Prezi-+Rachel+Wellman

Prezi-- Rachel Wellman If you are familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi is very similar. Prezi is a type of presentation tool that allows teachers yet another source to present information in an exciting right brain way. Unlike PowerPoint, all of the information is on one page and the page zooms in and out based on the path that was chosen by the Prezi creator. Some great things that Prezi does that PowerPoint does not, is rotate information around, zoom in and out on information, and group information together to make a mini prezi inside the big prezi. One way that I would use this is by presenting information that is very wordy and making it into a fun way for my students to learn the desired information. One precaution is that if I have a lot of information with many points, if my Prezi is sliding all over the place it may cause motion sickness for some of my students. It may also be very distracting to my ADD students and they may have system overload.

My idea: Andrea Brigitha: I would have my student create their own Prezi involving word sorts. For example, for advanced speakers, you could give them the word //beautiful// and have them come up with synonyms. These words would be clumped together. They could do up to as many words as you would like.

Valerie Jablonski-My idea for using a Prezi would be to use it as a review of information already presented. It would enable me to check for understanding as I asked students to answer the questions as they appeared and then watch for the correct answer to magically appear. It gives a sense of wonder to the lesson.

Rebekah Hoorn - My impression of Prezi thus far has been that it is the right-brained version of PowerPoint. As someone who is extremely sequential and organized, I have struggled to follow the few Prezis that I have seen. However, I also realize that each of these has been zoomed in on the individual details so I couldn't see the big picture (and the relationships between all of the details) until the end. For my students who are more right-brained, I think this could be a great presentation tool allowing them to express their creativity in a way that PowerPoint and other related software does not.

Ruth Eidsen - Vocabulary could be intorduced for ELL's using Prezi. Pictures could be used instead of words - or the words could follow the picture to reinforce the recognition of the word with the picture. This would be a great way to review vocabulary as the presentation could speed up after the first viewing. The teacher could say the word as it is shown to begin with but then do a game similar to Teacher vs. Student. It would work for any age or level in an ELL situation.