Haiku Deck

Last week, we introduced an iPad presentation App titled "Haiku Deck" to our 8th graders - and half of the 7th grade.

As one of my favorite bloggers, Richard Byne, says on his Free Techology for Teachers blog:

"If you're not familiar with it or haven't tried Haiku Deck, here's what you need to know. It's a free iPad app for creating slideshow presentations. There are two features of Haiku Deck that stand out. First, Haiku Deck intentionally limits how much text that you can put on each of your slides. Second, Haiku Deck helps you find Creative Commons licensed images for your presentations. When you type a word or words on your slides you can have Haiku Deck search for images for you. The images that Haiku Deck serves up are large enough to completely fill your slide. You can also upload your own images from your iPad or import images from Instagram and Facebook."

We let our 7th and 8th graders create a quick Haiku deck using whatever theme they liked... following are a couple of examples:


Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad


Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad

Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad


Ali used Haiku deck with her 6th graders last week as well... I think this App could be used across all grade levels - especially for Social Studies and Science projects.

Following is a link to a Pinterest page with 76 ideas for using Pinterest in the Classroom:

http://pinterest.com/haikudeck/education-case-studies/