9.18.2010

"CLOUD" PRESENTATION GRAPHICS

At some point or another, almost EVERYONE has to give a presentation. It helps to have some AV support, and there are some pretty neat tools teachers are using (and sharing with their students) to create and share presentations.
In the good old days (15 years ago) you'd likely drag out a program like MS Powerpoint, pop together some slides, transfer them onto a floppy, and go to your presentation. This meant you needed to buy/have Powerpoint, and wherever you were presenting needed to have it as well.

Later, they introduced the self-playing presentation. You still needed to have software  purchased on the creation end, but you could then present on a computer without the software. Oddly enough, around the same time Larry Ellison of ORACLE wanted to introduce the idea of the N.C. (network computer, versus the PC or personal Computer). Not a lot happened...the internet was not yet fully cultivated and bandwidth speeds (not to mention server space and revenue models) were in their infancy.

Now, using the network for computing (and not just transactions, communication, and storage) is a reality. Check out this VERY cool link for online presentation tools that can help you (or the child/adult/teacher in your life) with the process!

http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools

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