In my Middle School observations today, I watched a presentation put on by Kača and Blaise in a sixth grade humanities class. They use Glogster a web site that allows users to make a digital poster that incorporates video, photography, music, and text. The girls’ topic were the Navajo nation as part of a class unit on ancient civilizations in the Americas. You can check out their project on glogster here.
Another web site that is great for presentations is Prezi.com. I made a presentation yesterday on the state of our ®curriculum for the School Leadership Council. It is totally different from the Powerpoint® software which is a digital version of a slide show. The nice thing about Prezi.com, is that it is a flexible canvas that can tell a story with more style and is much more entertaining and informative than the traditional powerpoint.
Both of these websites have been used by our teachers and students this year. We have focused on technology this school year and this is a small part of the fruits of our labors.
