1. What is the new style presentation software? What is the characteristic?
1.1. Classification
1.1.1. Traditional presentation software
1.1.1.1. PowerPoint
1.1.1.1.1. What it the characteristic of PowerPoint? What is strength and shortcomings?
1.1.1.2. Flash
1.1.1.2.1. What it the characteristic of Flash? What is strength and shortcomings?
1.1.1.3. Authorware
1.1.1.3.1. What it the characteristic of Authorware? What is strength and shortcomings?
1.1.2. New styple presentation software
1.1.2.1. Prezi
1.1.2.1.1. What it the characteristic of Prezi? What is strength and shortcomings?
1.1.2.2. Voicethread
1.1.2.2.1. What it the characteristic of Voicethread? What is strength and shortcomings?
1.2. Comparison between traditional and new styple presentation software
1.2.1. What are the strength of each presentation software?
1.2.2. What is the price of each presentation software?
1.2.3. How much time is needed to invest in producing slides by using each presentation software?
1.2.4. Could it interaction be added as using each presentation software to produce the slides?
1.2.5. What does it require to users as producing slides by using each presentation software?
1.2.6. What is the product size of each presentation software?
1.2.7. What languages does it support in each presentation software?
1.2.8. What does it require to the hardware as producing slides by using each presentation software?
2. How could the new style presentation software be used in class?
2.1. Prezi in education
2.1.1. Could it perform the parallel relationship with the course contents?
2.1.2. Could it present the content with time or space logical sequence?
2.1.3. Could it focus on the detail?
2.1.4. Could it highlight the important course contents?
2.2. VoiceThread in education
2.2.1. Could it be used in remote education or Internet teaching?
2.2.2. Could it be used for digital story telling?
2.2.3. Could it be used in learning the second language?
3. Would it be more effective with the new style presentation software in class?
3.1. Comparative experiment
3.1.1. Experiment Group with Prezi
3.1.1.1. Could it improve students' scores after using new styple presentation software in class?
3.1.2. Control Group with PowerPoint
3.1.2.1. Could it improve students' scores after using tranditional presentation software in class?
3.2. Questionnaire
3.2.1. Overall situation and evaluation of the presentation software
3.2.1.1. Do students like Prezi?
3.2.1.2. For students, is Prezi much different from PowerPoint?
3.2.1.3. What is the students' demand or suggestion to the presentation software or slides?
3.2.2. Questions concerning the effect of using traditional and new style presentation software in class
3.2.2.1. Comparison of teaching performance
3.2.2.1.1. For students, could it demonstrate the learning content better in class as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.2.2.1.2. Are students satisfied with the slides produced by Prezi?
3.2.2.2. Comparison of participation
3.2.2.2.1. In class, could it be more attractive to students as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.2.2.2.2. Could it promote more students to take participate in class as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.2.2.3. Comparison of interaction
3.2.2.3.1. Could it facilitate more interaction between the teacher and students in class as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.2.3. Questions concerning the learning effect using traditional and new style presentation software
3.2.3.1. Could it increase the students' scores as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.2.3.2. Could it be more effective for students to accept and understand the new knowledge as using Prezi instead of PowerPoint?
3.3. Interview
3.3.1. Towards teacher
3.3.1.1. Overall situation and evaluation of the presentation software
3.3.1.1.1. What do teachers think about using Prezi to produce the slides? Do they have any difficulties?
3.3.1.1.2. What is the ideal presentation software for teachers?
3.3.1.2. Questions concerning the effect of using traditional and new style presentation software in class
3.3.1.2.1. What do the teachers think about the demonstration of the learning content in class as using Prezi?
3.3.1.2.2. What do the teachers think about the students' participation during the class as using Prezi?
3.3.1.2.3. What about the interaction between the teacher and students?
3.3.1.2.4. Do the teachers think using Prezi in class could improve the students' scores?
3.3.2. Towards students
3.3.2.1. Overall situation and evaluation of the presentation software
3.3.2.1.1. In general, what do the students think about the effect as using Prezi in class?
3.3.2.1.2. What is the ideal presentation software for students?
3.3.2.1.3. Besides Prezi and PowerPoint, do the students know any other presentation software?
3.3.2.2. Questions concerning the effect of using traditional and new style presentation software in class
3.3.2.2.1. What about the interaction between the teacher and students as using Prezi in class?