No Death By Powerpoint

This week's module gave me so many ideas, many of them related to my day job.  But, nonetheless, there are some great tools.  I was very intrigued more by the curation tools than the presentation tools, but the presentation tools were also very inspiring.

My first inclination was to use Smore for this week's assignment, since we are considering it for our Maker Faire project.  But, once I delved into it, I wasn't sure how easily it corresponded to the assignment.  I liked the easy formatting of the tool and could see myself using it now during my day job and in the future. 

I also feel that Prezi is more targeted toward the business community.  I liked that it focused on the concepts of visualization and storytelling and that the presentations are designed with that focus in mind.  I didn't select it for this assignment, because none of the sample templates spoke to me for this particular assignment. 

Haiku Deck was getting closer for my needs for what I wanted to do for the assignment.  I liked that the images are advertised as coming from Creative Commons, and I feel this would be a great tool for working with students in a school environment. 

At the end of the day, Emaze seemed to have a good balance between professional and educational templates that were easy to approach and customize.  I found the tool very simple to use right off the bat and they had a great template for a journey.  Their pages were a good combination of thought slides and chart/image slides.  This site will likely be a go-to for me in the future.

Here is the link to my story.  We just got back from my sons' karate tournament at the Kalahari Falls resort in the Poconos, PA:  https://www.emaze.com/@AOOORCQRL/road-map