Monday, May 9, 2011

My Prezi experience

I saw my first Prezi presentation a few months ago. I was glad that someone in the audience asked the presenter which program he was using. I made a note to try it, but didn't get around to it until this class. While working on my presentation, I was reminded of what I thought of the first Prezi that I saw. I was initially impressed with it. But as the presentation continued, I thought it was too busy. I was mindful of that in my presentation after it was pointed out in one of the tutorials.
I see the potential for all kinds of uses with Prezi. It's ideal for simple presentations like the introduction for the course, but I can see it being used to give instructions and to tell stories. In some ways it reminded me of Photo Story for Windows.
As for pulling my Prezi presentation together, I found it easy to get started. Uploading photos was very easy. Adding color to the page was simple also. I liked that. I also liked the ease of dragging content around the page and resizing it. I stumbled several times though when trying to edit copy that I'd already written on the Prezi canvass. Honestly, it still feels like chance when I try to open the text editing box.

2 comments:

  1. Sharon,
    I love your Prezi presentation. I see you love your animals like I do. I wished I could and love to write like you do. It's something I've always wanted to do but have been afraid of it because I'm not good at writing. I admire you!

    I think this Prezi technology is pretty cool. I plan to use or incorporate it into a presentation that I have to do on Wednesday. Like you said, it really is pretty simple to use.

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  2. Thanks for your comments Josie. One good thing about blogging is that it gives everyone the chance to write. I know for me and most writers I know, the more yout do it, the better you are at it.

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