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If you scroll down this list of presentation tools you will find a summary of each as well as my review and personal reflections. I have used some of these tools before (Prezi, PowerPoint, Kahoot, and Powtoon), but others I have never even heard of. My favorite of the 9 by far is Pear Deck because of it's specificity as an educational presentation tool.

I was able to find a tutorial online for all 9 of these tools, but for the most part I preferred to mess around on my own with the programs. I'm by no means a technology guru, so I can attest to just how user friendly these websites and programs really are.

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Pear Deck is a presentation tool that can be added onto Microsoft programs such as PowerPoint and Teams or, Google. Pear Deck deems their product a way to “effortlessly build engaging instructional content". Pear Deck is convenient for remote learning and engaging students at home as well as in the classroom.

Pear Deck is most notable for its interactive component. Students can go online to join presentations you’ve created and interact with questions or activities you insert. Pear Deck is a versatile tool that can be used to quickly make flashcards, create pop quizzes, or prompt student responses and participation.

Another standout feature of Pear Deck is the research and effort put into creating presentation features and templates that are proven effective and engaging in the classroom. Being an education specific presentation tool, you can count on Pear Deck to provide engagement and accessibility across diverse populations of students.

I would like to use Pear Deck in the future as a formative assessment to gauge students’ reading comprehension or completion of reading by creating in-presentation quizzes. I think Pear Deck can be used to make ordinary activities more interesting and fun. The interactive component can be game-like and appealing to students, especially for competitive students or video game lovers. Pear Deck is new to me, but I look forward to using it and becoming more familiar with the program.

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Beautiful.ai is a presentation tool offering free templates and transferable slides that can be reused for future projects.

Trying out Beautiful.ai has proven that the platform is accessible and very easy to use no matter how familiar you are with technology or presentation making. A quick tutorial later, and I already felt confident using the site to make a presentation.

The templates Beautiful.ai has to offer are categorized by use - proposals, handbooks, reports, portfolios, etc. There are tons of templates to choose from, and there's pretty much a template for whatever subject you may need. I like spending more time on the content of the presentation rather than the design and Beautiful.ai makes doing so easy.

You can also customize presentation templates to add headers, footers, images, text, etc. or adjust the layout of slides.

Most impressive to me, teams can use Beautiful.ai to collaborate on and share presentations from anywhere without any stress, meaning that it's a great tool for group projects and presentations!

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Kahoot describes itself as a “game-based learning platform” and is often used to create online quizzes that players can join and compete against one another in real time. Because the game tracks your score and rewards those who answer correctly the fastest, it makes for a competitive and engaging class experience. I’d even suggest creating tangible rewards for the Kahoot winner, perhaps offering an extra credit point, homework pass, or whatever you feel appropriate.

This presentation tool is more so an assessment tool in my opinion and is limited to quiz format. Regardless, Kahoot is exactly what it claims to be and is an enjoyable activity for any age.

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PowerPoint is comparable to Beautiful.ai in the sense that there are templates and customizable features to make aesthetically pleasing and informative presentations without being super time consuming. A feature that I think makes PowerPoint unique, is the option to add audio or a voiceover to your presentation.

You can access PowerPoint if you have Windows on your computer or you can go to the PowerPoint online platform if you don't have Windows software already.

The most engaging use for PowerPoint in my opinion is for mini-lessons outside of the classroom. Because of the audio feature you can narrate your slides and explain things to students without needing to be face-to-face or on a zoom meeting. While I think that PowerPoint is great for individual use, it can be challenging for multiple users to collaborate on a presentation just based on personal experience working with the program.

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Prezi makes it possible to create presentations that follow a sort of mind map format that looks a lot like a web or cycle. The site has plenty of templates to choose from, allowing users room to be creative. Prezi can also be used to make flashcards, which is a feature I never knew about.

I don’t use Prezi much, but when I have made presentations on Prezi.com it’s been easy and not super time-consuming. I enjoy Prezi for its approach to multimedia presentations and the way in which you can connect your slides to one another. The Prezi's I have seen made by peers are always well put together and what I'd even call cinematic.

Because of the templates and layout Prezi has to offer, I think it would be best used in my content area as a way to story map or summarize different components of a reading such as plot, characters, etc. That's not to say that it's limited to those sorts of presentations though, I think that Prezi can be a great tool for students and teachers who enjoy composing creative presentations.

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Powtoon is an animation tool that allows creators to customize their presentation’s “stage” or background, characters, animations, text, and audio. You can get really creative with Powtoon and make engaging videos or presentations that have a strong visual aspect and the ability to demonstrate ideas.

I’m familiar with Powtoon and have used it in the past, but it’s on the more expensive side and is only worth investing in if you plan to use it consistently. It’s a relatively easy program to use, but it can be very time consuming to put together a video longer than a couple minutes. I would recommend using Powtoon for short presentations and videos.

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Emaze can automatically make presentations for you with their advanced templates and programming. It’s another presentation tool that takes pride in it’s collaborative features, animations, and other interactive assets.

One downside to Emaze is that it isn’t a free tool, although it does offer a free trial. From the videos I watched about using Emaze, it has the potential for students to make creative presentations individually or in groups. It has more creative options than other presentation tools in my opinion.

I like that emaze has so many templates and themes to choose from. No matter what your stylistic taste or subject matter, there's something for everybody. I think this is a tool worth investing in.

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Haiku Deck is a presentation tool unique for its minimalistic approach to presentations. Haiku Deck has pre-designed layouts and themes that you can choose from. Slides are meant to display only the big idea and not clutter presentations with details or in-depth information.

While I appreciate the simplicity and ease of Haiku Deck, it’s not a tool that I find especially effective. It’s similar to the style of presentation known as the Pecha Kucha which I’ve created in other classes. I think that this style is really only good for testing listening skills because students will be expected to take notes based on close-listening. Additionally, these minimalistic presentations will not appeal to every learning style or subject.

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Tellagami is an animation based presentation tool that offers text to speech, animated characters, and more. Right off the bat, I’m going to avoid using this program because my computer’s antivirus flagged the site as a threat. I think tellagami is primarily meant to be accessed as an app for your phone, but unfortunately it hasn’t been updated to be compatible with Apple’s latest software update.

I wish I had more to say about tellagami, but that's all the research I was able to gather.