Week 5 - Engagement Activity 4a
Reflection on Prezi
Wow - what a new experience! I have never before seen, nor heard of Prezi, and now I have made my own! This was quite a challenge at 10pm at night, since I now realise I must deliver a reflection on all three tools to my blog. I fear I may be a little late submitting this week, as I have yet to complete this post (it is 12:13am according to my laptop), and create and reflect on Glogster!
Not surprisingly, I found Prezi quite a startling application, having never seen it before. While the tutorials made it seem very straight forward, it took some getting used to when I used it myself. I'm not sure if my finished project is as it should be, but it seems to work okay. I have used the same theme as in my Powerpoint - beginning sounds ABC (Wonderful Words, Super Sounds), however my Prezi presentation is more of a discussion activity, rather than a hands-on, interactive game. I tried to import the Powerpoint, but was unable to complete this procedure. Gaining this skill would certainly save time in the future, enabling a discussion-based presentation to be created from an existing interactive game.
I think one of the major benefits of Prezi, particularly for global learners, is that it provides a general overview of the topic upfront, before delving into the smaller screens for further detail. Prezi would provide plenty of stimulus, in the form of text, images and media files, for students to confidently deliver oral presentations in an engaging way, without the need to read from notes. Teachers can use Prezi to provide stimulus for class discussion and participation; visuals are so much more stimulating than text on a page - this form of presentation encourages free-thinking, and exploration and processing of ideas.
In the Early Childhood context, Prezis could be used to compile a collection of nursery rhymes, poems, songs or stories. Children can readily see what is available, and easily select their favourite poem, nursery rhyme, song or story. Once selected, a progression of frames tells the story in a fluent, sequential way, through a seemless progression of images, text and media insets. Prezi could be used to create living books or learning books, detailing factual information on various topics. For example, a teacher could create a Prezi on Minibeasts or Marsupials. A different creature could be introduced daily to young children, who are very eager to learn about such things. Older children could research information to create their own books or research projects to deliver to their class, or post on-line. Numeracy concepts could also be delivered through Prezi presentations, with various groups of items arranged within frames and shapes. For older children, various mathematical problems could be posed within different frames, and they could work collaboratively to solve the problems.
The potential uses for Prezi, as a learning tool, are endless. It enables teachers to deliver content knowledge in pedagogically creative and effective ways, through the use of technology, thus fulfilling TPACK requirements. Another benefit of Prezi is that it is available free on-line for those who do not have Powerpoint, or it can be downloaded it to a computer or USB for off-line, portable use also.
Not surprisingly, I found Prezi quite a startling application, having never seen it before. While the tutorials made it seem very straight forward, it took some getting used to when I used it myself. I'm not sure if my finished project is as it should be, but it seems to work okay. I have used the same theme as in my Powerpoint - beginning sounds ABC (Wonderful Words, Super Sounds), however my Prezi presentation is more of a discussion activity, rather than a hands-on, interactive game. I tried to import the Powerpoint, but was unable to complete this procedure. Gaining this skill would certainly save time in the future, enabling a discussion-based presentation to be created from an existing interactive game.
I think one of the major benefits of Prezi, particularly for global learners, is that it provides a general overview of the topic upfront, before delving into the smaller screens for further detail. Prezi would provide plenty of stimulus, in the form of text, images and media files, for students to confidently deliver oral presentations in an engaging way, without the need to read from notes. Teachers can use Prezi to provide stimulus for class discussion and participation; visuals are so much more stimulating than text on a page - this form of presentation encourages free-thinking, and exploration and processing of ideas.
In the Early Childhood context, Prezis could be used to compile a collection of nursery rhymes, poems, songs or stories. Children can readily see what is available, and easily select their favourite poem, nursery rhyme, song or story. Once selected, a progression of frames tells the story in a fluent, sequential way, through a seemless progression of images, text and media insets. Prezi could be used to create living books or learning books, detailing factual information on various topics. For example, a teacher could create a Prezi on Minibeasts or Marsupials. A different creature could be introduced daily to young children, who are very eager to learn about such things. Older children could research information to create their own books or research projects to deliver to their class, or post on-line. Numeracy concepts could also be delivered through Prezi presentations, with various groups of items arranged within frames and shapes. For older children, various mathematical problems could be posed within different frames, and they could work collaboratively to solve the problems.
The potential uses for Prezi, as a learning tool, are endless. It enables teachers to deliver content knowledge in pedagogically creative and effective ways, through the use of technology, thus fulfilling TPACK requirements. Another benefit of Prezi is that it is available free on-line for those who do not have Powerpoint, or it can be downloaded it to a computer or USB for off-line, portable use also.
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