Prezi and Vocabulary Instruction

Prezi is a great presentation tool that can, when used correctly, seem more engaging than a standard PowerPoint.  It seems to me that the trick is to navigate the Prezi canvas in a manner that doesn't make the audience "seasick."  Zooming in and out needs to be done carefully!

I've attempted to make Prezis in the past, and I've been somewhat successful a couple of times.  I like the idea of beginning with a canvas and having ideas be free-flowing, but navigating the tools has been a challenge.  Sometimes I've seemed to zoom right off the page and can't figure out how to return to my work.  So . . . when the time came to blog about using Prezi, I decided to use presentations created by others.  The first link below takes you to an article that focuses on the use of Prezis to introduce vocabulary.  The final four are public Prezis dealing with parts of speech.  

Why use Prezi?

Noun Prezi

Verb Prezi (This one has a really cute video embedded.)

Adjective Prezi 

Adverb Prezi