Prezi

Prezi is a site that has been getting a lot of hype lately and for good reason, they just unveiled a very nice educational package. Prezi is a site for creating unique zooming presentations that are interactive. However, I must say while I was very impressed w/ the beta version I thought it had a bit of a high learning curve for the average user. I'm assuming their current version is a tad more userfriendly.

The educational version comes in two packages: a free version (500 MB of online space) or paid (2000 MB $59. a yr). Also, the educational version lets users create private presenations which is ideal when having to deal w/ CIPA compliance, and the ability to create/share templates.



For more info on the latest w/ Prezi click here!!!

Ahead

Ahead is a very interesting new site that creates zoom-able web pages for a user's content. Upon first look it reminds me very much of Prezi, but a lot lot harder to use. While the navigating around a "ahead-page" is easy (click once to grab screen and move, use two fingers on track page to scroll up/down), the actual user interface of Ahead is just really hard to understand. It deals w/ layers/tiers and just doesn't flow as smoothly as I would've liked. That or it is just way over my head ;-)



Either way, I applaud the site for it's innovative design, I just wish it was a little easier to use. Perhaps you'll have better luck then me... give Ahead a try by clicking here.

Alexandra Fransisco has a much more detailed review which you can read by clicking here.