Keynote is a brilliant versatile tool for learning and teaching. Billed as a presentation software Keynote does so much more than you might expect.

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What does it do?

Keynote is primarily a presentation tool. A simple, intuitive interface puts important tools front and centre, so everyone can easily add beautiful charts, edit photos and incorporate cinematic effects. With 30 eye‑catching themes, over 700 Apple-designed shapes, galleries, maths equations and charts, and the huge amount of customisable options anyone can get Keynote looking exactly how they want it.

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Why is it useful?

More than just a presentation tool you can also easily add video, drawings, photo and animation making it a perfect choice for creating multimedia learning journals, workbooks or activity scaffolds for pupils which can be easily shared using Airdrop.

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How does it work?

The YouTube video below shows a comprehensive guide on getting started with Keynote.

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Where can you learn more about Keynote?

Mat Pullen has a YouTube playlist of 40 videos covering all sorts of functions and ‘how to’ tutorials for Keynote.

This webpage from Apple gives more information on the features of Keynote.

Get ideas for using Keynote meaningfully in your lessons from the Apple Teacher Learning Centre. There are currently examples of Apple Teachers in action showing lesson ideas on using Keynote to Create Abstract Portraits, Tell a Story With Pictures, and Create an Animated Film.