Web+2.0+Tools

=Prezi.com= I have a new obsession, and it is Prezi! This is such a fun tool to create presentations! I had heard that the linear factors of Power Point really limit learning and interaction. In fact, it has been blamed in part for the challenger explosion due to its limiting factors. The explosion is in part due to “on-ground intellectual failures in engineering analysis” (Tufte, 2010) which is all done in PowerPoint. So in order to meet the needs of the digital natives in my classroom, Prezi is a fun and new way to make presentations! I made a prezi which I will use as a presentation for our parents for curriculum night. It should be a fun way to showcase all our hard work and learning in the Kindergarten classroom, as well as our effective use of technology! You can find it here: [] If you hover at the bottom right corner of the presentation, near “more” a play button will appear and feel free to explore! (it’s in the works so be gentle with critiques just yet!) I find the forward and backward arrows work the best. Be sure to click on the YouTube video!!! I also love this tool because now that I am obsessed I have begun watching the three minute tutorials and I keep adding more and more…since it’s web based you can see my expertise develop and not the black and white words I started the evening out with! This is merely a presentation tool, but it really helps these Generation I’ers if they can see digital media assisting them in their learning. They also think in grouping, not linear. This is a way to hopefully not make the audience motion sick, but to keep their digital minds engaged.