10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics: Keep it simple! Ideas for infographic formats include: Timelines;Flow charts;Annotated maps;Graphs;Venn diagrams;Size comparisons;Showing familiar objects or similar size or value. Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation: Creating Your Infographic Plan and research.If required, use free software to create simple graphs and visualisations of data.Use vector graphic software to bring these visualisations into the one graphic. Free Online Tools For Creating Infographics Stat Planet Hohli Creately New York Times Many Eyes Wordle
linkedin Convert PowerPoint to video (SWF – Flash movie format) Looking to expand the reach of your presentations? When you convert a PowerPoint file to video format, you can do a lot of things with it: Post it on your web sitePost it on YouTubeBurn it to a CD and send it to potential clientsPost it on your blog or Facebook There are several types of video formats. In this tip, I focus on Adobe’s SWF format. YouTube may complain if you use an SWF format that embeds a player button and other controls, but for other uses, the controls are great. To see the video, click here How do you convert PowerPoint to SWF? As far as I know, the best free tool is iSpring Free. When you install iSpring Free, you get a new tab in PowerPoint 2007 with the conversion tools. The Quick Publish button converts your presentation to SWF format in one click. Of course, you may need to set up your presentation appropriately first. The result is just 3 files: My HTML code, after editing, looks like this: Here’s what you need to do : The size of the movie may be too big.
Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. E-learning: Un minuto de imágenes tiene el impacto de 1,8 millones de palabras - EAE La manida frase de “una imagen vale más que 1.000 palabras” es cierta. Si además esa imagen viene acompañada de muchas otras y se convierte en un vídeo el socorrido dicho no sólo no pierde certeza sino se actualiza en elevadas cifras. Sin ir más lejos, en la consultora estadounidense Forrester Research han llegado a la conclusión de que un minuto de vídeo equivale a nada menos que 1,8 millones de palabras. Los más prestigiosos centros de negocios, como EAE, han adaptado sus enseñanzas a las nuevas tecnologías y el uso del formato vídeo es hoy una de las herramientas con las que sus alumnos trabajas. Según los datos proporcionados por YouTube, un site en el que se suben nada menos que 100 horas de vídeo al minuto, existe un 40% más de probabilidades de que un alumno haga clic que un vídeo que un texto. Más datos. Se trata de una herramientas que amplía el trabajo de los profesores. Más información: Informe Visual Networking Index Informe Forrester Research ¿Te ha gustado el artículo?
iSpring Free | Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter iSpring Free 6 Like professional iSpring products, iSpring Free converts even sophisticated presentations with animations, triggers, hyperlinks, audio and video fast and easy. With all PPT effects preserved. Why is it Free? iSpring Free is a quality product that performs PowerPoint to Flash conversion better than competitors who charge a fee. How It Works? Create Online Presentations 1. Develop E-Learning Courses 1. Which iSpring product is right for you? You can choose between the free and the full version of iSpring's PPT to Flash converter. Convert PowerPoint to Web with iSpring Products Convert PowerPoint to Flash Create SCORM-Compatible E-Learning Courses Convert PowerPoint to HTML5 Add Audio and Video Narrations Flexible Player, Optimized for Any Screen It has a very user-friendly, clutter-free, pleasing interface. — Hemant Damle I was attracted to iSpring for its versatility and ability to enable me to go beyond what I could have ever imagined. — Debbie L.
WPMu Ed 5 Habits of Truly Amazing Communicators When it comes to job coaching, almost every conversation I have with a client involves the topic of communication. The motives can vary widely: Some people want to be more assertive, others need help with conflict management, and still others find it hard to speak their minds in a group setting. As I reflect on all the conversations I have, I realize that most of the time, we’re not talking about complex ideas. So, since we could all use a good reminder, here are the top five things I help my clients with when it comes to communication. 1. Do you ever catch yourself saying things like, “I love that idea, but we need to do it differently?” As soon as you say the word “but,” the other person immediately forgets the part about you loving the idea. Instead, use “and:” “I love that idea, and I think a slightly different approach would be most effective.” Hear the difference? In her book Bossypants, Tina Fey breaks down the rules of improv. 2. 3. That’s not communication. 4. 5.
Sub-titling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (STAMP) - PowerPoint The Subtitling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint lets you add closed captions to the video and audio files you include in your presentations. If you work with captioned video and audio files that already have Timed Text Markup (TTML) files associated with them, this add-in lets you import them directly into your presentation. If you don’t have a TTML file, you can add captions directly in your presentation. The STAMP add-in allows you to do the following: Import captions from a Timed Text Markup (TTML) file to create captions against an audio or video in the presentation. What do you want to do? Download and install STAMP The add-in is designed for PowerPoint 2010, and you must install the correct add-in for your version of Office (32-bit or 64-bit). Step 1: Confirm your version of Microsoft Office To check which version of Office you are using, and which installer you should download, do the following: In PowerPoint, click the File tab. Step 2: Download STAMP Step 3: Install STAMP Play
A Comparison of 11 Mobile Video Creation Apps Tomorrow at the NCTIES 2014 conference I am facilitating a workshop on creating videos with mobile apps. I designed the workshop to accommodate users of iOS and Android devices. In preparation for the workshop I created this chart that compares the features and costs of eleven mobile video creation apps. This is by no means a comprehensive chart of all the mobile apps that your students could use.
Piensa antes de hablar With each column I write, I carefully consider the point I want to make. I draft the column, reflect on it, tweak it, and review it before I submit it to my editor, who does some of the same. Unfortunately, that type of careful thought and reflection doesn't always happen in the business environment. My sister shared a poster with me that appears throughout the high school where she teaches. Before you speak, THINK… T - is it True? Using this guideline does not preclude you from having tough conversations with your team. So, regardless of what or how you feel, T.H.I.N.K before you speak. Download free chapters from the author's book Leadership Matters for more insights and inspiration.
Three Ways to Create Mapped Timeline Stories Earlier this week I received an email from a reader who was searching for a good way to have students create mapped timelines. The idea is to have students be able to create timelines whose events are directly matched to locations on maps. Doing this is a good way for students to see correlations between locations and events. Here are three tools that students can use to create mapped timeline stories. MapStory is a free tool for creating mapped displays of data sets. ChronoZoom allows students and teachers to create their own mapped timelines. The Google Earth Tour Builder allows students to create Google Earth tours in their web browsers.