Prezi



Prezi is used as platform for bridging linear and non-linear information, and as a tool for both free-form brainstorming and structured presentation. Text, images, videos and other presentation media are placed upon the canvas, and can be grouped together in frames. Users then designate the relative size and position between all presentation objects and may pan and zoom in and between these objects. For linear presentations, users can construct a prescribed navigation path. The creator of the Prezi can add photos, other media links, and even You Tube videos to enhance their presentation.

Prezi was created by Hungarian architect Adam Somlai-Fischer. His intentions for this program were to be able to zoom in on the project at hand. He was working on a floor plan and found that he could zoom out to see the whole picture, and then zoom in to see the small details. In 2007 a professor at Budapest University of Technology convinced Adam to create this program for the public to be able to use freely. Prezi was finally launched in full in April of 2009. Prezi’s stated mission is to “make sharing ideas more interesting”, and it is intended to be an intuitive tool to develop and share ideas as a visual narrative.

Prezi is now used in the business world for meetings or conferences, as well as for educational purposes. It is often used instead of PowerPoint now days. Teachers and school systems worldwide are using this program more and more through all grade levels. In primary education classrooms is it used to bridge non-linear exploratory learning and more-linear instructional learning. In higher education classrooms, Prezi is used to present complex thoughts, narratives or other visual information.

There are some flaws to this programs, just as any other. Some users have complained that it can induce nausea. The company has acknowledged this problem and offers suggestions for different layouts and uses to avoid the excessive visual stimulation. Others have said they don’t like it’s lack of font and color options.

The press had mentioned Prezi in several notable media organizations including, New York Times, Mashable, PC Mag, PC World, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

I have personally seen many presentations using Prezi, and was very impressed by the professional look it gives to the presentation. This program can be used in the classroom to enhance speech or informative presentations. It is not hard to work with so even the classrooms with younger children would be able to use this program with ease.

The link for this program is available below. Check it out and join the many people worldwide enjoying this unique form of creating presentations. []

The Prezi website is very helpful and guides you through making a Prezi. They show examples of Prezi presentations that they like. They also have "cheat sheets" to guide you through the steps and give important tips.

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By: Jill Seymour

Just like Jill stated above, Prezi is an extremely useful education tool that creates presentations that grab that audience attention and look professional. Recently Prezi has become more user friendly and can now be edited without Internet connection and by multiple people at the same time.

//Prezi Desktop// allows members to create and edit Prezi presentations right on there desktop. This is an extremely helpful option to have if there is no internet connection or the presentation being created needs to be kept confidential. Prezi desktop is very easy to use and once the Prezi.pez file is created the presentation can be downloaded and edited anywhere.

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//Prezi Meeting// is very similar to a Google doc or Google PowerPoint, where multiple people can work on the same project at the same time. This is very helpful tool to use when working on a group project because all the members of the groups can work on their individual parts or edit each other’s work all at the same time.

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The Prezi website is so user friendly and the creators truly want all the members to be successful when viewing and creating a Prezi presentation. On their home page, Prezi.com there is a link to the Community forum, where everyone using Prezi can share their ideas, comments, and ask and answer questions. While investigating the Community forum I discovered a discussion board where other Prezi members have posted about how they used Prezi in their classrooms. Overall the post’s shared that Prezi is a positive tool in the education world for the teachers and the students. The posts stated that Prezi is more dynamic then PowerPoint, and since its web-based students can access it from anywhere. Another post for a calculus professor said that when he is teaching a concept that is highly graphical it’s so much easier to use Prezi over PowerPoint because all the graphics can be inserted right into the presentation. The Community Forum is very helpful to learn about how to use Prezi and get ideas about how others are using Prezi.

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by; Jamie Osmulski

Prezi is a web based visual tool that can be used to share and collaborate ideas. Prezi is becoming very popular. It can be easily accessed from anywhere as long as you have access to the web. Prezi is being used world wide from businesses, corporations and teachers the list goes on. Prezi is compared to powerpoint very often. The pros of prezi is that it can be accessed from anywhere, you can pick the path prezi takes when sharing your information. It’s also very user friendly. Once I signed on to prezi to explore more about it, a tutorial first popped up with a video explaining how to use Prezi and the many different neat features it has to offer. Prezi makes displaying information you want to give more interesting. It actually has depth! You can focus in or out on a text, video or picture with the neat zoom tool that allows you to add layers to your presentation. Adam Somlai-Fischer stated “Prezi mission was to make sharing ideas more interesting”. Prezi’s mission does this very well. Prezi is becoming the new way of sharing and collaborating ideas.



Prezi is a great tool to use in classrooms because it helps grab and focus the students attention very well. The different tools you can use help make presentaing any presentation much more interesting. The prezi is an awesome way for students to create a map of their understanding in subjects. They can display their knowledge through concept maps that they could create or even a presentation to the class. Like I said before Prezi is very used friendly and there are many videos they dispplay that help guide people through how to create a prezi. I highly recommend using prezi because they are fun and interesting!

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By: Amy Miller

Prezi is a helping social media that will help students and teachers have present a more interesting learning experience. Kids are effected on thing that are shown in the classroom. We all know that if what is being taught to the the students is boring or not something they want to listen, or watching then their really not enhancing what is being taught. So a social media that I would recommend for a student or teacher to present a project or lesson is Prezi. Prezi is able to get in depth with what your trying to get across. There is different ways to get the power point more attention grabbing.

This tools help you make the information stand out more so your readers pay attention to what you put down. I feel when people do just the regular power point no one really pays attention, but when you use a tool that you can play with what direction or color you want to show your information then people actually takes the time to read what you put out there for them to reader and to knowledge from it. In the future in teaching I plan on using this tool with my students to enhance what I'm trying to teach them.

By: Tyrie Rice

"Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery."(Prezi.com) Just as the description states, Prezi is a visually captivating way to share your ideas and lead your audience down a "path" of discovery. Unlike Powerpoint where information is just presented on a slide which does little to interest or intrigue the audience, Prezi has a zoomable user interface (ZUI) which allows you to zoom in and out on the presentation showing the big picture of things or showing what ideas are linked together and how. This ZUI allows you to show the big picture such as a map of the United States while also allowing you to zoom in on each state and share what makes them interesting. Other uses for the ZUI are things such as creating a food chain or something that takes a certain order. You can begin with the bottom or first step and zoom and slide through all of the remaining steps. I feel that this is better than simply displaying a picture of the chain because you can zoom in on each individual part and focus on that. The customization and appearance that you can achieve with Prezi is just not seen with other forms of presentation and is what sets it apart from others. People who see it for the first time are amazed and impressed by the look and the way in which your ideas are presented. Prezi is also very user-friendly so even someone who has never completed one before can learn how to do it very easily. Due to its ease of use, revolutionary ZUI, and captivating appearance I feel that Prezi is a great tool to use in the classroom and I plan to use it in my own classroom

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By: Johnny Spencer