To infinity and beyond

This week was pretty interesting we went over different programs that murder a boring ole power point. We talked about Office Mix made by Microsoft but totally redefines an original power point. A few others were Sway, Emaze, Haikudeck (which is my Prof. favorite) Powtoon, and Animoto. Here is the commercial for my class assignment i did using Animoto  my Stockton commercial.

Animoto for edication Is all about how it benefits for being useful with educators, and it has a few tools to make it quicker, easy to use and capable of creating high quality finished products. Animoto is free for educators and is available on android and Apple's app store. You can choose different styles, add music, photos and videos can be uploaded directly to it, and you can add text slides. 

Haikudeck It is simple not like any of the other tools mentioned, it limits the amount of bullet points. Haikudeck is used more as a crutch rather than a full on presentation, its like having index cards just on a site. You can get it on IOS but it is only available on the Ipad which is a downside, but you can easily get it on a web based version.

10-best-powerpoint-alternatives/ article basically goes over the other great sites to make an awesome side presentation. The mention Prezi, Powtoon, Keynote, Prezentit,  and Sliderocket below you'll be able to check out video examples of all of these.

 sliderocket

prezentit

This week we had the opportunity to talk to Astronaut Abby, who is by far an incredible young woman. Fresh out of high school Abby has accomplished so much in such a little time, besides being part of Track and Field, gymnastics, and dive team.  She has been aspiring to be an astronaut since about 4 or 5 and has not given up on her dream. Abby started The Mars Generation, which is used to educate and get the youth excited about space and STEM. She was a speaker at Space Camp which she said was so surreal since she used to watch all her role models speak on that stage. Finally it was her time to be on there as these kids role model and shine. Social media is how she was able to get her message out to the world. Her actual website is how she has connected with the most helpful connections and her resources from Twitter and Instagram. It started on Twitter using it for quotes in history class, she ended up getting an interview with a NASA engineer. Her hard work paid off when she was able to work with astronaut Luca and started an educational outreach. Abby hopes to be the first astronaut to travel to Mars, follow her on twitter at AstronautAbby. The piece of advice she gave us is "if you meet someone in your career contact them within 24 hours, it is very important." I am still in shock at the fact she is only 18 and has been successful in making her dream slowly turn into a reality, You Go Abby!