Beyond the PowerPoint

Overview

• Introduction to Session

• Objectives

• Agenda

Links:

• Session Slides

Overview

• What is Prezi?

• Why use Prezi in your classroom?

Overview

1. Go to prezi.com and create a basic account

2. Sign-up with Google (using your City Schools account)

3. Explore and creating a new Prezi using the template library

   • Naming template

   • Sharing template

4. Feature Demo

   • Insert text and media

   • Changing background

     • Uploading image

     • Using Prezi image library

   • Creating subtopic slides

   • Changing images

   • Uploading images

   • Using Prezi image library

   • Changing and adding text

   • Inserting Video links

5. Creating and sharing your Prezi link

6. Adding collaborators

Overview

1. Use for communication.

   • Parents/Students/Instruction

     • *As beginners, you may want to refrain from using Prezi for daily presentations.

2. Use for student projects

   • Infographics

   • Compare/Contrast

   • Visual Resumes

3. Use for Collaboration

   • Collaborate presentations with colleagues

Overview

1. What is ThingLink?

2. Exploring Thinglink examples

Overview

1. Creating a ThingLink account

2. Creating a new ThingLink

3. Uploading images

4. Adding tags

   • Add text and media

   • Change icon tag

   • Add description

   • Add image or video

   • Interacting with tags

   • Adding YouTube video links

   • Immersive reader features

     • Text-to-speech

     • Translator

   • Adding text labels

   • Create Tour Tag

Overview

1. Communicate information to students, parents, and colleagues

2. Have students sign up to create student projects

3. Collaboration is a premium feature

4. Creating your own ThingLink