Monday, February 15, 2010

Creating Your Own Prezi

Making Your Own Prezi
1. Go to www.prezi.com
2. Go to “Sign-Up” and Create a username and password
3. When your account opens, click “Create a New Prezi” tab on the left side bar of the screen.
4. Choose your own title, description and layout by selecting each on the screen that appears.
5. Click “Create”
6. Your new Prezi will appear on your home page, select to begin creating and personalizing your Prezi.
7. Under the manage tab, click “Open”
8. The Prezi will now cover your entire screen
9. Click the Play icon and watch the tutorial that will explain the basics of adding features to your Prezi.
10. Double click anywhere to add an idea to your Prezi.
11. Use the zebra stripe circle to rotate, enlarge or move your idea around the canvas.
12. Use the right side zoom tab to move closer to text and add subtitles.
13. Continue adding ideas and information by double clicking anywhere else on the canvas.
14. At anytime, you can select the “Undo” tab in the upper right hand corner of the screen to undo something that you do not want on your screen.
15. In the upper left hand corner, there is a Navigation Key that will allow you to add images, change colors, write, frame text and create a path.
16. Creating a path is the last step after you are satisfied with your Prezi’s appearance.
17. Creating a path will allow you to present your Prezi by moving from text and images in the way in which you would like to present them.
18. To do this, you can click on “Path” in the Navigation Key and then proceed to click on the images in the order that you wish to present them.
19. After you have created your own path, select “Show” on the Navigation Bar, and you can present your Prezi.
20. Prezi allows you to save your presentations online to present at other locations.
21. When you have finished creating your very own Prezi, Click “exit” on the upper right hand corner of the screen to return to your home page.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Revised Lit Reflection: Eight and Twenty

Eight and Twenty

Daybreak

Blink, hard.
Clamp toes release, slightly better.
Now-
Take a breath
Worry thought
Worry thought
Blink, hard.

The Middle

Lists, things many things
Time of the essence
Nervous anxious
Blink, release
Better.
Overwhelming blink
Apprehensive for the 100th time
People pleasing, heart racing, how do I explain myself?
Blink, hoping everything is O.K.
Constant thoughts, constant racing, wondering, deciphering
Anxiety, pushing, crushing it further from my skin

Crash

For just a moment, peace ensues
Then blink again.
Better.