Students are encouraged to use technology. They're not always encouraged to share their work and presentations outside of the classroom with anyone other than the teacher and classmates.
SlideShare makes it possible for students to rate, comment on, and share content. So the jazzed up Lab Report with impressive charts, colorful images, and great detail can be viewed by other students looking for inspiration for their own work.
Students that view and contribute to SlideShare are encouraged to reuse or remix for their own work. This means that the typical, "I don't know what to right," or, "I can't find anything" don't hold water. Students can search and find topics that already have presentations and reuse and remix to fit their needs.
After all, isn't that what learning is about? Watching others present information, and then reusing or representing it for your audience. Teachers do this with textbooks and articles. Students should be taught how to do this in a manner that gives credit to the presenter they learned it from.
Since SlideShare allows users to upload documents, PDF's, videos, and webinars (in addition to slideshows), there are lots of ways students can use it in the classroom, which include:
- Embedding YouTube videos inside of a Current Events slideshow for Social Studies
- Uploading a scanned document outlining steps in last night's Math homework to share with classmates
- Sharing a group created PDF of original poems with artwork for Language Arts
- Creating a slideshow portfolio of artwork completed in Art class
- Embedding self-created YouTube videos inside of an ESL project on proper pronunciation
- Inserting digital images of proper running techniques into a slideshow for PE class
- Embedding a self created YouTube video inside of a presentation on proper instrument techniques in Band class
The Digital Classroom-SlideShare Basics
