some good uses for a ... more

+/- You forgot to describe the skills learners will get. Currently it looks more a tool for 'prof... more

by J Deurwaarder

Great for using with apple tv no need for wires and noisy projector.

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eurika

onenote

by Eurika

onenote allow you develop and create presentations into projects for publishing, easily accessibl... more

+/- Missing the realtion to skill development in learners. How will learners use it. What skill a... more

by J Deurwaarder

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Paul Hudson

Preparation

by Chris Manley

Rather than looking at a specific software application, I would draw a mindmap on Popplet to allo... more

This is a great idea as it allows for differentiation. Students can choose an application they ar... more

by Vicky Hindle

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The teacher will need to be comfortable with a wide range of applications

by Vicky Hindle

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Vicky Hindle

Using a VLE

by J Hutcheon

Students could make an engaging VLE webpage including text, images, newsfeeds, quizzes and embed... more

VLE are good options as long as you find a right balance with other apps and softwares....

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Manolo

Evaluting information

by Jane Tomlinson

Access to HE level 3. Develop DL skills in locating online resources. Thinglink to explain the ... more

Thinglink is a simple tool to use and as an extension activity the learners could create and shar... more

Moodle Journal only enables 1-1 feedback

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Karen

Checking opinions and understanding of content

by Tim

Kahoot! is a simple to use free multiple-choice quiz or survey educational tool which can be use... more

Easy to use on any internet-enabled device.

Requires a large enough screen for participants to view questions.

with elements of gamification. Students like it.

by Maja Vičič Krabonja

Would be good for a classroom learning environment with fast internet

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Maja Vičič Krabonja

Presenting a statistics project

by Sara

Tools might include autograph, geogebra, excel spreadsheets, word and ppt/prezi and quiz creator ... more

Students can use a survey topic that means something to them eg quality of school food or sports ... more

May be very time consuming for students if it is the first time they have used these tools

Students would require access to tools / licences

Results will seem more professional and real life (like media in papers or on TV) thus making sub... more

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Damien

Screenomatic with presenter tool

by Keely

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Maja Vičič Krabonja

Using the mobile app for researching.

Great to use time in and out of work

Only as good as the wifi connection

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Manolo

Office 365 and Sway

by Colin Smith

Office 365 allows me to set-up tools that can be used to collaborate with staff and Students alik... more

If your college subscribe to Office 365 all these tools are free with it and can be used by staff... more

by Colin Smith

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Colin Sawers

Online Video editing

A lot of my students need to provide evidence of being able to present information and practical ... more

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Asma

Tackk

Easy to create and post information. https://tackk.com/

It's free, easy to add information (text, video, photo etc.) and feedback

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Denys Byzov

Twine - branched scenarios

by Jan

Many presentations are linear structured - or hard to include branching. In many learning situati... more

Free OER

by Jan

Allows practicing of skills in safe environment

by Jan

Allows presenting challenging situations and link to consequences depending on choice

Creates branched scenarios allowing freedom to follow own path

You can branch in PowerPoint as well.

by Amanda

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Janice

Powerpoint that incorporates spidergram slides, eg Mind42, to act as scaffolding for intervening visual and video material

by Chris

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mike k

Video and audio editing

by Andy

Quite a simple one - but a poor video will be as unengaging as a poor lecture! Whereas a well con... more

Really agree with this if the video is poor it is better not to have it at all.

by Kirsty

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Janice

Dipity

by Morag Howard

http://www.dipity.com/ A great online tool for creating a digital timeline. Allows students to a... more

A versatile and graphically attractive tool

by Terry Loane

Really fun. Create a digital timeline about ANYTHING!!

by Janice

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Janice

Prezi is useful for getting students attention, but I feel it has limited value with some students, especially those with learning difficulties, The busy screens, movement, changes in font, spacing, embedding of images, and wide use of colour flies in the face of everything recommended for such ... more

by sam harding

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Asma

I think young learners and adults with time constraints might find youtube an easy and attractive tool to present their ideas or learning products. whether working individually or in groups, learners can video-record themselves while presenting information and then share the recording via the app... more

by Lama Najib

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Fred

Student Training Video for the Hospitality Industry

by Orla

Digital Tool: Screencast-o-matic The detail of the skill: Using screencast-o-matic, having to pl... more

