I’ve been wanting to try my hand at Slideshare for awhile now, and my recent post on Blogs as Online Learning gave me the perfect opportunity. I must say I was inspired by Beth Kanter and Michele Martin, who are pros at this and put my little slideshow to shame. Nevertheless, I decided to just dive right in initially just for the experience of it. I hadn’t used PowerPoint in a long time, but I got back in the groove real quick, as I already had the content I wanted to present. I had a blast browsing through photos and website images to use in the slideshow, and the hardest part was putting a stop to all the possibilities. Here are the tools I spent half the night messing around on to get the slide show I ended up with:
- The oldest version of PowerPoint possible to man
- Snagit! – to capture website screens of nonprofit blog examples (the free trial worked like a charm!)
- Flickr Creative Commons-licensed images and photos
- Google image search for popular images/logos
- Wikiquote
- Remixed content from Rutgers University on Bloglines
- Some of Stephen Downes’ ideas
- Problogger
Overall, I had a lot of fun trying out these new tools, and I’m surprised at how relatively easy it was technically to arrive at the final product. I definitely would appreciate any feedback from readers. I already see how Slideshare can be addictive – I can’t wait to try doing it again!
