Beyond Method #7

After reviewing the various presentation applications, all them good by the way, I decided to go with Google Docs because even though I'm most familiar with it I haven't tried to format a presentation from it. Oddly enough, Google Docs isn't much different from MS PowerPoint in both layout and slideshow presentation. You can even convert existing powerpoint presentations you may already have. The presentation I did consisted of bits and pieces of our pathfinders which I've done in the past, showcasing resources the library has to offer. After looking over the other options, I think I should have gone with Prezi which seemed more accessible via various other portable devices. However, having not heard about it before, I'm not so sure how our staff and patrons would take to it. Obviously we use presentations a lot here at the library. And not just for computer classes, adult programming or webpage stuff. What I do think is that, as a reference librarian I'll refer patrons more to Google Docs (I already do, but not previously as a presentation tool), SlideShare and Prezi. When I looked at 280 Slides and SlideRocket, I had too many problems getting the software to work on my own computer.