Prezi is an online presentation tool that allows users to create presentations on an infinite canvas rather than restrictive slides. This creates a type of mind map that encourages connections between concepts. Prezi engages different learning styles through its use of images, text, video and audio in both linear and non-linear presentations. Research shows that students retain more information and pay more attention in classes using Prezi compared to those without.

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Prezi also has a great online community that actively
supports education and educators, including articles,
message boards and downloads.
Prezi’s social media outlets are a great way to keep up with
what they are doing. they have a blog, as well as Facebook
and Twitter presences.
Seeing the connections: Zooming into learning with Prezi
Jennifer Resor Whicker
McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA
Prezi is an online, Flash based presentation tool that can be
utilized in the classroom and online classroom
environment. The addition of audio to a prezi makes it just
as effective online as it is in the classroom. It is housed
online so there is no software to download or compatibility
issues to worry about. Presentations are created on an
infinite canvas instead of restrictive slides. This creates a
type of mind map that encourages users to connect
concepts within the canvas.
Prezi is a dynamic way to present that can be adapted for
many different learning styles. The fact that it can use
images, text, video and audio, and can be linear or non-
linear, relates to many different learning styles. It engages
students with its visual aspects (using its panning and
zooming elements to convey its message), while allowing
them to make connections between the ideas on the canvas.
By using varying sizes and positions of images and text, the
relationships between information can be visually
illustrated, allowing students to look at the information
presented in new ways. The literature shows that students
retain more information and are more interested in
presentations that are image rich.
Jennifer Resor Whicker, Reference/Instruction Librarian,
McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA
(540) 831-7652, jrwhicker@radford.edu
Surveys conducted in five classes in which Prezi was used
during the Spring 2012 semester reveal that teaching
faculty, believe Prezi is an effective teaching medium and
students pay more attention in library instruction classes
that use Prezi than in those that do not.
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