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Presentation Recreation using HaikuDeck

1/5/2013

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Being a teacher who loves using new technology, I cringe when my students opt for the dreaded "PowerPoint" option for a creative project.  I tell them that PowerPoints are boring and that they get overloaded with content.  Worse than that, teachers are among the guilty of beating the PowerPoint horse beyond its own graceful demise.  We find ways to squeeze in the most facts into one slide, paired with charts and graphs and other irrelevant information.  Every now and then, we include .wav files or transitions.  YIPEE (insert heavy sarcasm).

I swore off PowerPoint.  For the most part, I had sworn off Keynote.  Keynote is a great alternate to the MSOFFICE2003 way of doing things, don't get me wrong.  Embed videos, include pictures, easily drop in charts and shapes, all without needing to know all of the intricate functions that PowerPoint offers.  Yet, at the same time, it's still easy to get carried away.  Therefore, I was done.  No more.

Listening in on all the chatter about HaikuDeck, I decided to give it a try.  This is my VACATION and I'm trying to relax a little before getting back to my amazing groups of students!  After all, isn't this time supposed to be spent recharging the batteries and catching up on the "honey-do" lists?  Nah, Twitter was abuzz and I caved to the Tweet Pressure.

Not to say that Haikus will infiltrate my teaching style, but WOW... Just wow.
  
***FULL DISCLAIMER: I don't claim that this is a great presentation.  On the contrary, it needs plenty of work.  However, this was done in 10 minutes and all background images were "suggested" to me by the app itself.  All on the iPad.  Did I say 10 minutes?***
Haiku Deck is the best application for creating presentations on iPad
One of the great things about the app is that it doesn't include a lot of great things.  Sounds oxymoronic, I know.  If you think about it, your other presentation apps pride themselves on all of the great things that they can do.  The problem that I have found when having students create presentations (or, unfortunately, I create my own lessons) is that they tend to go overboard on all of the flair that is at their fingertips.  Haiku Deck is great in that it doesn't embed video (yet), it doesn't hyperlink out (yet), and it finds incredible background images for you that relate to the key topic that you are trying to address!  

Is it going to change the world?  Is it going to change the way that you teach? Not very likely.  Is it going to give you an opportunity to mix things up with dynamic images and the simplicity that we have all certainly strayed from in our ever-complex lessons?  Absolutely.  Let me know what you think of Haiku Deck.

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