The Loch Ness Monster - in a new light Post 7

This month my geography students have been learning about the United Kingdom - and we paused briefly to focus on the Scotland.  The as we were discussing the lay of the land my students got hooked on the lochs particularly Loch Ness and the Loch Ness monsters.  We then took a short time out and investigated the Loch Ness monster and compared it to America's Loch Ness monster "champ" by creating prezis to show their similarities and differences.  To learn how to create prezis the 7th graders went to prezi.com and for the first time independently watched tutorials that taught them how to create prezis.  (My purpose of this project was not just to have them learn the new skills, explain the region of Scotland, but to also feel out how to teach themselves a new technological skill by using tutorials.  As they were learning we discussed how the majority of things that they would like to do or learn that they can probably find a tutorial online for it!  I discussed how my brother learned a program for an online class through a tutorial, my sister learned how to create a website through a tutorial and my boyfriend had even learned how to tie a tie through a youtube tutorial.  The students are actually presenting their prezis in class tomorrow so hopefully after they are finished I can post a few links so they can be seen.