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Vincent

Student-created home work problems based video

by Sarathsamaranayake41

Teacher can ask students in his/her class to video record problems they find while they are doing... more

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Zklatife

Plickers

by Leanne

You can get answers from every learner without them having to each have their own device.

by Leanne

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Leanne

Is the type of presentation tool really that important...

by Mark

With my BA students I have found that they are unimpressed by Prezi - not wanting to spend time l... more

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Linda

ePortfolio

by Sorcha Moran

Mahara - ePortfolio Learners become creators and publishers and not just consumers of internet b... more

Class assignments can double up as projects to present to future employers

by Sorcha

Will encourage learners to organise their work

by Sorcha

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Sorcha

Facebook would you help your learners develop their digital skills for ‘presenting information

by salam

facebook may help students in collaborative learning and in presenting their work

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salam

I find Prezzi a useful tool in leading a discussion with my students on any topic

by Reward Mushayabasa

It's brief and precise. I also like its visual impact

by Reward Mushayabasa

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Zklatife

Ask learners to create a Nearpod on various elements of a topic.

by Mike Worth

Nearpod is a great way for learners to show what they have learnt. Using it they can present thei... more

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Create a basic ICT skills presentation for senior citizens who would like to be connected

by Jane

Level 3 ICT students to use CamStudio (http://camstudio.org) to create presentations on basic com... more

Having to view the presentation (how??) by the senior citizens requires some basic internet / dig... more

by J Deurwaarder

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Digital tools: MS Powerpoint + digital cameras

by J Deurwaarder

Detail of skill: Use competently digital camera. Use MS PowerPoint to produce high quality slides... more

Integrated in Health and safety course.

by Mike

Enhances independent learning as the technical skills needed will be acquired from given links to... more

by J Deurwaarder

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Use a combination of (powerpoint or keynote) presentation software and add this to a film made in iMovie.

by Jonathan Perry

iMovie is apple based only

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Haiku deck

by Anna Selway

Get students to focus on creating visually appealing presentations - stop Death by PowerPoint. R... more

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Use digital tools they are familair with, not all students are digitally savey. allow them to demonstrate their create sides, enage them to be ceative and engaging, show examples of past students work for ideas /inspiration

introducing students to new tools helps them to become more digitally savvy and can be really ben... more

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Students could carry out a piece of research by creating a questionnaire in google forms, which is very easy to use. Students can then share this questionnaire via email and social media websites. The data collected can then be an analysed using google sheets or Excel.

by Vicky Hindle

Great way of obtaining primary research

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Can be difficult to obtain a large amount of data without continuous reminders of the research pr... more

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I think this great tool for students

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Notability

by Julie

It allows you take notes by hand on screen (a stylus will prove helpful if you’re interested in s... more

Great for children learning to present their work digitally.

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about.me

by Arnold

Tool: https://about.me. Skill: web page design (text, images, page layout, presentation). Learner... more

Activity asks for individual and collaborative work

The single page format helps to focus

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test

by test

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have a practice in which learners are asked to show the equivalent digital skills of what will be asked in any assessed work.

