Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor
http://prezi.com
Prezi is an application similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. Prezi is an online tool that allows you to create presentations either from the Internet browser or can be downloaded to you desktop and be used with out Internet access. With Prezi's being an Internet side, you can share your Prezi's, send your Prezi's, and access them from anywhere by logging in to your account.
Prezi presentations are better than Microsoft PowerPoint in the manner that they provide more options for your presentation. You can import you PowerPoint slides or start from scratch. You can move, rotate, scale, and zoom different parts of you presentations. In addition, you can group different parts f your presenation like a concept map and click onto each part. Also, you can send slides forward or backwards. Prezi presentations are more interesting and keep attention better due to the different action you provide to you slides. It would not take that ling to learn how to use and create a Prezi presentation. The website provides great how to videos and indicates what aspects of a Prezi presentation you will learn. A person with basic computer skills would pick up the skill pretty quickly and as you become more comfortable with the program, you will create better Prezi presentations.
A Prezi presentation could be used in the classroom to present your lesson instead of using a PowerPoint presentation. As this will most likely be a new program to students, students will be more apt to pay attention to the lesson being delivered. Also, the different movements will attract the student's attention more often and they will stay focused on the lesson. Therefore, this would be a great tool to learn. Prezi presentations will give you the ability to diversify how you deliver you lessons and could be part of a project for students to learn to deliver their own presentations.
-Celeste Sisson
It's nice to be able to give kids a web-based alternative to powerpoint. Not every computer comes with the Microsoft suite and if you have to buy separately it's so expensive!!!! Google also offers google presentations, which is also free and web-based, but not as cool looking as prezi.
ReplyDeleteI will check Prezi out- it looks like a nice alternative to Powerpoint. We are always having issues with my students who have MACS when they load their presentations onto our Windows system. Thanks! Donna
ReplyDeleteMy district BOCES offered a workshop on Prezi earlier this summer, and I was disappointed because I couldn't attend. I was encouraged after reading your description of it because I am thinking now that I might be able to teach myself how to use it without going to the workshop. A few other teachers at my school have used both Prezi and Glogster for projects, and the kids always talk about how much they like using them.
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