How to Prezify Your Lessons
By Suzanne Koty
Introduction
Professional
Sumter High School
International Baccalaureate
Extended Essay Supervisor
Top Ten Teacher of the Year (3 years)
Top Ten Most Influential Teacher (2 years)
South Carolina Reading Teacher of the Year
SWWP Leadership Committee
Advanced Institute Instructor (2 years)
Introduction
Personal
Family
*Married 18 years
*Children: Mary & Thomas
Community Involvement
*Sumter Soccer Club
*Sandlapper League
Prezi is a Web 2.0
presentation application
which provides a single
canvas on which students
and teachers can present
text, video, and images in
a non-linear pattern.
Frames can be used to
determine the order in
which the information is
presented. Zooming tools
allow the reader to focus
on one element at a time.
Traditional Versus Digital Literacy
According to the National Writing Project, “93%
of teens say they write their own pleasure.”
Teacher:
Presentation of
material relating to a
unit of study
Student:
Visual aids to
accompany oral
presentations
Research projects
Group work
PowerPoint Versus Prezi
PowerPoint
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Linear layout
Slide stack layout
Computer‐based
Multiple printing options
Prezi
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Non-Linear navigation
Map layout
Web-based
Limited printing options
David Wicks, Seattle Pacific University
SC State Standards
which support the use of Prezi presentations
• E3-1.6 Create responses to literary texts through
a variety of methods such as written works, oral
presentations, media productions, and the visual
and performing arts
• E3-2.4 Create responses to informational texts
through a variety of methods such as drawings,
written works, oral presentations, and media
productions.
• E3-4.1—E3-6.8 Research standards
Using Prezi
http://prezi.com/
Create an
educator
account to
receive benefits
not allowed to
public.
Educator
account
benefits:
Private
content
Individual
logo
Additional
storage
space
Creating a Prezi
Select “New prezi” to begin.
Complete the tutorial.
Getting Started
Top left: Tools
Top center: Save, print, help, etc.
Right center: home, zoom
Tools
Turning a PowerPoint into Prezi
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Save your slides as a PDF file.
Choose insert. Then select file.
Set the path.
Make files, images, and or any other
important information.
• Save online or to your own file.
Assignment
Convert your PowerPoint to a Prezi.
1. Sign up
2. Click “Learn”
3. View the video
4. Click “Your prezis”
5. Choose “New prezi”
6. Choose “Insert” and then “file”
7. Add an image and set the path
8. Save
Possible Lessons and Project Ideas
Lessons:
Presentation of author’s background,
historical data, and relevant information
to a unit of study
Projects:
Group and individual work which will
enable the student to use videos, text,
hyperlinks, and a variety of media
Advantages
Videos and media can be saved to a
drive rather than streamed. This
eliminates the problem of bandwidth.
*Educator’s account required to save
offline
Disadvantages
The program limits the size of the media files.
More space is available with a paid
subscription.
The final product does not differ much from a
PowerPoint, and it is an extra step to create
this.
Sources/Helpful Information
Prezi vs. PowerPoint:
http://www.spu.edu/depts/its/workshops/prezi-vs-powerpoint.pdf
Digital literacy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&feature=watc
h_response_rev
National Writing Project. Digital Literacy.
Tutorial:
http://www.edutechintegration.com/p/tutorials.html
Prezi:
http://prezi.com/