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11/21/2014
4
tools
for
spicing
up
lectures
I
Education
Dive
Education
Dive
4
tools
for
spicing
up
lectures
By
Rocier
Riddell
I
November
12,
2014
PowerPoint
is
a
time
-tested
lecture
standby
—
Microsoft's
Luke
Lappala
says
around
90%
of
educators
use
it.
Still,
for
many,
it
has
become
synonymous
with
boring
lectures.
Common
complaints
include
slideshows
that
are
read
word-for-word
by
teachers
and
professors,
which
would
be
bad
enough
if
teachers
and
professors
didn't
already
have
to
contend
with
popular
culture
caricatures
that
have
all
the
charisma
of
Ben
Stein.
(Those
slides
are
probably
just
as
exciting
for
you
to
read
over
and
over
again,
too.)
We're
not
saying
there's
anything
wrong
with
presentations.
After
all,
they
wouldn't
be
used
so
often
in
the
classroom
if
they
weren't
effective.
But
in
today's
increasingly
device
-saturated
learning
spaces,
whether
they
be
in
higher
ed
or
K-12,
instruction
demands
interaction.
Luckily,
it's
not
too
hard
to
spice
up
your
pedagogy.
These
four
tools
can
help
you
turn
that
static
slideshow
into
a
more
engaging
experience
for
everyone
involved.
Microsoft
Office
Mix
Who
says
you
can't
teach
an
old
dog
new
tricks?
With
Office
Mix
,
Microsoft
takes
its
familiar
PowerPoint
and
gives
it
"superpowers."
PowerPoint
slides
can
now
include
interactive
apps,
simulations,
or
games
pulled
from
the
Office
Store,
as
well
as
handwriting
and
animations
synced
to
a
presenter's
voice,
formative
assessments,
and
curated
Web
sites.
Among
the
available
applications:
Khan
Academy
,
University
of
Colorado's
PhET
physical
science
simulations
app,
and
GeoGebra
.
Mix
is
available
for
Powerpoint
2013,
and
can
also
be
downloaded
as
a
free
add-on
for
Office
365.
Display
Note
Speaking
of
interactive
presentations,
Display
Note
(http://displaynote.com/)
allows
an
instructor
to
deliver
presentations
wirelessly
via
an
iPad
or
Android
device.
If,
say,
you
have
a
class
full
of
students
with
tablets,
you
can
deliver
your
presentation
directly
to
their
screens.
Students
can
interact
and
collaborate
as
the
presentation
is
going
on,
and
annotations
or
notes
can
be
made
by
instructor
or
student
alike.
It
also
works
with
Windows
and
Mac
desktops.
With
an
interactive
whiteboard
or
projector,
like
NEC's
UM
-330W
,
further
interaction
and
collaboration
is
made
possible,
as
annotations
are
then
shown
before
the
entire
class.
That
last
option
may
be
particularly
ideal
for
a
classroom
where
all
students
don't
have
a
tablet.
SlideDog
Another
option
for
doing
away
with
screen
after
screen
of
bullet
points,
SlideDog
(http://slidedog.com/)
lets
users
make
presentations
from
just
about
any
form
of
media.
PowerPoints,
Prezis,
YouTube
videos,
several
image
types
(but
not
.gifs),
Word
documents,
and
Excel
spreadsheets
can
all
be
used
to
construct
a
sleek,
seamless
presentation.
A
remote
app
also
allows
instructors
to
control
their
presentation
wirelessly.
A
"Pro
(http://slidedog.com/pricing/)
"
version
runs
$9.99
a
month
or
$99
a
year
and
includes
both
single-
and
dual
-
screen
modes,
a
SlideDog remote,
premium
support,
and
the
ability
to
use
a
custom
background
image,
loop
or
advance
content,
and
share
with
on
students'
devices
in
real
time.
Alternatively,
the
free
version
includes
single
-screen
mode,
community
support,
and
it
displays
SlideDog's
background
image
before
and
after
presentation,
along
with
the
ability
to
use
Pro
features
for
no
more
than
15
minutes
at
a
time.
Splashtop
Splashtop
offers
two
products
for
the
classroom:
Mirroring
360
and
Classroom.
Mirroring
360
,
as
its
name
might
imply,
allows
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