Grade Keeper: slideshare; the largest presentation sharing community

SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentation . It is one of the best presentation platforms that has ever been created online . It is a MUST and I repeat a MUST for every educator to be familiar with this tool . It not only allows you to create awesome presentations with a mixture of videos and slides but also engage you into a great community of people who share the same interests as you do . I have collected everything you need to know about Slideshare here so that you would find it easy to start exploring it . I know many of you are using it but many do not , and for those who are not yet using this tool then this is your chance to know everything about it .

Some features of Slideshare

Here is a list of features that slideshare offer to its users ;

It has a basic free version that is generously enough for us the educators
You can upload your docs, pdfs, PowerPoint presentations, and many more
Include videos into your presentations
Share you slide with others in the web
Slides have specific URLs to use for back linking
It has an awesome community of users
Embed your slides into your blog; wiki,or website

SlideShare 101

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How can I get started using Slideshare

Head over to Slideshare main page and create your free account there
Watch these tutorial videos to learn more about this great tool
1 Slideshow Tutorial

2 How to insert a Youtube video into slideshare

3 Embedding a slideshow using slideshare

Applications of Slideshare in education

There are several ways we can use Slideshare in education . Here are some of them ;

Teachers can use it to create their own portfolios to share with their students
They can also use it during their lesson preparation to look for resources they need
they can use it as a tutorial tool to explain abstract concepts to students
Students can use it to share their work with their classmates
They can also use it to look for resources they need in their learning
They can connect wit other slideshare users and create their own learning communities

That’s it about slideshare; the largest presentation sharing community.