Creating Dynamic Presentations With Prezi
Anne McKinney
Overview
What is Prezi?
Prezi for Educators
Tool for people who want a more visually oriented presentation

Use text, images, video, & flash to map out your ideas
Break away
from
bullet points
You have more creative control over the meaning
you can create 
Overlap text
on photos
Draw freehand
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Educational Technology !
Combine text & drawings
Photo credit: Creative Commons licensed photo via Flickr, Apples Make Us Happy by TheGiantVermin. http://www.flickr.com/photos/39038071@N00/105043684/
I'll never use slides again!
Prezi for Educators
Encourage creativity
Prezi would be useful for:
Presenting information as a non-linear process: take students from
Point A
Point B
Subjects with a strong visual or multimedia component
Tips
Write your outline and text in a separate text editor, then copy & paste into Prezi
Like with good web design, the best paintbrush might be
restraint
An introduction for instructors
So...what is Prezi?
with the way you arrange
your content
your
audience
down
the
rabbit
hole
Take
Photo credit: Creative Commons licensed photo, "Down the Rabbit Hole?" via Flickr by asheblogs http://www.flickr.com/photos/44863905@N00/1465065404/
Ready to Try It?
Let's Get Started
Go to www.prezi.com
Create an account (select Student-Teacher Licenses if you have a .edu email address)
Verify email

1. Sign Up
2. Create new Prezi 
Title
Brief description
Theme 
These can all be changed later if you change your mind!
3. Open Me
Colors & Fonts
Write
Insert
Frame
Path
Show
Spherical
Tool
Options
4. Write
Double-click to type in Text
OK
Single-click for more options
Inner Wheel: 
moves object
Middle 
Wheel:
changes 
size
Outer Wheel:
rotates
5. How the Edit Wheel works
6. Insert
Shapes: Play around!
Files: Try a photo, PDF, or Video
For Creative Commons photos: http://compfight.com
Search "Creative Commons Only"
Give credit where it's due!
YouTube: Copy & paste URL into text box
This will only work if you keep the presentation online!
FLV / F4V video files can be uploaded
MS Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Convert to PDF
Sample Photo
Sample PDFs
7. Frames
8. Path
...To edit around circles & boxes, move them to the back (using the +edit tool) or temporarily move them out of your way
Group items together
This helps to create paths
It's best to add these after you have everything else arranged where you want...
1-2 Add: Click on items in the order you want your audience to see them.
Change the order by dragging the small dots on the lines to new objects
Remove items by dragging numbered dots off of them
Getting Started
9. Show!
Don't be surprised if you have to go back & edit after seeing how a few sections play out...be prepared for some trial & error
10. Some Inspirations
Visiting Coordinator of Instructional Design
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
University of Illinois
Prezi's website has several good examples: just browse
http://prezi.com/learn/selection-great-reusable-prezis/
Teaching in the 21st Century -- by MathMadeSimpleVid
Prezi of Twitter Talk -- by mjreesx
Live Prezi recording of Social Media class of Howard Rheingold at Stanford 
A few more via YouTube:
Strong visual impact
Avoid "Death by PowerPoint"
Teach your students to think outside
the 
box
Point C
Point D
Point Q
to
Works better for short lectures than lengthy ones
Thank you for participating in this workshop!
To reach me:
amckinn@illinois.edu
@amckinn
http://annemckinney.pbworks.com
LOLcat by icanhascheezburger:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/04/26/funny-pictures-come-from-internet/
To find this presentation online:
http://prezi.com/2-ubvdhw3xwy/
Email
Twitter
Website
A
B
Q
C
D
Showing relationships
Mapping in-class activities, discussions, or group projects
Mix a Twitter discussion feed, group notes, multimedia & resource files all in one place!
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Project Portfolios
Establish a sequence for your ideas
Who's on First?
What's on Second?
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