Jul 28 2008
K12Online 2007 Reflection on “Electric Slide! Twenty-First Century Style”
This K12Online presentation was in two parts. The first was on Spresent and was presented by Kurt Paccio and the second part was about Splashcast, and was presented by James Gates.
I was not at all familiar with either of these Web 2.0 tools. I was interested in learning more about them, and I thought that the Spresent webcast was very interesting. Unless I need individual email accounts for each student, which I did not check yet, it would be a very excellent resource for presentation pieces. What strikes me is that eventually schools may eventually not have the resources to provide software such as Microsoft Office. In that eventuality, or if they realize that it may not be required anymore, we need to know of the resources such as Spresent that are available to us. Like others who commented on the K12Online presentation page for this particular presentation I couldn’t access more than the audio for the Splashcast presentation by James Gates, so I listened to the audio. It sounded like another excellent product, and when I visited the website it appeared that way as well. One question I did have was of its’ suitability for younger students. From the home page alone, it is not something that seems to be the best match for the elementary student. But they are both certainly something to keep an eye on and I am happy to be made aware of them.
I think that each of these tools is great for the individual educator who is looking to access free, online tools that will help them to polish and present a fantastic final product. They may not be the best choice for the student population in an elementary school setting.
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