*Teaching with Prezi

Looking for a way to move beyond traditional slides or add new life to old presentations? PREZI IS AN EASY-to-use presentation tool (as easy to use as PowerPoint) that provides a fresh, new, interactive way to present information to your students. Driven by Flash animation, PREZI ALLOWS YOU TO ORGANIZE COURSE CONTENT IN LOGICAL WAYS, while at the same time establishing multiple connections between multiple fields of knowledge. You can use PREZI TO GIVE A PRESENTATION IN A PREDETERMINED “Path,” or explore instead, in response to student interactions. You can even have your students navigate, contribute to, or create a PREZI ON THEIR OWN. PREZI ALSO EASILY INTEGRATES MEDIA. (To see sample PREZIS, see: http://prezi.com/explore/ [http://prezi.com/explore/].) This interactive workshop will familiarize you with the pedagogical and technical aspects of working with PREZI. Objectives: By the end of this workshop, students will be able to… * Identify some of the advantages of Prezi over traditional presentation tools, like PowerPoint. * Use best practices in teaching with Prezi. * Create their own new Prezi or convert an old PowerPoint presentation into a Prezi. * Avoid common pitfalls in the creation of Prezis This workshop may be counted toward the Educational Technology concentration of the Achievement in Pedagogy badge, offered through the Graduate Student TEACHING INITIATIVE. For more information, see: http://www.teaching.pitt.edu/teaching-support/ta-services/achievement-in-pedagogy-badge// [http://www.teaching.pitt.edu/teaching-support/ta-services/achievement-in-pedagogy-badge/] or contact tahelp@pitt.edu.  REGISTRATION FOR UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING WORKSHOPS IS MANDATORY. REGISTERING FOR WORKSHOPS ENSURES THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRE-WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND HELPS MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ATTENDANCE RECORDS. If you have any special accommodation needs, please contact us at workshops@teaching.pitt.edu in advance.