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 Slideshare, posting PowerPoint presentations 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.
One of the best features of Slideshare is being able to search and view the work of others. There are some great presentations available there to use or to give you ideas for your own. Like YouTube, you can rate and comment on the presentations.
Slideshare 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 its great use of graphics, color, and text -- no boring bulleted lists in this one!)
Go to Slideshare and search for presentations on whatever subject you prefer. Be sure to click the links at the top to see the "Most Viewed" and "Most Downloaded" and have a look at some of the popular presentations. If you are a PowerPoint user, you may want to create an account and upload your own presentations.
Choose one presentation to share on your blog. Slideshare will guide you through this process, but don't start your blog until you've done this. It will create a new post and you can write about slideshare after the presentation is added. Thoughts to include in your blog: 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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