I chose to do the digital text project. I have recently come across Prezi, an online educational site that helps you prepare presentations. It is a lot like powerpoint, but more fun in my opinion. It takes a whole new spin on what a computer presentation could look like. Prezi lets you insert photos, youtube videos, and any other graphic someone might like to use. It also does graphic organizers to help you get your point across in an exciting way. The only problem I see with this program is that it is a little hard to grasp at first. I would love to have students use this when they are asked to present information on a topic, but I would have to show them how it works first. I can't just assume that they would be able to figure it all out on their own. I would need to have instructional videos or just worksheets that they could access so they could be successful in this project.
I could have them use this site to simply do a graphic organizer so I could see what they know about a topic. For instance with my minor of Health, I might have my students do an organizer about the digestive system. I could have them all do this on the Prezi site. The down fall of this, however, is that I would need to have the computer lab, library, or other means so all students would be able to participate. Students that do not have a computer at home would have to go to the library or something to do this project. For a presentation though, the students would have to find a way to get to a computer. With access to the library they would all be able to do this and make a great presentation. I would grade this project on if they got all of the information covered about the assignment. Whatever the topic may be, The students could organize all of their thoughts on this site in an enjoyable manner.
I could even use this in Physical Education for an extra credit project. They could choose a sport or skill and set up a presentation about the topic. They, of course, would have to give all the details about it, but I think that they could handle it.
I did a sample presentation about Stress. The following URL will take you there and hopefully show you how fun and different this site is. I'm excited to try this out one day when I have my students give presentations.
Here you go! http://prezi.com/c0hgtmdoyh9w/stress/
Great Prezi! Loved your ideas for incorporating them into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI think you might also think of some "pre-writing activities" you could do before making the prezi--like asking them to organize their information in a graphic organizer with main points, subpoints, and subpoints off of the subpoints (including ideas for images and videos they might want to use).
Thanks again for an engaging, multimodal Prezi!