Thursday, November 2, 2017

Presentation Gems with Keynote and Slides

There are some hidden gems with the go-to presentation software we sometimes use in the classroom.  I have included a couple big ones below.

Three commonly used presentation applications are Keynote, Google Slides, and Powerpoint.   However, there are many others available.  Read about some of these other options at this link.


Keynote:

This is available on every student and teacher iPad and computer in the district.

When presenting from an iPad, markup tools are available to highlights parts of any slide.  Click here to read more about how to do this.  This works especially well when you are presenting through an Apple TV.

Keynote Live - Have your Keynote presentation play on the students' devices instead of (or in addition to) the room projector.  Students will see on their screen what you see on your screen. 

Click on Keynote Live and invite your viewers.
(You will need to be logged into your iCloud account first)
Keynote Remote -  Would you like to play a Keynote presentation from your computer, but do not want to be tethered to it during class?    You may use an iPad to remotely run a Keynote presentation.  You even have access to a 'laser pointer' tool and other markups.

Click here to check out all the directions to get set up and use Keynote Remote.

If your presentations are already saved a Powerpoints, Keynote will open them.
If your presentations are saved as Google Slides, they may be downloaded as Powerpoints.

Here are the video directions to setting up and using Keynote Remote.
I added caption directions, but no audio.





Google Slides:

This is available when logged in to your school Google account.


Presenter View - Make your Google Slides interactive with your students with Presenter view.  This YouTube video will show you how.

The presentation will show on your students' devices.  It may be interactive, too.  Pose quick questions on their computer for the class to respond to.  Select answers, as desired, to display on the classroom screen on the fly.  It's a great way to keep the conversation going.



Please let me know if you have any questions about using these or any other presentation tools in the classroom.