Slideshare – the YouTube of powerpoint – has been around for a while now, but I’ve always wondered in slides, by themselves, are all that valuable as a teaching and learning tool. Of course, if I’d been thinking like Steve Jobs’ catchphrase “think different” I’d have soon realised that the best slides online are those which are purpose written for that context.
Today, browing Slideshare, I came across this breakdown of Pleasantville using slides:
Apparently the author – mcmrbt – uses these slides in teaching high school students. My first reaction was to think I really wished my high school media classes had been like this! Secondly, though, I think I’ve now seen how Slideshare can be used well – as an online resource which complements other classroom teaching, not slides which were used in snyc with a face to face presentation.
[Cross-posted from my eLearning blog.]
I’ve found it usesful.
I’ve given lectures and talks and then put a version of the slides online through slideshare. As a refresher resource. As you state – the trick is adaprting the slides so they work without you. I’m a big fan of making really simple slides that only have a few words on them – so they are usually really easy to adapt.