Presentation+Possibilities

When Power Point was first created, presentations using it were exciting and interesting because the technology was new. Now, Power Point presentations are often to be dreaded because of how boring they can be.

The education field has adopted Power Point as a way for students to showcase their ideas and work, but they often just read the slides and create something that is ultimately boring. Here is the ultimate example of boring: media type="youtube" key="rIABo0d9MVE" height="315" width="560"

On this page are some ideas you can use so students can showcase their learning and, at the same time, they can create something that is interesting and valuable in its own right.

Pecha-Kucha []

This is a format for Power Point presentations, only it has certain limits. Presentations are to be no more than 20 slides at the rate of about 20 seconds per slide. Also, the slides have to be composed primarily of images (no words) so that the presenter can talk about ideas without reading the slides. This format was created in Japan and is now a world-wide creative project. Columbus has a Pecha Kucha night about once a year: []

Video

There are many different video formats students can be encouraged to use.

Claymation Claymation is a form of stop-action animation. media type="youtube" key="6uFUdRkSUxo" height="390" width="640"

Another presentation tool is Prezi which adds dimensionality to a presentation. Look at the example on the Prezi page of this wiki to see how this works.