Today the world includes a
lot of technology. The school world also needs to use technology when educating
pupils. This means that every teacher needs to have knowledge about different
technology to use in the classroom. Technology can make a lesson interesting
and fun for the pupils. Prezi is one way of bringing the ICT into a classroom.
What the resource is: Prezi is a new cloud-based presentation software. It was released in 2009. Prezi is a presentation everyone can work with online and it is also possible to download the program and use it offline. There is only one page to work with, you write your main idea here and then you build the presentation from this. The most special thing with the software is the zooming navigation. This awesome tool lets the user zoom into the most important things of the presentation. It is also possible to open an internet link in the program for example a YouTube movie.
What you need to make it work: The main Prezi program is for free. So the user does not need to pay anything when using the program. There is a version of Prezi that the user can buy. This version lets the user get more tools and space but this is not necessary. The first time when using Prezi, the user needs to sign up. After signing up, there is a short movie to watch. The name of it is how to make your own presentation. In the program there are molds that the user could use. It is good to work through the internet because that makes it easy for the user to work with the presentation on different computers. The user only logs in on Prezi.com and then he or she can find his or her presentation that already is made or almost finished there. The drawback is that you need an internet connection.
How a teacher can use it: All teachers can use this kind of presentations with their pupils, from kindergarten and up to the university. In primary school, Prezi is a good material to use when introducing a new topic or a theme. The zooming navigator can help the pupils to be focused on the right things. It also helps the teacher give the pupils clear information about the subject. When the teacher shows maps and talks about a sequence, the zooming is perfect. The teacher can also use Prezi for storytelling. The teacher reads a story and the pupils can follow by listening and watching pictures in Prezi. It is like turning a page in a book but in a modern way. Every child is able to see the pictures at the same time and very clearly.
How the pupils can use it: For younger pupils this program can be a little bit tricky to manage. The pupils need to be at least a fourth grader to use Prezi by their own. By using Prezi, the pupils have different options to present their knowledge and make fun presentations. This is a way of reporting and showing their results of a subject that they have been working with. Prezi shows the pupils’ creativity because there are so many options to choose between.
What the resource is: Prezi is a new cloud-based presentation software. It was released in 2009. Prezi is a presentation everyone can work with online and it is also possible to download the program and use it offline. There is only one page to work with, you write your main idea here and then you build the presentation from this. The most special thing with the software is the zooming navigation. This awesome tool lets the user zoom into the most important things of the presentation. It is also possible to open an internet link in the program for example a YouTube movie.
What you need to make it work: The main Prezi program is for free. So the user does not need to pay anything when using the program. There is a version of Prezi that the user can buy. This version lets the user get more tools and space but this is not necessary. The first time when using Prezi, the user needs to sign up. After signing up, there is a short movie to watch. The name of it is how to make your own presentation. In the program there are molds that the user could use. It is good to work through the internet because that makes it easy for the user to work with the presentation on different computers. The user only logs in on Prezi.com and then he or she can find his or her presentation that already is made or almost finished there. The drawback is that you need an internet connection.
How a teacher can use it: All teachers can use this kind of presentations with their pupils, from kindergarten and up to the university. In primary school, Prezi is a good material to use when introducing a new topic or a theme. The zooming navigator can help the pupils to be focused on the right things. It also helps the teacher give the pupils clear information about the subject. When the teacher shows maps and talks about a sequence, the zooming is perfect. The teacher can also use Prezi for storytelling. The teacher reads a story and the pupils can follow by listening and watching pictures in Prezi. It is like turning a page in a book but in a modern way. Every child is able to see the pictures at the same time and very clearly.
How the pupils can use it: For younger pupils this program can be a little bit tricky to manage. The pupils need to be at least a fourth grader to use Prezi by their own. By using Prezi, the pupils have different options to present their knowledge and make fun presentations. This is a way of reporting and showing their results of a subject that they have been working with. Prezi shows the pupils’ creativity because there are so many options to choose between.
My final thoughts: Prezi is something new for the pupils. It is a program
they have not seen before, and this makes the lesson interesting and the
teacher can get the pupils attention easily. Prezi will not cost the school
anything. The only thing the teacher needs is a computer and an internet
connection. These are things almost every school in Sweden has today. Prezi
can make the lesson more clear and could engage more pupils in a lesson. It can
be used both by teachers and pupils. Prezi is a good ICT resource to use in the
classroom.
Sofie Pettersson
Hello Sofie!
ReplyDeleteI do like this program a lot since you introduced this program to me during our course. From that moment I've always used this when doing something that needs a presentation (which are not that many).
I do agree to almost all of your points, but I do think that this program can be introduced earlier than 4th grade. Of course this is different from class to class, but if you are in a school that uses a lot of computer, iPads and other ICT-tools they can probably learn how to use it a lot earlier.
I see Prezi as mainly a tool for the teachers to do the teaching a bit different from how it normally is and I think that this should only be used every now and then instead of every time something new is introduced. I think that if I do this every time the pupils will lose the initial moment of WOW, and just see it as a normal day in school. And if that happens it will be quite time consuming for the teacher to do all those "Prezitations".
When it comes to pupils making their own "Prezitations" I think that as mentioned before, with the right training they can probably do some really awesome ones. But I doubt that there's any real use in having pupils doing their presentations in Prezi. I think it's good to try the program but if your pupils will use this every time they're doing something it will take a lot of time. But introducing it and show the pupils that it exists is very good and also let them use it occasionally is my opinion.
When it comes to your presentation it is organized in a very good way which makes it easy to follow and you cower all aspect of the assignment as you should.
Good job!
Tobias Petersson