Emerging Technology 2: Prezi

I have been "studying" prezi's as well as Makebelief comix.  I have found that a prezi is a very useful tool for collaborative work.  It is similar to a powerpoint in that it can be used for presentations.  You can insert textboxes pictures, graphs and more and arrange them on a "canvas" as if it were a giant posterboard.  You can use a "zebra" wheel to enlarge or reduce an image as well as to rotate it.  You can create a "path" by linking the objects in a particular order when you click on them.  This is the order in which they will be "shown" in presentation mode.  It is also easy to insert another image in the line-up without having to re-number them all!  There are many basic as well as detailed instructions available in "Prezi for Dummies".(2010)
I think that a prezi would be useful in class for organizing data.  It is easy to "jot down" all of you ideas in textboxes and add visuals and then go back and view them all and rearrange them whether chronologically, alphabetically, or by a particular category.  This would be great for making an outline for flow chart before you start writing.
I have investigated prezi's because I am part of a group project in another class I am taking right now and we are going to create a prezi for our group presentation to the class.  The other members of the group are already familiar with prezi's.  We liked the idea of using a prezi because several people can contribute to 1 final project from different locations.

Basic instructions can also be found on teachertube.  Here is the link to an instructional video I found helpful.
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Prezi_Lesson_1&video_id=177630&vpkey