An exploratory report about the value of wikis in higher education, from a faculty perspective.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Prezi: Create game-changing presentations online!
About Prezi
At Prezi, we're all about helping people understand each other better. Presentations have not evolved much in the 50 years since the slide was invented, but Prezi is changing that. Prezi lets you bring your ideas into one space and see how they relate, helping you and your audience connect. Zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to see details — a bit like web-based maps that have changed how we navigate through map books.
Brief History
Adam Somlai-Fischer is an architect and has been working with zooming presentations since 2001. Back then, he was coding each presentation by hand but it allowed him to show a floor plan (big picture) and individual rooms (details). Adam became an internationally desired speaker and as more people saw his zooming presentations they wanted to create their own. In 2007, Adam met Peter Halacsy who was one of these people. Peter convinced Adam to work on an editor so that anyone could make zooming presentations. After creating a prototype they convinced Peter Arvai to become the CEO of Prezi — to help them build a product and a company. Prezi was launched in April 2009 from Budapest, leading to an investment from TED Conferences and Sunstone Capital. The San Francisco office was established in November 2009 and the company has been cash flow positive since 2010.
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Harvard Education Letter - September/October 2008 issue
Teaching 21st Century Skills: What does it look like in practice? by Nancy Walser
Getting and Spending: Schools and districts share lessons on the effective uses of philanthropy by Lucy Hood
Creating a Culture of Reciprocal Accountability: How five new principals won their faculties' support for schoolwide reforms by Gerald C. Leader
• Content Type Journal Article
• Pages 1-8
• Authors
o Nancy Walser
o Lucy Hood
o Gerald C. Leader
o Journal Harvard Education Letter
o Online ISSN 1943-5053
o Print ISSN 8755-3716
o Journal Volume Volume 24
o Journal Issue Volume 24, Number 5 / September/October 2008
Harvard Education Letter - July/August 2011
Integrated Data Systems Link Schools and Communities: Researchers combine school and non-school data to inform interventions and policy by Patti Hartigan
Student-Directed Learning Comes of Age: Teachers adopt classroom strategies to help students monitor their own learning by Dave Saltman
The Common Core State Standards: Challenges for assessment by W. James Popham
• Content Type Journal Article
• Pages 1-8
• Authors
o Patti Hartigan
o Dave Saltman
o W. James Popham
o Journal Harvard Education Letter
o Online ISSN 1943-5053
o Print ISSN 8755-3716
o Journal Volume Volume 27
o Journal Issue Volume 27, Number 4 / July/August 2011
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