TeachMeet Gran Canaria 09

June 12, 2009 in teachmeet

It was half past three; fifteen minutes before the first ever teachmeet to be held in the Canary islands and I was sitting in my classroom pondering whether or not to present the event or not.

Earlier that day I had been informed that due to a slight mixup in dates someone had inadvertently set up a Secondary Teachers meeting at the same time and day as tmgc’09 and would leave attendance for it decimated. Would I give in and shout expletives and trudge to my car swearing? Not a chance. Read the rest of this entry →

Using Prezi as a lesson starter

May 12, 2009 in Resources in the classroom

Prezi is an amazing online presentation tool that makes creating dynamic presentations very easy. I’ve only found out about this tool and I’m posting a rather quickly created Myst presentation for a lesson introduction tomorrow but I’m very impressed with it’s capabilities.

Some other uses for Prezi in the classroom

  • Story boards – include children’s own drawings, video work, written ideas
  • Lesson introductions on any topic if you have the time to create it
  • Mind mapping ideas with small groups or as a whole class activity
  • Instructions
  • Directions
  • Explanations
  • Recounts that come alive

There are no doubt many more so feel free to leave your ideas in the comments. Have you used Prezi? What do you think about it?

Myst V – What we have found out so far (Prezi presentation)

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