Online Presentation Tools

Ellen Adams, Barbara Powell-Schager, James Trask

What is slideshare.net?

• Slideshare.net allows users to share their personal or professional presentations with people anywhere in the world.

• Slideshare.net has many similar components of social networking websites like Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube.

• Slideshare can get your message out to anyone in the world or to only a small group of specific individuals.

How can Slideshare.net benefit educators?

• Teachers now have a resource that allows them to share lesson presentations with the world or search for curriculum aligned presentations to use in their own lessons.

How can Slideshare.net benefit educators?

• Now system coordinators can offer professional learning to teachers through slideshow presentations that are available to them when and where they need them without intruding on instructional time

• Professional training is only a few clicks away!

Teacher/Staff Uses

• When creating slide shows, teachers can assign "tags" that make them easily searchable.

• Teachers can post lecture notes for students to review, either as preparation for a test or for a student who is absent.

•  Provides a way for teachers to offer their students  opportunities for remediation and extension.

• Staff members can easily share presentations without having to email them, which can clog up inboxes.

• Files don't have to be stored on a flash drive when traveling from place to place.

• Excellent tool for distance learners because they don't have to download files or run them from a university server.

Teacher/Staff Uses

How can Slideshare.net benefit students?

• Students can collaborate with each other on a project in a safe environment where only students and teacher have access.

• Slideshare.net provides opportunity for peer editing.• By making projects readily available teachers can

provide students with ongoing formative assessment.  

• E-portfolios that can be easily shared from teacher to teacher and school to school.

•  Authentic learning tool that allows students to publish their work.

What types of presentations can be shared via SlideShare.net?

• Text only -- lecture notes, outline• Text and images -- pictures, graphics, or clipart that

reinforces text

What types of presentations can be shared via SlideShare.net?

• Slidecast -- a combination of a regular presentation and narrationo Creates a unique version of the presentationo Good way to practice differentiation by providing

an alternate means of interpreting informationo Allows the educator to provide insights into a slide

to create an alternate viewpoint• Video presentations

What other features does SlideShare.net have?  • Widgets

o Allows users to create feeds to their presentations on their websites or blogs

o Allows users to create playlist of presentations on their websites or blogs

o Enhances awareness of what content is available  and puts the learner in charge of their own learning