martes, 15 de marzo de 2011

Prezi Reflection

Last week the class had as an assignment to try out a Powerpoint hybrid thing called Prezi. Basically, Prezi is a giant canvas version of Powerpoint, quite innovative and new for a lifelong Powerpoint user. Mr. Mark classified this project as being a "Sandbox experience", just like some videogames in which the main thing you do is experiment. Prezi came along as being quite a good program, newer than Powerpoint and more free or easy to use. One thing I liked over Powerpoint was the fact that you could actually work everywhere, no need to change slides. Also, the preset animation was pretty well done and easy to work with. However, I must say that I would prefer Powerpoint a thousand times over Prezi. Prezi had one specific issue which I disliked a lot, you really can't present without adding the animation, and that reduces your work style to a slow-pacing one, not good. Personally, I like Powerpoint because I am so used to it, and its black and white inspiration, not as interesting as Prezi, but far better in the utility sense.

So, the big discussion is why should I prefer Powerpoint over Prezi, the answer is easy, I am used to it, I like it better. On a further note, I like the style of a Powerpoint presentation, simple, industrial, and straightforward. I personally find that Prezi is a little less formal, trying to hard to impress the users. My opinion on a sideshow presentation is that it should be easy to follow, but not as slow pacing as Prezi. I like that Prezi tries to give an alternative for the preset option Powerpoint, different is always good. I really liked Prezi, however I would never PERSONALLY choose to use it for school work, at least not with presentations, I like my presentations to be informative, not that boring and fast. I have used the whole Microsoft Office package ever since I have memory, I am used to, like and simply love complicating my life, making slides, manually add convex yet lame animations, I like that. It just might be nostalgia but I prefer Powerpoint. In conclusion, I prefer Powerpoint over Prezi, I would use Powerpoint for presentations, but still experiment sometime with Prezi, it is always good to try something new...that doesn't actually harm you.

And the Winner is Powerpoint!!! I have to admit it was a pretty one-sided decision...

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