At one of our recent Technology Summer Series days, Developing Critical Thinkers ... Chris Shamberg called my attention to a free tool that is a plug-in for Microsoft Office PowerPoint called authorPOINT LITE. This application will allow you to share your presentations online through a free online presentation sharing platform called authorSTREAM. Through this process, your PowerPoint presentation is converted to a Flash format. You have the options to make your presentation "public" or "private". The private option lets you share presentations securely with only registered users that you invite through a web link. Of course, registration is free.
This tool is one of the many Web 2.0 tools available and has the same look and feel. Additional features include the ability to download the presentation to computer, or iPod. RSS feeds are available. You can also embed the presentation in a blog or web page.
Of course, I had to try it out to see if it was worth sharing. Here is the public link to my presentation and I have embedded the presentation below. This would be a great tool for online courses and student presentations. Take a closer look for yourself!
Uploaded on authorSTREAM by trottahe
