Kudos to Moraine Valley librarian Marie Martino for telling me about this nifty new online presentation tool: prezi.com.  This is a neat resource that helps users create dynamic presentations without having to mess with slides or static layouts.  Users have the ability to zoom in on specifc sections, create custom, nonlinear layouts, and post images and media links.  Prezi’s basic account is free, can be accessed over the internet, and offers users 100 MB of storage space.  Interested users can sign up for paid accounts and desktop versions, which offer more storage space, accessories, and the option to work offline.  You don’t need to load anything on your computer (apart from a web browser) to use Prezi, and there are several online video tutorials on the site to teach users the basics of building and modifying presentations.  There are a few quirks and bugs that the folks at Prezi are still trying to fix, so do test your idea before you try this for a class, but if you’re getting tired of Power Point and want to try a different method for sharing ideas with an audience, this is a good place to start.

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