The two presentation tools I'm reviewing are Prezi & PowerPoint. After watching the Prezi tutorial, I was excited by some of the presentation tools that come with Prezi and feel it would be a good tool to use for my Course Project. It seems easy enough to use & I like the idea of being able to have my students add to it from their own computers. My biggest concern with Prezi is based on the email we got from Dr. Lyman about the stability of Prezi. I worry that because I am not yet familiar with all the components associated with Prezi, if I run into any issues, I'll loose all my work. I also read a few on-line reviews from other Prezi users who had some similar complaints, although most liked the Prezi interface well enough.
For this reason I'm going to use PowerPoint for my Course Project. I use PowerPoint almost daily in my classroom and am very comfortable with it. I already know how to insert text, pictures and videos. Since I already have it installed on my computer, there is no additional cost to me. (unlike the fee that Prezi requires to register.) I post alot of my PPT presentations on my school website so that mys students can access it from home for additional review help. I worry that I used Prezi, most of my students are not familiar with its uses.
Hi Marnie,
ReplyDeleteI understand your concern with Prezi. However, I have used it several times and have not had problems. I am going to use it and keep my fingers crossed. If you ever do decide to use Prezi, as long as you sign up as an educator, it is a free subscription. I have never paid to use it. If I was not going to use Prezi, Power Point would be my second choice. Good luck on your project!
I can't wait to see what yours looks like. Maybe I'll try it in the future when I see more examples. I'm very curious...
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