For my practicum I decided to pick a topic that I am very passionate about: ending the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa. A war that has been going on for more than 25 years is hardly known by most individuals. In March of 2012, the film Kony2012 broke and brought this crisis to people’s attention. Despite the praise, criticism, and the like the crisis still continues.

As discussed earlier, I strongly dislike the use of PowerPoint. While it can be an effective tool for a presentation, it is often not used properly. In fact, individuals are usually numbed/bored by a PowerPoint experience. Instead, since my sophomore year of college, I have started using Prezi!

For this Prezi I wanted to make the background dark to reflect the topic. Joseph Kony’s army has been kidnapping and abducting children in the region of Central Africa (Northern Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan). I then decided to formulate the Prezi to reflect the Ugandan flag which is red, yellow, and black.

I wanted to include video and images. What is easy about Prezi is that it allows you to easily add video and images into the presentation. Also, within the presentation there is movement which engages the audiences.

If I was actually presenting this Prezi, I would include commentary to the presentation. I like  presentations that are more about words spoken, not words read. An image will tell me something that the speaker hasn’t told me, but an image or video allows for an audience to get an understanding of what to expect from the speaker or an introduction to a speaker’s point of view/message. Therefore, this Prezi lacks any substantive information that I would normally include in a presentation if I were to be present it. However, below is the Prezi that I made.