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I found this pretty cool presentation system yesterday. It was on an ad on... uh... I forget, but I think it was a translation website, SpanishDict. It's called www.emaze.com . I looked at it and I thought it was pretty cool. Because, you know, before, the presentation format of choice was PowerPoint. Then programs like Prezi come along, and offer a new and innovative way to present. I actually use both, depending on the style of presentation. If it's more organic or examines a deeper issue, I use Prezi, because it's a point and zoom style presentation, and I like the way that fits with the theme/topic of my issue. If it's a more formal or business style presentation, or the topic is linear, I use PowerPoint. For example, for the Elton and Bernie story, I used PowerPoint because I thought that it captured the "book" style better, rather than Prezi. The thing I don't like about Prezi, at least for the book presentation, is that you have to move, which is why I didn't use it. If I'd used Prezi, I'd have to shift (like sideways) to move from slide to slide, picture to picture, and I don't like that format. With PowerPoint, I like the simple transition (in this case, fade for books) in that the viewpoint doesn't change, the content doesn't move. I use Prezi more, though, because most presentations aren't that formal and Prezi allows (through different themes and point-and-zooms) for more attention-grabbing presentations. I'm more familiar with PowerPoint, because I used to use it a lot in elementary school and MACC, when Prezi hadn't really "taken off" yet (coincidentally, Erica introduced me to Prezi in MACC--she was, I think, the first person to present with Prezi in our class).

Anyways, I think this new emaze might be interesting to try. It looks like another form of Prezi, pretty much, except it looks different and has different themes. I wasn't really interested in some of them, because they weren't very different or revolutionary, it was really another form of Prezi and PowerPoint, but I fell in LOVE with the art gallery theme (it's on the main page). It basically took you through a 3D art gallery world, and I was like, "OMG, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING NEW AND AWESOME." I bet it took a loooooot of programming. (Also, one of the people were flat--wait, one of the people was flat? Agh. One person was flat (there we go) which makes me think that the programmers might have forgotten or been unable to make them 3D. Which makes me think that this took a lot of programming.)

Anyways, I'm really eager to try this one out. OOH OOH I JUST GOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA: How about we use this for our NPO presentation? We were thinking of doing a video, but we only had photos, so if we use this, we could use the photos as a background or (maybe if the program can do it) recreate our selling place! WHOAAAAAAA. Okay, I'm done. But seriously, this is awesome. I'm going to go see if I can make it into a video file or something or if we can create our own landscape.