Comments on: Could Slideshare get me fired?

By: Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:15:53 +0000

Here are my thoughts on this:

http://tinyurl.com/25uru8

By: Jim Gates

Jim Gates — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:47:55 +0000

DAVE party??? DOH! I meant RAVE party, of course.

By: Jim Gates

Jim Gates — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:46:41 +0000

I’m thinking out loud here, but…

What if you sent a letter home to parents that said that you’d be using those sites because of the great things it allows the students to do, but tell them that there may be times when things like that may happen. I’d also say that they can opt out, if they’re upset with that possibility as you described.

Then, in the windows environment, I’d make sure that all the school’s computers were using that host file (http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm) so that MOST of those types of ads would never see the light of day to begin with. Now, the dave party slideshare is another story.

Now, we all know that all it will take is ONE parent who will raise a stink and down it goes, so no matter what philosophic reasons we come up with for allowing it to stay, a district is more likely to back down that push back.

Of course, in the meantime the rest of the world IS using those tools and living to tell the tale and even surpassing the US kids who cannot use them. Of course, too, those kids have an unfiltered cable tv in their bedrooms, but don’t get me started.

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By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:18:28 +0000

Heather,

Again, I would prefer if products like SlideShare didn’t embed a link but I also understand there business model. I also recognize that part of this is a result of personal tagging. The images or content tagged by others might not be related at all to our content but that’s what makes tagging good…it’s not standardized but personal.

I had exactly the same situation when a youtube video of my showed a link to another video at the end. Someone thought it was still my content. A teachable moment we’ll have to embrace and one that certainly won’t get us fired.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:05:41 +0000

Dean,

I agree that we should be preparing learners for what’s out there, but if the concern is what his content is associated with, then TeacherTube or something like it might be the better option as a place for his content.

By: Art Gelwicks

Art Gelwicks — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:38:23 +0000

I too was looking into Slideshare and I’m disappointed by the same issues you are. This is a common problem across advertising funded application drawing a wide audience. One recommendation would be for Slideshare to offer a premium version sans ads and links back into the service. Another option (the one I’ll be pursuing) is using offline tools to create the presentations and publish them. Unfortunately as is often the case you get what you pay for.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:07:31 +0000

Zoho doesn’t allow sound in their presentations, does it?

By: Mark Collinson

Mark Collinson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:58:04 +0000

Try zoho. IMO much better than slideshare. (safer as well).

cheers

mark

By: Lynne Crowe

Lynne Crowe — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:45:14 +0000

I have to agree with Dean. I teach Year 7 & 8 (11 – 13 year olds) and I see part of my role in teaching students how to use the many tools of the net sensibly and safely. I don’t believe that ‘protecting’ them from the ‘dangers’ of the net is the best way. Many students have unsupervised access to the Internet home (and this can’t be the case only in New Zealand) so isn’t it better that we make them aware of the unsavoury type of things that they may come into contact with online, and how to deal with them if and when they do.
Just my few cents worth!