Prezi and QR

Prezi+QR

What it is...

This week I made a Prezi. I admit it wasn't the first time I've used it, but it is definitely the best I've made. It is also connected with a QR code information gap activity for some production.

Prezi is a presentation tool that zooms.

If you don't know what a QR code is, check this out.

If you want a list of QR code readers for smart phones, check this out. iOS, Droid, Black Berry.

In a nut shell, the idea is that students know about "didja" or "didya"

Level

High beginner to low intermediate

Materials

• Computer and projector for the Prezi.
• Each student (or half) needs to have a QR Code reader or even half. If not, the QR part can be removed.
• Handouts.

I+1

Students will need to at least have been introduced to past simple verbs and how to make a question with them. Knowing short and long answers are also helpful.

Goals

Students will recognize and use relaxed pronunciation in past simple questions.

Students will understand that

• There is informal and formal speech and when to use it
• There are rules to relaxed pronunciation

Students will be able to…

• Pronounce “did” with pronouns in questions
• Listen to informal register using “did”

Students will know…

• Relaxed Pronunciation
• Past simple questions and answers

Lesson Plan

Go over the Prezi. Let them hear the examples and ask questions.

Did ya? on Prezi

Follow up with the QR code activity. It tells a little story. I had the students go around the room and ask each other, looking for the answer to their question. The students can then copy down each other's questions.

What to Take Away

Prezi is a pretty fun way to do presentations. I still see the use of PowerPoint in that it can have individual moving text. The benefit of Prezi is that it A) looks cool, and B) gives students a bigger question and reviews often. Check out a list of benefits and disadvantages for Prezi here.

QR code is interesting. I'd been using it to just have students look at a website or something else. It could potentially be used as a link to have students follow along on for a Prezi, which is one of the functions of it.  It seems like a cool information gap activity. It might also work well for a scavenger hunt activity as well.