Kicking the Tires on Twitter’s Curation Tool

Recently, I stumbled across Twitter's new curation tool and wanted to give it a go to see how it worked. Here are the results from a recent Social Media workshop we did with the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Is my job fun or what!?) A Collection on Twitter https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js   While this is a coolContinue reading "Kicking the Tires on Twitter’s Curation Tool"

Friday 5: PowerPoint Social Sharing, Curated Design Resources, Trello Integrations, Skype For All, New Image Format

PowerPoint Social Share Plug-in If you do any presenting at conferences, etc you probably already know about the #backchannel. Now you can easily share all or part of your PowerPoint presentation directly to Twitter & Facebook with the new Social Share plug-in. The Microsoft Garage project lab has released Social Share, a free plug-in forContinue reading "Friday 5: PowerPoint Social Sharing, Curated Design Resources, Trello Integrations, Skype For All, New Image Format"

Friday 5: Dropbox Paper, Prezentt, Abobe Slate, Twitter Polls & Free Fonts

I'm back from a nice family trip to Disney and ready to get back into the swing of things. Here are five things that have queued up on the radar during that time, plus this week's tech tip. Dropbox Paper Dropbox has a new online, collaborative document authoring tool similar to Google Docs. While I'm aContinue reading "Friday 5: Dropbox Paper, Prezentt, Abobe Slate, Twitter Polls & Free Fonts"

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"