Friday, February 17, 2012
Tired of the same old powerpoints?
In pretty much every class I have attended, powerpoints are used for lectures. Slide after slide with bullet-ed posts can gt pretty boring. Occasionally, teachers will use a fun transition, background, or if they are feeling really adventurous they can use a sound effect. Technology allows us more options now, so why stick to the same old boring powerpoint program. Prezi is an online program that allows you to make power points that are fun! instead of multiple slide, it is just one slide that moves through a maze of spots throughout the main image. You create the path it takes into different locations on the page. It rotates in all different directions, has animations, videos, music, and all kinds of different things that can turn a boring old slideshow into something fun and exciting to follow. The best part is that it is completely free. You might not get all the options it has for free, but you get most of them. And teachers and college students get the advanced free version on Prezi. I had a lot of fun exploring the website with all the examples they had available and I even tried making my own! I might even make my next presentation using Prezi. Definitely check it out and spice up your presentations!
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That's interesting, cool find. I'm going to check that out.
ReplyDeleteI love Prezi. When I first saw it, I got a little dizzy, but it would captivate the students who are more likely to fall asleep in a classroom.
ReplyDeleteDr. Dimarco has used Prezi in a few of her classes and I have seen students use it in presentations. I was going to attempt to use it for my presentation but I think I need to play around with it a bit more first. I didn't make a powerpoint to go along with the lesson plan and I was going to try to make a photo essay with it for my example, but I used the plain old boring PowerPoint. It's what the book suggested to use though for the lesson, so I went with it.
ReplyDeleteMy roommate is currently doing an assignment using Prezi and it's awesome. I've never actually used it personally, however it looks so much cooler than Powerpoint. I will surely try it out soon!
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