Remember when a PowerPoint was the height of classroom innovation? These days, introducing a lesson with a PowerPoint is more likely to elicit a yawn than a gasp of wonder and delight. Ready to mix things up a bit? Try Prezi!
Prezi does presentations a bit differently than PowerPoint. Rather than a linear series of slides, Prezi allows you to size and arrange the pieces of your presentation--text, images, video, and documents--on one large canvas, panning, zooming, and rotating to show different parts in an order that you set. Because the whole presentation is on one large canvas, you can easily show your audience the “big picture” of the topic, how ideas relate, and hierarchical structure. Plus, since it’s still relatively new and provides opportunities for surprise elements, it keeps the audience more engaged.
Here are some ways that you as an educator might use Prezi, along with sample presentations for each.
- Student e-Portfolios
- About: http://prezi.com/grikgkzucxm-/introducing-the-e-portfolio/
- Simple Prezi by a younger student: http://prezi.com/80xsn2xihd_-/my-student-portfolio/
- High School portfolio: http://prezi.com/yawrrb9it_lx/student-portfolio/
- Reflections on student teaching assignment: http://prezi.com/edlfvsmqh2ye/nicole-harrington-my-teaching-journey/
- “Prezume” Digital Resume or Teacher Portfolio
- http://prezi.com/r677r2lgvtsc/john-d-mccartys-digital-resume/
- http://prezi.com/_g-6cslfyxie/resume/
- http://prezi.com/ivgmf-hho20_/monarch-meet-anna/
- Research Presentation
- This one includes a hip-hop version of one of my favorite Girl Scout songs! It also has a nice use of adjectives at the end. http://prezi.com/xzfalzeymjcp/the-history-of-candy-and-other-sweets/
- http://prezi.com/hkuywbdqugd8/college-research-project-english-final/
- (Sorry to do this to you.) http://prezi.com/yccwql8qpuja/my-justin-beiber-report/
- http://prezi.com/ftv9hvziwqi2/coca-cola-company/
- Instruction / Lecture
- I like the use of rotation here to make the point of “upside-down” thinking. http://prezi.com/-qiaswjo975y/transitioning-to-the-new-economy/
- http://prezi.com/qiknryuwyzjt/ipt-prezi-history-class/
- Great use of images here. http://prezi.com/rl6hnxa_ni5t/npd-lecture-1/
- Note-Taking / Study Guides
- http://prezi.com/nrmbhmu7wa9d/taking-notes-in-real-time-mse-at-stanford/
- http://prezi.com/qbwm742qvncj/water-notes/
- Guiding book club or literature circle discussion
- http://prezi.com/hux0jurq3iuj/the-great-gatsby-chapter-1-notes/
- http://prezi.com/6hzvpwso-_ny/book-club-presentation-snow-falling-on-cedars/
- Book Report
- By the way, I read this book and really liked it! http://prezi.com/nxlvwiamfaeh/book-report/
- One of my favorite children’s novels. http://prezi.com/le8yshqq5uoh/frindle/
- Staff Development
- The video is priceless. http://prezi.com/vqb2zyzlehu5/building-successful-staff-development/
- http://prezi.com/nnftebysujaq/intro-to-assistive-technology/
- Getting to Know You
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