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Robin Good: If you have not yet dived into the Google+ universe, here is a curated set of welll-written guides and illustrated tutorials to learn all of the basics.

 

Good stuff.

 

Recommended. 8/10

 

Guide Index: http://gplustuts.com/beginners-guide/ ;

More useful stuff: http://gplustuts.com/  ;

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Robin Good: For Windows PC users ActivePresenter may prove to be an interesting alternative, with lots of useful features at a price that can't be beaten.

 

And when you want more options, like extra export formats, or the ability to produce PowerPoint presentation as final output, the Standard and Pro editions come to the rescue.

 

With ActivePresenter, not only you can record your computer screen along with your own audio narration, but you can also capture screenshots automatically with mouse clicks or key presses and 

automatically generate appropriate annotations for each action.

 

Even the free version has no watermarks or time limitations.

 

Other features include:

- Attractive callouts

- Annotations for explaining each action
- Changing mouse cursor path
- Remove/change unneeded parts
- Add more video overlays
- Sync audio, video and overlays
- Closed Captioning

- Make it interactive by adding application simulations, branching scenarios, and quizzes
- Easily publish to the web, desktops, mobile devices, and leading SCORM-compliant Learning Management Systems
- Track and report key metrics to evaluate learner performance

Supported output formats: AVI, MP4, WMV or WebM (supported by Youtube)

 

Three editions available:

- Free Edition: Can create video (AVI, MP4, WMV, WebM)
- Standard Edition: as Free + output in Flash Video (FLV), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF and HTML output
- Pro Edition: as Standard + the capability to create interactive AJAX, Adobe Flash simulations and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

N.B.: The Free Edition has almost all the features as in the Standard or Professional Edition, except the export capability.

 

Demo recordings: http://atomisystems.com/demo/ ;

 

Compare different editions: http://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/features-comparison/ ;

 

More info: http://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/free-edition/ ;

Via Robin Good

Let’s be honest, we don’t like to read big pieces of text. Text-heavy graphs are rather difficult for understanding, especially when dealing with numbers and statistics. That is why illustrations and flowcharts are often used for such kind of information.

An infographic, or a visual representation of study or data, like anything else, can be done right or wrong. How to create a successful infographic? A good idea and a good design.

 

Stop by the link for more on what defines an infographic, what contributes to its popularity, as well as the various types of infographics and references for tutorials and best practices.

 

Additional topics covered include:

The major parts of an infographic How to create an infographic Developing ideas & organizing data Research & sources Typography, graphics & color Facts & conclusions Designing & Editing

Via Lauren Moss, Gust MEES, michel verstrepen, Jack Patterson

Robin Good: Teacherspayteachers is an online marketplace for guides, tutorials and lesson plans which any educator, trainer, professor and indipendent publishers. Materials can be published and shared freely or for a proce tag.

 

"Having trouble coming up with a lesson plan for your Language Arts class this semester?

 

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a website where you could purchase and download such materials at your leisure?

 

Teachers Pay Teachers, a company devoted to helping educators fill in the proverbial gaps present in their current curriculum offers lesson plans in a wide variety of different subjects to educators around the world for a small price."

(Source: WebProNews)

 

From the official site: “Teachers Pay Teachers currently has 700,000 registers used, with 10,000 of those individuals listed as sellers.

 

The price for such materials range from $5 to $10, though Edelman stated that the site also has quite a few plans available for free."

 

Free to use (Premium plan available).

 

Sign up for teachers / alternative plans: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Signup ;

 

Indipendent publishers and authors can also sign up to TpT here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Signup/Seller/Publisher ;

 

More info: http://TeachersPayTeachers.com 

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