15 Effective Tools for Visual Knowledge Management Since I started my quest a few years ago searching for the ultimate knowledge management tool, I’ve discovered a number of interesting applications that help people efficiently organize information. There certainly is no shortage of solutions for this problem domain. Many tools exist that offer the ability to discover, save, organize, search, and retrieve information. However, I’ve noticed a trend in recent years, and some newer applications are focusing more on the visual representation and relationship of knowledge. Most traditional personal knowledge management (PKM) or personal information management (PIM) applications offer the same basic set of features: * Storage of notes and documents * Search functionality and keyword/tagging capability * Outline view in a traditional hierarchy, or user-defined views * Task management, calendar, and contact management (mainly PIM, not KM) These are essential features, however don’t offer too much to the more visually-inclined knowledge junkies.
How To Create Courses That Sell Online Are you creating and marketing courses teaching others your expertise? Are you helping your clients to design courses they will market and leverage to grow their business? The “teaching others” business has expanded into a 7 billion industry and the opportunity to apply your e-learning design skills in this market is enormous. I have experienced courses, (some good and a lot of them not-so-good), interviewed the creators of courses generating 6 –figure+ revenue, created 6- and 7-figure courses myself, and in the process identified the universal patterns of success. What The Experts Who Generate 6 - and 7 - Figures in Online Course Revenue Do Differently They solve a very specific problemInstead of “helping people grow their businesses online,” it’s “how to get 10,000 fans of Facebook” Instead of “how to become a better knitter” it’s “learn the best cast-on and bind-off for your lace projects.”Brain Bit: Our attention decreases after 10 minutes of “learning”.
10 formas de crear contenidos para cursos e-learning (gratis) Las aplicaciones de autoría e-learning gratuitas y de código abierto son una excelente alternativa a los paquetes comerciales ya que presentan una gran variedad funcionalidades. El software open source cuenta con una gran comunidad de usuarios que incorporan ideas y características que garantizan la continua mejora de esta herramientas. Además su carácter gratuito libera a los desarrolladores de contenidos independientes o a los proyectos educativos de pequeña escala del pago de costosas licencias. 1.Xical Es una plataforma de código abierto que permite el desarrollo de presentaciones, tutoriales y pruebas usando elementos multimedia, como videos, animaciones y diagramas interactivos. Ofrece la posibilidad de crear presentaciones y simulaciones para ser distribuidas y ejecutadas localmente (sin conexión a internet) o a través de la red. 2.what2learn Esta web ofrece mas de dos mil juegos educativos para estudiantes de escuela primaria y secundaria. 3.Exe 4.Wink 5.Clastools 6.Mloat 7.Courselab
Got Permission to Upload that Video? A parent video records your spring concert and posts it online. What’s to worry? A lot. You need permission from two sources: Individuals in the video or their parentsThe copyright owner Individual and Parent Permission Before using someone’s likeness on a public site (YouTube, SchoolTube, your school website), you need that person’s permission. The Legal Section of SchoolTube’s website says, “(ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person….” Written permission should include the individual’s name, the date, and a description of the material (e.g., video recording of Southland Elementary School’s Spring Concert, April 2, 2011). Copyright Owner Permission Most online videos use streaming technology and are considered “public performances.” Be Aware and Inform Parents Resources NAfME Copyright Center SchoolTube Legal Section
Cool Ways to Use Google to Inspire Your Students to Create Dynamic Worlds Thanks to the Internet, we can now see more detailed views of the world than ever before. A student wondering what the Eiffel Tower looks like doesn’t have to wait for that once-in-a-lifetime trip to Paris: Google Street View has the answer. As interesting as virtual sightseeing can be, the novelty wears off sooner rather than later. However, having your students create and present their own tours for class assignments will maintain their interest. Google Maps and Google Earth, both free, are two of the most popular tools for taking virtual journeys. Their excursions don’t all have to be rooted in reality: encourage students to invent stories about a character traveling the globe who meets people along the way. Google Maps Engine Lite is a Google Maps tool for crafting custom maps by adding placemarks. If students are using this tool to create literature-inspired trips (www.googlelittrips.com), they can collaborate and make a different layer for each chapter of a book.
The Engagement Circle: How Game Designers Create Engaging Experiences (I) The 12 Key Stages of Engagement in Games: Exploring how games make us lose track of time (Part 1) Did you ever wonder how game designers create engaging experiences? Why do online games. -and MMORPGs in special-, have way higher engagement ratios than any other game genres? Can we find any common design patterns in those games? And, can we apply all of that to Gamification Design to make this type of experiences way more engaging? This is a serie of 4 posts where we're going to explore the key 12 stages of engagement in online games to discover how to create, define and design better gameful experiences. Learning from the best: Online Games Good games are all about engagement and we could even say (without being wrong) that nowadays, games are the kings of engagement. From all of those facts, it's quite clear that there's something "magical" in the way that successful online games (and MMORPGs in special) are designed that makes them so engaging. The Engagement Circle Stage 1: An Epic Journey
instaGrok.com This is How to Automatically Grade Quizzes Using Google Forms March 26, 2014 Today somebody emailed me asking for a web tool to use for automatic grading. The first thing that comes to my mind is Flubaroo. Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade assignments and email grading reports to your students. You will notice a Spreadsheet in your Drive entitled "Responses". Search for Flubaroo in the search pane and then click on "install" Grant authorization to the app Now click on Flubaroo from within your spreadsheet and select "Grade Assignment" Select a grading option for each of the questions your in your assignment or click on skip grading if you don't want to grade a question.Next click on "continue". Now select which submission you want to use as the Answer Key.This submission is the one you made when you first completed the form. After the grading is completed a new worksheet called "Grades" will be created. Now select "Include Answer Key" to include the correct answers in your email then click on continue.