Friday, January 27, 2012

Tech Tool of the Week: Prezi

If you attended this week's all school faculty meeting, you already saw this week's Tech Tool in action!  This week's highlighted tool is Prezi, an online presentation maker.  According to Prezi's website, "Prezi is cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between presentations 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."


Consider using Prezi as an alternative to PowerPoint!  It's visually stimulating to watch and can help engage your audience.  Check out one teacher's explanation about why he loves Prezi


If you're interested and would like to learn how to use this cool tool, here is a step-by-step tutorial on the basics of Prezi.


Last but not least, just in case you missed the faculty meeting, here is our Prezi on the technology plan for CAIS!