09 October 2011

Week 3 - Anthony’s Review of the Web 2.0 tool – Slideshare (www.slideshare.net)

Slideshare provides an platform for the teachers to share their course materials - Powerpoint slides online. The student can access the slides using Slideshare at anytime and anywhere. Through the use of Slideshare, the teachers can use different Teaching and Learning activities such as group chat, online meeting. Slideshare are integrated with the social networks (ie. Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin).

SlideShare helps the teacher to develop their powerpoint slides effectively. The teachers can search through the Slideshare collections and find some useful information for them to design and develop their course materials.


Slideshare has a lot of shared information for the teachers and students. Slideshare - Pro Channel Directory can help the students to find their learning resources effectively. The students can search through the directory for the specific area of information. For example, if they search "nasa", they will find all the presentations, videos, documents relating to NASA in the Slideshare. These collective information can be applied to teaching and learning.

Slideshare - Zipcast can be effectively applied to teaching and learning. It allows the teachers to teach anywhere and anyone. It helps to schedule the class and invite the target audience to attend the class. It provides group chat function to allow the online discussion. The chat can be posted on the Facebook. It can also be streaming the live video. Zipcast is integrated with the social networks (ie Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin). The teachers can share their ideas with others in a more effective way.



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