Monday, 8 August 2011

PowerPoint Vs Prezzies


PMI - PowerPoint
  ü    Instruction are clear to understand
  ü    Popular too Commonly used
  ü    Fun for presenting information, which can engage students
  ü    Can have Videos, Pictures and Images ect.
  ü    Keep track of time as it allows you to monitor the presentation
  û  You need buy the software for you computer
  û  When hyperlinking you need to have the accessible link available (e.g. USB)
  û  When trying to upload a PowerPoint to Blog found it difficult
  ü  Fun way to explore new styles of learning
  ü  Can give confidence to students when doing an oral test
  ü  Students can creatively engage with technology

PMI - Prezzie
  ü Fun Website  
  ü       Has tutorials which show you how  to easily set up a Prezzie
  ü  Can be used for a range of activities
  ü      Free
  ü     Easy to upload images
  ü    Others can edit your Prezzie
  û  Time consuming as it took me a bit of time to figure out the tool
  û       Unsafe for children as anyone can view the Prezzie
  û  Users have to have their own   account
ü  Has a new and exciting zooming technique that could engage students
ü  Easy to link to online spaces


Slides have been about for 50 years and Prezzi claims to be the way of the future, with its latest zooming performance (Prezi, 2011).  However, PowerPoint has not yet been pushed aside as it has updated features that can allow users to create a presentation using images, sound, videos and lots more. PowerPoint is available and easily accessed on computers that have the Microsoft Office pack. Furthermore, you will find that all school computers have access to this tool making it very user friendly. Whereas, Prezzie is only accessible online, making it hard for a user to use the tool if they are not connected to the Internet. So I believe that it would be much more beneficial for the use of PowerPoint in the classroom because of its simplistic format and easily accessed.


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