Prezi

Today’s activity was creating a Prezi presentation with lots of images, simple words and a layered pattern for easy viewing.  This is not my first Prezi, but since the program is still new to me I had a lot of fun putting this lesson together! The first Prezi I completed really didn’t have too much layering within the slides and I kept it simple while using short word phrases and one image per circle. This time I explored my options and added some circles within circles for a clean and less dizziness look while the slides are in play.  The program is pretty easy to use, I learned best by playing around with options and clicking different formats to better understand what the program is capable of in terms of presentations.

The presentation I put together this time was about synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. My presentation can be viewed at Word Relationships on Prezi.com

After completing this Prezi, I realize how valuable slide shows can be, especially if the person creating the presentation takes time to be inventive and daring when putting the information together within each slide. Prezi is definitely more interesting than PowerPoint, although I know that PowerPoint has quite a few options that are unique to its program. The Prezi is different from PowerPoint because it can move around the screen and allows the creator to combine information into one circle or shape to keep it together as one thought. The Prezi also allows the creator to link slide to slide or shape to shape instead of putting the slides in order as PowerPoint does. The way that Prezi is laid out gives the presenter the ability to move back and forth between slides in order to show relationships or review the previous information. In PowerPoint, the layout doesn’t allow the presenter to go back and review unless the slide show returns to the beginning. The big thing I like about Prezi is that is changes up the boring old bulleted slide and makes presentations a fun and creative way to express a story or lesson.

This activity complies with the ISTE.NETS.T standards one, two and three. For standard one, the Prezi allows creativity on the part of the teacher to engage students in learning about word relationships through a unique presentation that covers all of the lesson objectives. The presentation also complies with standard two which states that teachers should design learning resources that are different from regular classroom tools in order to demonstrate the use of digital technology.  The final standard to be associated with this activity is standard three. By using the Prezi, the teacher is able to model such a presentation for the students and teach them the ways to use this digital media for learning.

Word Relationships on Prezi