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Lectora for engagement

by Kevin

As with articulate, we use lectora to encourse the student to think and then do

Reputedly the most able of the Articulate/ Captivate/ Lectora trio. Steep learning curve, but the... more

by David

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Using Google Slides for presentation

by Becky

Using Google slides instead of Powerpoint allows ongoing feedback and collaboration as students b... more

When sharing you can decide the level - view, edit etc

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Multiple technologies using real information

by Mark Brown

Perhaps give the class a task such as a high street survey and ask them to use at least 4 digital... more

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Simply to be able to complete on-line forms and to carry out basic research. So being able to use Google and contributing to a social media site such as Twitter.

by Sandy

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ive not used it - but i need to investigate to see if it can be used to collate work to upload to eportfolio

by helen

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Dipity timelines

by Lynne

Dipity is a free digital timeline creator. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on inte... more

Only just been introduced to it so maybe unfair for me to comment but I've not been overly impres... more

by Stuart

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Prezi

In my view Prezi would be a great tool for my students to use in order for them to easily view th... more

Prezi it's a very easy way to use for collaboration between our students. They can add their opin... more

by Maria Panou

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Powtoon

by Elaine

An animation app that can create amazing presentations.

1

Students find more engaging than regular presentation tools.

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Video a talking wall

by Liz Budde

Using video to present ideas is an interactive way of capturing the process as well as the outcom... more

Good to divide a presentation into stages and can be left up in the room.

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Sharing basic ideas as to script between members community online on Film with Keynote Mac. Consequently giving a brief synopsis of the relevant literature for Digital Presentations and using scenarios and images film combining to create animations in Swift 3D and recording to capture some videos... more

by Oliver C Mallorca

Swift 3D Mac is a great tool to create animations and to illustrate 3d volumes for anyone who wan... more

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Changing the format of my assignments from Microsoft Office programs (Word, Ppt and Publisher) to present in WordPress or Prezi.

In Week 3 I was very taken by the scope of the two technologies on how to build digital portfolio... more

by Robbie Murphy (it is also my idea but I forget to put my name on it!)

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Using Wordpress to develop learners’ presentational skills.

by Athanasios Vazakas

Wordpress is an excellent software tool which can be used as a presentation platform for anything... more

by Athanasios Vazakas

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Presentation, search and sharing skills are all valuable for learners. Prezi and Google would be helpful and beneficial for learners.

by Arnie

I was introduced to prezi via our blended learning course - since then, I've created and presente... more

by Anthony

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Haiku Deck for a slide presentation is easy and fast to make.

by Deborah

Yes! Very nice Creative Commons images. Forces the presenter to be economical with the amount of ... more

by Emma

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Smore

by Hannah Tyreman

This online flyer tool allows learners to add headings, text, videos and images for presentation.

Free to use

Easy to use

Clean presentation style is encouraged by the tool

Does not lend itself to easy collaboration

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Google Slides

by Hannah Tyreman

Google's version of PowerPoint, which means the teacher can see which students have contributed: ... more

Easy to use- familiar to learners

Free to use

Collaboration is easy- students can share the slides with one another and the tutor can easily se... more

The students can still get trapped by too much text- as they can in PPT.

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Mind Genius (licensed?) / Mindmeister (Free, I think?)

by Nick Haigh

Mind mapping software that allows you to capture thoughts during a class discussion or present an... more

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Open office

by Vivien Guyll

Open up access to digital word processing for those who are new to the digital world.

Free

by Janice

Multi-platform

by Janice

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Padlet - A key to collaboration and sharing success

I would utilise Padlet as an interactive and engaging tool to share information more effectively,... more

I think Padlet is a great resource especially for smaller groups (smaller than this course!) wher... more

by Asma

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TAWE APP: Developing presentations through the oral communication of ideas.

by Gordon Duffy-McGhie

The technology I’d like to suggest is the TAWE App (Sparkol Labs). It enables learners to develop... more

Simple to use.

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Encourages learners to develop oral communication skills through use of a voice over.

Develops confidence.

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Works really well on mobile devices.

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Not available on Windows devices

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The Last Frontier: Where are we? Toondoo – digital comic maker https://youtu.be/lViWwGmo7qk: in science: Grades 5 – 8: Space/universe: In pairs create a 5 page comic book: “The Last Frontier”. Students will gain experience in using the mouse to select, drag and drop and manipulate elements of t... more

by Robert Roe, Melbourne. Australia

Easy to use. Encourages imaginative responses. Develops insights into how to combine graphical im... more

by Robert Roe

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Thinglink for ESOL/MFL

by Jennie

Students take picture of the classroom, the street, a room in their house, whatever and use tag f... more

Students develop digital presentation skills alongside language skills.

by Jennie

It's fun and very easy.

by Jennie

Teachers can tailor the learning to individual needs.

