How 1:1 ipads have changed student presentations

Every year, students are assigned to present in classes.  This can take many different forms.  With the use of a variety of apps, what used to be an "end of the unit project," are now becoming a "celebration of learning."  This past week, students were required to present on a historical event, a historical fiction novel, and explain whether or not the novel is considered to be more historical or fictional.  With this presentations, I have noticed the following benefits of 1:1.

• Without any prompting, many students used their ipads much like a note card as they followed along as they presented.  This helped students have a support, allowing them to have more confidence and maintain better eye contact.  
• Presentations have a wide variety of media.  Students included video, images, text, and graphics to complement what they were saying.
• Students integrated a variety of apps.  Some used pic collage or skitch to put together a collage of pictures which could represent the events.  
• Putting many elements together into one presentation forces students to think about the information at a different level.  Students must understand the info well enough to know what is most important and decide how best to represent that for the audience to understand.