tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post4123793505798786815..comments2017-03-06T15:50:08.034-08:00Comments on The New Idea Shop: Haiku-Deck: Simple But Too Simplistic?Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-83273865429801945242017-01-22T18:41:10.203-08:002017-01-22T18:41:10.203-08:00Hi Chris,
Several of the reviews touched upon use...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Several of the reviews touched upon use of Haiku-Deck for really young students (grades 3-8). The simplicity of the tool is ideal for them. Dr. Watwood has found his students are drawn in by the visuals, which was also a key feature mentioned in all the reviews. And my experience bears out that the visuals are pretty impressive. And the program really does force simplicity. If you try to put more words on the slide than they feel you should - the program limits you. In one case I tried to force more and the end result had the lines overlapping. So truly, you need to keep your font a reasonable size and very few items per slide.<br /><br />So PPT has many more bells and whistles and you can control it far more. When you want to strip down and look pretty sharp - Haiku-Deck is a super alternative.<br />TriciaTriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-92227815460626691432017-01-22T17:13:59.879-08:002017-01-22T17:13:59.879-08:00Tricia,
As I was reading your review, I was thin...Tricia, <br /><br />As I was reading your review, I was thinking to myself about how this tool didn't really seem too different from Powerpoint. However, your point about forcing simplicity made me think about how content on the Web 2.0 needs to be eye-catching first or no one will stick around and continue to look. I think that this is a rather important side effect of the information overload the is occurring. Making the user experience simple and enjoyable is definitely not a downside but I think it is important to balance with content. Professor Watwood mentioned how younger students seem to be more driven by a certain level of simplicity and was wondering if you found other reviewers coming to the same conclusion?<br /><br />ChrisChris Keannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-11624690911616001392017-01-21T14:47:50.969-08:002017-01-21T14:47:50.969-08:00Shawn,
Thanks so much for your encouragement to co...Shawn,<br />Thanks so much for your encouragement to continue to fully explore O365. Clearly so much I do not know. I think Lync as become Skype in O365 so I might be using that without realizing it. Or I don't know what I'm talking about :-) Sway sounds really helpful because the issue of accurate display regardless of device access. In terms of using other's opinions - that is one thing I really appreciate about the internet. Sometimes conflicting for sure, but when I have minimal knowledge about something I enjoy perusing others' thoughts. In this case I had no experience other than my experiment last Tuesday and figured that was no way an adequate knowledge base from which to speak. Looking forward to playing a bit more with Haiku-Deck and Sway for sure. Thanks again for sharing your experience.<br />~TriciaTriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-20982540036327261352017-01-21T14:37:11.020-08:002017-01-21T14:37:11.020-08:00CatOnKB,
Always appreciate our conversations! I t...CatOnKB,<br />Always appreciate our conversations! I too agree with Unicorn Magis - I am really grateful that as a child I did not have a tablet. And I am also grateful that I had to learn to research prior to google. AND I am so happy to have all these tools at my disposal now. Just popped into my head. We have a drinking age ... so what if we encouraged people to wait to have full access to computers - just enable limited. So that they could learn certain thinking and emotive skills first? Heresy I'm sure. But a thought ... lots to think on indeed!<br />~TriciaTriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-67641692055597377282017-01-21T12:21:11.418-08:002017-01-21T12:21:11.418-08:00Great and very detailed summary of Haiku-Deck. I l...Great and very detailed summary of Haiku-Deck. I like how you searched for other’s opinion/rating of the tool. As to your collaboration question, I use Skype for Business, which actually can be part of the Microsoft O365 suite. When everything works, O365 is an awesome collaboration platform. I regularly, in fact today, co-author documents at the same time with others using Word and Excel. Skype lets me instant message and audio/video chat easily for direct meetings. I noted Sway in another post, but it is a presentation application that is part of O365, but you can get it by itself by going to Sway.com. It lets you create presentations with multiple media types and displays the output correctly for whatever device accesses the link you send them. It can have a PowerPoint as part of the presentation, but I don’t think that it edits it like Haiku-Deck would.<br />Thanks,<br />Shawn<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725860377250967078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-56379326474878170282017-01-21T09:09:12.631-08:002017-01-21T09:09:12.631-08:00Tricia,
You make an excellent point that differen...Tricia,<br /><br />You make an excellent point that different products will build different skills. This is an important consideration for educators who are selecting tools for learning activities. And, your wondering about the impact of such a design system on the overall creative process has me wondering too. Learning how to best convey information involves exploring the good and the bad, and questioning what is “best”. In this week's blog, Unicorn Magis (https://unicornmagis.wordpress.com/blog/) commented, “I am grateful that I grew up in a time before today’s tools, as well as before computers became standard... I often look at my fifteen year old and wonder what he would do if all of the ‘shortcuts’ went away”. Your comment "Think big, think small... or think not at all" gives us much to reflect on. <br /><br />CatOnKB<br />Cat on the Keyboardhttps://catonthekeyboard.blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-91465934639415423602017-01-21T05:05:43.492-08:002017-01-21T05:05:43.492-08:00Hi KatOnKB,
