Equipment Investigation Reflection

There are plenty of Pro/Con lists for both applications. A simple Google search of "PowerPoint vs Prezi" will generate 18,100 results! 

The members in my group all had similar experience with Prezi-very little. However, we were all welcoming the opportunity to play around with it. Our first email message was to gauge our own experience and comfort level with Prezi. One of my first questions I posed to the group was, "can we all edit it like a Google Doc?". Since none of us were experts in Prezi, the only way to find the answer was to dive in! So, we did! 


The Prezi website had a forum for questions and answers. I decided to search 'collaborating" on the website. One of the first results was how to have multiple users collaborate and edit on one presentation. I was very excited! To share a Prezi presentation is very similar to Google Docs. There is a 'share' icon that allows one to type individual emails who you would like to give editing access. That was easy enough!  It allowed everyone to edit the document on their own time. It is very similar to Google Tools as you can see which users are editing when you are. It will show you where the other user is on the document. I was not able to see a revision history like Google Doc. 

Prezi is a great tool to have in your repertoire. The design is beautiful and very modern. It is a change from the standard PowerPoint slides presentation. You can even add PowerPoint to Prezi!  However, there are a few drawbacks to Prezi that may hinder me from using it frequently. One is that it is not ADA accessible. As a public school librarian, the inability to be ADA accessible may deter me from frequently using it in my library lessons.   I  I am more comfortable using PowerPoint or Google Slides however I always think it is a good idea to change things up. I think it could be a good tool to use when sharing information with colleagues or a boss. I think knowing your patrons is especially important when using Prezi. It would definitely be a tool I would share with colleagues because there may be some teachers who have never used or heard of Prezi. I would make sure to explain some of the drawbacks of it though. 
I would rate Prezi a 7 on a 1-10 scale. It does take some time getting used to it but I think it produces high quality presentations. However, I think there is a lot of frustration that comes with it.