Prezi

Very Cool! 

I have heard about Prezi and I have seen it in action before.  This is the first time I have used it.  Just running through my resume brought millions of ideas into my mind of uses in the classroom.







I found the application easy to use and user friendly.  It was similar to PowerPoint, but with using the template I found myself restricted.  Some of the "Click to Add Text' boxes could not be deleted, but I figured a work around for those.  (I made them really, really small and moved them off to the side.)  I really liked the insert image feature.  Since I was looking for specific images, the "Insert Image - from Google Images" was a dream.  Click, scroll, and insert was all that I did.  Shapes, music and videos were also easy to add.  I didn't add any of those.  I looked at adding music, but I am a complete moron when it comes to iTunes and Apple - that is another story.

As far as making connections,  this little exercise really highlighted Standard 2 from the ISTE-NETS-T standards:  (Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments."  With this little application there are unlimited ways to present a lesson.  The imagery and animation helps highlight important details in a lesson.  The lesson can be presented in a unique way to help facilitate remembering the information of the lesson.  This is the digital age.