Qwiki - making exciting multimedia presentations quickly!

We'll be exploring the ideas of Herbert Kohl this year when we get back to school in August. I decided to experiment with Qwiki: "the best way to share anything"!

The Qwiki website offers a quick and free sign up, brief tutorials, and samples from other users.
It is so simple to use that students can easily figure it out on their own.

The best part is that videos you make are interactive and easily shared.
embed web links, flickr photos, instagram, tweets, video from Vimeo or YouTube, almost any file from your computer, any web page including maps.
Share out on Twitter, Facebook, email or embed the presentation in a blog with html code.

I can imagine that we can do short "how to" library tutorials using screenshots and voiceovers ( or webcam) to teach some basics on Noodletools or logins or even iPad help.  Then we can embed these into a LibGuide.  I am very excited about the possibilities.

Play the Qwiki: Growing Minds: On Becoming a Teacher

PREZI is now smokin' hot! Take a look at PREZI MEETING

Very excited to read Ben Parr's article on Mashable today: 

Prezi Meeting Brings Collaboration to Web-based Presentations.

Like Google docs, real-time collaboration is now possible on the the Prezi platform. Once collaborators have been invited to work on a presentation, team members can update different parts of the project — pictures, text, images, videos, etc. — while watching collaborators add their own content to the presentation. Each participant is allowed a cute avatar while editing.

Best Sources of Advice for Making Good Presentations

Dilbert Feb. 22, 2010
  Here are teacher/blogger Larry Ferlazzo's best picks for helping our students do great presentations:

10 Powerpoint Tips for Preparing a Professional Presentation
Ten Tips For Students In Making A Good Presentation by Dr. Delaney Kirk (Thanks to Angela Maiers for the tip)
5 Ways to Ruin Your Next Presentation (thanks to Doug Peterson for the tip)
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
The TED Commandments – rules every speaker needs to know
Tom Peters On Presentations
From design to meaning: a whole new way of presenting?
Top Ten Delivery Tips from Garr Reynolds
Make Better Presentations – The Anatomy of a Good Speech
Really Bad PowerPoint by Seth Godin
Brain Rules For Presenters (thanks to EdTech Update for the tip)
The 10 Worst Presentation Habits

Bottom line:  simplicity is the ultimate sophistication