Preso.tv Presenter’s Toolbox: Apps and Gear For a Successful Presentation As someone who runs a presentation company and speaks publicly for a living, I often get asked about my arsenal of presentation tools. I thought I’d give an inside look into what I use on a consistent basis. Here’s my checklist for a successful presentation: Pre-Presentation I’m a huge advocate of always having a back-up plan, so I carry duplicates of many items to make sure I can get on stage with no unnecessary glitches. -Evernote for gathering all of my thoughts, quotes, and ideas -iA Writer is my go-to app if I choose to script out my content -iPhoto to store all of my imagery -Pixelmator for making last minute design edits -Keynote is my presentation software of choice -High Sierra backpack for carrying everything The Presentation I have been an Apple user for almost 20 years, so you’ll see that my tools favor that direction. -Bottled water is an essential to avoid a dry mouth -MacBook Air for presenting -iPad Mini (Keynote version) is my back-up option #1 to the MacBook Air Post-Presentation
Two Simple Questions to Ask Before Every Presentation This post was written by Aristotle Presentation philosopher, teacher, in search of the best gyro. State of mind is the intangible deciding factor in how presentations are delivered. There are two questions every presenter should ask themselves as they prepare internally to step on stage. At its root, Why me? So now you have that, “I’m the man! Why not me? Why not me? If you honestly ruminate on these two essential questions, you should arrive at a place where confident humility is your state of mind. Question: How do you balance confidence and humility in your day-to-day life? Solar System Scope 8 (free) websites to create cool student projects online Creating an online project is a great way to help students to demonstrate that they have learned something. Below you will find 8 websites that offer great options for any teacher and all are free to use. The first five have screenshots of examples that I created. Fake Movie Poster Creating a movie poster is a great school project. Photovisi Here is another website to create great poster projects. Be Funky This site is better known for its photo editing but it also allows users to create photo collages. Poster My Wall Yet another terrific site for creating poster projects for the classroom. Mural.ly is a fantastic online tool that appears to be intended for business but would work really well in the classroom. Word Draw is a site that offers free professional looking templates for newsletters, flyers, labels, and resumes. These templates can also be utilized for a class newspaper, projects or even reports. With Picovico, you can turn simple photographs into cool videos.
10 New Educational Web Tools to Try Out March 8, 2014 Once every two weeks I feature here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning a list of some of the new educational web tools I have been bookmarking. These are basically tools other teachers and edubloggers have reviewed in their websites and blogs and which I think are worth sharing with you and keeping you posted about the latest in the world of educational technology. 1- Exam Time ExamTime is changing the way students learn by providing free study tools for students and teachers. Mathsframe has more than 190 free interactive maths games. 3- Screencastify Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software (aka. screencast recorder) for Chrome. 4- Shareor Shareor, a free social networking platform for teachers is an initiative designed to simplify communications between teachers. 6- Wonderville Wonderville.com is the flagship product from Learning Core. Explain3D is system of interactive 3D simulations helping people to learn how things work. 8- Framebench
Resonate : Case Study: General Electric Comstock delivered the presentation featured on the next few pages to persuade her sales and marketing team that “growth in a downturn” is possible (notice the contrast even in her title). She wanted to move her team from the defeatist mindset of a downturn (what is) to believing they could innovate in a downturn (what could be). It’s common for her presentations to address the theme of navigating through the tension of innovation. Comstock sprinkles her communication with personal stories of risk, frailty, and victories, which makes her credible and transparent. She once even shared how previous GE CEO, Jack Welch, called her only to hang up the phone mid-sentence. When Comstock called his assistant, she was told, “He’s teaching you a lesson—that’s how you come across sometimes.” Comstock is a natural at communicating contrast. Growth in a Downturn? © 2013 Duarte Press, LLC.
Desert Life - Animal - Plants - People - DesertUSA Deserts cover more than one fifth of the Earth's land, and they are found on every continent. Deserts can be classified as "hot" or "cold". Deserts receive less than 10 inches of precipitation a year. What is a desert? Desert In Bloom Plants and Animals: How Are They Classified? Desert Food Chain Video Videos of Desert Animals Share this page on Facebook: DesertUSA Newsletter -- We send articles on hiking, camping and places to explore, as well as animals, wildflower reports, plant information and much more. The Desert Environment The North American DesertsDesert Geological Terms Related DesertUSA Pages Desert life - Q-files Encyclopedia Cape fox, Kalahari desert, southwestern Africa Cape fox in the Kalahari desert A desert is an area of land which has very little or no rainfall. Many deserts are hot places, bare and rocky or sometimes covered with sand. There are also cold deserts, such as the Gobi in Asia, where winters are bitterly cold. In hot deserts, temperatures can soar to over 50°C (120°F) during the day. The deserts of southwestern USA and Mexico are scattered with cacti. Wildlife in the desert of southwestern USA Euphorbia virosa, the Gifboom or poison tree, is a xerophyte plant from desert regions of southern Africa. Euphorbia virosa, a xerophyte Many deserts are bare and rocky with areas of sparse scrubland, where only the hardiest plants can grow. An oasis in the Sahara desert Some hot deserts are sandy, and the wind sweeps the sand into huge wave-like dunes.
Life in the Desert There's no doubt the desert looks forbidding; it is a dry, seemingly uninhabitable landscape. We know that humans, animals, and plants all need water to survive, so it makes sense to think that there is very little life to be found in the desert. You'd be wrong, though; deserts around the world are actually teeming with living things! Heat Most desert animals have evolved over time to be able to handle extreme heat as well as low water availability. This thorn tree is leafless during a dry period. Water Water can certainly be scarce in desert landscapes! Cacti provide much-needed water to desert insects and animals.Courtesy of walloza.com Types of Animals Different types of animals live in different desert regions. The jerboa is so cute! If you thought that the desert was barren of wildlife, I hope you were surprised by what you've learned! Have Your Say! Have you ever been to a desert before?
Desert Information and Facts Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet's last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. What Is a Desert? Deserts cover more than one fifth of the Earth's land, and they are found on every continent. A place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year is considered a desert. And despite the common conceptions of deserts as dry and hot, there are cold deserts as well. The driest deserts get less than half an inch (one centimeter) of precipitation each year, and that is from condensed fog, not rain. Desert Animals and Plants Desert animals have adapted ways to help them keep cool and use less water. Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time.