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Prezi : Innovative Presentation Tool. Team 4: Meg Kelley, Paul McCarragher , & Chenille Taylor. Web-based application so accessible anywhere with internet Terminology: Prezi refers to the program while prezi refers to a presentation Various canvas formats available
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Prezi: Innovative Presentation Tool Team 4: Meg Kelley, Paul McCarragher, & Chenille Taylor
Web-based application so accessible anywhere with internet • Terminology: Prezi refers to the program while prezi refers to a presentation • Various canvas formats available • Easily shared by sending the URL • Free subscription for a year with school email account • Affordable yearly fee (after one year trial) • Presentations are private
Making a prezi • Slight learning curve • Demo • prezi created for NURS 814 (auto play time approx. 1min) • Getting started: • Link to Prezi tutorial • Link to another Prezi tutorial
Why Use Prezi? • It engages different learning styles • Uses audiovisual elements to foster engagement and active learning • Makes concept-mapping possible since it’s not limited by linear restrictions
Why Use Prezi? • Easily access information with the zooming feature (no more flipping through slides!) • Enhances recognition of relationships and patterns of content through its spatial layout • Enriches learning by telling a “story” through laying of information
Educational Role of Prezi • As a presentation tool • Replacement for PowerPoint • For lectures—particularly for complex material • Promotes student learning and engagement • For student presentations or creation of group projects
Educational Value of Prezi • Its not a static snapshot of information but a dynamic flowing presentation of information from main concept to details • Offers an innovative alternative to the predictable slide presentation. Its unique formatting capabilities make it appealing to all learning styles • Incorporates media • Develops pathways • Spatial layout • Layering of information • Ability to zoom
Educational Value of Prezi • Educators may facilitate active learning by embedding media and creating interactive learning pathways for the material • It sets high expectations for students because it stimulate critical thinking and active learning for achievement of learning objectives • When students use Prezi, it provides them the opportunity to show their synthesis and understanding of the topic