Prezi and me....
Don't you just love Prezi?.... and its GOODBYE to Powerpoint!
I love this means of presenting, its snazzy and professional. I will definitely be using this instead of Powerpoint in the future. I feel the subject that I teach 'Graphic Design' warrants something like Prezi for delivering presentations. There is an expectation that everything needs to be designed and presented well and Prezi fits this bill.
In one of our lectures we were given the task in teams to research innovative strategies and we were tasked with researching 'Flipped Learning'.
Instead of just giving a lecture to the class about this strategy we decided to be innovative and deliver it using Prezie. We didn't have very long to put it together but it did what it was asked. Below is the Prezi presentation that we delivered. I know that some of the information shown is too much however if we had more time we could have definitely condensed this and tweaked it more.
What is Prezi?
This is a cool means of presenting professional looking presentations instead of the traditionally 'boring' applications like Powerpoint. Don't get me wrong Powerpoint has its uses but I feel in the subject of Graphic Design you need something more slick. Prezi uses one large canvas for you to create your presentation and allows you to zoom in and out of different parts of the canvas.
I love this means of presenting, its snazzy and professional. I will definitely be using this instead of Powerpoint in the future. I feel the subject that I teach 'Graphic Design' warrants something like Prezi for delivering presentations. There is an expectation that everything needs to be designed and presented well and Prezi fits this bill.
In one of our lectures we were given the task in teams to research innovative strategies and we were tasked with researching 'Flipped Learning'.
Instead of just giving a lecture to the class about this strategy we decided to be innovative and deliver it using Prezie. We didn't have very long to put it together but it did what it was asked. Below is the Prezi presentation that we delivered. I know that some of the information shown is too much however if we had more time we could have definitely condensed this and tweaked it more.
In my teaching I would definitely use this application to create presentations.
Advantages to my teaching and my students:
Advantages to my teaching and my students:
- It is easy to use
- Looks professional
- Sets standards
- Portable - online or offline
- Students can work in real time on the same Prezi project from home or class
- Import pictures, maps and PDFs and use them as a canvas.
- Its compatible with lots of different file formats and it is easy to import photos and PDFs
- You can also import information already created in Powerpoint to Prezi
- It is free for students
Disadvantages
- If there is a lot of zooming in and out this can cause the viewer motion sickness
- You can not use Prezi offline to create presentations
This is definitely a thumbs up for me
