Tools/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)Prezi is unlike PowerPoint in that your presentation usually 'happens' without even turning a page. It can create presentations(i) 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.
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 | Prezi |
| Topic | [[Topics/Presentation|Presentation]] |
| Licence / Cost / Platform | Web tool with a premium downloadable version |
| Subject / Categories | ToolInfo, Presentation |
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The Prezi web site introduces this tool
The Prezi web site has numerous videos describing ways to do things
