Rational for investigating Prezi
·
Fits well in existing unit 13 grading
criteria.
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Prezi works well as a replacement for lessons
and projects previously done with Microsoft PowerPoint.
·
Students can communicate their scenes unspoken
content and themes using Prezi.
·
Using digital images students could create
theatrical content not normally available in such performance.
·
Students can illustrate the story, scan their own
work and then create Prezi presentations to work in their scenes.
·
Because Prezi allows for more than one user
to edit a project, this web application is great for group projects.
Students can work collaboratively and simultaneously from home or the public
library.
SOW Goals:
· Students
will learn to use and create a "1984 Narrative" presentation using
the Prezi program.
·
Explore and develop a performance integrating Prezi’s live action with
other media
·
Use Prezi in a multimedia performance.
· Students
will immersive themselves with the theatrical potential of the application.
· Students
will have an understanding of the importance of using presentation tools.
Differentiated Strategies
1.
Students
can work in pairs on this project.
2.
Students
can come to the theatre lab session to get extra help at appropriate times.
3.
Students
can continue to work on their presentation at home with help.
SUPPORT:
Check the links below for troubleshooting help or general Prezi support:
LESSON 1
Overview and Purpose: This lesson helps students under the use of
the Prezi Presentation Tool. It also aims to help them learn better computer
based research skills.
Objectives:
1.
Begin
to prepare presentations created by Prezi and introduce the tools and
theatrical potential.
3.
Students
will create their own "1984 Narrative" Prezi presentation, present it
and for homework prepare their presentation for next weeks lesson.
Use the
images from yesterday’s lesson and place them into your own Prezi workspace.
The
images can be found here,
Resources:
Computer Classroom,
projector, Multimedia Blog. Google Drive Images Folder.
Methods
Introduction:
1.
Introduce
instructor, Multimedia Blog, lesson objectives.
2.
Discuss
what presentation tools are available on the web or in Microsoft Office Tools.
3.
Ask
students to discuss why it would be useful to know how to use a presentation
tool.
4.
Ask the
students how a presentation tool might be useful for a theatrical performance.
Where have they seen projected presentation tools in performance previously?
Engagement:
3.
Model
how to create a Prezi by taking students step-by-step through the handout at
while teacher demonstrates by creating own "1984" presentation.
4. Place them in the narrative you order you desire and be able to
justify the narrative.
Extension:
1. Begin to use zooming feature, Addition of text
2. Can start to move into next week’s lesson tasks.
LESSON 2 and 3
Overview and Purpose: to begin to engage with the theatrical
possibilities of using presentation tools in theatrical performances. This
lesson helps students under the use of the Prezi Presentation Tool. It also
aims to help them learn better computer based research skills.
Objectives:
1.
To Explore, develop and shape multimedia for
performance
2.
To apply relevant performing skills with focus
and engagement
3.
To react and respond to other media
effectively
4.
To communicate ideas clearly and consistently
Resources:
Projector, Computers, Selected text from
1984, classroom, projector, Multimedia Blog. Google Drive Images Folder. Comic
book creator website.
Methods
Introduction:
Follow the instructions below to demonstrate your mastery of Prezi!
Begin creation of a Prezi that you could use in your performance (see examples
below for theatrical ideas):
1.
Movement through a landscape.
2.
Changes of perspective in a location, such as a
corridor.
3.
Thought bubbles of the actors onstage.
4.
At least three pieces of rotated text
5.
At least one picture
6.
At least one embedded video
Homework
Email a link to your on going Prezi on your blog with an explanation of
how you would use the completed Prezi in your actual performance.
Make notes regarding projection and it’s uses in theatre commenting on 2
professional productions.
4th April
2014
Lesson 4
Overview and Purpose: To go beyond a basic understanding of the Prezi,
to learn how to layer objects within
the Prezi to further organise the path of a performance presentation. This
lesson helps students under the use of the Prezi Presentation Tool. It also
aims to help them learn better computer based research skills.
Objectives:
1.
Begin
to prepare complex authoring of narrative transitions and content for use in
live performance to an audience. Students will view further handouts on the Multimedia
Blog, http://multibrit.blogspot.co.uk/
2.
Students
will create their own "1984 Narrative" Prezi presentation, in
preparation for the use in rehearsals.
Resources:
Computer Classroom,
projector, Multimedia Blog, Devising Notes, copy excerpts from of Headlong’s
1984.
Methods
Introduction:
To go beyond a basic understanding of the
Prezi, watch the following videos.
1.
After learning the basics of using Prezi, one can
begin to explore how to group and layer objects within the Prezi to further
organize the path of a presentation, as detailed in the video below:
2.
After creating a Prezi, there are a number of
options for sharing the finished product, including email, Twitter, Facebook
and more. The video below demonstrates how to go about sharing finished Prezis:
Engagement:
1.
Begin
to layer pathways with useful excerpts from the text in conjunction with the
performance scenes.
3.
Model
how to create a Prezi by taking students step-by-step through the handout at
while instructor demonstrates by creating own "1984" presentation.
Extensions:
1. Explore
Video projections, recorded action, images, animations, narration and live
feeds
2. Recorded
sound, such as narration, instruction, ‘inner thoughts’, commentary, musical
underscoring and ‘soundscapes’
Notes:
Some of you may have difficulty finding good
digital images for their Prezis, so please
ask for assistance. Others will find creating paths challenging, especially for
students who want their path to “zoom” more.
Allow time for to evaluate your peer’s Prezi so you can asses and refine your own creations.
Practice moving through your presentations, as
well as practice how you will perform it.
No Lesson
5 (Easter Break)
Lesson 6, 7 in Theatre Lab
Refining performance presentations.
