About Prezi

I'm after a good, idiot proof and free guide to Prezi. Can anyone please recommend one? I've posted a similiar question elsewhere. All I received was one unqualified opinion, "use Microsoft PowerPoint or Google slides". Is there a good reason not to use Prez?

 

Hi David

I had heard that Prezi presentations were public but had wondered if that was just the free version. Obviously, you wouldn't want to create presentations that are public which contain personal, confidential or sensitive material.

I'm a sixth form college teacher and I wouldn't want my presentations public either. For one think I'm not going to do work for lazy teachers!

The main reason I've been looking into Prezi was because I went for an interview. They asked me how I used IT in learning and teaching. I thought I gave a good answer. Well, I would wouldn't I. I didn't get the job but part of the feedback was that I hadn't heard of Prezi and it appears the successful candidate had used Prezi in her micro teach.

I honestly hadn't heard of Prezi before then. Interestingly I haven't heard anyone else talking about it since. At my college we're all still using PowerPoint. The licence we have also allows us to install the MS Office package at home. So I've access to a fully functional version of PowerPoint at home and work. Even if the college licence didn't allow this I also have my own MS Office package with a fully functional version of PowerPoint.

I'm starting to form the impression that I'm better off continuing with PowerPoint. I gave a presentation last Friday to a training session for teachers. No feedback about me using PowerPoint instead of Prezi. It seems to me I just came up against someone with a personal bias for Prezi. Some people seem to just adopt software because it’s new rather than because it has any practical use.

Thanks

Mark

 

Thanks for the info David. I might have a go with Prezi when I find the time. It'd be nice to have another tool to add to my ILT skills. I try not to over you PowerPoint but you made a valid point saying it's better to do a good presentation with something with which you're familiar rather than to use something but to fall flat on your face because you don't know how to use it. For example, at interview I'd never use an interactive whiteboard. I find them too variable and temperamental and you need to get used to one.

 

I, too, was surprised. It often makes one wonder if someone else was lined up for the post and because I didn't get it they had to find something. You'd have thought that they might have come up with something more professional in terms of an answer. Apparently I hadn't demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the use if IT in education. This was despite me talking about interactive whiteboards and their uses, using PowerPoint, virtual learning environments and the vast diversity of things that can be used for, using PCs in the classroom, explaining how I kept records and my mark book electronically, using voting pads, etc. They were amazed I'd never heard of Prezi.