Present.me - Great Presentation tool

What is Present.me?

Present.me (https://present.me/) is a web program that enables you to create your presentation with your slides and webcam recording. You can upload your presentation (ppt., pptx., or pdf.) and add a narrative with the aid of webcam and microphone. 

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How to use  Present.me?

• Sign up for free account 

• Fill out form 

• Log in with your own account 

• Start to record your presentation 

       - Start to record 
       - End and review 
       - Publish 
       - Upload your presentation (ppt,pptx,or pdf)
          
        
 Here is a video from YouTube presenting how to use Present.me:

Here is my presentation by using Present.me:

 
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Present.me in Language Teaching and Learning

• Teachers can provide their additional tutorial materials through Present.me and send it to their students. Teachers can make the presentation as if they are facing students in the real classroom. Before recording the presentation, teachers can also prepare a whiteboard to write on to show important notes to students.

• Teachers can give specific topics to students and ask them to present their PowerPoint with Present.me. It is just like a real presentation but students don't need to stand in front of their classmates and reduce the speaking nervousness. By making presentation with Present.me, students would become more engaged and be more aware of their body languages and eye-contact. 

• Before teaching a new lesson, teachers can provide students a task to make a presentation with Present.me concerning the new topic of the lesson in order to elicit students' schemata and scaffold their ideas. At the end of the lesson, teachers demand students provide feedback and review the previous lessons by making the presentation.

• Both teachers and students can share useful resources with Present.me. In the recording with their PowerPoint or PDF file, they can explain the importance of the file and explain some questions for the audiences. 

• Present.me could be regarded as e-portfolio for record and assessment. Both teachers and students can create their own portfolio to store their work (PowerPoints or PDF) and their presentation. After a period of time, they can compare their former work and recent ones to analyse their differences as well as advantages and disadvantages. They can learn from their mistakes as well. 

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Benefits of Present.me

• You can add a narrative to your presentation. In the Present.me presentation, you can see the eye-contact, facial expression and body language of the presenter. 

• Present.me provides more opportunities for presenters to practice their speaking skill. 

• Completed presentation can be shared.

• When rehearsing  the presentation with Present.me, presenters can analyse the completed presentation (observing their pronunciation, body language, eye-contact, etc.) and manage to improve future performance. 

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Limitations

• Limited service for free plan.

• Presenter might feel nervous before the webcam. 

• Video recording might distract audience from the content of the presentation. 

• Presentation cannot show the flash of the original PowerPoint and cannot hide the ongoing content.

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Further Reading

• Present.me -  Free Technology for Teachers

          http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/presentme.html#.UR1Hy7KBUxU