Get Your Students Hired
I use powerpoints everyday in lectures to summarize information discussed at length in textbooks. Instead of using pre-made textbook-issued powerpoints, i often construct more vibrant and interactive slideshows to keep students interested.
Slide presentations made available for students allow students to absorb a concept at their own pace. They can return to a previous slide if they find that it is a concept they need further review. When demonstrating a process this is most helpful, as they can review each step and stop the presentation until they have acheived that step correctly.
I believe it's a great tool and resource as long as the new comer understands how to navigate and extract the needed information correctly.
I agree. i use powerpoint presentations to keep my lecture on task. My students enjoy knowing the subtopic for note purposes
I am actually excited about getting ready to start this in our facility. We will be using Canvas, which I think will decrease the number of emails and memos etc, and the students will have all of the info for each course at their fingertips at the beginning of each new semester
I love slideshare that can help instructors and students learn better. The only drawback that I can think of it right now will be that they have readymade information and they may not be understanding the slides. If they had to make their own presentation, then they would definitely be learning it better.
SlideShare would provide an instructor the ability to offer presentations prepared by other instructors. Students tend to have different learning styles and some instructors may have a teaching style that is more amenable to certain students. I believe that having this option in a classroom would definitely expand student opportunity to learn concepts. And the fact that these presentations support PDAs means that students with busy schedules can find slots of time to study important concepts. Just from this perspective alone it is a win-win.
I think it can help depending on how it is used. I have my student in groups and make them look up and present it to the class as a power point. I also look for other ideas as to presation from others
SlideShare can make a more entertaining presentation. I don't think it will relay the information any clearer.
I teach Pastry Arts. Most of the slides were just lots of facts and information listed on the slide. I went through and added visual aids to the slides and some video. Students really liked this and adds in some interaction with the information.
Glenn ,
In your hands-on environment, I agree project-based learning(cooking based, in your case), drives home the lesson far better than any PowerPoint, once you are actually reviewing the steps in a process/technique. I would have to assume a majority of your students are tactile/kinesthetic learners.
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
In my school we use power point that are used throughout the entire corporate schools and they are there to be used or not. This slideshare format looks really great to keep the students engaged in the topic of discussion. Personally I do not use power points too often as I have them problem solve the techniques of cooking in small groups, which keeps them more engaged with me and students are not afraid to ask questions.
tools to incorporate web accessibility, audio and visual effects
presentations can be shared by sending a link
collaborative editing to add info from multiple users
dynamic presentations such a Prezi creating more interaction and discovery
truly rich experience, tutorials
include valuable resources for educators
All above threads allow dynamic, engaging presentations with formative feedback from the instructor and student peers. Students actively apply and synthesize material that is presented.
I think that presentation sharing can be good and bad. I think its a grear idea for students to be able to slideshare with their instructors; however, if that same access to share is granted to fellow students, this cn become a grave problem.
I think it would be very helpful as well as refreshing to the students by making it more exciting and applicable to their needs. this makes it more engaging.
I love to use new technology within my classroom. The issue is that not all technology belongs in the classroom. It is up to the instructor to fully understand the technology and find ways to adapt it to the class needs. Slideshare is a great tool. It would not work for many of my classes since I demonstrate software.
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It is great I a remote class environment like online, many times linking power points to the Blackboard shell is clumsy this system smooth's out the wrinkles
I always share my slides with my students so that they have the notes available digitally for access at home when working on homework. I use the online Portal provided by the school for each course but I can see how SlideShare would help students access the slides from anywhere using smartphones. Missing class is one big reason I do this. Having the slides online helps learners access the material they missed, follow along easier when in class, and some (although rare) may look through them in advance and have prepared some good questions.
I think slide share would be a great addition to a powerpoint. I have also worked with Captivate and articulate to enhance a powerpoint. I have also found that if there are interactive activities the presentation is much more effective
I haven't tried any media other than Power point. I'm really interested in trying out Slide share, though. It sounds like it would definitely keep the class interested and paying full attention using video and such. I'll have to try it out.