Working Out Loud & Learn Camp

Over the past three summers, I've run a self-directed, online learning program called Learn Camp. Based on the 23 Things project created by Helene Blowers. Originally created as a way to help others get up to speed with newer digital tools by actually using those same tools in the process. Although the topics have evolvedContinue reading "Working Out Loud & Learn Camp"

Friday 5: DevLearn Resources, Presentation tool, Image Editing App, Website Builder & Newspaper Columns

DevLearn Handouts & Resources Check out the handouts and presentation decks from one of the biggest Learning & Development conferences of the year that happened last week in Las Vegas. http://www.elearningguild.com/DevLearn/sessions/resources.cfm?selection=doc.4027&event=380 LiveSlides Embed any web content in your presentation: If you give presentations you might know the hassle of keeping things up to date. LiveSlides isContinue reading "Friday 5: DevLearn Resources, Presentation tool, Image Editing App, Website Builder & Newspaper Columns"

Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the top 5 things I’m noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Feedly Share Collections Feedly introduced a new feature called "Shared Collections" (paid pro feature) that lets you choose to share what you readContinue reading "Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts"

Friday 5 – Top 100 Learning Tools, Your Personal Brand, WP Social Networking Plugin & more

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the things I’m noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015 Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world contributed to the 9th Annual Survey of LearningContinue reading "Friday 5 – Top 100 Learning Tools, Your Personal Brand, WP Social Networking Plugin & more"

Friday 5 – Team knowledge sharing, Interactive presentation polling, Excel Fill magic

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the things I'm noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Guru Guru is a browser extension that facilitates knowledge sharing among teams. I'm giving it a try to see how well it works. IfContinue reading "Friday 5 – Team knowledge sharing, Interactive presentation polling, Excel Fill magic"

Friday 5 – Stock photo & video resources and easy graphics creation tools

Here are a few of the things I’ve noodled on this week that I think you should know about. Thanks for reading! Free 4K Stock Video Footage http://mitchmartinez.com/free-4k-red-epic-stock-footage/ This is an awesome collection of stock video that is free to use for "independent productions" and possible even commercial projects. Snappa.io https://snappa.io/app If you aren't graphically inclined andContinue reading "Friday 5 – Stock photo & video resources and easy graphics creation tools"

2015 Top 10 Learning Tools

It's that time of year again. Time to round up my top 10 learning tools for Jane Harts annual Top 100 list. Twitter - The best way to find, follow and connect with an amazing network of people. I am @tmiket PowerPoint - There is SO much you can do in PowerPoint, even including creatingContinue reading "2015 Top 10 Learning Tools"

Friday 5

Welcome to the inaugural edition of my Friday 5 posts. During the course of a normal week I read a lot and cover a pretty good size bit of the online world related to learning design, technology, presentations, elearning and other similar topics. I share a lot of these on Twitter (from Feedly via Buffer -Continue reading "Friday 5"

PowerPoint: Mac vs Windows

In my now, not so new role at Mindset Digital we have both Mac and Windows people. Both doing a LOT of work in PowerPoint.  In general, it seems that the odd of needing to share slide decks between Mac and Windows computers are much higher today than ever before. If you've ever compared PowerPointContinue reading "PowerPoint: Mac vs Windows"

Keep Up With Your Twitter Lists (and a whole lot more) in Flipboad

You know about Flipboard right? The super visual, great looking way to keep up on all the things you love and discover other new sources of news and learning? (If not, get over there now and check it out! )  Their iPad app is how I usually browser my Flipboard magazines, but you can callContinue reading "Keep Up With Your Twitter Lists (and a whole lot more) in Flipboad"