I chose to review Prezi in greater depth following the exercise we did a week ago. I found Prezi to be a fascinating tool and a great resource for students to create meaningful, thought-engaging presentations that enable them to incorporate a host of tools and multimedia resources. Prezi enables its users an assortment of themes and styles to create presentations to their liking. Prezi prompts prospective users to create an account using their email or Facebook account and a user-created password. Prezi encourages users to purchase an ‘Enjoy’ or a ‘Pro’ account with greater user controls, features and support, but a free account with basic features is available to those who don’t wish to buy a premium account.
Prezi appears appropriate for all ages and levels of familiarity with technology. It offers a wide variety of different formats, themes and presentation tools as well as immense support and tutorials to guide those who aren’t familiar or need help with the resources. I found myself to get disorganized while creating my presentation due to the tools available and my inexperience using Prezi. However, I think that for students and educators, there is enough ease of use with Prezi that anyone can utilize it and be successful with it.
The Library of Congress offers educators a variety of lesson plans concerning topics such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Prezi enables educators and students a wonderful resource to discuss the fundamental topics concerning who and what supported drafting and ratifying the United States Constitution. Students could utilize Prezi to elaborate on a particular member of the Federal Convention of 1787 who helped to create the Constitution. Students could also employ Prezi to discuss a particular amendment or make use of multimedia to illustrate their understanding of the Bill of Rights. Educators can make use of Prezi effectively to engage students and employ different educational resources to foster discussion and further learning.
NETS for Students
2. Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
Under the scope of these NETS standards, Prezi would allow students to interact and collaborate with one another via their presentations. Prezi utilizes as host of themes and multimedia formats to effectively engross students in the lesson. Whether it’s the presentation itself, a Youtube video or a brief PowerPoint; there’s endless opportunities for educators and students to collaborate and engage with one another to make best use of this tool and to participate in the material.
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Within the Common Core, this learning standard exemplifies the purpose of Prezi effectively. Prezi utilizes a variety of outside resources in a non-linear presentation format that allows students and educators to present information in a format that they see appropriate. With reference to digital citizenship, students need to be conscious of the sources and material they implement into their presentations, but Prezi presents itself as an incredible resource to illustrate information in a fun, informative and engaging manner.
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