Thing 17

You could spend an awful lot of time viewing these presentations. I think this could be a very useful tool to help you in the classroom so that you can use a great presentation that is out there instead of reinventing the wheel. It is a given that strong visuals make for great lessons. A great presentation from one of these two sources, Slideshow and Zoho, could be just that.

I discovered that the best products come from the Featured Presentations or Most Viewed or Most Downloaded. When you try to search by topic, you can go through endless pages of junk. I searched "technology" and got a lot of junk. I am especially critical as a Computer Education teacher when it comes to professionalism with slideshows, not cluttering the slides, and not writing a novel on each slide. There was a lot of this going on. But I did find some interesting things within the Featured Slideshows section. I found some great slideshows displaying amazing photographs. I added these to My Delicious Bookmarks so that I can send my 6th graders here during our short segment on digital photography. I am hoping they will be inspired by what they view.

I am embedding one of these presentations displaying such photography. I know it is beyond what a 6th grader can do, but I think the shots are so eyecatching, they excite me to take shots of my own. I also think I can use these shots to discuss angles, closeups, and choosing objects to shoot that aren't just portraits of friends. Students will enjoy these photos surely.