2. What is Slideshare?
Slideshare is “the world’s largest community for sharing
presentations”
Allows users to:
upload presentations publicly or for private groups
download presentations on any subject
sync audio to presentations
share and connect with social networks
3. History of SlideShare
Founded in October of 2006
Originally intended for businesses to share slides
among employees more easily
Expanded to include presentations for entertainment in
addition to the professional ones already being
uploaded
Brings in an estimated 58 million unique visitors a
month
4. Current Slideshare Usage
Used by many businesses to share presentations
between coworkers
used by the likes of NASA, the White House, United
Nations, and Dell
Zipcasts: a social web conferencing system developed
by Slideshare that allows users to broadcast an
audio/video feed over their slide show
5. Current Slideshare Usage
(cont’d)
Slideshare can also be used to conduct research
Presentations can be downloaded and remixed by any
user
Users can also upload documents, PDFs, and videos
Users can rate and comment on content
6. Using Slideshare in the
Classroom
Students can upload school presentations to
Slideshare to be reviewed by their teachers or peers
Students can also use Zipcasts to work on slideshow
projects together from home
Teachers can search for presentations to use in their
classroom lessons
7. Using Slideshare in the
Classroom (cont’d)
Students can take presentations from Slideshare and
incorporate them into other projects or papers as
additional resources
If students need to get the word out about a class
project or fundraiser, they can use Slideshare as a
platform
