Firstly, I apologise for the way my blog looks at the moment - I am battling with it!! Today we were introduced to the Apple application of Keynote, primarily designed as a presentation app.
One of the things we were shown how to do was to create pictures and drawings, which could then be saved as files and then uploaded onto our blogs. So, the picture I currently have is one I have been playing with for hours to try and make it work but I am calling it a day for now because it is a Friday evening and I am stressed and tired! Watch this space..
Keynote offers many cool features to make presentations engaging and exciting to watch, and I look forward to creating one in the future. Some include the ability to create and edit movies to then be exported onto Garageband and iMovie, creating stop motion movement between slides, building animations and layering pictures/text on top of pictures/text to create different affects.
The application also affords users to interact with the presentation from their phone too, so they are afforded more time in front of their audience as opposed to in front of their screen changing slides. I would like this affordance, because I often use my phone in class when presenting and teaching.
Next Friday our challenge is an 'ignite' presentation using Keynote; we are given a topic at the start of the day and then have to present about it at the end of the day! Looking forward to the challenge. One week until the holidays!!!
If you are interested to download Keynote, it will be on your App Store. Then check out this YouTube explanation of some of the basics to get you started!
Good point about using the remotes on your phone to control the presentation. There's nothing worse than somebody sitting there pushing buttons. I much prefer it when the presenter gets up, walks around, engages with the audience. The remote control via phone/Ipad is a great way to do that as you say. Look forward to seeing you use it next week for our ignite presentations lol :)
ReplyDeleteYea me too. Not only more engaging for the audience but also shows the presenter actually wants to be there! Hopefully, will see what we come up with!
DeleteGood to see you venturing out and using Keynote to create your blogger background. You will have fun with this over time as you now have the capability to 'bling your blog' in unique ways at a whim.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to experimenting but hopefully I don't have as many battles and frustrations!
DeleteWell done on persisting and getting your background up and working - looks great! Will have to have a go sometime over the holidays too, nice to be able to personalise our blogs beyond the available themes :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Steph, it is obviously still not 100% done as some parts are hard to read and things, but I am getting there! Yea, isn't it crazy how an application designed for presentatons affords so much more?? Do you have any suggestions on what to change on the blog now so it is more reader friendly/appealing? :)
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