Tools/Prezi

Make a multimedia presentation that can pan and zoom - Prezi

Tool Description Prezi is unlike PowerPoint in that your presentation usually 'happens' without even turning a page. It can create presentations^(ta) that have incidental flair and some would say are more engaging. You can import Powerpoints and share your work over the web or offer them as a downloadable item. You can invite students to a screen meeting where they can co-edit a project, add video and pictures. They can 'embed' a presentation in a blog; export to a self-playing file and publicise it using Facebook. Free and premium accounts available. ^(edit)

Teaching Approach. Presentation and poster tools based on canvases can be used to create a less 'linear' visualisation^(ta) than a powerpoint, or poster might allow. Different sections of the canvas can be used as you would use 'slides' in a powerpoint, but the relationships between the sections can be indicated more clearly by building connections between the areas, or - on prezi - using the zoom function to 'layer' concepts on top of each other. Because they are online, prezis can be used as a collaborative^(ta) tool to facilitate dialogic teaching^(ta) and high quality dialogue^(ta) around the shared artefact. ^(edit)

Tool details
Title	Make a multimedia presentation that can pan and zoom
Topic	[[Topics/Presentation|Presentation]]
Licence / Cost / Platform	Web tool with a premium downloadable version
Subject / Categories	ToolInfo, Presentation
Teaching Ideas / Links
Link	http://www.prezi.com