Thing 18

B. Reflect - blog prompts for Thing 18
What did you like about the presentation you embedded? How might Slideshare be useful in the classroom? out of the classroom?

Unfortunately, the Slideshare did not work at all for me. My Mac wouldn't go to the site. The embedded video/slidshow didn't work.

I really like the idea of sharing slideshows. I think re-inventing the wheel too often gets a bit boring, and once these bugs get worked out, I will definitely try out this site. Maybe I'll try it at school on a Windows computer.

I wonder how other teachers make slideshows and if they pizzazz them up, or leave them a bit dull, to maintain classroom decorum and management.

I'd really like to have students make their own slide shows (as I've done in the past) using this format and possibly use them to teach each other the state-mandated standards. This is one site I'm really looking forward to trying.