Slideshare is for presentations what YouTube is for videos -- a place where you can post your work and benefit from what is shared by others. Before this tool, posting PowerPoint to the Internet was not an easy task. Now, it's as simple as can be -- after creating a free account, upload the presentation, and get a unique URL so others can view it online.
Zoho offers a similar tool called Zoho Show 2.0. This presentation maker has all the bells and whistles!
One of the best features of these tools is being able to search and view the work of others. There are some great presentations available there that can be used as is or to generate ideas for your own. Like YouTube, you can rate and comment on the presentations.These presentations can be downloaded or embedded onto other sites, such as blogs.
Here's an embedded presentation that you can click through using the arrows at the bottom (notice it's great use of graphics, color, and text -- no boring bulleted lists in this one!)
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View more presentations from Ángel Puente.
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To complete Thing 17 you must:
A. Explore Slideshare and Zoho
B. Embed a presentation into your blog
C. Reflect on Thing 17 on your blog __________________________________________________
A. Explore
Explore Slideshare and Zoho Show and search for presentations on subjects of your choice. In Slideshare, be sure to click the links at the top to view the "Most Viewed" and "Most Downloaded" and have a look at some of the popular presentations. In Zoho, select "Public Presentations" to view or search the presentations.
If you are a PowerPoint (or other presentation software) user, you may want to create an account and upload your own presentation.
B. Embed
Find a presentation to share on your blog (of any content). Look for the embed code -- remember when you embedded the video? Same thing. If you need to review how to embed, see Thing 8.
C. Reflect - blog prompts for Thing 17
What did you like about the presentation you embedded? How might Slideshare be useful in the classroom? out of the classroom?
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