Sunday, August 2, 2009

Thing 18 Slideshare

What did you like about the presentation you embedded? How might Slideshare be useful in the classroom? out of the classroom?

I like to read quotes as they make me think and see things in a different light. I have several perpetual calendars that have quotes written on them so, this presentation is a good one for me. I found it interesting that this slideshow was listed under education and entertainment. Yes it is both. Hope everyone enjoys it and it adds some entertainment and education to your day.





I watched several slide shows on what makes a good presentation and I know in the future I will view powerpoint presentations very differently. This is a way for students and teachers to present information. I haven't used any but, it is something I will think about. I didn't find any slide shows that I felt I just had to download to use but, a couple were entertaining. This is a resource I will keep on hand in case it is needed. Myself, I prefer the video versions. I guess I like the additional sound and movement of the video clips.

I read Carma's post about the problems she had and I hope I have not picked up some viruses. The slide shows were very slow to load and kept rendering when I would advance quickly. One show had a video clip in it and I thought it would take forever to watch.

2 comments:

  1. In the slideshow you embedded I really liked the message, “Turn your problems into lessons, and your lessons into wisdom.” It’s easy to get bogged down when viewing difficult things as problems instead of an opportunities.

    The full screen button was helpful for reading the small font.

    I prefer full motion video with audio, too, but theoretically still image slideshows take less time and bandwidth to download or stream.

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  2. Maybe you can tell me why I had so much trouble watching the slideshows. They were constantly rendering. I even closed out of everything, restarted, etc. I couldn't figure that one out.

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