Online Presentation: Prezi
Chris Derricotte, Madison Hoagland, Mådchen Hirsch
What is Prezi?
- Prezi is a nontraditional, interactive way to present or convey information to students in a format that is easy to understand.
- Prezi has redefined how Power Points are being presented.
- Prezi can be used for presentations on or offline.
- Prezi is a great tool for collaborating with people in different areas, as well as an interactive classroom.
Basic "how to" for Prezi:
1. Position your slides around a background that represents your topic2. Add media (photos, videos, ect.) and position on the page
3. Insert text relating to media and topic
4. Frame your slide to your liking
5.Create your path from the beginning to end of the presentation
An example of Prezi (From the famous movie Alice in Wonderland)
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How to use Prezi with your students in the classroom.
As a group we decided to highlight why we think Prezi would be beneficial to teachers and students.
1. It has demonstrated that the Prezi application is very interactive, and can be a little wild at times, depending on the amount of matter in a topic.
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2. It of reminded me of a reusable black or white board online. The only difference was, that the topics that are being pushed aside are not being erased , just faded away.
Reviews of Prezi
"Stand out from competitors with Prezi."
| Forbes Magazine |
"A marvelous approach to the visualization of information."
| Rob Campbell |
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Prezi is:
A ) An interactive way to present information.
B ) A Power Point presentation.
C ) A traditional presentation method.
D ) Website bulletin board to put up announcements.
2. One way to use Prezi in the classroom is:
A. To make Mr. Sweeney happy.
B. To post announcements.
C. To show photos of a vacation.
D. To present a lesson involving division in Math.
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ReflectionThis was a group project assigned in class.As a group, we chose the topic of Prezi. We researched what Prezi was and how it is used. We found information that explained Prezi at put it in a Wiki. Madison found a Prezi that actually explained what a Prezi is, in Prezi format. I made a Prezi math lesson that could be used in a first grade classroom. Both of these were embedded into our Wiki and presented to our table group.
When our group was assigned the Prezi topic, I felt very comfortable with it. I had used Prezi in other classes and felt pretty confident. That feeling soon changed to frustration. Our group had to embed the Prezi explanation and the Prezi lesson that I had made into our Prezi. I had never embedded before. While I was eager to learn how to use the embedding code to do this, I really struggled with the whole process. After numerous trial and error attempts, I finally succeeded.
As a future teacher, I would use this as a daily teaching tool. Prezi's can not only be used for math, but I feel it could be used for all subjects. Spelling words could jump out of the screen. Frogs could come to life for a science project. Getting students engaged gets them motivated. A motivated student is sure to have a successful academic career.
Standards
NETS : Research and Information Fluency
- plan strategies to guide inquiry
- evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tools.
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