via Jane Hart Here is a list of many elearning professionals and their top 10 tools. See my own personal top 10 below: Firefox Google: Reader,Search, iGoogle & NoteBook Del.icio.us Picnik.com Word Press Wikispaces Articulate: Presenter & Quiz Maker (also Engage) Audacity Captivate PowerPoint
Amen to this one!
I couldn't agree more..."The Slide Is Not Your Script" "The Slide Is Not For Documentation Purposes" & "Your Slide Is Not Your Note Page" The Public Speaking Blog » Blog Archive » The Pointlessness of PowerPoint
Ten Tips for New (and old) Trainers/Teachers
Although this article is touted for NEW trainers & teachers I think we can take a moment to review this to check in and make sure we're doing many of these things regardless of how long we've been a trainer or teacher. Creating Passionate Users: Ten Tips for New Trainers/Teachers Powered by ScribeFire.
Got Visual Aids?
Via Pivotal Public Speaking, I found this article referencing some research saying that only 7% of the information conveyed in presentation comes from text. But think of the last one you saw...was it dominated by text? Too often we cram way too much text at the expense of other, more effective options. Visual communication accountsContinue reading "Got Visual Aids?"
Put your PowerPoints Online
Nice article from Digital Inspiration discussing options for putting presentations online with advantages of each http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/upload-powerpoint-presentations-ppt.htmlPowered by ScribeFire.
Cool Summer Class
This is the blog for one of my summer classes. The thing I like best is that Karl is "eating his own dogfood" and using blogs and wikis for all the class content. Plus, us participants are creating the content ourselves. Kind of reminiscent of the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology maintained by Bob Hoffman.
Cool Photo
Since I'm trying to learn how to use my new Nikon D50 I love this photo. nikon em bokehBlogged with FlockTags: flickr, flock, photo
Great for new hires
http://www.feedcycle.com/features.php Feedcycle sends dialy content sequentially. i.e item 1 the 1st day, item 2 the 2nd, etc. etc. No matter when subscriber begins. They all get the same stuff in the same order. VERY COOL. What other ideas do you have for this type of service?
Recovering Off-screen Windows
At work I have a laptop with a 2nd monitor. Working from home today I tried to open a PowerPoint file but the Open dialog box was opening “off screen”. This little shortcut saved me.ALT+SHIFT+SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close theContinue reading "Recovering Off-screen Windows"
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