Visual storytelling: 14 tools for journalists Credit: Image by TapiF on Flickr. Some rights reserved Over the past year here at Journalism.co.uk we have reported on a number of new tools and platforms which have been launched or updated, which offer journalists different ways of telling stories visually. Our news:rewired events have also highlighted a number of those tools, most recently in a dedicated session on visual storytelling at news:rewired - digital stories, which was held last Thursday (6 December). Natalie Richardson, MOOC Aggregators: A Guide To Finding The Perfect MOOC Home » News » Natalie Richardson, MOOC Aggregators: A Guide To Finding The Perfect MOOC Posted by Gayathri Narasimham on Monday, November 3, 2014 in News, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC aggregator, MOOC directory, MOOC list, MOOCs. MOOC Aggregators: A Guide To Finding The Perfect MOOC By Natalie Richardson Natalie Richardson is the Graduate Assistant in Digital Learning Policy for the Office of the Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs at Vanderbilt University.
Creating an Audio Podcast An introductory guide to recording an audio podcast on a computer with a microphone and free open-source software. This advice document will help users with little or no experience of recording audio to record their voice onto their computer using free software and simple peripherals. It then covers basic processing and editing of their recording and mastering it to a final format - in this case MP3. Simple instructions are then given for delivering this recording as a podcast through an institution's VLE and for archiving projects. Suitable material for podcasting
Learn Hand Lettering, the Charming Art of Custom Typography The world is full of text, and not all of it is designed to be pretty. Typography, like any creative field, can be dry and boring. One area in which it shines, however, is in hand lettering. This approach adds a distinctive flair to ordinary text and infuses it with personality and unique flourishes you wouldn’t find in ordinary typefaces. So, how does hand lettering differ from conventional typography? For one, it’s often project specific. Tech Toolshop (always under construction) Our App Toolshop is a (slightly messy) testing ground for new and/or unorganized tools. We haven’t tested any of these tools, so we don’t know too much about them. You’re on your own with these tools, but if you’re feeling adventurous (and you want to do some testing of your own), browse the list below (sorted by data added) or use your browser’s “find” function to scan through keywords. online = web apps accessed via browser software = apps that need to be downloaded and installed PC/MAC/LINUX/MOBILE = type of operating system supported+ = tools with both free and paid versions$ = tools that require a fee Let us know if you find something you think is really great and maybe we’ll move it to our Toolbox!
Screen Recording and Screencasting Software - ScreenFlow Overview - Telestream Highest Quality Recording ScreenFlow has the best screen recording available – whether you are recording multiple screens at once, or using retina displays. Built in Stock Media Library Spice up your videos with access to over 500,000 unique images, audio & video clips and more directly from within your ScreenFlow projects. iOS Recording Record your iPhone or iPad screen for high quality app demos. interactive-mind-map-with-thinglink Innovation can be as simple as combining two tools such as iMindMap and ThingLink which were not initially designed to work together. Discover how to turn your mind maps (or any other image) into attractive, interactive and sharable online content using rich media tags from ThingLink. I was looking for an easy way to embed sound and video in my exported mind maps and make them more interactive on the web. My preferred mind mapping software has not feature this option (yet). But recently, I discovered a very simple tool to do it on top, just in a few clicks.
Mobile Curriculum on an iPhone with iTunes U Have you experimented with building a course yet with the new iTunes U Course Manager? The creation of Apple's web based course manager for the iOS iTunes U app is one of those big deals in education that somehow has flown pretty much under the radar. This is unusual for Apple, where customarily every utterance or new product is met with cult like adoration. An underplayed Apple story? Can't be. But with iTunes U and Course Manager we seem to have an underexposed Apple product.
Why I Study Challenge “I will NOT waste this opportunity.” Cassandra Marie United States Air Force I study to make this world a better place. I am a nursing major who has high aspirations and goals. Concept Mapping « PreviousHomeNext » Social scientists have developed a number of methods and processes that might be useful in helping you to formulate a research project. I would include among these at least the following -- brainstorming, brainwriting, nominal group techniques, focus groups, affinity mapping, Delphi techniques, facet theory, and qualitative text analysis. Here, I'll show you a method that I have developed, called concept mapping, which is especially useful for research problem formulation.
A new way of doing things on campus Josh remembers the old days at college, when working on a group project meant trekking through the snow (uphill both ways, of course) to meet with his team in the library, followed by endless rounds of back-and-forth revisions (in red pen, no doubt). And by old days, he means last year. As Josh—a rising senior at Princeton University—heads back to campus this fall, he and his classmates will be getting a whole new experience with Google Apps for Education. Princeton is just one of the many colleges and universities now using Google Apps.