We all have presentations to give. The Prezi Presentation Paradigm The Prezi Presentation Paradigm TESOL Strategy Guide DAVID KENT Pedagogy Press Copyright © 2016 David Kent. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without prior written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Distributable Content: The author and publisher grant permission for the copy and distribution of handouts from this book for any and all instructional purposes. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Although every precaution has been taken to verify the accuracy of the information contained herein, the author and publisher assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for damages that may result from the use of information contained within. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Kent, David Bradley, author. The Prezi presentation paradigm / David Kent. ISBN: 9781925555059 (paperback) (2) TESOL strategy guide ; 2. Includes bibliographical references. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Prezi (Computer software). Presentation graphics software. Educational technology. English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speakers. Pedagogy Press. Sydney, Australia. www.pedagogypress.com First Edition. For teachers everywhere. CONTENTS Preface xi 1 Overview 1 2 What is Prezi? 3 3 How can I use Prezi? 6 4 What type of educational Prezi can be made? 10 5 What elements are behind an effective Prezi? 12 6 How can a Prezi lend itself to TESOL? 14 7 How can I start using the Prezi presentation paradigm with students? 16 8 How do I evaluate a Prezi? 19 9 How do I get started with Prezi development? 22 10 How do I work with a zoomable user interface? 26 11 How would I create and house a Prezi? 28 12 What are the key points behind Prezi use in the TESOL context? 32 13 Lesson plan guides, and example implementation 35 14 Photocopiable material 55 15 Resources list 71 16 References 142 vi Preface This TESOL Strategy Guide, number two in the set, arose out of the clear need to provide teacher training and a means of professional development to educators, living and working in the Republic of Korea. Many expatriate English language instructors have arrived in-country without training as a teacher or educator and are often left to take care of their own professional development while engaged in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). As many of these teachers come to enjoy working as expatriates, they often begin to seek out their own professional development on topics that they wish to learn more about, on skills that they wish to gain, and on techniques that they wish to integrate within their classrooms. It is this need, which is common to all teachers of English in all contexts around the globe, that this book seeks to fill. vii Organization of the text Each TESOL Strategy Guide can be read standalone or in conjunction with others from the set. Each book provides information on a technology topic, and has been designed around a question-based format similar to the following: • Overview • What is … ? • How can I use … ? • What types of … exist? • What elements are behind an effective … ? • How can … lend itself to TESOL? • How can I start using … with students? • How do I evaluate a … ? • What tools are available for … creation? • How do I craft a … ? • How would I use a tool to create a … ? • What are the key points behind … use in the TESOL context? viii A comprehensive list of resources with links to pertinent web sites and applications is included, along with lesson plan guides, example implementation techniques, and various free to use handouts for the teacher and student alike. A reference list of all works cited also allows those teachers with an interest in a particular topic to engage in reading further on the issues that most interest them and impact their learners. It is hoped that this book will provide both education and something new for all teachers – be they trained or untrained, pre-service, in-service, seasoned, or retired. ix 1 Overview Every student has, at some point in his or her academic life, been required to give a presentation, and in recent years, class presentations have needed to be tied increasingly to multimedia. It is here where Prezi offers a dynamic means of creating a multimedia-based presentation that can actively engage students, particularly in the smart board context where touch navigation is a key component, and one that allows for carrying out a variety of activities from within the same presentation. Prezi use also promotes active learning, with strengths of the presentation platform providing a unique way to establish interest in key topics, direct attention to various subjects, motivate and engage learners, and draw on the creative talents of students as they start to design and develop their own Prezis. The pedagogical possibilities arising from the use of the Prezi presentation paradigm in the context of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) are offered, along with an overview of instructional strategies, tasks, and activities suitable for multimedia presentation development with learners. Tutorials on how to get started with Prezi are included, along