Presentations

Suggested by Helen Kelsey

Explain Everything App,
We have been using iPads as an alternative to interactive whiteboards. This app has a lot of features to rival most interactive whiteboards and to learn in an interactive way.

It seems to have a few advantages over Evernote presentations and Skitch, depending on your preferred method of working.

Padlet is also very useful when used in this way.
When using an iPad in this way, you can connect using a VGA or HDMI adapter, but this is awkward. Apple TV works well for wireless projection and allows you to be truly mobile around the classroom. Amazon TV and other WiFi connectors may also work, but can be tricky in terms of setting up with WiFi systems in large educational establishments. The Apple Configurator program is essential here to access the extended security functions of the Apple TV.

Presentation tools such as Slide shark are useful, as is PREZI - but you need really good stable WiFi for Prezi!

Multiple screens at once are supported by Air Server, but we have yet to try it - has anyone out there used it as Helen Kelsey has?.