This blog post sparked my interest because when teaching a foreign language, it is important to expose students to pictures/images of different countries/cultures to supplement instruction. Reel App works by uploading images, PowerPoint files, or PDFs to the site. It then provides you with a web address for your "Preso" you have created. Next you share your Preso web address with an audience. The best part about this tool is the instant feedback you can receive about your presentation/images/files. When a person views each page, they can click a thumbs up or thumbs down button (similar to a "like" on facebook). Even better, when people give feedback, a reports page is available for the creator of the Preso to view!
One use of this service is simply sharing photographs with students. (Great for showing diverse cultures in second language classrooms!)
Another use is posting a PowerPoint presentation of information and having each student give feedback about whether they understand the information or not. (Thumbs up for understanding, thumbs down for not understanding) Or the thumbs can be used for true and false! This can be used for pre-tests, post-tests, and review of instruction!
After testing this service out for myself by uploading images, I really think that this could be used in many ways in a second language classroom. Here's the link if you would like to check out my quick "test" Preso.
Click for my "test" Preso on Reel
What a great find!
Great tool! I think you should share this in the Coffee Shop. I especially liked your idea of letting the thumbs up or down as signifying things such as true or false.
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