While presentations are most often attributed to the lecturer presenting content to the students, student presentations whether as individuals or in groups, afford the students a chance to develop skills in oral communication, peer-teaching, and listening among others. The more practice a student has speaking to and working within groups, the more comfortable the individual will feel when delivering a presentation to professional colleagues, patients, and other audiences.
Software and iPad
PowerPoint*
PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program developed by Microsoft. Geisel supports Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac, PC, and the iPad.
- Visit Website
- Download App (Free)
Keynote
Keynote is a slide show presentation program developed by Apple.
- Visit Website
- Download App ($9.99)
- App comes free on newer iPads
iPad Apps
Final Argument
Final Argument is an iPad app that allows the user to create non-linear, branching presentations. The app is designed to allow users to incorporate content from multiple sources using PDF, PowerPoint, Keynote, an interactive whiteboard, and multimedia. Final Argument presentations can also be recorded directly from the app.
- Visit Website
- Download App ($4.99)
SlideShark
SlideShark allows iPad users to easily view and present PowerPoint slides with animations, fonts, colors, graphics, hyperlinks and videos intact. Presentations can not be generated from within SlideShark itself; however, this tool can be used to present live to attendees in remote locations.
- Visit Website
- Download App (Free)
iPad and Online
Movenote
Movenote is available as an iPad app and online. It allows users to record a presentation, including the device camera, to create a picture-in-picture affect for your presentation. Import content from multiple sources then simply record the presentation as you swipe the slides to advance through the presentation. Presentations are shared by sending a link to the recipient and can be viewed without the app.
- Visit Website
- Download App (Free)
Device Agnostic
Prezi
Prezi is a non-linear presentation tool that works online and on the iPad. Prezi allows users to collaboratively create interactive, multi-dimensional presentations in a way that other presentation tools cannot. Incorporate existing resources or build from scratch. Prezi can handle multimedia, hyperlinks, other presentation files and more.
- Visit Website
- Download App (Free)
Device Agnostic
Multi-device Apps
2Screens
2Screens – Presentation Expert is an iPad app that makes it easy for users to present multiple content types within the same app. Manage and view your documents; use the built-in web browser to load web contents and download files; make notes on the whiteboard or presentation slides. To show your work, you can stream the iPad screen display to AirPlay or a browser URL.
- Visit Website
- Download App ($4.99)
Doceri
Doceri is a scalable suite of products that allows a teacher or presenter to control a computer’s desktop, to control audiovisual technology, and to annotate any presentation in real time with the iPad.
- Visit Website
- Download App (Free)
- Download Software (Trial)
AirSketch
Air Sketch turns an iPad into a wireless whiteboard allowing users to Annotate PDF documents and images. Just launch Air Sketch on the iPad and open the specified URL from any HTML-5 compatible browser on a computer running on the same wireless network. Your photos and drawings show up natively in the browser and update almost instantly.
- Visit Website
- Download App ($9.99)
References
The following are a list of references about the use of presentations in teaching and learning.
- Effective use of PowerPoint (UCF Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning)
- E-Learning and Deliberate Practice for Oral Case Presentation Skills (Medical Teacher)
- Developing and Implementing Universal Guidelines for Oral Patient Presentation Skills (Teaching and Learning in Medicine)
- Improving Oral Presentation Skills with a Clinical Reasoning Curriculum (American Journal of Medicine)
- Clerkship Pearls – How to present a patient case effectively
*Tools that appear with an asterisk on the pages are commonly used at the Geisel School of Medicine.