My Prezi

My Prezi
You will have to click on 'My Prezi' to view my ad for a hair product, as I have now spent nearly an hour trying to figure out how I can embed the Prezi into my blog with no success. Another thing I'll have to add to my 'need to know' list, it is getting quite long.
Although on a positive note, I finally worked out how to do the zoom thing in my Prezi, and I'm not going to lie, but I didn't go back and read the instructions. I thought I would have a play around with it first and just discovered it as I was experimenting, this definetely confirming once again my kinaesthetic learning style. I must admit working with ICT's can be very frustrating and time consuming, in the case of the Prezi, I had a lot of trouble trying to download Abode Flash player so my computer could run the program, after several attempts and alot of time wasted it happened to be a simple box that I had to change to match my program. Although each obstacle like this one seems to prepare me for the next. I feel like sometimes I am wasting a lot of my precious study time playing around with all these computer applications, but on the other hand I am developing my confidence and gaining a deeper understanding of how these tools can be manipulated which will encourage me to incorporate them into my teaching pedagogy. Through this experience I am also getting a feel for how the constructivist theory supports learning, as each time I interact with these ICT's I am using my prior knowledge to help build and understand the new knowledge. As a student teacher this reminds me of how important it is to make student's prior knowledge evident before introducing them to new knowledge.