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Getting to Know "Prezi "
by Carmen Pardella __**What is Prezi?**__ When Co-Founder Adam Somlai-Fisher found current presentation software to be to restricting, his desire to make presentations more flexible lead to the creation of a new way to manage, organize and share information in a format that can be both engaging and easier to access.

Prezi is an online web service that allows users to design presentations with many different aspects far from what you could do with PowerPoint. It is easier to organize your information where you want it because it has more flexibility in the grouping and layering of information. Like PowerPoint, you can embed videos, sound, graphics and text but with Prezi you do so within the same frame or canvas rather than on different slides. Unlike PowerPoint presentations, with Prezi you also have the ability to make changes to the presentation simultaneously with other members of your team working from different locations; making collaboration much simpler.

View the video below to learn more about the capabilities of Prezi and follow the link below the video to have your experience exploring Prezi. Have fun and try create your own Prezi today!

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__**Prezi in the Classroom:**__ Prezi can be a great tool to use in the classroom for teachers as well as students. During lectures and class presentations, presenters can keep audiences engaged by incorporating exciting visuals and interactive elements using Prezi services. Through the many capabilities of Prezi such as mapping paths and layering information (to show relation or connection between topics), embedding videos and images, and zooming in and out of desired points within the canvas, Prezi offers unlimited possibilities for creativity.

For ways to incorporate Prezi into teaching check out the video Readers, Texts, and Teaching: Big Ideas from Fountas and Pinnell (2006) at the following link: media type="custom" key="10989856" [|http://prezi.com/pafsvijejwfa/edit/#25] media type="custom" key="10989834" Multiple Choice Questions: 1. How does Prezi differ from PowerPoint? A. Flexibility in grouping and layering B. Collaboration is restricted to access C. Uses slides as well as one frame D. A and B

2. What type of software do you need to buy in order to use Prezi? A. Microsoft Office 2010 B. A Web 2.0 tool application C. None of the above D. A and B