Effective Presentations

Slide Share is a Web 2.0 site for sharing presentations. It is a program that allows you to upload documents from Microsoft or PDF files. Professionals can use Slide Share to share and communicate information with colleagues. Slide Share is useful for many reasons. It has a feature that allows users to share presentations publicly or privately. This feature allows the author to limit the number of viewers for each uploaded presentation. Slide Share also allows you to embed slide shows into your website. This can be helpful in a situation where an administrator may want to share a presentation on their school’s website.

The home page for Slide Share is cluttered. It contains several pieces of information from other Web 2.0 sites such as; Facebook and Twitter. It also includes a list of the most recent and most popular Slide presentations. There is too much information on the page making it difficult to navigate.

Slide Share is a unique program. It can directly tie to Standard IV of the Maryland Technology Standards for School Administrators. Standard IV addresses Management and Operations for school administrators. It indicates that administrators must use technology for the management and operations of the school. Slide Share can be a valuable tool for administrators. Administrators can upload their presentations to Slide Share and send them to their staff. Then staff members can have a preview of the upcoming meeting or Slide Share can be used to reach staff members whom could not attend a meeting.

Utilizing Slide Share can also help administrators meet the needs of Standard V of the Maryland Technology Standards for School Administrators. Standard V addresses Professional Practice and Productivity. It requires that school administrators use technology to enhance professional practice. Administrators can use Slide Share to share their presentations. Then they could provide their staff with a training on using Slide Share. The administrator could require the staff to share their team meeting notes via Slide Share. The teams could create presentations and share them with the entire staff. Then the entire staff would be aware of topics being discussed throughout the school. This is a great way to encourage the staff to use technology for communication.