In our digital era,  all learners benefit from developing proficiency with multimedia presentation tools.  For some learners, especially those who struggle with using text to share thoughts and ideas, multimedia tools may be essential.  This is why I am so eager to promote effective applications for multimedia presentation.

As I’ve used it recently, PhotoPeach has emerged as one of my favorite online multimedia applications.

• It is extremely easy to use.
• Photos upload relatively quickly.
• Photos automatically pan for dramatic effect.
• Text captions can be added to any slide.
• Full screen viewing works well (if resolution of originals is high).
• Music available from PhotoPeach library or Youtube video.
• Easy to share via email, Twitter, facebook, MySpace, embed code, or URL.

I particularly like the way that adding text captions has been facilitated.  Music does not have to be added, but the choices here are interesting.  If you don’t wish to use any of the selections from PhotoPeach’s library, you can search for the sound track from an appropriate Youtube video to be played along with the slide show.

If you wish to view a sample, I took some slides from our recent road trip to Mexico and used them to create the PhotoPeach show that I’ve embedded below.  You can jump easily to a full screen view.  (This does not who up in Google Reader, so you may need to click HERE, or go to my original post if you wish to check it out.)