Hats off to the chaps at Prezi for coming up with a completely novel way of presenting ideas in one brilliant web 2.0 tool.
I’ve embedded a slideshow I’ve just used today for a short course on digital imaging – not the most inspiring topic but the slides were a real talking point and increased the impact of what was on the screen. Got the thumbs up from my delegates.
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I found the interface tricky to negotiate initially but quickly got into it. The trick is to accept the things it won’t do and marvel at it’s sleek concept!
It’s in beta stage so they are inviting people to sign up and use for free for the mo but expect a subscription fee in the future. If you sign up you have to say how you intend to use it but I’m guessing that they’ll be keen ton get the widest coverage possible. So unless you say that you are going to use it to help spread your own nauseating brand of ultra-nationalist hate-propaganda you should get a chance to set up a test account.
If anyone at Prezi reads this it would be great if you did something along the lines of Animoto’s education package as this would be a great tool to use in conjunction with learning platforms, student blogs etc.
Thanks to m’colleagues at Sheffield South CLC for shouting this one out.
BY the way, the images in the presentation are all Flickr Creative Commons but I downloaded them ages ago before I realised I had to attribute them. If your image is here and you want credit please leave a comment and I’ll amend the presentation. Cheers.
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I just came across Prezi and *love* it. Once you’ve watched one person use it well, every ppt thereafter, no matter how slick, feels as dynamic as a headstone.
Perennial problem though of finding the time to play with it. It’s the only reason I haven’t coughed up for the full version yet – I know it will sit on the machine unused waiting for that rainy day to come.
What are YOU doing here? Welcome to Geek Central – I’m slightly more active on Methinkz now, btw. Electric Chalk is parked until I can figure out what to do with it.
Prezi can be a bit divisive. Good for grabbing attention but nauseating if done badly. To be honest, I don’t use it – I’ve reverted to really simple slides with single images and minimal text like this. Not very shareable but makes for a better presentation than bullet points.
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