Presentation Tools

For this week's module, I explored several presentation tools.  Wow!  There is so much to choose from out there!  Long gone are the days of creating a standard Power Point for every occasion.  I gave a few of them and try and had some surprisingly good results.
1)  Slidely
The first site I explored was slidely.com.  It recognized me because I was able to log in through my Facebook account, which is helpful when I'm on my computer at home but won't be an asset when I log in at school (we have no access to FB on my school's network).  I was able to start making a presentation in just a few minutes!  It's a very user-friendly site, and and I could see myself using it to make presentations for my classes at school and for professional development applications.  I've never heard of slidely.com before now, so I don't think many of my colleagues are familiar with it.  I like how easy it is to incorporate photos, videos, and audio into the presentation.
2) Prezi
I next tried out prezi.com.   I have seen many Prezi presentations but have never made one myself.  I found the program easy to use and the templates and color schemes were very modern.  I know that my students like to use Prezi for their school projects, so it would be helpful for me to know more about the program.  The one thing that isn't so great about Prezi is the movement from area to area in the presentation.  I almost feel like I'm getting sea sick from all the swaying motion!  But that's just me and my personal taste.  I first became familiar with Prezi when I started reading the "Mrs. Reader Pants" blog.  All of her book talk presentations are done with Prezi-- check them out here!
In conclusion, either of these programs would be easy to use for my final presentation and would give me modern, clear results with minimal frustration.

References
http://www.slidely.com
http://www.prezi.com
http://www.readerpants.net/p/booktalk-presentations.html