This week in my series of cool tool reviews, I will be
discussing Haiku Deck. With this
program, the creator has the ability to develop a presentation from scratch,
upload a preexisting presentation, or even begin creation with the use of
Wikipedia. Haiku Deck contains all the
functions must presentation programs have and then takes the functions to a
more exciting level.
The user can first begin to create
a “deck” from scratch, as seen above, and add images, titles, information,
links, and all sorts of beneficial information.
Haiku Deck is a pay to use application so for this blog I was only able
to use the basic of formats for my creation.
When I began I decided to use a feature completely new to me and chose to
create a project from Wikipedia (see image below).
After selecting this path, a search
bar pops up (as seen below) to begin searching the database for any kind of
topic the user would like. For my purpose, I chose Abraham Lincoln, to
hopefully develop a presentation to use in an 8th grade social studies
course. After choosing the article the program analyzes the article and takes
the most beneficial information to add into your presentation. Before selecting an article, the user can select
how long to make the presentation. The longer
it is, the more detailed it will be and the shorter it is, the more basic it
will be.
Once the article is now uploaded,
the user can now edit all the information it has pulled from the article to the
user’s preference (see below). Something
to keep in mind is to thoroughly review the information since the information
is from a source such as Wikipedia which anyone and edit at any time. Each bullet point will be a slide and the sub
points are the information displayed on the slide.
After the user is satisfied with
the information, the program will take you to the image selection page (see
below). In this feature, the program
does the image selection and adding for the user, allowing more time for the
information to be reviewed and strengthened.
For those who have used presentation tools before, I think many would
agree finding copyright free pictures can be a difficult task and this feature relieves
all the headache of that process.
Once all the slides are finished
you can preview your deck (see below).
Unfortunately, this is a full pay
to use program (see below) so I am unable to link my created deck without
paying for the service. You can view a
fully completed project “deck”
here.
Haiku Deck is another fantastic
presentation tool. Students and teachers
can use this to create more appealing presentations. The program is very user friendly and all “technology
natives” should have no problem using this program to its full potential. The only downside is to use such a premium product,
the user must pay to use it. I recommend
Haiku Deck to all educators willing to
make an investment in a fun and advanced presentation tool.
I agree that this makes nice looking presentations really easily.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm not fully getting it, but it looks like it can allow students to do a project without doing any research. With just a few clicks (and $20) they can present a impressive report without actually learning about the subject.
For teachers, I can see how it can work for an introductory class on a topic. You get the basics done in an eye-catching way without putting a ton of time into it. The downside is, like you mention, Wikipedia is not all that reliable of a source. It's a great place to start, but one really should research any "facts" they plan to use off that site.
From the tool name, I thought you were doing poetry.