Prezi

**Introduction** || Have you heard the expression, "Death by PowerPoint"? Prezi is the answer to keeping your audience engaged.  Prezi brings even the dullest subject matter to life**. ** It emphasizes the connections between ideas by zooming in and zooming out. Using Prezi can be a good way to ensure listeners remember your message.
 * **Prezi- Presentations that Engage**

Prezi isn’t just for presentations but can be a very effective way of delivering information to be accessed without a speaker**. ** Here's an example from a Library in the UK- this guide is used for evaluating information **. **
 * Advantages of Prezi ** Prezi is very flexible and has two main advantages:
 * It presents ideas as continuous, not broken into slides** . ** This ‘open canvas’ approach allows you to scale information and images according to importance** . ** It is also useful to focus in on detail, then zoom out to show the bigger picture** . **
 * It does not require extra software. All you need to run Prezi is an online computer with Adobe Flash (there is an iPad app to get around the Flash issue)** . **

But there are others:
 * You can show online or download for offline use
 * Easily shared – you can work collaboratively on them too
 * Easily modified – and once embedded any changes will be automatically done
 *  You can break free of the linear slide show and tell a story in a dynamic stylish way** . **
 * Access anywhere!

** Discovery ** ***Alternate Assignment for experienced Prezi Users- click the link to see a different assignment.**

** ‡ HELP Videos: ** **- Prezi YouTube Channel** **Other resources:**
 * Watch this video to get started with Prezi ** media type="youtube" key="WGckQjH_tMM" width="560" height="315"
 * ‡ HELP Resources: Prezi Cheat Sheet **
 * Prezi For The Win**?** Ten Top Tips To Make a Good One
 * How to Create a Great Prezi by Adam Somlai-Fischer on Prezi
 * How To Make a Fantastic Prezi by Rochelle Mazar on Prezi
 * @http://prezi.com/voswslsdta0o/how-to-make-a-fantastic-prezi/

First you have to sign up. Be sure to use this link to get the FREE educator's account. You will have to use your **school email** address for this activity.
 * Task ** ***Alternate Assignment for experienced Prezi Users- click the link to see a different assignment.**

Your task for **Thing 19** is to create a Prezi. The topic is your choice, but consider a lesson that you feel comfortable teaching or a topic you have presented. Another possibility would be to create a Prezi as a model for a student product. Your prezi must include the following minimum requirements:
 * Use a theme
 * Embed a video
 * Embed an image
 * Have a path

Blog post for this week will be after **Thing 19- Animoto.**
 * Continue to Thing 20- Voki **

Stretch
Watch one of my favorite Prezi's - Teaching in the 21st Century. Great not only for content but for demonstrating the capability of Prezi. media type="custom" key="22613100"