My Prezi

What is my presentation about?

My Prezi presentation was created as an introduction to students about me and my interests. My desire is to teach 4th grade Language Arts and Social Studies. However, depending on the school, I may be responsible for all subjects. I did add some information about math and science, but my primary focus was Language Arts and Social Studies. I was able to include real-life photos from my experiences serving as a chaperon at many 4th grade field trips for my children. This presentation can be easily modified depending on what subjects I am teaching. I included a teaching philosophy video section geared at parents, so this could also be used as a curriculum night introduction tool. I think I would definitely revise this presentation and continue to improve it. I will use it as a resource in the future.

My experience with Prezi

Prezi was interesting to learn. When I was working full-time, I gave a lot of presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. It's a lot different in my opinion. First, I chose a template and I am not sure if it helped or hindered the process. I had some trouble adding slides, which took some research. In addition, I had a lot of photos and I wanted to zoom in on them. It took me a while to figure this out. Several times when I wanted to modify a slide, I ended up deleting the entire slide and it's contents. This was very frustrating. I also added links to other websites and then had inactive hyper links. I was able to get this resolved. I do agree once you figure out the basics it gets easier. Next time I try it, I would like to try a custom template. I am wondering if it would give me more flexibility with content. I was pleased with the animation of my final product. I think it looks more professional than PowerPoint. I would definitely use it again. The best way to learn an unfamiliar software program is to use it over and over again. The old saying is "practice makes perfect"!