Monday, April 15, 2013

Exploring HaikuDeck as a Creative SlideShow Tool

HaikuDeck is a relatively new tool for the iPad that is attracting lots of attention. You don't need an iPad though to browse around the site to find reusable "Decks."

This first one, created by Fiona Walker, includes both slides and text in the sidebar.  Click on the  HaikuDeck icon at the bottom of the slide to view the Deck on the site to see the sidebar notes.

Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad

Here is another HaikuDeck, created by JD Doctolero, with the notes.  Click on HaikuDeck icon to view at the site for the notes to be viewable. In this blog post, you can only see part of the presentation. The way HaikuDeck works is that if you want someone to see the notes, the deck needs to be viewed live right at the site.
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad


This deck, created by Susan Spellman Cann, is an excellent example of HaikuDeck's visual power.

Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad

Here's one by Sam Patterson, a California high school educator, which I caught on his blog, Be the Distraction. He also maintains another blog, The Paperless Classroom. In fact, he recently on April 13 posted "Why Teachers Should Blog."


Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad

Educators using HaikuDeck boast about its focus on the visual and the fact that images have a Creative Commons license "free to use."

What do you see as the potential of using HaikuDeck in your professional work or in the classroom? Even if you don't have an iPad, keep in mind you can visit the site and find Decks to use, as I have in this post. How might HaikuDeck offer some advantages that other presentation tools such as PowerPoint or Prezi don't offer?


2 comments:

  1. I actually just downloaded this app, because we explored it in our class a week a two ago. It looks to be very simple and streamline to use. I can see this being used for quick presentations in higher education. I can't wait to start exploring it.

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  2. I love the idea of Haiku Deck; however I am a little disappointed that it is only available on the iPad. I would love to use this tool in the future. It seems pretty straightforward. I did do a little more research on Haiku Deck and once it becomes available on other platforms I would definitely use it. It seems to be pretty user friendly.

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