Prezi

    One of the videos I watched and enjoyed was Math Tweets. The first couple of slide were just normal slides you would see on a power point; then I hit a video around my third slide. It was a tutorial on how to use Twitter and many things you can do while using it. I liked the video because it was homemade using drawn little pictures that were taken in and out of the screen. I found it more entertaining and more exciting to learn about it because there were little people and it was like the narrator was telling more of a story. As the slides went on, they would zoom in and out of certain points so you could see them up close to get a better understanding. He talked about directing tweets at people with the @ sign, direct messaging. hash tagging #, retweeting, using only 140 character for tweets and making lists for certain friends you follow. You can stay in touch with people world wide and use Twitter educationally too. The main example was having the students of a calculus class update their twitter every hour on something they learned and ask any questions they had.
    Another Prezi I enjoyed looking at was the one called "Why we live where we do." Someone decide to make an immigration presentation on their grandparents and why they emigrated to Michigan. They opened up with a nice quote and moved smoothly along with background information and definitions of the difference between immigration and emigration. They included personal pictures of their grandparents and the date of when they got married and how many children they even had which I thought was really cool (7 kids, wow!). Another interesting fact I liked was how they came to Michigan and the pictures of their citizen cards and permission slip things they had to fill out. I personally like looking at pictures when some things are being explained to me. I also enjoyed the comparison at the end of the slides of why they chose Michigan over Finland.
   This Prezi of the Super Bowl quiz caught my attention because I enjoy watching football and wanted to see what it was all about. When I opened it, I found out it was on Super Bowl 46 and started asking questions like who were the two teams playing, when was kick off, naming team members such as the quarterback, who is performing at the half time show, and many more. I think making a Prezi quiz is a fun idea, it is definitely something I would do an also use in a classroom. It is not just a boring slideshow full of information because of the way new slides come up. Prezi can be used for so many different things whether it is full of educational videos and links, or a simple quiz to get students minds going.