Community reviews for Haiku Deck

Student love to create with digital tools. I use this tool to create presentations to share with my students in a flipped classroom.

Haiku Deck gives learners from varying areas of ability opportunities to shine with their work in class. It provides them with a method to better communicate integrating technology, and it provides them avenues for deeper comprehension of concepts. This can be utilized in advanced lessons as well as introductory learning levels.

I LOVE using Haiku Deck for my own personal use as a trainer. However, when I was teaching students in the classroom I didn't have my students use this app, because I was concerned about inappropriate images showing up. Since students can search for Creative Commons photos by just putting in a search term, I was concerned about the potential problem we might have. This being said, I know of other teachers who have used it with no problems.

My students (middle school special needs) begged me to allow them to research so they would be able to create with this app. They story boarded their slides on paper and then were easily able to input the information. I did not really show them how to use the app. They loved being able to choose their "life like" pictures. Their response was "clear and neat pictures" In addition my students said it was very easy to use and it has become their go to for presentations.

Haiku Deck promotes best practices in presentation creation. Because students can only put a limited amount of text on the slide, students must understand the content vs. just reading it off the slide. They focus on an image as the background and can't rely on tricky animations and transitions to get the audience's attention.

Haiku Deck is a way to easily teach students the basics of creating a presentation with beautiful results. I have used this with students in 2nd - 6th grade with great success. The templates are easy to work with for beginners, but more advanced users may be frustrated that there is limited customization. Haiku Deck has its own image library using Getty Images and Creative Commons pictures that are free to use. Searching by keywords, students can find an array of images for their presentations or import their own images from other sources. Be forewarned: I have seen images that are inappropriate for school included in the image gallery. Their images may be blocked by some school district filters, so test this ahead of time. The app is still functional without using their images, students will just need to import their own. If you use the in-house images, no attribution tags show up, but the CC logo is displayed in presentation mode. This is frustrating to me as I am teaching my students that they must always cite their sources without exception. My solution is to have them cite the source as Haiku Deck Image Gallery on the last page of the presentation. Ideally, attributions should have the image title, author, source, and license, so this solution is not perfect. Some images in the library are paid, but they are clearly marked. Each template page allows for limited text and imagery with a few options for placement. Some of the templates have text in all caps, which is bothersome to many students who have told them to never type in all caps. There are six free themes and 13 paid. Each slide has different layout options. You may also add public and private notes. The interface is really easy to learn and use. My ELL students had no difficulty mastering what the icons represented and using the app features successfully. Text self-adjusts as you type so users do not have to worry about resizing or changing fonts to make the text fit. As a presentation tool, Haiku Deck helps students avoid text-heavy slides. Digital presentations should highlight ideas and themes, and let the speaker fill in the rest verbally. I have found that students are more likely to use good oral presentation strategies when using Haiku Deck than with other presentation apps. Completed projects may be shared via Facebook, Twitter, or with email sign-in. These options may not be useful for students younger than 13. If you sign in with your email, you can export as a PDF or embed the file into a blog or web page. Haiku Deck is best known as an iOS app, but they have recently released a web version. The web version requires an account, but the app does not. The app has a chart option, the web tool does not.

Haiku Deck has colorful, modern graphics and templates that are appealing to students. Images are current and easy to access. App allows students to focus on sharing their knowledge in a high level presentation without getting bogged down in distracting options. The guides through the creation process make the app ideal for presentation beginners.

Haiku Deck makes it easy to follow the best practices recommended by experts, like Garr Reynolds, writer of Presentation Zen. It allows students to quickly design simple, well-designed presentations with beautiful graphics, nice typography, and a professional polished look. If you're sick of "sliduments" and hideous distracting PowerPoint themes with crazy "Wordart" and bad font choices, have your students present with this tool. CONTENT WARNING: This tool searches Creative Commons licensed images on the web. Not all images searched are "school appropriate".

There are two elements of Haiku Deck that truly appreciate. First, Haiku Deck limits how much text a student can put on each of their slides. I work diligently with students to keep the presentation of deeper ideas to their oral output, keeping long chunks of text out of their slides. This feature of Haiku Deck truly helps facilitate that ethic. 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.

It is usefull both for teacher and student. It is a good teaching tool to create presentation and lessons.