There weren’t a lot of options for educational pre-done templates, which means that – if you want to use this site – you need to do most of the work. I then realized there were only about 8 pre-made templates I could use. I could only fill in a couple of points of info to personalize it so the template was about me – most of it was music and animations and fluffy filler words. I realized I had no idea what I was doing and needed some inspiration (see the photo-question below), so I looked at a “Meet the Teacher” template that you only filled in a few things on.
#POWTOON REVIEW PROFESSIONAL#
It doesn’t seem formal and professional to me, so it seems great for teaching elementary school students, but it seems strange that it is marketed to businesses as well. The voice on the videos sounds overly-happy and like he is trying too hard to be “hip”. The thing I find most frustrating so far is how the language mimics a middle-grader (“super cool”, “a zillion more options”, “200% less frustrating”). I did not find Prezi frustrating, but I am curious to see if I get frustrated when operating this site. This video hints to other presentation resources being too confusing or useless, and the user review below says Prezi (a Powerpoint-Plus kind of presentation resource) is frustrating. I took a different direction and clicked on 4EDU (which I assumed was “for education”). Okay, personal reflection and rambling aside… I am going to put to rest the philosophical reasoning behind using videos and focus on the functionality and user-friendliness of the interface.Īt the top is a menu which directs you to creating an account and your first Powtoon. However, when I am watching and listening to a video, usually at least one of my senses is tuned in (eyes or ears) and so I catch more than if I am floating my eyes over text but not actually comprehending it. I am stumped no more!Īlso, I know that although I am a quick reader, I lose attention extremely quickly. Still, I can’t argue that this is a great alternative, because it is extremely important that we develop all of our ways of learning (written, aural, visual, so on) and I am stumped when it comes to teaching students visual/video skills online. It is like patience isn’t valued anymore – we don’t want to take ten minutes to read, we want two minutes to hear, and it seems like in cutting down time on the medium, we actually interact less with the material at hand. However I felt uneasy when they explained that only their captivating Powtoons will make a person “sit up and listen”… I can be extremely engaged in long, written articles, and so was a bit put off by this. It seems efficient to cover your 5 senses at once, instead of using one form of media (writing) to understand the whole picture. If you think of explaining that really in-depth through writing (the visuals, audio, meaning behind the story, etc.) it would take far longer than just showing the audience so they can experience it firsthand. They showed a video of a fireman spraying a hose. They start off with a hook which I think is fascinating: That 1.8 million words equates to a 1-minute video. It seems to be an “in” thing right now, as the live counter keeps going up about one “Powtoon” (user-created video) per second. After watching this video, I believe that Powtoon is a resource for people (educators, business people, students) who want to get a point across with sound and visuals as the main medium. The main page is very clean (plain black and white) with lots of white space. It is set up in the same style as I expect the actual resource to be set up: Lots of visuals (images, videos) and very few words explaining the site. As we have talked about in class our greatest resources online are other people, and so I am counting on my classmates to not only show me a world of awesome resources, but also help me in tailoring my assignment so I can also do a good review. Second, I will look at 3 or more blog posts, and will take ideas from what others have focused on (looking at similar features, reviewing according to similar standards, and so on) and apply them to this Powtoon site. I will explain its features as well as look at them critically in regards to what is good/bad for edtech. I am setting this blog up into two parts: First, I will give my ramblings (complete with links and images) of what I think of the site after looking it over.
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