{"id":975,"date":"2013-04-09T17:03:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T21:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/acs\/?p=975"},"modified":"2013-12-04T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:29:04","slug":"prezi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/prezi\/","title":{"rendered":"Prezi"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_975'] = [\n{id: 990, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/prezi\/800px-prezi_logo\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/prezi\/800px-prezi_logo\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_975\" data-imgid=\"990\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-990\" title=\"Prezi_logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo-300x120.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/800px-Prezi_logo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>by Steve Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prezi is a tool for creating presentations, just as Powerpoint and Keynote are, but with some interesting differences. Since its creation in 2009, it&#8217;s been seen more and more in conferences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metaphors<\/strong><br \/>\nOne way in which Prezi differs from earlier presentation tools is its metaphor. Both Powerpoint and Keynote use the metaphor of a series of individual slides that can be shown in a predetermined sequence, just as 35mm slides would be shown with a carousel projector.<\/p>\n<p>In Prezi&#8217;s metaphor, the creator arranges materials on an infinitely large canvas and\u2014 as I think of it\u2014 uses a video camera to pan and zoom through those materials. That can be done on the fly or the creator can pre-record a series of pans and zooms. The resulting presentation maintains the spatial relationships among the various materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s On the Web<\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough they can be downloaded, &#8220;Prezis&#8221; are assembled on the web, through your browser, and can be presented via your browser as well. They can be shared with the general public or with a select group of colleagues (or members of a class.) You can even collaborate with others on the creation of your Prezi, which makes it a great vehicle for group projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good and Bad Uses<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve seen great uses of Prezi and uses that make no sense at all\u2014 unfortunately, quite a few of the latter. If your presentation materials consist of a series of bullet-point lists, quotations, graphics, etc. that have no particular spatial relationship to each other, then there&#8217;s no particular reason to lay them out side by side and pan from one to another. But if there are spatial relationships\u2014 such as in a complex chart, diagram or map\u2014 then Prezi may be the perfect tool.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of great uses for Prezi. You can pan and zoom on your own, or click the Play button to step through a pre-recorded tour.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/o1v5odko7epf\/classification-of-organisms\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-976\" title=\"classification\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/classification.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/classification.jpg 184w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/classification-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Classification of Organisms,&#8221; created by Robert Kappus, will lead you systematically through a complex chart. The chart is circular, and the zoomed-in labels and graphics are aligned along radii of the circle, but that poses no problem, as the pre-recorded tour can not only pan and zoom, but rotate the view as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/n7igke-k7x-f\/physical-features-of-africa-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-977\" title=\"africa\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/africa.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/africa.jpg 170w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/africa-138x150.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a>The &#8220;Physical Features of Africa Quiz&#8221; Prezi, created by Emily Thompson, will give you a tour through the major mountain ranges of Africa. Maps tend to be difficult things to project in a classroom, because the amount of detail means that labels often are too small to see from a distance. Prezi is a great vehicle for showing detailed maps, because of the extreme levels of zooming it can support.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/bg54htywhcdd\/garden-of-earthly-delights\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-979\" title=\"bosch\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/bosch.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/bosch.jpg 276w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/bosch-150x82.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a>One of my favorite uses of Prezi is to explore different details of a complex work of art. Here&#8217;s one that I created, providing a tour through some of the details of the painting Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch. An instructor can present a series of details from a work like this, without losing the context of each detail.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/050lrhbqrdfy\/globalization-concept-map\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-995\" title=\"concept map\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/concept-map.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/concept-map.jpg 307w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/concept-map-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2012\/05\/concept-map-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a>A number of people have realized that Prezi can be a good tool for creating a concept map\u2014 a diagram that shows relationships among various concepts. Here&#8217;s an example of a <em>Globalization<\/em> concept map, created by Dennis Carnduff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/explore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prezi website<\/a> to explore other materials that various people have made public, to get more ideas on how it can be used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Licensing<\/strong><br \/>\nPrezi offers three levels of licensing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Public<\/em>, which is free, provides you with 100 MB of storage, but requires you to make your creations public.<\/li>\n<li><em>Enjoy<\/em>, which costs $59\/year, provides 500 MB storage and allows you to make your creations private.<\/li>\n<li><em>Pro<\/em>, which costs $159\/year, provides 2GB storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, students and teachers\u2014 anyone with an &#8220;edu&#8221; email address\u2014 can get the <em>Enjoy<\/em> level of license for free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prezi U<\/strong><br \/>\nThe website also provides a gateway to &#8220;Prezi U,&#8221; a community of educators who share ideas about using Prezi in their teaching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steve Taylor Prezi is a tool for creating presentations, just as Powerpoint and Keynote are, but with some interesting differences. Since its creation in 2009, it&#8217;s been seen more and more in conferences. 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