This week, I decided to play around with Prezi for my presentation software assignment. I have a number of colleagues who have used Prezi in their websites, and my principal actually reccommended to me as a great way to get information across. I wanted to see what all the hype was about and decide for myself if I thought that Prezi was a useful tool.
As I just received a new iPad from my husband, I decided to make the subject of my Prezi "iPads in the Classroom." However, there are a number of ideas presented that with slight modification can be used on desktop computers or with iPods or iPhones, so please don't dismiss my presentation out of hand if you don't have an iPad.
As per the actual process of creating my Prezi: At first, I just began playing around with Prezi, but after a while I actually used a number of the tutorials. I found them to be straight-forward and quite helpful. Once I figured out how the program worked, it was straight forward to create my presentation.
In all, I liked using Prezi, and I liked the unique, multi-media presentation that I created in the end. I think that it is simple enough for high school students to use. It would be an interesting project that I may very well use in my classroom this May. I think the unique digital aspect will keep their attention, and they will have fun creating it. I like that it is web-based, that way I don't have to download another program on a number of computers. In all, I thought figuring out Prezi was a valuable learning experience that will transfer directly to my classroom.
Enjoy it!
