Module 2 - 21st Century Tools

Prezi

Prezi.com is a website that can be very beneficial for students needing to present a project to their classmates. Press is a lot like Power Point but uses a more unique style to swipe through each slide.

Students can use this tool by locating the search bar and typing in the URL. The website will direct the user to proceed through the steps of how to make an account to use Prezi. Guidance will also be provided to create the first Prezi presentation.

I think Prezi can be a very engaging tool for students to stay alert and interest through a presentation on a specific topic. This technology tool can present how the student compared their prior knowledge on a topic to the new information they learned through active learning strategies.

Google Slides

I am new to Google tools this year. The school I work in swapped over to all Google with email, calendars, working on presentations, etc. I have never personally used Google slides but I have navigated through the program. It seems to have the same concept as Microsoft Power Point in presenting a lesson or topic.

There are step-by-step instructions at the top of the program and multiple ways to make the project "your own" ...it seems to have more options on how to design each presentation. Typing Google slides in the search engine will be a leader through how to create a slide presentation.

Using this tool for my concept model, I feel that it would be a very beneficial tool in that students can use their imagination even more to come up with different strategies on how to present their findings. They would have already used their known knowledge on a topic and compared to new knowledge; now they can take this and develop an effective and engaging learning presentation.