Prezi

I have used Prezi only once before and it wasn't horrible.  I had some trouble keeping the presentation in order and a few spots where I couldn't figure out the zoom feature.  A few sections were either too close or too far away to read the information clearly.  I lucked out with this presentation because my group was the first to present so the professor wasn't as harsh with grading.  I am not making this up, she actually said "because you were the first group to go, I am going easier on you. You would not have received an "A" had you been second".  I was grateful and horrified at the same time, I was mostly grateful.  

I sort of decided that Prezi was not for me at that point and really never looked at it again... until this class project.  I thought to myself that I could do this, I had some experience with this program so I should be able to improve from what I did last time.  Nope.  I messed up.  For some reason my topic pages would show up in presentation mode but not when you were zoomed out, does that make sense?  When you looked at the main Prezi page (fully zoomed out), you would see three main circles, one of those circles was blank, but when you clicked through the presentation you could click through and eventually see my work.  It was like my work was hidden behind the blank circle.  I have no idea what happened.  It was embarrassing and my ability to edit was revoked.  I do not blame my group for this, it was the right move.  I was destroying this presentation.  One group member in particular (Stav), was amazing and used my information to salvage the Prezi.

I did my best, I provided the information,  and my group was very understanding.  I am not sure how I feel about Prezi at this point.  My first experience was just "OK", but my second experience was borderline rage inducing.  I am not sure if I need to spend more time with this program or just set it aside as something to refer to as "not for me".  There are plenty of other mediums to choose from(like Google), I think it would be best for me to explore some other options.  That last line sounded like a breakup, so yeah, I think Prezi and I should take some time apart.