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=Session 6=

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**On a personal note, I have been using PowerPoint for at least eight years in my classroom to present and teach material. As updated as PPP has become, I have noticed that the students aren't AS excited about it as they had been in years past. I am excited to use Prezi in my classroom this coming year.**
 * As I watched in the Chris Anderson video, I began to realize that the idea that one person's idea can be so innovative once the cycle of CAI (Crowd-Accelerated-Innovation) has begun is so brilliant yet so simple. What's gone are the days of the media and Hollywood being the sole presenters of video and audio presentation to the world. Today, any given human being with access to a video-enabled cell phone can present his idea TO THE WORLD. Now WE ALL are capable of playing roles of both the teacher and the student. No longer do we have to go to a book or an "expert" on a certain topic and read second-hand about something. **
 * As the Chris Anderson video presented, the innovation is nurtured by finding the audience to shed the light on and the desire is fueled by the light. One person in the confines of his own head, ten years ago may have never had the opportunity to share his talent, ideas or inventions to the world, hence he didn't even know if it was anything worth sharing. But with the invention of videos and the internet, his global recognition is gained by inviting the crowd and letting in the light and those two ingredients fuel his desire and also fuel others' desire to invent and bring their thought even further. The cycle is contagious. We as individuals have the capacity to share our "wealth" to each other. The world has the capability to be our classroom. **
 * Prezi is different that the tradition manner of presenting materials due to the fact that presentations are created and presented on a large white canvas-like whiteboard. They are presented in a more natural flow than a traditional PowerPoint presentation and you can zoom in to focus on something or zoom out to see the bigger picture. **

=6.2 Video Resources=

[|History of Latin America videos]

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These tools can enhance student learning because they are so eye-catching and visually stimulating. They are interactive and not passive ways to engage the student. Just the fact that the student has to click on the prezi does constitute some sort of "paying attention" to the video. I was getting a bit dizzy myself, so I think the organization and format of a prezi really needs to be well thought out. I know my eyes were going a bit buggy. Perhaps a student wouldn't have so much trouble navigating. The ability for a student to go back and revisit an unclear concept is outstanding. Zooming in on a detail and seeing how items are related to one another is also very interactive and engaging. The multiple modalities of audio, video and text give the student a variety of ways to view an idea. This, I believe, will solidify the concept, making learning that much deeper. I am very excited to use prezi in my classroom, but I would like to take a real, live, workshop on the tool.