Monday, September 15th, 2008...6:28 pm
Presenting SlideRocket
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Technically, I don’t think this blog has been established long enough to warrant a hiatus, but it seems that summer took its toll on the posting. But, with a new school year brings plenty to talk about. To start, I present, SlideRocket.
I actually signed up for SlideRocket during its private beta days, but not got around to using my activition code. It’s irrelevant now since it launced publically earlier this month. SlideRocket is basically a cloud application version of Microsoft’s PowerPoint, only with a few more fancy transitions and effects. As with other office-like apps, it also allows for multiple users to work on a presentation, making collaboration quite easy.
It’s still in beta, and it shows in the design stages of a presentation. All the functions work, but I’ve noticed some lag, especially with image-heavy presentations. This seems to be a flaw when using IE, Firefox, and even Google’s new browser, Chrome. It’s not enough of a hiccup to cause data loss, so it’s tolerable for now.
Here is a quick presentation I did in SlideRocket that I plan to use in class to introduce S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. There’s an accompanying worksheet that goes with it (which I will gladly email to anyone interested), but the presentation is mainly on stereotyping and will eventually lead into a discussion of Socs VS. Greasers in the book.
