Slideshare, Google Docs, and Dropbox

Erin AbruzzoHarlem School District

TIE Program 2012

Slideshare

• Website to share presentations, documents, and professional videos

• Supports presentations of various formats, documents, videos, and webinars

Some Fun and Interesting Facts

• Recently voted among the world’s top 10 tools for education and eLearning

• Slideshare is used by the Whitehouse and other US Government departments

• CEO was recently named among the world’s Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0

• Connect with your Facebook account

• Post notifications when your upload a new document or presentation

• Post notifications about upcoming Zipcasts

• Allows users to download other presentations for reuse or editing

• Create a webinar using Slidecast (sync mp3 audio with slides)

Announce new uploads or upcoming Zipcasts

Free $19 per month

Simple to upload documents or presentations

• Simple and quick upload process

• Converts files for easy viewing

• For private file sharing, you will need to use Pro version (costs $)

Allows you to preview file or share on media

outlets

Searching is simple

Allows you to schedule Zipcasts

Possible uses:

• Homebound students• Collaboration with other classrooms

• Pen Pal classrooms• Another way to bring speakers to the classroom

Take a few minutes to explore Slide

Share…

www.slideshare.net

Google Docs

• Create and share work online

• Can create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, drawings, or tables

Organize files in collections

Share files other teachers, parents, or students

Three options:

• Set up public access• Link access• Private access

Take a few minutes to explore Google

Docs…

www.docs.google.com

Dropbox• Free* online storage cloud

• Web-based, so it syncs with all computes, mobile phones, and directly to the website

• Easy to use

*Free program starts with 2 GB of storage. You can earn more storage with referrals, or you can purchase more storage.

Easy to organize

Easy to share with others• Invite friends to view entire folders or just

specific files

Events tab tracks your

movement and changes in

your account

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Take a few minutes to explore Drop

Box…

www.dropbox.com

Thank You!

You will find this presentation on the TIE 2012 site, or I can send you a file invitation on

Dropbox