Favorite Things: Prezi

Prezi.com is one of my newer favorite things. What is it? A web based software (Flash based) that allows for the creation of presentations with the greatest of ease. What is the difference between Prezi and PowerPoint. Prezi is designed for the 21st Century.  (PowerPoint has been kicking around since 1987!)  Prezi "transitions" impress.  Prezi also allows for storytelling to happen, not forcing you to follow your slides.  Prezi is a must for those with "smart boards".   You can zoom in and out, review and possibly the best feature is that a 'prezi' can be embedded into a website.  Which could allow students to review and share the information to create greater transferrence.

Prezi is free to signup, if you signup with an email address from an education institution there are perks with it. Check out Prezi in 3 minutes.

Favorite Things: Google Docs

The first in a series of my favorite things:

Once upon a time, if one had told me that my documents would be stored on a server, out who knows where.  I would not have believed it.  We are moving towards computers where operating systems will not matter, browsers will.  The beginning of this can be seen with Google Docs.  But Google Docs has features that I will explore in the future.  Recently, there Google has introduced new methods of working.  Enjoy this clip from Youtube.

Welcome!

I know no one is reading this yet.  Bragto has begun.  What is it?  My hope is to create a blog focusing on teaching, instruction and the use of technology.  My goal is to provide methods to make education more relevant through the use of "21st Century" skills.  Doesn't that sound pretentious?  Ultimately I hope that this becomes a forum to share and "brag to" others.  I know that we are the best at what we do!