Prezi Presentations
by Sydney O'Hara
1. Prezis put exciting twists on traditional boring powerpoints
1.1. They move and can have artistic features
2. Benefits
2.1. Free to use
2.2. Collaborative
2.3. Can access for free through internet
3. Drawbacks
3.1. Not all of the features are free
3.2. The amount of moving that goes on in a prezi can distract students from learning objectives
3.3. No feature to test student learning
3.4. Cannot print slides, like with Powerpoint
4. Student Learning
4.1. No feature to present formative assessment
4.2. Students can access on their devices
4.3. Students can physically see how each concept connects
5. Content Area: Middle School Language Arts
5.1. Teachers could present on literary elements. Prezi would display how they're all related
5.2. Presentation on the different forms of poetry. Many poems are categorized under more than one form
5.3. Missouri Learning Standards require a lot of analysis. Teachers could present on different ways to approach an analysis of a text
6. Assessment
6.1. Teachers could create rubrics to score student use of prezi for class projects
6.2. Assessments are not provided on Prezi, but teachers could create their own formative assessments as students work through presentations.
7. Content Area: Secondary Social Studies
7.1. Teachers could create Prezis to illustrate a sequence of events,
7.2. Teachers could create Prezis to illustrate geographical relationships between two or more things. (For example, they could create a prezi on a map and have the prezi move around it.)
7.3. Teachers could use prezis to convey to students relationships between different people and/or events. (Ex. Family Trees of Roman Emporers or Chinese Dynasties)
7.4. Teachers could use prezis to illustrate political processes or relationships between multiple bodies of power.
8. Prezi Presentations provide Opportunities for differentiation in lessons
8.1. Art
8.2. Video
8.3. Images
8.4. Tables
9. Teacher Roles
9.1. Teacher makes Prezi Presentation just like a PowerPoint Presentation. They must add motions from one topic to another
9.1.1. The Teacher must also moderate the pace of the presentation.