Parents' Guide to

Haiku Deck

By Dana Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Create eye-catching presentations with images and few words.

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Haiku Deck's sparse word use, visual impact, and slide-by-slide focus on main ideas make this a go-to app for creating presentations, stories, and albums that can engage kids in both the creating and viewing process. This may be an ideal app for first-time presenters, if guided by a parent to avoid inappropriate images. It's also a powerful, thoughtful tool for creating advanced presentations at the highest levels thanks to the option of including private notes that act as a teleprompter for the presenter, as well as easy ways to share via email and social media, private viewing or public sharing, and more.

Still, Haiku Deck is only as good as the ideas, organization, and images brought to it. Even though the design encourages limited use of words, word-heavy presentations can still be made on this app, just like any other. Also, the app searches millions of Creative Commons images and -- even though it has a "naughty words" filter and its developer offers ideas to help reduce run-ins with inappropriate images -- some may appear. Users need to know the basics of good presentations and careful image selection to use this innovative, fun app effectively.

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