Welcome to this weeks ICT learning tools- hasn't it been a journey so far, I went from not knowing what a blog was five weeks ago, to making Prezi's. If you don't know what a prezzi is... keep reading and you will never look at presentation the same way again.
A Prezi is simply a zooming presentation tool that can be used on the internet then downloaded to present offline and be done on i products. You start with a huge blank canvas instead of the old slides. From there you put all your content in boxes on the canvas and can choose the order they are viewed- and also the options just to click on the section to be viewed and it zooms right in. First seeing the big picture, then zooming in to get details of each part. Prezi's also have the option of working from a template- this is probably a good idea when first learning to use Prezi.
I have made an example of a Prezi that could be used in a lower level classroom learning about 'The Planets'
This is just a glimpse of what can be done with the help of the Prezi tool.
There are so many ways that Prezi's could be used in the classroom- from pedagogy to the students development of presentation.
This tool is definitely one to enhance the visual learner and maybe even encourage more visual learning because the Prezi is fun to watch and intuitive so may encourage students to remember what they saw. This would be a great teacher tool as well as used by the students, imagine having the whole lesson on a virtual canvas... being able to pick and choose as you go what you will do next - this would give so much more freedom in a lesson. You couldn't do that with the old fashioned slideshows where everything is linear and each slide must come after the other...
More than one person can edit the same Prezi, making it collaborative and easily incorporated into group presentations. I would use this in my classroom for a group presenting tool, the whole picture can be portrayed then each student elaborate and analyse encouraging higher order thinking throughout the process.
Organising thoughts on any topic. You can make two or more areas in your infinitely large presentation space, then show connections among elements both by how you connect the elements, how you place them, and how you use the arrows/connectors. AMAZING possibilities for making thoughts visible.
This tool is an alternative to the overused Powerpoint. Prezi's are engaging! Something that most kids wouldn't have worked with before but will pick up very easily.
I have a million more idea's but your probably not reading this, by now your off playing with Prezi.
So go on, next time you have to do a presentation- close that powerpoint and give Prezzi a go!
It could end up looking like something like this ...
In case the embedded 'planets' prezi does't work
http://prezi.com/tkts-t6gejcc/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
(it would work, then not work, then worked again)
I have made an example of a Prezi that could be used in a lower level classroom learning about 'The Planets'
This is just a glimpse of what can be done with the help of the Prezi tool.
There are so many ways that Prezi's could be used in the classroom- from pedagogy to the students development of presentation.
This tool is definitely one to enhance the visual learner and maybe even encourage more visual learning because the Prezi is fun to watch and intuitive so may encourage students to remember what they saw. This would be a great teacher tool as well as used by the students, imagine having the whole lesson on a virtual canvas... being able to pick and choose as you go what you will do next - this would give so much more freedom in a lesson. You couldn't do that with the old fashioned slideshows where everything is linear and each slide must come after the other...
More than one person can edit the same Prezi, making it collaborative and easily incorporated into group presentations. I would use this in my classroom for a group presenting tool, the whole picture can be portrayed then each student elaborate and analyse encouraging higher order thinking throughout the process.
Organising thoughts on any topic. You can make two or more areas in your infinitely large presentation space, then show connections among elements both by how you connect the elements, how you place them, and how you use the arrows/connectors. AMAZING possibilities for making thoughts visible.
This tool is an alternative to the overused Powerpoint. Prezi's are engaging! Something that most kids wouldn't have worked with before but will pick up very easily.
I have a million more idea's but your probably not reading this, by now your off playing with Prezi.
So go on, next time you have to do a presentation- close that powerpoint and give Prezzi a go!
It could end up looking like something like this ...
In case the embedded 'planets' prezi does't work
http://prezi.com/tkts-t6gejcc/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
(it would work, then not work, then worked again)
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