- I used the website www.prezi.com for making a grammar class material.
Prezi has lots of comfortable functions compare to the PowerPoint Presentations. Various templates are already set up so that users can easily choose and start to make presentations in a short time. Users also can create new templates as well. Moreover, Prezi let users embed images and videos easily. The most dynamic thing that I've been impressed is zooming function. I can go back and forth to the orders just pressing arrow keys(in keyboard) whenever I want to stress some points or present using more than two screen sections at a time.
2. Describe the presentation or activity you created using the tool. Provide a link to the location of your embedded presentation on your Google Site.
- I created a Prezi for a grammar class material. The presentation topic is 'Using Articles.' It will help learners to understand usages of the Articles in English. I used 'Into the details' templates to explain the Articles by dividing 'a(an)' and 'the.' It was very easy for me to make the presentations without concerning about the presentation designs for explaning two different Article features since I already chose the suitable template for my topic. I arranged the presentation orders having thoughts that students' usefulness to see the explainations and examples at a time for their understanding and presenting for me as a teacher as well.
3. Describe your experience using the tool. Would you recommend it to other teachers? Why or why not?
- I have already known and seen Prezi presentations few times, however, this was the first time that I made a presentaion using Prezi. It took for a long time to complete one even though my presentation does not include that much information. I think it will need some time to familiar with Prezi having various functions and embedding useful other materials. Otherwise, I was impressed by Prezi that enables teachers to show students with animated and dynamic class presentation materials.
- I would definitely recommend to other teachers to use Prezi for their technologically advanced English classes. Students will have more attention to Prezi than the exisitng old-fashioned presentation materials like Powerpoints or just video-clips. For teachers, it will play crucial roles for saving time and making sensational presentations for students etc,. Prezi provides easy sharing functions to users so it is very efficient for English teachers for saving, sharing and using their information and lesson materials in various ways as well.
4. Describe potential uses the tool could have in the Korean EFL learning context.
- As a future English teacher, I believe Prezi will be very helpful for public school teachers to catch students' attentions during the boring classes. Usually in Korean classes, most classes are text-book focused and teacher lecture based. Of course, there are many worksheet activities or educational games exist. However, with providing various class material using Prezi, students will get access very easily to class materials. Besides, Prezi will enable the very active conversation between teachers and students since its sharing function is quite useful for them. If students have lap-tops, smart-phones and tablets etc,. they will be easily expsured to more free and interesting English education environments.
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