Thinklink has limited functionality without upgrading.

by Jennie

Pictures are public so need to be wary of using images of people.

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Here's the Thinglink image example

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To make concept maps: bubbl.us

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Padlet

by Phil

Padlet is very easy to use and a great way to create interaction between students and their teacher.

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Use google docs and online search engines

Work in groups to research a topic and google docs to pool their ideas collaboratively

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Piktochart (https://magic.piktochart.com/templates)

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Learners teach by creating IMS CPs

by Moira

parcel up (in a learning context) a series of events punctuated with hinge questions and their be... more

authoring these is engagement and sharable

If not checked could have bad facts

learn design principles

iterative review

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Glogster

by Franca

It allows learners to demonstrate learning by collating their ideas using various media formats.

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Title: Create an ‘how to’ web page Digital Tool: Weebly for education (http://education.weebly.com/ed-features.php) Detail of Skill: Present a topic clearly and concisely in web page format Topic: Create a web page explaining how to do something relating to a topic of their choice (e.g. a hobby o... more

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Create an ‘how to’ web page

Weebly is a free resource (up to 40 accounts)

Easy to use drag and drop website editor

Includes flexible blogging features

Websites can be password protected and made public or kept private

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Using prezi to students completing dragons den event

by Esther Doig

It allows the students to take the tutor on a business journey and makes the pitch interesting

They are start anywhere on the presentation and easily zoom back and forwards depending on how th... more

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Learn and practice, then teach and practice with your students

by Moisés

prezi is fun, free, but takes a while to get used to. I think there are so many ways you can use ... more

by Rachel

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RefMe

by Maggie

A handy app, take a photo of the ISBN of a book & RefMe stores the full reference for you. Incred... more

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Prezi

by Meme

is a cloud based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual ca... more

Creates interesting and dynamic presentations that can be accessed from anywhere and any computer.

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You can surprise viewers with interesting reveals.

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Download Prezi presentation and view them offline.

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a good presentation makes all the difference.

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Padlet

by I like using Padlet in class and its an ideal tool to present yourself/or topic in a unique way.

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Not my favourite tool for presentations, I find it really distracting.

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Digital tool: Google Hangouts Detail skill: to articulate netiquette on online forums Topic: discussion of assignment Learner level: Level 3 They would have to post questions surrounding an assignment and students would be able to post supportive and tactful comments. This would form part of t... more

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Using GoAnimate

by Peter Gordon

Learners who are a little less confident could produce animations with GoAnimate and the cartoon ... more

Interesting idea that the cartoon character creates a kind of partner. It's more like play, but c... more

by Diana again

Wow, REALLY expensive! Good for corporate; bad for education sector

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Getting the learners to work collaboratively using an application that is easy to use would be a good start. Prezzi can appear daunting and put some learners off. think of some of the tools we have been introduced to in this course that would help

by Martin Sadler

Yes collaborative learning is excellent way to overcome technology difficulties and students like... more

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Thing LInk

by Maja Vičič Krabonja

Creating interactive pictures, connecting them with other picures, text, linx, videos... Student... more

Basic version is free

by Janice

A fun way to help students recognise and name parts of something--eg, a radio studio mixer. Hove... more

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Visme

by Krystian Ramlogan

There are 3 options: basic is free.

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Turns ideas into Visual Content which can be shared, published, and downloaded.

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Tells your stories in multiple formats: presentation, short animation, infographic, static graphic.

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You can import content from sites, e.g. Flickr

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You can use forms to capture emails

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You have access to pre-built templates

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Visme is more versatile than Prezi

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The free version has the Visme branding on the page; can't publish without displaying that unwant... more

by Janice

Free version has only JPG output, which is not very versatile

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Storyboard That

by Janice

Create comic strips with dialogue using a wide range of supplied clipart and backgrounds.

