Life on the Slave Plantations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am a big fan of Prezi – the web2.0 application that blows PowerPoint clean out of the water in terms of functionality. I’ve been trying it out in class over the past couple of weeks and I’ve been very impressed with it. I’ve put together a Quickstart Guide to Prezi which you can share… <\/p>\n
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I am a big fan of Prezi – the web2.0 application that blows PowerPoint clean out of the water in terms of functionality.<\/p>\n