amanda+luebbers+prezi

www.prezi.com

INTRODUCTION: Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoom-able canvas makes it fun to explore ideas to show contextual relationships which addresses some of the short comings of Microsoft Power point.

INCORPORATING IT IN THE CLASSROOM: The ways that this 2.0 tool could be integrated into the classroom is endless. Prezi beats all other power points because the things you can do with Prezi are endless. Prezi is a fun way to make presentations, and it will keep the audience entertained. Prezi is free to anyone, all it takes is an email account. Many school districts are now assigning email accounts to high and middle school students so its that much easier However, Prezi also has many payment options that allow you more things to do and more ways to use Prezi. Prezi is an easy Web 2.0 Tool that ANYONE can use. Yes, anyone... Prezi is user friendly and very easy to navigate. It has everything you are going to need right at the tip of your fingers. Everything is manageable from the mouse, double clicking brings up the menu, font options, picture options, and even videos. Using this menu of ours we can have fun with our Prezi, we can do things such as; Tilt our text Left Right or even upside down you can zoom out.

Prezi offers two different types of presentations to its users. They have the standard layout and now offer a 3D version as well. I have includes one of each for you to view.

This first Prezi is just a very simple presentation that you or your students could create. It took me a total of 30 minutes to create. After becoming more familiar with the program I'm sure that time could quickly decrease. This presentation was created to use in a second grade classroom who will be studying the life cycle of a butterfly.

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So looks pretty easy right? Well it is! The next presentation I am going to show you is a 3D presentation. i will warn you that if you click through it fast I have been told that it makes some people sick. I had no issues but I though I would throw that out there. I did not create this presentation I found it on the Prezi website, This is another great feature of Prezi. You can search and view others presentations and use them. So often you will hear educators say, " Why reinvent the wheel?" and that is so true especially with today's technology!!

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So why limit yourself or your students to the boring old power points of yesterday when we have great, FREE, easy to use tools like Prezi? Challenge yourself to try it out or use a presentation already created in your classroom. I think you will be amazed! Don't forget that since Prezi is a cloud based presentation you can easily access your presentations on your Iphone, Ipad, Ipod, or other cloud device! 