Prezi is a free presentational application that serves a similar purpose to Microsoft PowerPoint. However, the two are very different. While PowerPoint has a linear format where you can only go from one slide to the next, with Prezi your presentation is based on a canvas which you can zoom in and out of any part of with ease. In my opinion, this makes it a lot easier to navigate than PowerPoint as you can quickly find things whereas with PowerPoint I have often had to trawl through slides to see what I am looking for. The zooming feature of Prezi is a lot more engaging than looking at PowerPoint slides to the extent that it might actually be distracting for students. Also, I did notice that too much zooming on Prezi is a bit nauseating which is clearly not the desired effect you want to have on your class. One thing I did like about Prezi is that it is free and internet based, and as such easy to set up on your school computer. I also liked the fact that it’s so easy to attach videos, images and links to your presentations in Prezi, whilst I have found on PowerPoint that it is more difficult to embed videos and edit images. I haven’t seen Prezi in the classroom yet and I haven’t used it my teaching, but I would like to in my second placement. It seems a lot more engaging and user friendly than PowerPoint although I don’t like the fact that you can’t use it offline unless you buy it. I think that both PowerPoint and Prezi should be used in the classroom and not necessarily one instead of the other, as they both clearly have their own strengths and weaknesses.
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January 2016
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