Thing - 11

I did not add a creative commons license because this is for face to face use only. 

I don’t want to make my prezi public because I feel very comfortable with my images in a one on one classroom setting, I’m not comfortable publishing the book images online.

http://prezi.com/invitation_to_collaborate/c9bde069493aa914ba9314652d789f5e5c34a3e4/

Prezi  is a nice alternative to PowerPoint, it is less linear than PowerPoint and allows creative layouts.  Prezi has fewer options than PP, lack of control of colors, limited backgrounds and I didn’t find a spell check, all drawbacks in some ways but bonuses in some ways.  The lack of options can be a benefit because students will need to focus on content and material.  The non-linear approach has some definite advantages for some projects, the paths allows for some different approaches to projects and allows for different learning methods and visual tools.  The program is dependent on an Internet connection, a drawback but it being online also means students have access to their file from home and school

The path tool will help show the relationships between topics and is great for having details off the main ideas.  Easy to create visual outlines of topics. This would be good tool for personal introduction projects, historical reports on explorers and even current events.  Even useful for reports from school committees, I could see each group being a branch, then adding their results. 

Zoomit

I can see using Zoomit for presentation when you want to focus on one section of your screen, I can also see it being helpful for visually impaired learners.  I'm running Windows 7 on my computer and Zoomit did not work so well, it was difficult to get it to toggle on and I wasn't always able to escape using the esc key. I really would find a tool like this useful so I may look for a newer version or a similar program.