Week 5: Reflection (Presenting with Prezi)

This week for my engagement activity I created a Prezi account. 

"Prezi is a virtual whiteboard that transforms presentations from monologues into conversations: enabling people to see, understand, and remember ideas." - Prezi

When investigating the Prezi this week, I decided to use the tool to present my own thoughts on how this digital tool would enhance learning through the use of the SAMR model. 

Please click on the link below to view my Prezi.

Presentation: Prezis by Miss Alanna Jensen

Although Prezi shares some basic features with Microsoft PowerPoint, such as, Having the structure of titles, sub-headings and paragraphs, and being able to add images, background music and voice overs. Prezi allows students to create with a variety of different formats and templates. Students are now able to create pie charts, recipes, timelines, and concept maps all through the use of one digital tool. Students are able to enhance their creativity and learning through Prezi.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7dP_NRZL4)

PowerPoint presentations are no longer needed to be done in the classroom or on a home computer. Students are able to access their work via their mobile phones or tablets with the use of the Prezi app. This digital tool has free registration, however is also available by paying a subscription fee to download onto a computer for offline use. Which would be great for students who are unable to access an internet connection. Prezi would be the perfect tool for this generation of mobile learners. With all of these features, students are able to present their Prezis to the wider community.

There are downsides to using Prezi within a classroom setting. Firstly, in order to upload a Prezi's for private viewing you must subscribe and pay a fee to obtain this setting. By not being able to access private settings brings huge issues to the students working legally, safely and ethically online. By schools needing to pay for each account to be private at roughly $60.00 could be impossible with their budget. However, students would be able to present their Prezi's to a world-wide audience for feedback and communication, but legally, safely and ethically this is not appropriate in schools.

I personally found the Prezi tool to be enjoyable and would allow me as a teacher to enhance my students engagement in the classroom and develop their learning and knowledge.

Over and Out,

Alanna.