11.5 Thing #9 - Slideshare

Looking at all of these presentations was inspirational. I think it would be important for students to use Slideshare and similar sites so that they could see examples of good and not-so-good presentations. I have felt for a long time that PowerPoint is overused in classroom assignments. However, using Slideshare makes the process more collaborative and current. Students could access their presentations from any computer; currently if the presentation is stored in their documents on the school district's server, they cannot access from home.

Here is a great one from Slideshare called "Death by PowerPoint":
(This presentation just would not load as an imbedded file, so I created a link.)

Death by PowerPoint

11.5 Thing #8 - Screencast

Wow! I am excited about this. My first attempt was to create an instructional video to show teachers how to reserve the computer labs. This is an ongoing thing and being able to send them this clip would be much easier for everyone. I realize that I need lots of practice as was suggested in the tips and I need to speak MUCH louder.

I would like to try this method for showing students how to use the subscription databases. I usually demonstrate with a projector attached to my laptop, but the light in the library is too bright and the classes are so large that those in the back of the room cannot see.

Here is my first attempt. I may replace it when I produce a better one!