Movenote

What is it?

Quite simply, Movenote is a video and audio presentation tool that allows you to communicate with your intended audience in an innovative, and fun way. You can use it with any device, on any platform, anywhere. The easiest way to begin is sign in with your gmail account, then you can upload slides/pictures from your computer or google drive. Once you've inserted your aforementioned material, hit record and start presenting. You can change the slides using your keyboard or the arrows on the presentation, and during the presentation your cursor will act as a laser pointer tool. When finished, press save and preview, then share it with social media or gmail. It's seriously easy and straightforward to use, as the tutorial below will make apparent:

Why?

• It's an asynchronous spoken tool which requires the most time for thinking and correction, therefore students will be able to rehearse and perfect their presentations until they're 100% satisfied with their final product.
• If students are set an essay for homework, teacher's can actually use this tool as a means of giving feedback. You could do this as a separate presentation, or reply directly to theirs. Teacher's could screen shot their essays into a powerpoint presentation, use the laser pointer as a means of emphasising certain points, and use video as a means of making it more personal and fresh.
• Face-to-face error management can sometimes be a problematic notion for some teacher's, however Movenote takes away this potential awkwardness.
• As we know, some students are exceedingly shy especially when having to give presentations to the class. Movenote eradicates this live performance anxiety by giving them the platform and opportunity to present their work under their conditions.
• Could be used for group projects where students have to collaborate and work as a team.
• It's a tool that should increase student engagement and motivation.
• Teachers could set students an assessed presentation where they can incorporate speaking (video) and writing (powerpoint slides) in a dynamic and live performance.
• Most importantly - IT'S FREE!

The Alternatives

• It's similar to Present.me but Movenote seems to have a simpler premise and interface.
• Screencast-O-Matic is much alike, but you have to download this tool. It's free but for $15 a year you can edit videos. It has more affordances for sure, but takes longer to set up, therefore if you were going to use this in class you'd have to make sure everything was downloaded and in place before the lesson as it'd waste valuable class time trying to set up. This in turn is very similar to Camtasia but it's cheaper, slightly easier to get to grips with, but has a lot less functions.

Example

Here's one I made earlier...enjoy!

Interview about Niagara Falls