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The role of the information and communication technology (ICT) is very significant in the educational area and it has nowadays been admitted by the academicians in all levels. In recent years, the creation of web based interactive technology has broaden the opportunity for both teachers and students in utilizing it in the area of teaching and learning. It is necessary for both teachers and students (future teachers) to keep using this technology to improve representation, adaptation, presentation, and interaction with the subjects being discussed. The research is aimed at exploring the strengths of Prezi in creating the presentation slides for the purpose of teaching and learning process. Taking three students of a private university in Yogyakarta as the participants, the study is guided by a research question stating "how do the students perceive the strengths of Prezi in developing presentation slides?" The results were categoriezed into three; the making, the appearance, and the use. In the making, students find it a lot easier to create the presentation because it is accessible online at any time and any places. Inserting media is also easy. In terms of the appearance, students find it very interesting since it has unique templates availabe online and it can be zoomed in and out with the emerging path where the presenters can keep their position in the whole presentation. The last, in the term of the use, it is also easy because it can run on clicks and on automatization.