For the past week I have been playing around with Prezi which is an online presentation application. Prezi allows for text, images and videos to be combined and grouped in the program and allows the user to create a smooth presentation that zooms in and out and follows a particular path of the users design to tell a story or present information with a 3D feel to it.
As soon as I began looking at Prezi examples online I just wanted to create my own! To me it's like an exciting version of Powerpoint that (in my opinion) allows for more creativity. The tool was a little tricky to use to start with and took me a while to work out but once you have the basics it's not very complicated and would be easy for upper primary students to use. I think it would be a great tool for students to use for class presentations, support for oral presentations or even simply as a format to present a class project, story or research investigation.Prezi would also be a great tool to use as an introduction to a new unit or lesson to engage students and create a 'hook' and could be used with students of any age.
The good thing about a Prezi is that you must sign up and log in to be able to edit your own prezi however if you are a 'non-paying' member your prezi is public and although this may be good if you are wanting to share your information, there are obviously privacy concerns if students are including personal material in their Prezi.
I would really recommend checking out Prezi.com, it's definately my favourite new tool!
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