CEP 416 Storyboard on Prezi
I would use this prezi as a hook for a lesson on The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the resulting food safety regulations. I would follow it by having students read and analyze excerpts from The Jungle. I think it serves as a good hook because of its "wow" factor. I know that when I first saw a prezi as part of a class presentation it wowed me and I hope that this would do the same for my students. Also, this prezi allows me to use single words and images, along with the order of their presentation, to add an extra creative, emotional element to the story that would hopefully get students thinking about how Sinclair's experience of writing the book and seeing its aftermath. In addition to using it as a hook for my own lesson, I would definitely provide a prezi as an option for a summative project at the end of the unit in which the students would be asked to create a presentation on one of the important figures in the Progressive Movement of the start of the 20th century. Hopefully my use of the prezi earlier in the unit would encourage some students to try it as a more creative presentation mode. I may even make a thematic circle and use other presentation technologies throughout the unit and then let my students choose from all of the options that I had demonstrated for them.
One thing I loved about prezi is how straightforward it was to use because I was intimidated by it when I saw it being used by other students in my classes. I thought all of those zooms and rotations would have some type of programming that was required to make it look cool. Lo and behold, all you have to do is mark out the order that you want the elements to be presented in and the program takes care of the cool transitions all by itself. As I already mentioned, I also love how it is such an easy way to incorporate creativity into a technology-driven presentation by having hidden messages or literally having the form follow the function, as in when I put the words "no room to move" squished inside the letter O so the words themselves had no room to move. As for drawbacks, I could not figure out how to put music with the presentation and I really wished I could have done that because it would capture student's attention better and add to the impact. Furthermore, I think it might be difficult for students to find a way to make a story flow well with a prezi because they need to find just the right words and order to allow for both impact and clarity of what they are trying to say. A more direct presentation style would be easier for students to make sure they got the main points across.
One thing I loved about prezi is how straightforward it was to use because I was intimidated by it when I saw it being used by other students in my classes. I thought all of those zooms and rotations would have some type of programming that was required to make it look cool. Lo and behold, all you have to do is mark out the order that you want the elements to be presented in and the program takes care of the cool transitions all by itself. As I already mentioned, I also love how it is such an easy way to incorporate creativity into a technology-driven presentation by having hidden messages or literally having the form follow the function, as in when I put the words "no room to move" squished inside the letter O so the words themselves had no room to move. As for drawbacks, I could not figure out how to put music with the presentation and I really wished I could have done that because it would capture student's attention better and add to the impact. Furthermore, I think it might be difficult for students to find a way to make a story flow well with a prezi because they need to find just the right words and order to allow for both impact and clarity of what they are trying to say. A more direct presentation style would be easier for students to make sure they got the main points across.
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