ApplicationReview-Presentations-CRN16340

Investigate on of the following, and write a summary about the application. What it does, what it is used for, why use it, is it worth investigating, will you continue to use it (why or why not), how does it compare to other similar more popular applications (which ones), would you recommend it to your friends, what would you recommend instead, etc.
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 * Tumblr []
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 * Zotero []
 * MindMeister []
 * ScreenCast []
 * MapJack []
 * ZumoDrive []

Make sure to include: your __**name**__, the **__application you reviewed__**, the **__presentation option you selected__** and your **__presentation review info__** as well as a brief note identifying the **__pros and cons__** of the presentation application. **Will you recommend that your wiki project team use this application for your wiki group presentation? Explain.** ||

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Zoho.com is a great online presentation program that I have enjoyed working with. This application allows me to change the background color, add pictures, text, and much more. I would defiantly recommend that this online application be looked into because it opens lot of choice up to the person who is presenting. For the most part I think in the near future I will use Zoho again in future project, either in this one or the next one. media type="custom" key="7400089"
 * 1) Charles demery

=media type="custom" key="7400009" Daniel Krawetz- Summary of prezi is inside the prezi widget.=

Russ Metzger media type="custom" key="7400197" Tumblr. Is a website that has features of multiple social networks including Facebook, Twitter, and Blogger. You can upload videos form Youtube and even bring your blog over to your Tublr. Homepage. It is easy to use with many user friendly instructions. If you like to share information withyour friends as well as the public, tumbr. Is for you. I personally would not use it because I am already active on facebook and have no trouble seeing my friends in real life. Malaki Moye

media type="custom" key="7400435" Annie O'Reilly

Empressr is an online presentation resource that was created in response to the limitations of other, pre-existing presentation options. The main purporse of Empressr is to provide a presentation option that allows for more interactive media, such as Flash videos, but that is also easy to use. One of Empressr’s convienant options is that it allows users to import content from Google, Yahoo!, Flickr, and Photobucket, which means that users don’t have to upload content to a ton of different sites. Instead, users can choose one site to store information, such as Photobucket, and won’t have to also uplaod it to the Empressr site. Empressr is also easy to use because it allows you to import an already exisitng Powerpoint, meaning that you can build upon a project that you’ve already started and make it available for others. Creating a presentation in Empressr is extremely easy. The set up is very simple and tabs and drop down menues tell users exactly where everything is. Empressr allows users to include text, shapes, tables, and charts, and then edit the properties, info, alignment, and arrangement of those elements. I ran in to trouble when I went to save my presentation and it froze, so I had to start over. However, Empressr allows you to share your presentations with many sites, including Myspace, Facebook, Blogger, Livejournal, and several others. However, when going to embed in Wikispaces, I go error messages. Brandon Knipe media type="custom" key="7400393" It can saved on the website but you can easily export the file as several types of files or even simply HTML code. Has all the features anyone would want for a presentation similar to Powerpoint but better. I will definetly use this for my presentation. Found it was very easy to use as well. Only thing I had difficulty figuring out was the audio which could be a iffy part. However it is compatable with several sites including youtube, facebook, and flickr.

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** Taylor Niver ** ** ZumoDrive ** ** Empressr ** ** The presentation option that I selected to use is Empressr. It is a very easy application to use with little functionality. I can easily add text, shapes, and tables to my presentation, as well as edit the font colors, the types, and the location. But more advanced features such as pictures, and sounds are lacking. The application says that I can upload a picture as the background, as well as insert an audio clip, but it only works when I ‘Drag and Drop’ the information into the ‘Canvas.’ For whatever reason, Empressr doesn’t accept either of my sound, or image files; even though they are in the standard .jpeg and .mp3 formats. ALSO: Empressr deleted my first presentation, when I went to save and publish it. It has no autosave functionality! **

Wil Hall, Jesse Delorto, Chris Orfao, Patrick Gorman

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Stephanie Fong Zoho.com is a online program like is like a Power Point format. It allows you to create slides for presentations. I love how it is so easy to use and fast to adapt. The website may be too slow sometimes. But overall it is a good program to use. I like it.

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Joseph Watt media type="custom" key="7400509" Slide share is the “YouTube of slide shows”. Slide share is a web based slide hosting service that can upload power points, PDF, or Open office. It was originally created to help businesses to share media with their employees with ease, but since its creation it has become somewhat like YouTube in the since that there is a lot of slides that are made for only entertainment, not educational or useful. Slide share is a very limited source to use if you are planning on collaborating on a presentation, this is not the site. This is a positive and a negative thing. Because, I could not work online but I wasn’t one of the people who ran into problems with embedding my link to this wiki. So. I guess it isn’t all bad.

Ashley Pomaiba media type="custom" key="7400521"

Zoho Summary- Zoho isn’t good with videos, you have to resize them yourself and it gets annoying. Also this website is kind of just like Microsoft Presentation except it’s much harder to use and edit things in.

Thinkfree is a pretty good site. The only bad thing is that it could give you problems when trying to obtain a html code to upload your powerpoint or other files on to other sites.
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I used Empressr. This application was really easy to use. You can create a video and easily add backgrounds, text, and photos. You can easily edit colors too and they have a lot of options for that. It is really lacking when it comes to really advance transitions and things like that so if you want to use it you would have to make sure that you want a very simple presentation



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