[Magdalen] Prezi presentations

[Scott Knitter]

Best I've seen was about 250 slides,  each with just a word or two to
underline important points in what the presenter was saying. It was
compelling, convincing, and funny.
On Mar 10, 2015 7:15 AM, "James Oppenheimer-Crawford" <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love power point.  It is only as good as the guy who puts it together, of
> course, but it does a great job of going multi-media with a presentation.
>
> I guess we all have our ideal ways of learning. Stuff presented without it
> are often boring and sleep-inducing, unless the presenter is a professional
> who spent days organizing his talk in advance, and knows how to do that
> well.
>
> Even presentations which are visual displays of the very words the
> presenter is speaking are better, by orders of magnitude, than the words
> alone.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The company I work for is basically run on PowerPoint. So is the
> military,
> > from what I've heard. And many universities...for better or worse. Prezi
> > can help break some bad habits.
> > On Mar 9, 2015 5:54 PM, "Jo Craddock" <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I so despise PowerPoint presentations I avoid them at nearly all costs,
> > > but an ad hoc committee recently formed will probably want some. This
> > looks
> > > a bit more interactional. Thanks for sharing, but I have no advice to
> > share
> > > back, yet!
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > Jo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mar 7, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Suzie Buchanan <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So, I've just built my first Prezi.  I had a lot of fun putting it
> > > > together, but I'm wondering if there is anyone on this list who has
> > much
> > > > experience with this who could offer some pointers about "what not to
> > > do".
> > > >
> > > > Any hints won't help me for what I've put together for tomorrow's
> Adult
> > > > Forum, but I do plan on using Prezi again.
> > > >
> > > > Susan
> > >
> >
>