Get your presentation ideas from others' wonderful works!

http://www.slideshare.net/

What is this?

This contains a tremendous of created presentations about various kinds of topics.

Why is the content good for language learning?

• It contains examples which make learners understand easily
• It contains  different kinds of genres
• It contains easy instructions how to organize the writing
• It gives you ideas of organizing a presentation.

How might you use it in a language teaching context?

• The teacher can show good presentations and bad presentations and get students think how they are different either in a group or in pairs.
• The teacher can make a check list of a good presentation.
• After the discussion of a good presentation, the teacher get students make their own presentation and upload their presentations online.
• Everyone can watch other students' work and vote the best one.
• The teacher can show the best one to students in the class.

Limitations

• The task needs internet access.

Make your presentation attractive Part 2

http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home



What is this?

This is a powerful tool to make your presentation more attractive. Basically it has same function with Bookr which I already introduced on this blog.

What's the difference between Showbeyond and Bookr?

• Showbeyond can insert your voice and music so you can use sounds effectively. (Click and see below)

        http://www.showbeyond.com/show/view?sid=1058ed347f67ca6ecfdac9d3f3838127

Limitation

• This presentaion style is more suitable for the presentation automatically.

Make your presentation more attractive Part 1

                                                         http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

What is this?

This is a great tool to make your presentation attractive by using visual aids effectively. You can search suitable pictures on website and insert them into your slides easily.

Why is the content food for language learning?

• It gives you a lot of choices of images once you put keywords on Tag box (see below)

• Pictures help audience to understand your content.
• It is totally free.
• You can get idea from other people's work. (click ↓ This is amazing example)

                         http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=12946

How might you use it in a language teaching context?

• The teacher can give students examples of great presentation.
• Project based presentation about cultures are suitable.

Limitations

• It might be a little casual for academic presentation.
• It is a little bit difficult to delivery because the pages can go forward and backward easily.