SlideShareKen Snyder

October 7, 2010

-Started in October 2006-Upload and Share PDF, PowerPoint, and Office Presentations-Originally For Businesses-“The YouTube of PowerPoint”

Who Wou

ld Use This

?

Businesses

Non-Profit Organizations

Clubs

Groups

SchoolsPeople

Teachers

Movements

Government

Ideas

How is it Being Used?

• Username / login• PowerPoint upload• Follow others!• Favorite videos • Sharing Ideas publicly• SlideCasts

Why Should You Use

As Educators

• Spread Ideas• Easy way to

store PowerPoints

• Accessibility

Collaborate with Others

Grow Professional Network

Join Groups

Widgets

Share with the World!

Students Too!• Find

Information• Post ideas• Projects• Sharing With

other Students or Teacher

Can it Work in Schools?

• Illegal Copying• Wrong Information• Convenience• Accessibility• Teacher Collaboration• Ever-Growing Network

SlideShare

• “YouTube of PowerPoint”• Sharing• Networking • Groups• Everyone’s Doing It!• Good For You