My story through Prezi

My Australian Adventure on Prezi

While creating this story, I thought of how using free, online tools would be a great thing to teach to my students. Whether students want to write a story on their pet, a favorite vacation they went on, or create a new story, this format of writing a story expands children beyond what they are used to, which is usually microsoft word, or writing and illustrating a story on tangible paper. If a student wants to incorporate pictures from their computer or a digital camera to enhance the quality of a personal story, they can do so with the web 2.0 tools.

Prezi has a very unique way of organizing the story you are creating, which can be both a positive and a negative to this program. It starts you off with a blank screen and you can add text or images anywhere you'd link. You have the freedom to expand, shrink, twist, and turn every word and picture at your leisure, making your story more visually engaging. Prezi can also be very confusing, because there is no exact format to follow. I got very frustrated at first because I did not understand the organization of my story and had a hard time previewing it.