Molly Immendorf Instructional Technology Specialist

Cooperative Extension Technology Services

Lisa LinfieldTechnology Education Specialist

Cooperative Extension Technology Services

Disclaimers

• Local access issues are important, however we won’t be able to help you eliminate your county IT department

• Access to technology and the “Digital Divide” are outstanding issues – no one communication method will reach all audiences

• Are here to encourage you to try something new to collaborate and share

Today's objectives

• Demonstrate Google Presentationo Create a basic presentationo Learn how to invite others to share and collaborateo Publishing your presentationo Presenting your presentationo Saving your presentation as a PowerPoint fileo Uploading PowerPoint files

Today's objectives, part 2

• Demonstrate SlideShare.neto  Upload your PowerPoint fileso Embed your Slideshare slides into your WordPress

site

What is Google Presentation?

• Free, easy to use presentation toolo kind of a simple version of PowerPoint

• Can be shared with otherso Collaboratively create a presentationo As a presentation (perhaps with audio via phone)

• Can upload existing PowerPoint presentations• Can save as a PowerPoint file• Needs a Google account (can be associated with

more than one email address, including your work email)

• No account needed for viewing an online presentation

Do you have a Google account?

• Yes• No

What is SlideShare?

• It's a YouTube site for presentations• Lots of presentations on just about any topic• Search-able• Needs a SlideShare.net account for uploading and

sharing• Can make your slides publicly viewable or just

viewable by select people• Can make your slides downloadable• Can embed your slideshow into your WordPress site • Social: Followers and Favorites

Online Help for Google Presentation and Slideshare

• Google docs Help articles:http://bit.ly/Google_Presentations_Help

• SlideShare Helphttp://www.slideshare.net/help

• How to embed SlideShare into WordPresshttp://bit.ly/SlideShare_into_WordPress

• This presentation is available at:o http://slideshare.net/mimmendorfo http://fyi.uwex.edu/edtech/

Bonus Tip

• How to add your work (and other) email address to your Google account