Useful Alternatives to PowerPoint for Instruction Librarians WILU May 10, 2013 Brad Sietz LOEX, Eastern Michigan University.
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Beside the PointUseful Alternatives to PowerPoint for Instruction Librarians
WILUMay 10, 2013
Brad SietzLOEX, Eastern Michigan University
Agenda
Where are we?
How and why did we get here?
Where are we (kind of) going and what tools can take us there?
Questions
Quick Survey
How many attendees have access to MS Office at their job?
How many attendees utilize: Google Drive (i.e., Docs) Prezi Some other online presentation tool?
Use of tools at conferences
Conference Google Docs Prezi PPT
LOEX 2012 0 1 41
2011 0 2 29
2010 3 4 28
WILU 2012 1 1 29
2011 1 3 15
2010 No website
LOTW 2012 3* 8 24
2010 3^ 3 25
* One of these is a LibGuide, a research guide site ; ^ Two are LibGuides
A few presentations were posted to SlideShare, a web site for sharing slide presentations, typically PowerPoint, so they were counted as such.
Twenty years of dominance
PowerPoint still is the clear leader Not typical in technology
▪ Browsers▪ Computers▪ Phones▪ Search (Google getting there?)
Replaced the standard / became the standard
Wow, zoom, PowerPoint!
Here it comes From over here With lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots ,
and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots , and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots , and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of text
And great sound! With well-worn clip art
Getting beyond PowerPoint Free Rise of the “cloud” / “Web 2.0”
Collaboration Be different More modern look & feel
Streamlined Picture-based
New platforms & new company ecosystems Mobile/tablets
Google Docs
Apps within Google Drive Similar to MS Office suite ; integrates
with it Cloud-based
Allows offline syncing Mobile-friendly
Simple to… Acquire / setup Use
Real-time collaboration
Zoho Docs
“Simple Online Document Management” Similar to MS Office suite ; integrates
with it Cloud-based
No offline product, but can use PPT Similar functionality and look & feel
to Google DocsFor those who like to be different
So…let’s see ‘em!
Nothing (really) to see here
Prezi
Started in 2009 Single-canvas model Emphasis on movement / flow Co-edit with another person Free-version is solely cloud-based
Prezi – potential issues
Bad “PowerPoint” habits come back Spinning (causes ‘vertigo’) Movement for its own sake Excessive words / graphics Too much small text
Projeqt
Useful to integrate live streams (e.g., Twitter) or other sites (e.g., Pinterest, FourSquare) directly into presentation Like other tools (from PPT to Prezi) you
can also include/embed videos Web-based, so sites like Google Maps
will work directly
SlideRocket
It’s been acquired
PowerPoint 2013 / 365
All the past features, plus the new style
The new Office 2013 and 365 do NOT run on Windows XP and Vista (i.e., you need 7 or 8) or Mac OS X 10.6 or later
▪ This would preclude my EMU computer, for instance
So what tool to use?
Access to internet is not guaranteed Even if access is, quality is not
Browsers do not always place nice Firefox struggled with Prezi at WILU
Information being conveyed is often linear
Conferences – keep it local
Non-conference: Situations
Budget Equipment (new enough?) How file will be accessed by user Solo vs. group project Functionality needed Background of individual Temperament of individual
Of course…Nothing at all
Maybe just a handout with key points/agenda and/or space for notes
Questions?
bsietz@emich.edu
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