Glad you are intrigued about Haiku-De...Hi KatOnKB,<br /><br />Glad you are intrigued about Haiku-Deck and your points about classroom use are great. When I signed up for my membership I read through the classroom option and thought how fun that would be to offer it to students. And as popular as Instagram and Pinterest are - I think many students would enjoy uploading their own images as well. On the test deck I created in order to walk through the process I did note the image credits posted in fine print across the bottom of the slides. It in no way interfered with the display. I only alluded to it in my review but I do wonder what the impact of such a design system has on the overall creative process. Fundamental to the process is the need to problem solve and discover. Not sure where I stand and need to reflect more. Haiku-Deck increases efficiency and produces a good looking deck. The individual thought process involved in its creation is very different from that needed to craft a PPT or Keynote presentation. And I wonder what difference these and other changes toward simplicity will make on our overall way of thinking. Think big, think small ... or think not at all :-)<br />~Tricia Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-43086544644543207452017-01-20T19:07:41.984-08:002017-01-20T19:07:41.984-08:00Tricia,
Great post! Your review of Haiku Deck (an...Tricia,<br /><br />Great post! Your review of Haiku Deck (and Haiku Deck Zuru) was very informative. The idea of a graphic design quality presentation with an abundance of image choices is certainly appealing. In a Haiku Deck Blog, Tratt (2012) explained that every image search within Haiku Deck results in Creative Commons licensed images. When an image is selected, Haiku Deck embeds the image credit. This is a nice feature that simplifies the steps needed to properly attribute the image. Being able to access (and possibly rework) thousands of presentations is another characteristic that appeals to me. Sharing options could save a lot of time and prevent having to reinvent the wheel. <br /><br />Haiku Deck is popular in education, with more than a hundred thousand educators from 15,000 schools using the tool (Tratt, 2016). With PowerPoint geared to business professionals, the statistics are not surprising. Presentations created for, and by, children, would benefit from simplistic design and multiple image choices. There is a Haiku Deck Classroom option at $99/year for a teacher and up to 150 students that includes the advance privacy options. It strikes me that what might be too simplistic for our use could be just right for another audience. We might need a child’s perspective!<br /><br />CatOnKB<br /><br /><br />References<br /><br />Tratt, A. (2012, December 17). Free photos for all: How Haiku Deck puts Creative Commons images at your fingertips [Blog post]. Haiku Deck. Retrieved from <br />https://blog.haikudeck.com/free-photos-for-all-how-haiku-deck-puts-creative-commons-images-at-your-fingertips/<br /><br />Tratt, A. (2016, August 18). Haiku Deck Classroom brings Haiku Deck presentations to students and teachers [Blog post]. Haiku Deck. Retrieved from https://blog.haikudeck.com/haiku-deck-classroom/<br />Cat on the Keyboardhttps://catonthekeyboard.blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-9761860859479566982017-01-20T17:02:52.312-08:002017-01-20T17:02:52.312-08:00Dr. Watwood,
Thanks so much for the reference and...Dr. Watwood,<br /><br />Thanks so much for the reference and for letting me know how much your 20 something students enjoyed Haiku-Deck. That can certainly inform how I use it with some of our leaders/clients. Certain groups may be more drawn to certain types and styles of presentations. The departments push toward being more visual was without much guidance and it looks like Reynolds book may help add some parameters to that initiative. <br />Tricia Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-90490140100924264152017-01-19T19:30:47.538-08:002017-01-19T19:30:47.538-08:00Nice review, Tricia. When teaching Masters level ...Nice review, Tricia. When teaching Masters level students in their 20's, they loved both the simplicity and the look and feel of Haiku-Deck. Yet, as you note, it can be too simplistic.<br /><br />Related to your point about creating more visual presentations, my "go to" book is Garr Reynolds (2011) Presentation Zen. This book was a game changer for me!<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Zen-Simple-Design-Delivery/dp/0321811984Britt Watwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487014790973980773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-52853139931891884252017-01-19T18:34:24.455-08:002017-01-19T18:34:24.455-08:00Hi Krista,
Thanks for asking! I selected Haiku-De...Hi Krista,<br />Thanks for asking! I selected Haiku-Deck because last fall one of our leaders asked us all to make our decks and one pagers more attractive and to work on telling a visual story. People tried in various ways and sometimes spend inordinate amounts of time playing with the appearance. This caused less time to be spent on content. Telling visual stories is not everyone's forte so I was curious to see how Haiku-Deck might enable the team to meet the goal of being more visually appealing yet save time. To your question of benefits of crowdsourcing. Absolutely Haiku-Deck is benefitting particularly through their access of the creative commons database (https://creativecommons.org/). With their addition of Zuru they also indicate that how the "crowd" responds and selects over time will continue to bolster and improve their AI. Do go play with it and see what you think. Is it just simple enough or too simplistic?<br />Regards,<br />TriciaTriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117316279010048256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435734721031020379.post-89382149342540090112017-01-19T13:46:24.617-08:002017-01-19T13:46:24.617-08:00Tricia:
Thank you for reviewing a digital tool tha...Tricia:<br />Thank you for reviewing a digital tool that I had not previously known. I was wondering, why did you choose this tool to review? As a professional communicator, I often begin my PowerPoint presentations by saying, "this was designed by a PR pro, not a creative designer", so I can see how the basic principle of making presentations look better is very appealing. The number of templates and designs is also compelling. As you reflect on the impact that open source had for software development (Friedman, 2007), can you see some benefits for crowdsourcing as a way for Haiku-Deck to build a greater library of images and templates?<br />Thanks-Krista<br />Reference:<br />Friedman (2007), The world is flat. New York: Picador.<br />kbhazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11178336720799222612noreply@blogger.com