Wrapping Things Up...

I am looking forward to putting the finishing touches on my Pecha Kucha.  I really liked using the student illustrations for the images of my presentation.  I think it will increase student interest and draw them in because of the bright colors, connection to the illustrator, and content of the picture.  If it ends up working the way that I would like will determine if I use VoiceThread for a future class project that I have in mind.  I like the idea of using VoiceThread because a link can be shared on our class blog for parents and other family members to view.  If VoiceThread doesn't work, I am not sure what presentation form I will use instead because I like the idea of sharing with parents, but it may not be possible with the other choices. 

Overall, I am glad that I got to do more work/projects that I can take back to my class and use.  It has gotten a little frustrating with all the activities that we have done so far in the program that have no connection to our classroom and have no potential use.  VoiceThread, Prezi, and the information from Presentation Zen have been some of the most useful new tools.

Developing the Pecha Kucha...

I am looking forward to getting more of the details worked out for my Pecha Kucha.  I am glad that we were given the "ok" to use voices other than our own.  I think that being able to use my students' to create the audio could be a great way to spark student interest.  I am actually considering having student artwork be the images that I use for many of my slides as well.  I have looked around for images of Pilgrims and related topics, but haven't found a collection of 20 that i would like to use, so that is where the idea of using  student artwork came from.

I also really liked taking the time to explore and learn more about Prezi.  I always liked the presentation format that it uses when we looked at presentations that other classmates put together using the software for other classes, but hadn't taken the time to learn a new tool until this class made it mandatory.  I can see myself using this often to create presentations for my students much more than some of the other ones due to the creative flare and interest level that it will create.