Group 3 technologies

Group 3 Technologies

These were more presentation style elearning technologies. I have used ‘PowerPoint’ before in the creation of a presentation on a particular topic. At that time though, I did not realise that I could have embedded audio into it. A ‘PowerPoint’ presentation can be very static with the use of slides, although they can be personalised through using different backgrounds and uploading photos or graphics into them. There was also the ability to link a slide to others then return to the original slide to carry on with the presentation. The next technology ‘Prezi’ went beyond simple slides to create a more interactive presentation. I did find ‘Prezi’ a lot harder to use and understand and maybe if I had the technology shown to me rather than trying to work it out myself I probably would have understood it.

I had a look at ‘Dipity’ and thought that as an online timeline technology it was good. The main concern was that as anyone could put a timeline in. Any that were on the program may not have been accurate and therefore not usable. To create a timeline to include as an extra teaching tool would be good as the students can get a better understanding of when things happened and possibly the repercussions of those actions.