Tama’s eLearning Blog

Slideshare - the YouTube of powerpoint - has been around for a while now, but I’ve always wondered in slides, by themselves, are all that valuable as a teaching and learning tool. Of course, if I’d been thinking like Steve Jobs’ catchphrase “think different” I’d have soon realised that the best slides online are those which are purpose written for that context.

Today, browing Slideshare, I came across this breakdown of Pleasantville using slides:

[slideshare id=48443&doc=pleasantville-shot-by-shot-27846&w=425]

Apparently the author - mcmrbt - uses these slides in teaching high school students. My first reaction was to think I really wished my high school media classes had been like this! Secondly, though, I think I’ve now seen how Slideshare can be used well - as an online resource which complements other classroom teaching, not slides which were used in snyc with a face to face presentation.