What is this?
Slideshare provides users the platform to share PowerPoint, keynote and PDF files presentations. Users can upload the slides publicly or privately only sharing with their target viewers and download slides for free and get better ideas of the teaching materials.
Why is it good for language teaching?
- Users can find presentations on most topics, which can be downloaded freely.
- Users can tag their slides so that they can be found easily.
- Users can even make slidecast which combines visual images with sounds.
- Slideshare widget can be embedded into blog and websites and be easily shared on blogs, twitter and facebook with one click on the icons. Besides, you can follow the presenter you like on facebook.
- Videos from Youtube can be embedded into Slideshare presentations.
- Teachers can get fantastic ideas on their lesson plans from the shared slides and videos around the world.
- Teachers can save time on making their own slides since all the shared slides can be edit and refined according to personal needs.
- Students can learn how to make good and effective presentations.
To learn more about why we should use Slideshare, click on the following slides from SlideShare.
Classroom use - Before teaching, teachers can find available resources on slideshare.com. For example, when talking about the culture differences in table manners between Westerners and Chinese, teachers can find slides like this one:
- After a lesson, teachers can have students make a brief presentations on specific topics in the next class. Students can find the relevant resources on the website and make their own slides, embedding them on their class blog.
Limitations
- Students with lower motivations might only download the presentations from the websites and make few changes.
- The shared slides on the website might cover some issues inappropriate for teenagers.
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