Thing 9

I loved looking at the different presentations on the SlideShare website. Again, I had no idea that this website even existed. I had no idea that presentations were readily available for me to use in my classroom. What a great way to collaborate with other teachers and establish professional contacts. I searched for many different subjects in Science, and most of them had a presentation already created. Someday, I would like to upload a presentation of my own to share with others.

I chose to embed a presentation on food chains and food webs. This is something that I can use in my fifth grade science class right away. We are finishing up a unit on this very subject and this would be a nice way to follow up on everything we just learned. There were even a couple of slides that asked the students to discuss questions they proposed with another student in the class. I thought the presentation covered all the important concepts in this unit. I plan to use the SlideShare website to look for presentations on a regular basis from now on in my teaching.

I also like the idea of students sharing their presentations with classmates. Each of my class did a PhotoStory and sometimes they make videos for projects. They love sharing the things they created with their classmates. It gives them a sense of pride. I could have students do presentations also and share them with the class. I also like the idea that I can add slideshare widgets to my blog, wiki, or social networking sites.

I would definitely need to view the presentations ahead of time to make sure everything was appropriate for what I wanted to teach. As with everything else, I’m sure I would need to work out some problems before beginning this new adventure. I need to look into this even further to discover what these problems would be and how to solve them.

Food Chains And Food Webs

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