Having to choose amongst so many helpful and must have Google add-ons has been most difficult. First to be installed was OneTab, then goo.gl URL Shortener, then Grammarly. The all-time winner for me is Share to Classroom. As I explored this tool I found that it would come in handy in, oh, so many ways.
Since ECMP 355 encourages me to explore different technologies I am choosing to use Prezi to share the information that I have found. For myself Prezi has the following characteristics: a. I might find it very helpful in the classroom b. I have never used it before c. it is fairly easy to learn - not really To upload this Prezi presentation to my blog I first tried some YouTube videos. I tried in vain. Seems you need to have the upgrade to successfully upload through the embedded link, which I could not find. I needed to find out how to embed somehow!! I did not want to have just a link. I sent to The Knowledge Base and tried to find how to embed. Nothing!! At the top of the page there is a search bar. Into this search I put embed. Voila!!! Just what I was looking for. Now, I had my answer. Next step to employ what I am learning. Embedding should be easy as 1-2-3 right? Not so. Here is what I needed to do: Embedding your presentationJust copy (CTRL/CMD + C) and paste (CTRL/CMD + V) this code: <iframe width="550" height="400" src="your_view_link/embed" webkitallowfullscreen="1" mozallowfullscreen="1" allowfullscreen="1"></iframe> Then replace the above text that reads your view link with the view link of your presentation. Be sure that /embed follows the link and the quotes are in place. your view link - https://prezi.com/view/uxMNMMeju355cACjwXwU/ Dear Reader: do you notice that there is only one backward slash before the word embed. This means that when I paste in my view link I must remove the backward slash at the end of my link. Through much trial and error, including removing https:// from my link, the mystery was solved. My conclusions: I was not able to work with Share to Classroom as it is only an extension of Classroom, which I would need to use Share to Classroom, so I am unable to verify how it performs for me as a student teacher. I will be trying this out in my classroom. On the other hand, I worked many long hours on the Prezi presentation and have only scratched the surface of it's capabilities and promises. It was not easy putting everything together and it was extremely frustrating. I am very thankful that we had a week off so that I could work on this.
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Molly Yungmann
6/3/2017 06:58:39 pm
I'm glad you have been able to take a closer look at Prezi! It gets easier, and is such a useful tool! I also appreciate your willingness to try and try again until you find out a solution!
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6/4/2017 07:30:46 pm
Your post about Prezi was my stimulus to give it a try. It took so many hours to get the gist of the program and create something simple. I still had one glitch that was holding things up. However, I just left it so that I could publish the rest of it to give others a chance to see it before class on Tuesday.
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6/4/2017 04:35:52 pm
I really enjoy your hunger to explore and try new things. Your Prezi turned out really nice. I really enjoy the presentation style of Prezi and find it more visually appealing/stimulating compared to the standard powerpoint presentation.
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6/4/2017 07:34:48 pm
I am a curious old soul. I tried to keep this Prezi simple and uncluttered because it is my first time. The 3D effect is a step beyond PowerPoint. I do find PowerPoint much easier to use, though.
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