Prezi: A new age for presentations?

3:00 AM in education, faculty development, Technology

Presentations are traditionally given using Powerpoint. Keynote is prettier alternative to Powerpoint but is only Macintosh-compatible. Both have the same antiquated structure such that content is presented only linearly.

The hottest presentation tool now is Prezi, a web-based tool, which allows the viewer to zoom in and out of sections. The visuals are more of a conceptual map of the content, where the viewer or speaker can zoom around any desired topic. Because it's online, you can easily embed YouTube videos.

Take a look at this Prezi demo advocating it as a tool for teaching.

To navigate, you can click on the gray arrows at the bottom to advance forward or backward, as pre-programmed. Alternatively, you can drag the display using your mouse. Or you can zoom in/out using the + or - tools on the right.

Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool on Prezi

What are your experiences with this?

You can also view a TED video where Chris Anderson uses Prezi as his slides.