Using Genially to create presentations

Last year during the second term and after we had been dealing with a module on Travel and Tourism, I asked my group of ESO 3 students to create a travel brochure of a city of their choice. They could select the format (paper brochure, cardboard poster or a digital presentation). They were given two weeks to complete the project and afterwards they had to present it to the class in 7 to 10 minutes. They had to do the task in groups of 3 and were free to choose their partners in the group. They were sent via classroom the instructions and the items that would be assessed.

 Information they had to include in their project: 

- Name of city, location and map. 

- Some facts about the place (important historical facts (not too many) ,population, currency, language, useful tips. 

- Three landmarks or "must see" sites including a brief description and images. 

- Places to eat and accommodation. 

 The items that were evaluated were: 

- Grammar and spelling 

- Organization of information 

- Accuracy of information 

- Attractive layout 

As for the oral presentantion:

- Pronunciation, fluency

- Grammar and vocabulary

- The task was well- rehearsed

- The presentation was attractive to the audience

What follows is a presentation of the city of Budapest using Genially. It is not finished and it's just an example of how Genially could be used to carry out this task. 

The advantages of this app in comparison to more traditional presentation software such as Power Point is the possibility to add interactive elements and animations. This is the most simple type of presentation the app offers so with time and patience it will be intersting to look into other formats and explore its features and possibilities. 

This particuar group of students like taking part in this sort of tasks; they like to be able to choose the content of their projects and to form their groups. They are quite good at distributing the workload among the members of the group and when they present their product to the class, they help and encourage each other. We did some interesting projects which were engaging and motivating for the  students and for me.