with photocopiable handouts and templates, evaluation comprehensive resource list. techniques, and a 2 What is Prezi? With over 30 million presentations made daily (Swinford, 2006), Keynote is one system that people who prefer Apple applications may use, yet the more familiar and perhaps most ubiquitous presentation tool might be the Microsoft solution PowerPoint. Both Keynote and PowerPoint are long standing presentation creation tools developed primarily for the business world, have been used for decades, and have a well-established classroom place and use. On the other hand, Prezi was initially developed by Adam Somlai-Fischer and released to the public in 2009 as a visualization tool with the aim of being intuitive to use, and to develop ideas and disseminate them in the form of a visual narrative that can transition from a big picture perspective to focus on specifics with ease (Lechlitner, Kocain, Reitz, Stroman, Kwon, Sheldon, Peedin, Chalfant, Robinson, Siebenhausen, Towns, Boldebuck, Applegate, Cain, & Cunningham, 2011). Prezi uses a zoomable user interface (ZUI) that allows users to move around a canvas in both a linear and non-linear fashion. In other words, think of a Prezi as a large whiteboard that allows you to layout ideas, media, and connections, and move between the concepts these objects represent via non-linear transitions (Bruder, 2011). This allows for the emergence of creativity as presenters can essentially walk through a mind map, exploring and focusing upon the ideas emanating from each represented concept, while being free to move or zoom around non-sequentially between any place or part of these constructs (Crosby, 2010). This is in contrast to traditional applications like Keynote and PowerPoint that provide users with an avenue to develop slides that contain printable handouts, or showcase multimedia (audio, graphics, and video) in a single sequential file. Prezi is available to teachers and students for free, and allows teachers to make Prezis either available publicly, make them private, or share them with select individuals. Public Prezis can be easily disseminated from the Prezi website; links to private Prezis must be emailed to others while other users can be invited to share the Prezi. Sharing a Prezi with others can allow for collaborative learning to occur, with students working in teams of up to ten people to edit the same presentation simultaneously, or to view the same presentation as a group while it is delivered by a presentation leader. Prezi, like Keynote and PowerPoint, allows users to incorporate text, graphics, audio, video, and other presentation objects such as PDF documents and YouTube videos. Prezi presentations are primarily created and stored online, but they can be downloaded for local presentation. A desktop application is also available by subscription that allows for local development of content where offline construction may prove necessary. BOOK SAMPLE ENDS To keep reading purchase your copy now eBook The Prezi Presentation Paradigm (TESOL Strategy Guide Book 2) Paperback The Prezi Presentation Paradigm (TESOL Strategy Guide Book 2) About the Book Every student has, at some point in his or her academic life, been required to give a presentation, and in recent years, class presentations have needed to be tied increasingly to multimedia. It is here where Prezi offers a dynamic means of creating a multimedia-based presentation that can actively engage students, particularly in the smart board context where touch navigation is a key component, and one that allows for carrying out a variety of activities from within the same presentation. Prezi use also promotes active learning, with strengths of the presentation platform providing a unique way to establish interest in key topics, direct attention to various subjects, motivate and engage learners, and draw on the creative talents of students as they start to design and develop their own Prezis. The pedagogical possibilities arising from the use of the Prezi presentation paradigm in the context of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) are offered, along with an overview of instructional strategies, tasks, and activities suitable for multimedia presentation development with learners. Tutorials on how to get started with Prezi are included, along with photocopiable handouts and templates, evaluation techniques, and a comprehensive resource list. About the Author David Kent is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of TESOL-MALL at Woosong University in the Republic of Korea. He has been working and teaching in Korea since 1995, and with a Doctorate of Education from Curtin University in Australia, he is a specialist in computer assisted language learning (CALL) and the teaching of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). He has presented at international conferences, as well as published a number of peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters in his areas of specialization. Also by David Kent A Loanword Approach to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Korea: Exploring the Effectiveness of a Multimedia Curriculum TESOL Strategy Guides Digital Storytelling The Prezi Presentation Paradigm