While I've seen Prezi presentations and heard various views on its usability and merit, this was my first time creating a Prezi. I found it fairly intuitive and easy to get started with, but the more I explored, the more there was to do and work with. Overall, Prezi seems like the type of tool that is easy to learn, but difficult to master.
The collaborative element of Prezi was very handy, as I could see live updates as my group mates worked on their sections. One of us could upload an image or type out a section of text and have the rest of us okay it or proof it for them on the spot. There weren't any issues of saving progress and sending updated files, or worrying about others' contributions.
As an option for presenting alongside Google Slides, Prezi does offer some cool elements - the movement of "slide" to "slide" being its most distinctive. I like that with Prezi, a presenter can jump around from topic to topic depending on where their presentation is going (hopping back a topic to answer a question, or skipping a topic that may not need to be covered, for example) without skipping through each individual slide. That same feature is one of Prezi's downfalls as well, as all the jumping and hopping may leave audience members a bit woozy. I think that Google Slides will always be my go-to out of comfort and ease of use, but I'll definitely keep Prezi as a backup for times I want to present things in a more holistic versus narrative way.
No comments:
Post a Comment