Great range of supplied backgrounds and characters

Free to do 3-frame comic, three times per week. Pay if you want more

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Titanpad

by Janice

Up to 8 users can synhronously write their comments in different colours

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A synchronous online notepad, for team discussions, planning and feedback

by Janice

Can have private or public pads (but for private you need to sign up in advance)

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Free

by Janice

You can put a question in your LMS course page then use a Titanpad for students to give their com... more

by Janice

No signing it is great.

by Cristina

Very limited number of things you can do with it. Not attachments, no visuals.

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Create a small animation using Clayframe showing how muscles work in the arms or legs.

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Using something like vimeo enable small groups of learners to practise theri lipreading skills through conversation. later this can be evaluated by whole group

by Gloria

difficult for older people to get to grips with .

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but could be very valuable to demonstrate their progress to themselves, the teacher and peers

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Show them copyright free images to enhance their work

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Video presentations

by Linda

As a bridge into speaking to groups, have students video record their presentations. Gives them ... more

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Drawing app combined with screencasting app

by Bee

Learners to draw mind maps using screencasting software to record the drawing and share - allowin... more

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Hyperlinked powerpoint

by Simon

Hyperlinked PowerPoints are accessible for all ages, allow browsing and alternative presentation ... more

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Critiquing others presentations on different platforms to develop their skills before creating their own.

by Liz Wright

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YouTube, filming presentation class

by Olivia

As we learnt last week filming presentations helps give feedback in a more constructive manner an... more

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I would use FaceBook - great to add info, images/videos etc, plus it is very collaborative.

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Nearpod

by Sandi

I used this in a presentation to senior management presentation and it worked really well. It kep... more

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Prezi is a magnificent tool to create original and unconventional presentations. I also like Power Point, but I think it is a limited tool and not so fun.

by Karla

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Open Source Blog Eg. Wordpress

If students put effort into presenting information, they should be able to reach as wide an audie... more

Work can be shared with the students' network

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Stupeflix (or other video tool)

by Jenna

Make videos from images, text can be added

Students can showcase ideas with images - better than PowerPoint as they tend to rely on words.

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The key is to encourage Learners to try te technology. In my experience they will collabaorate to produce very good results.

by Tom McManus

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Create a review of an exhibition for art department blog

by Clara Clark

Level 3 art students attend an exhibition. Students take photos on their smartphone (with permiss... more

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Goanimate

by Sarah

I have found that those less confident students like to use this to present their work or a role ... more

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GCSE Students Develop Drama ideasin the museum, drama presentation with iPads

by Claire Frampton

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Prezi is good and has a conference style system where students can work collaboratively on the same prezi. I've used it when access for a wheelchair bound student was limited. Students really enjoyed it.

by Janet

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I've certainly had good response from students with collaborative prezi.

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Using draw.io for creating posters collaboratively

by Adam Pryor

It's a powerful graphical editor with tight integration with google storage for easy collaboratio... more

It enables students to creatively set out their knowledge

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Work together using Google Slides to make a presentation

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ImPrezive Flavors

by Juan Rivera

Digital Tool: Prezi Detail of the Skill: Oral Presentations on Sequential Actions Topic: Ethnic... more

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Prezi

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Prezi, padlet, and moodle

I agree that Prezi might be a waste of time but only at the beginning.

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Bolt-on a 'virtual classroom' to the schools Moodle

by David

Some schools use Moodle as their VLE, and so it is simple and economical to bolt on a 'virtual cl... more

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Using screencast software

by Moyra

I would concur with others, stick with PowerPoint for go for a screencast, then you get to record... more

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Workplaces use PowerPoint and knowing the rules of using this e.g. points only and not an essay on screen, size of text, successful use of animation, saving in different formats, setting up a slide show are relevant skills employers are looking for

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Explee

by Rafaela

Explee is an excellent tool for digital presentation. I have seen it being used in older students... more

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