Educational Technology: iPad presentation apps

October 11, 2014
If you ask me about the best iPad apps for creating and sharing presentations and slideshows the five listed below are what I would highly recommend for you. Yes this is a personal view and I know there are tons of other apps out there that can be used for this purpose, but from my own experience of app reviewing and based on my actual use , the apps I have handpicked for you have all the features you need to create a powerful and visually appealing presentation. Check them out and as always leave us a comment if you have other suggestions. Enjoy

1- Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is relatively new compared with the other apps in this list but it has really proved to be such an excellent presentation app. It allows you to create beautiful presentations at no time. Some of its features include:

Seamless, real-time syncing between iPad, iPhone, and Web
Edit your Haiku Decks online, or create online and present from your iPhone or iPad
Use your iPhone as a remote in presentation mode
View image-rich Haiku Decks in a mobile-optimized display
Instant access to the week’s best Haiku Decks for inspiration anytime, anywhere
Integrated language support for English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified)

2- Prezi

Prezi is another great iPad app to use for creating presentations and slideshows. I like its presentation mode for it makes use of beautiful transitions and allows you to highlight and foreground key points in your slides in such a visually attrative way. Some of its features include:

Create basic prezis from scratch using your iPad
Create prezis online and finalize them using your iPad
Zoom into any detail or pull out to show the big picture
Follow your predefined path or move about the open canvas freely
Present on a large screen with Apple TV’s Airplay
Access our professionally designed selection of stunning color themes and templates
Customize and save your own created templates
Easily insert YouTube videos with the built-in YouTube search function
Find the perfect background or image with powerful online image search
Have all your presentations synced across all devices

3- Google Slides

Create, edit, and collaborate with others on presentations from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad with the free Google Slides app. With Google Slides you can:

Create new presentations or edit any that were created on the web or on another device
Share presentations and work together with others in the same presentation at the same time
Open, edit, and save Microsoft PowerPoint files
Get stuff done anytime -- even without an internet connection
Add and rearrange slides, format text and shapes, and more
Present right from your device
Never worry about losing your work -- everything is automatically saved as you type

4- Keynote

Keynote is a powerful presentation app.it makes creating a world-class presentation — complete with animated charts and transitions — as simple as touching and tapping. Start with an Apple-designed theme and add text, images, charts, tables, and shapes with just a few taps. Highlight your data with stunning interactive bar, column, scatter, and bubble charts. Present right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Or use video mirroring to present on an HDTV, and preview your slides and notes on your device using the Presenter Display.

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June , 2014
StoryDesk is a good presentation app for iPad. Its beautiful interface makes it fast and easy to create presentations that help you break down complex concepts into bite-sized, easily understood bits. In many ways, StoryDesk is a next generation alternative to PowerPoint and Prezi.

How StoryDesk Works
At it’s core, StoryDesk is a collection of interactive templates. These templates do all kinds of stuff – ranging from video playback, to file storage, to playful and engaging ways to make your existing content interactive. To begin, you first download StoryDesk from the Apple App Store. It’s a free app (at least the basic version is). Once you’ve registered, you can tap the + button to create a new presentation. From here, a few templates are automatically dropped in to the presentation. But the first thing you’ll notice is that the structure of the presentation looks nothing like a typical slide show. It’s nonlinear – meaning you can organize your slides in a grid. This is really interesting, as it lets the presenter create hierarchies of content. The important stuff can live at the top, while the finer points can be layered below. It’s very novel way to present – kudos to StoryDesk for coming up with this type of
navigation.
Creating Content
Adding content to the templates is as simple as tapping and holding on the templates. Here I can add photos or text or video (and more).

The files are imported from the cloud – either using one of the many storage services StoryDesk integrates with (Google, Dropbox, Box, and more). Files can also be uploaded to StoryDesk’s content management, found at StoryDesk.com.

StoryDesk’s Interactive Templates are phenomenal. I counted close to 50, and they’re all designed for touch-interactivity. My favorites were Robusto, Burns, and VideoStar. The templates make creating a beautiful presentation idiot proof. In the instances when I prefer to use content I already have (like a PowerPoint or a Keynote), I used the “Slider” template to drop in a PDF version of the slide. Super
easy.
Navigation
This is where StoryDesk differs dramatically from the typical slide show. Instead of only being able to flip left and right, StoryDesk enables nonlinear navigation. With a single swipe I can navigate to any screen I need to. This very much changes the flow of presentations. Instead of the content driving the conversation, the content can support the conversation. It reflects the changing nature of presentations, which are a lot more conversational and interactive than they used to be.
RoundtableTM
Roundtable is StoryDesk’s latest feature. It lets a presenter guide a group presentation from her device to up to 10,000 iPads. Seriously. I don’t know who presents to audiences of 10,000, but it’s nice to know you can. The audience can follow along and interact with the content, but only the presenter has the power to advance to the next screen.

Watch this video to learn more about StoryDesk