Monday, December 6, 2010

Thing #4: Prezi

Well here we are up to thing #4.  Prezi. 

I can't say that I like this.  I'm one of those people that can't read in a car while it's moving, or I tend to get sick.  I get the same feeling when viewing prezi.
The first one I viewed was "Thoughts of Using Prezi as a Teaching Tool."

http://prezi.com/rfsnedhqmhqa/thoughts-on-using-prezi-as-a-teaching-tool/

Way too much zooming in and out!  I was almost sea sick!  Howerever, some info and advice was informative.  Such as "Be careful when using zoom and move functionality.  It may get your student's attention initially, but over use and all you will so is make them sick."  As I said before, this is what happened to me.  I love the quote in the last section of this Prezi.  "The movement and zooming has not helped me communicate and I have probably annoyed you."  Amen to that!!!

The second one I viewed was "Playing To Learn Math."

http://prezi.com/4jrranugjj6p/powerpoint-prezi-prometisdesign.com/

This one was set up as a board game and did not have so much zooming in and out.  I could actually get through the entire prezi without feeling sick.  I actually enjoyed the format and the design was simple.  This one wan't bad.