What a day! ... constant flow of "smart" digital tools around creation and publishing. I enjoyed learning several of new features that are directly imbedded in PowerPoint. The “transform to smart x” function was a favorite and to me is an excellent addition! (hope can find that on my MAC). Creating figures including diagrams, pictures with animations becomes far easier. In the future, things that I would like to use more often in my ppt presentations are: photos and videos. A small limitation, in my taste, is the need to exit ppt in order to open a you tube film. I also discovered another side of Picasssa together with Picnik and all the possibilities those programs could offer for editing photos but also sharing albums. Digital storytelling is a fine way of illustration, which stimulates a creative thinking. I could use it in different forms of group work and may be at the end of a course to summarize the highlights (or learning outcomes). PREZI: Despite a flashy and dynamic layout, that I really liked, I felt that it gets hard to follow and there is a risk to loose the focus of the audience. However this may be a powerful tool to show associations between different observations. If I change my mind, then I would for example use PEZI to summarize group discussions or as a mind map at least as a start.
I missed the Prezi session but I've heard it was really a useful tool, especially for brainstorming. I'm planning to hold a kick-off for my group now I'm back from maternity leave and so this is perhaps something I could use? I'm going to spend a bit of time exploring it over the next week.
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