How to Create an Infographic in an Hour or Less [5 Free PPT Templates] Wouldn't it be great if creating infographics was as simple as writing regular ol' text-based blog posts? Unfortunately, the reality is that making visual content like this usually takes a lot more time, effort, and let's face it -- skill -- than the written word. Usually. But considering the popularity and effectiveness of visual content in marketing today, you can't just afford to throw in the towel. That's why we decided to take all the pain and suffering out of infographic creation. Download our 15 free infographic templates here. Then, all you have to do is provide the content to use inside them. Would you rather watch this tutorial instead of read it? Click here to download your free infographic templates. How to Create Infographics For Free in Under an Hour Step 1: Collect your data/content, and choose your desired template. You can either collect third-party data or use your own original data. Step 2: Customize your infographic. That's it! Share this Image On Your Site
Social media stats: end-of-year state of play As we barrel towards the end of 2014, let’s round-up how all the major players in the social web currently stand. Has the mighty Facebook finally been usurped by a hipper, younger network? Has Snapchat brought a rain of fire down on its instant messaging competition? Has Ello caused enough of a stir to worry the more marketing filled platforms? When was the last time someone added you to their Google+ circles? Let’s see if we can answer at least three of these questions… Instagram As announced this week, Instagram has more than 300m active users, sharing 70m photos and videos everyday. 100m of which joined in the last 10 months. The social photo/video network will also begin rolling out verified badges for celebrity Instagram users (a bit like on Twitter) and has begun a stringent process of removing fake accounts forever. The major triumph here for Instagram is that it’s now bigger than Twitter… Twitter Twitter has approximately 16m less monthly active users than Instagram. Facebook Ello
Ocho herramientas para crear tarjetas didácticas o flashcards Las tarjetas didácticas, flashcards, son tarjetas de memorización que permiten aprovechar la memoria visual y combinarla con información textual de manera sencilla y dinámica. Son una herramienta muy eficaz para el estudio y permiten repasar todo tipo de temas, en cualquier momento y las veces que sea necesario. Gracias a las nuevas tecnologías, además, ahora pueden elaborarse en formato digital, con lo que pueden personalizarse, compartirse y consultarse desde diversos dispositivos. 1. ¿Utilizas alguna de estas herramientas?
C# - The New and Improved C# 6.0 Although C# 6.0 isn’t yet complete, it’s at a point now where the features are close to being finalized. There have been a number of changes and improvements made to C# 6.0 in the CTP3 release of the next version of Visual Studio, code-named “14,” since the May 2014 article, “A C# 6.0 Language Preview” (msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dn683793.aspx). In this article, I’ll introduce the new features and provide an update on the features discussed back in May. I’ll also maintain a comprehensive up-to-date blog describing updates to each C# 6.0 feature. Null-Conditional Operator Even the newest .NET developers are likely familiar with the NullReferenceException. public static string Truncate(string value, int length) { string result = value; if (value ! If it wasn’t for the check for null, the method would throw a NullReferenceException. public static string Truncate(string value, int length) { return value?. public static string AdjustWidth(string value, int length) { return value?. T?
Une compilation d'outils pour manipuler les fichiers PDF La plupart d'entre nous sont des utilisateurs réguliers de documents au format PDF. Que ce soit à titre professionnel ou personnel, c'est un format de fichier largement répandu ce qui fait qu'il a été adopté, car il facilite grandement le partage de documents créés à partir de diverses applications bureautiques. Il a aussi l'énorme avantage d'être disponible sur de multiples systèmes d'exploitation rendant très aisé le partage de documents entre Windows, Mac OS, Android, iOS, etc. Pour aller un peu plus loin que la simple lecture à l'écran ou l'impression d'un fichier PDF, je vous propose 10 trucs indispensables que les débutants en informatique mettront à profit pour exploiter au mieux ce format de fichier quasiment universel. Comment créer des PDFs sans Adobe Acrobat ?
Why You Should Pay More Attention to Google+ and LinkedIn Google+ and LinkedIn get a bad rep among social media marketers. Granted, they’re not established and recognized beasts like Facebook and Twitter, but maybe that’s a good thing. In a recent study by Shareaholic, researchers focused on social media post-click engagement across nearly all the major social media networks. As you can see above, these networks are ranked by average time spent on the site. Google+ users aren’t just quickly skimming content. Impresionantes recursos educativos que no sabías que existían en Internet Tenemos una categoría únicamente dedicada a comentar recursos educativos existentes a lo largo y ancho de Internet, peor en esta ocasión vamos a hablar de algunos especialmente interesantes, recursos que pueden usarse en cualquier país y en diferentes materias. 1. Google newspaper: Miles de periódicos de todo el mundo, de diferentes épocas, digitalizados y disponibles online. Podemos navegar por cada periódico o usar el buscador para encontrar una noticia específica. 2. – lista de apps con tours virtuales – Tres paseos virtuales en 3D que impresionan – Visita Virtual al Museo Smithsonian de Historia Natural 3. 4. 5. – Sites y aplicaciones interesantes sobre el espacio: la lista tiene ya 6 años, pero muchos de los sitios siguen funcionando perfectamente. – 6 opciones para navegar por el universo desde casa: Incluimos desde planetarios online a los fantásticos recursos de Zooniverse. Esperemos que, con estas herramientas, se consiga hacer la clase más divertida.
Why Games May Become the Education of the Future Parents and teachers are often wary of letting kids spend time playing video games, and would rather they spend time playing outside or reading. But a number of game developers are introducing exciting mods of popular games like Minecraft and SimCity into the classroom and re-imagining how video games can support traditional educational objectives, like , math, and physics. Why Video Games? It may seem obvious to some, but there are plenty of people out there who are wondering why we would even consider video games as a learning tool in the first place. For decades, psychologists have studied video games as models of intrinsically motivated learning. From a psychological perspective, it makes perfect sense: teachers have been using games for ages. These are the kinds of things that get kids excited; they’re challenging, motivating, and maybe most importantly, fun. Video Games in Education Today GlassLab has transformed SimCity into SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!
Bunchcut. Editer des images en equipe Bunchcut est un outil collaboratif qui permet de faire un éditing d’une collection d’images en mode collaboratif. Bunchcut répond aux besoins des structures ou des équipes qui doivent sélectionner une ou plusieurs images parmi un grand nombre de photos. Faire un éditing collaboratif d’une collection d’images peut vite se transformer en véritable casse tête. Bunchcut fluidifie et simplifie grandement la prise de décision à plusieurs. Cet outil collaboratif est un modèle de simplicité. Vous n’avez plus alors qu’a partager votre tableau avec un ou plusieurs de vos collaborateurs.Chacun d’entre eux pourra a son tour s’il le souhaite ajouter des images à votre collection. Outre la curation des images, l’outil permet à chacun des participants de voter pour une ou plusieurs photos d’un simple clic. Bunchcut permet d’afficher votre collection d’images selon toute une série de filtres qui vont faciliter cet éditing collaboratif. Lien: Bunchcut