Tablet: Keynote verses Powerpoint

Keynote Verses Powerpoint

Similarities:

1) Keynote and Powerpoint are both great tools to use with presentations. They both have the display settings in order to present information, pictures, videos, charts, etc. Both softwares have templates that help the user create slides with any information they need on them.

2) Both Keynote and Powerpoint have easy presentation features to enhance the information. There are many different aspects such as templates, transitions, animation, and other features that help the presenter make the presentation more memorable and entertaining. This can help keep the attention of the audience, but it is also something that could be distracting if it is overdone. In the classroom, it is important that the students know how to present information to an audience. Students need to practice picking out important information and teaching their audience about the information in a quick and easy to remember way. Using both of these softwares can help the student practice this idea. 

3) Keynote and Powerpoint both have sharing capabilities to send the presentation to anyone they want. Although the way that they can be shared is different, both softwares have a sharing capability in order to give the presentation to other people. When using iCloud, Keynote can be transferred to any device and enables the author to work on the presentation at any computer. Powerpoint can be downloaded onto the Microsoft server and can be accessed on any tablet or computer as well. This is also the way that the powerpoint can be shared with others as well. Keynote can be mailed or messaged to other people. The Microsoft server enables the sharing of the powerpoint with others as well. The sharing aspect is very important to creating a presentation with people, because it gives them the opportunity to go back and find the research that has been done. 

Differences:

1) Keynote's design and upgrade has given the user more access to be creative when using Keynote. It has also been seen as the most user friendly and has great tutorials to help the user. Keynote has more modern templates, and gives the user more avenues to be creative. 

2) Powerpoint has the capability to be downloaded onto the Microsoft server, and then others can access the powerpoint and comment on the presentation. The viewers can put the powerpoint on their own computers with the software and then can view and critique the powerpoint. This is a great tool to use in the classroom, in a business meeting/ setting, and in many other ways. Keynote does not have this capability, and has to use iChat to communicate about the presentation. 

Box

Box is a great resource to use instead of Drop Box. It enables the student to transfer documents, pictures, files, etc. without having to use a flash drive or iCloud. This is an app that can be downloaded onto any tablet and save the work of a student. This would be a great resource for students to work on larger projects where they may start in the library or the classroom, and then want to work on the assignment at home. They can save it to their Box and then pull it up at home on their computer. This makes accessibility easy for the student and for the teacher. This would be a great tool for the teacher to have accessibility to the information or assignments as well. 

iThought

I found iThought to be a great resource for any situation. Many times when I am writing a paper or doing a research project, my mind is racing when thinking about that topic. This could be a great tool to writing what thoughts I have down and organize them into a paper. We have always been taught to map out our thoughts before they go through with the actual first draft. Most of the time, I am thinking about my topic at a time when a computer is not accessible. Having this app on my phone or tablet could help me organize my thoughts and create a more fluid paper. In the classroom, this app could easily be used to help the students organize their thoughts and do a brain mapping. This could also be used for hypothesis' in Science or mapping out their process of how they are doing an experiment. I really enjoyed playing with this app because it puts the outlining and brain mapping onto something that is reliable and it is recorded.

Rover verses Safari 

Rover is a internet browser that has a security setting to filter out inappropriate content that is on the web. This goes for all inappropriate websites, as well as pop up adds that tend to find their way onto web pages. Safari internet browser needs protection to go along with it for students to not be able to find inappropriate content, whether on accident or not. In a school setting, it is a great idea to encourage students to use the Rover because it helps them stay on track and be looking at appropriate information from the websites. With today's world, if the students are doing research on a project you never know what they might accidentally stumble upon. You do not want to have to have those conversations with the students or have to explain to the parent about the situation. Safari and Rover are both web browsers, that enable all times of web pages for the user. As an adult, Safari is needed because of the research that is needed to be done. Although my eyes are not necessarily protected, some things that the Rover may deem inappropriate is essential to the research of a project. As a teacher of older grades, I would certainly encourage the students to use Rover as long as possible, however when doing some types of research the student may have to transition into using Safari. This is a teacher's call on what the topic is.