my third day at the ctl

Okay, today I finally finished what I think is a viable Prezi for my English 0090 class on "Writing a Paragraph."  I'm not completely satisfied with it, but here it is:

Writing an Effective Paragraph on Prezi

Here's what I like about Prezi:

• I like the idea of working with a whole canvas, not just "slides."
• I like being able to move the slide order easily, and even move the position of the slides up and down, or in and out.
• It seems to me that one can fit more on a Prezi "grouping" than one can on a PowerPoint slide.
• I think Prezi would be good for a presentation with videos and/or a lot of images.  (The one I'm working on just happened not to require any; it seemed to me that the information was pretty straight forward.)

Here's what I don't like as much about Prezi:

• I really loathe the limited font and color options.  For example, Prezi lets you change fonts and colors ONLY from their limited style options (fewer than ten).  In this respect, PowerPoint is much, much better.
• On the whole, I think PowerPoint is more user-friendly.  It's really easier to develop a PowerPoint than it is to work with Prezi, in my view.

I am still thinking of the possibility of doing a PowerPoint instead for this class--perhaps one with a voice over?  I think more color options might be more appealing to the viewers (in this case, the students).  But then again, perhaps it really doesn't matter.  What matters most is their mastery of the content, and would a PowerPoint make THAT big a difference.  Truthfully, I still prefer PowerPoint, but I don't think it's THAT superior to Prezi.

One thing I want to investigate in the near future is how to insert quizzes into Power Points--Mike Mendez from Century sent me some info about this, so I want to look into it in the near future.