Sunday, March 27, 2011
Prezi Presentation
Prezi is a web 2.0 tool that is free to use, if you sign up for a public account, and can replace Microsoft Powerpoint. It does not use slides. Instead, it uses a "whiteboard" that the user can type on, insert photos, and customize just like a poster or bulletin board. During the presentation, instead of changing screens, Prezi just zooms to the next item the creater selected. This tool definitely makes presentations different, if not more interesting. I did have some bumps in the road while creating my first Prezi however. Like with anything new, I made a few "newbie" mistakes that I was easily able to rectify. But I had some major issues as well. First, I had a problem pasting the image from the wordle site (the web tool I did the presentation about) onto the presentation board. I eventually had to go to the FAQ to get that problem solved. I then had an issue with the autosave feature. The first 4 or 5 times I created the viewing order, it did not save correctly. I had 11 items in my presentation and only 5 or 6 of them were appearing on the presentation. I still don't know how I got it to finally work, but it did. This is the link to the Prezi that I built. Hope you enjoy it. http://prezi.com/bfyr3zjl8rbv/etc-567-web-20-tool/
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Thanks Ty for your sample Prezi. I noticed that Prezi has it's limitations too. My students have used them before and they've often given me the typical PowerPoint quality presentation. It is a bit of a challenge to make Prezi really stand out because it relies much on its wow factor. I find the same issue with Animoto and a few other presentation based sites. Still, if you are is savvy enough with the tools, you can create a pretty unique and impactful presentation.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'm not sure if we were supposed to do a group assignment or individual work, so I'll be posting one as well based on your feedback. Thanks again for taking the first shot.