MaconMacGuy.com:

Putting the tech pieces together
for Macon & Middle Georgia
for "a good while now"

This was aired back in 1994 – and is a reminder that the internet was once a great mystery to most people. Take a look at the NBC email address as well – at that time they didn’t even have their own domain.

Also of interest – when this aired, the World Wide Web was only 2 years old!

I teach Powerpoint as part of Mercer University’s CSC125 class, and have studied presenting for a number of years as part of my teaching in various locales and situations.

I find it fascinating how the technology has changed over the years. granted, I’m a bit of a maverick – I selected Astound to use for presenting way back in 1998 because it was cross-platform and way ahead of Powerpoint in terms of animation and video playback. I’ve used one of the tools mentioned below for a couple of years, and am planning on checking out the other soon.

Both use the “freemium” model – accounts are free for basic functionality, and advanced features are available for a subscription.

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Slideshare.net allows you to upload presentation files in several formats – Powerpoint, of course, but also Keynote. Others can easily view them and navigate through the presentation in a web browser. The coolest feature, though, is the “Screencast” – where you upload the presention into Slideshare.net, upload an mp3 file to a web-enabled location, and then use an intuitive interface to link the two together.

Here’s an example of quickie presentation I threw together for my Mercer class – I was out sick, but needed to go ahead and cover the material.

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PREZI.com is something I just found this week. It allows easy creation of ZOOMING presentations, which are visually interesting (as long as they are designed well!).