In response to: Hate PowerPoint? Here Are 5 Web-based Alternatives By John Paul Titlow- Published on November 27, 2010 on ReadWrite Biz
I love PowerPoint!!! I have been using it for a long time and I’m familiar with most of it features. Though I don’t plan to stray away from PowerPoint for completing presentations anytime soon; I like to see that there are alternatives that give presentations a different look.
Prezi, SlideRocket, 280 Slides, Google Docs Presentations, and Zoho Show are the five alternatives the article talked about. Prezi looked the most interesting to me the way it zooms in and out of the presentation. It really caught my eye and I know it would also catch the eye of any audience I presented to.
One of the problems with these alternatives is not all the features are free like on PowerPoint. Prezi allows you to make the presentation for free however you must have internet service. If you would like to work offline you would have to purchase the $159 a year Pro license. This upgrade also gives you 200 times more storage space.
It’s always good to have options and though I might try out some of these alternatives; PowerPoint is my safety net and I’m sticking with it.
Thank you for sharing Michelle,
ReplyDeleteIt helps to know that there might be some free alternatives to recommend to someone else in the future. I know when I started out teaching I was amazed at how much money I had to spend just to get usable access to the tools that I needed to use in order to prepare for my first day of class with my students. It would have been nice to have been offered another option.
I too - am like you at this moment. I have learned how to use a tool - power point - and I would rather stick with what I know - for now. (Especially since I had to pay for it.) In the future - though - I may want to look at other options - or at least share them with others that may teach and guide other instructors.
Thanks again!