How to Prezify Your Lessons

1. How to Prezify Your Lessons By Suzanne Koty

2. Introduction Sumter High School International Baccalaureate Extended Essay Supervisor Top Ten Teacher of the Year (3 years) Top Ten Most Influential Teacher (2 years) South Carolina Reading Teacher of the Year SWWP Leadership Committee Advanced Institute Instructor (2 years) Professional

3. Introduction Family *Married 18 years *Children: Mary & Thomas Community Involvement *Sumter Soccer Club *Sandlapper League Personal

4. Prezi is a Web 2.0 presentation application which provides a single canvas on which students and teachers can present text, video, and images in a non-linear pattern. Frames can be used to determine the order in which the information is presented. Zooming tools allow the reader to focus on one element at a time. What is Prezi? How can it be used to improve student writing?

5. Traditional Versus Digital Literacy According to the National Writing Project, “93% of teens say they write their own pleasure.”

6. Teacher: • Presentation of material relating to a unit of study Student: • Visual aids to accompany oral presentations • Research projects • Group work Strategies for using Prezi in the classroom

7. PowerPoint Versus Prezi PowerPoint Prezi Non-Linear navigation Map layout Web-based Limited printing options • Linear layout • Slide stack layout • Computer‐based • Multiple printing options David Wicks, Seattle Pacific University

8. SC State Standards which support the use of Prezi presentations • E3-1.6 Create responses to literary texts through a variety of methods such as written works, oral presentations, media productions, and the visual and performing arts • E3-2.4 Create responses to informational texts through a variety of methods such as drawings, written works, oral presentations, and media productions. • E3-4.1—E3-6.8 Research standards

9. Using Prezi http://prezi.com/

10. Create an educator account to receive benefits not allowed to public.

11. Educator account benefits: Private content Individual logo Additional storage space

12. Creating a Prezi Select “New prezi” to begin. Complete the tutorial.

13. Getting Started Top left: Tools Top center: Save, print, help, etc. Right center: home, zoom

14. Tools

15. Turning a PowerPoint into Prezi • Save your slides as a PDF file. • Choose insert. Then select file. • Set the path. • Make files, images, and or any other important information. • Save online or to your own file.

16. Assignment Convert your PowerPoint to a Prezi. • Sign up • Click “Learn” • View the video • Click “Your prezis” • Choose “New prezi” 6. Choose “Insert” and then “file” 7. Add an image and set the path 8. Save

17. Possible Lessons and Project Ideas Lessons: Presentation of author’s background, historical data, and relevant information to a unit of study Projects: Group and individual work which will enable the student to use videos, text, hyperlinks, and a variety of media

18. Advantages Videos and media can be saved to a drive rather than streamed. This eliminates the problem of bandwidth. *Educator’s account required to save offline

19. Disadvantages The program limits the size of the media files. More space is available with a paid subscription. The final product does not differ much from a PowerPoint, and it is an extra step to create this.

20. Sources/Helpful Information Prezi vs. PowerPoint: http://www.spu.edu/depts/its/workshops/prezi-vs-powerpoint.pdf Digital literacy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&feature=watch_response_rev National Writing Project. Digital Literacy. Tutorial: http://www.edutechintegration.com/p/tutorials.html Prezi: http://prezi.com/