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Digital Presentations in Education
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Everything for and about presentations - online tools, apps, tips and tutorials, slide design
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While there are many things you should consider to create a spectacular presentation, there are 4 non-negotiable aspects you should keep in mind first.
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Slides that will be easy for your students to understand and remember... if they are rookies. 
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Here are 13 alternative ways to design and display content in presentations versus using bullet points. This will work in PowerPoint and other presentation aut…
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Some nice examples of substitutes for bullet points.
LucaVanin's curator insight,
October 24, 2015 4:57 AM
Odi gli elenchi puntati nelle tue slide?
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PowerPoint's built-in templates are convenient, but everyone knows what they look like, and you look unoriginal if that's all you use. Try these tips to make something unique that will help your presentation stand out.
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Choose a standard PPT template and customize it to take it to a whole new level. Use this comprehensive tutorial about how to do it.
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Don’t have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer, and need to view any presentation file? Thankfully, there any many web-based PowerPoint like applications enabling you to open and view PowerPoint presentations without downloading or installing any software.
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Useful tips for those who do not have PPT installed on their computers. Check out how to open and edit PPT presentations without the software on your device.
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PresentiGo is a lightweight, effective tool for marketing and sales people that enhances your PowerPoint presentations with features like 3D, interactivity, animations and improves the team’s productivity and slides performance, based on real-time data and user feedback.
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Though aimed at businesses (paid versions only), this is a cool new tool for delivering your PPT presentations with a lot of added functionality. Works on all devices.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
August 22, 2015 10:55 AM
Another promising new presentations tool to test drive.. 
Stefania Pinsone's curator insight,
August 23, 2015 3:54 AM
Comparing with PowerPoint is like to go from analogic to digital! 
Willem Kuypers's curator insight,
August 24, 2015 8:25 AM
Encore un logiciel qui peut faire mieux que Powerpoint.
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Have you ever felt trapped in a bad PowerPoint presentation? Ever listen to a speaker drone on like a zombie? Do boring uninspiring slides leave you feeling li…
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If you are not averse to zombies being used as the bearers of ideas, this presentation is loaded with great content and might appeal to curious students.
vgpascal's curator insight,
September 27, 2015 1:32 AM
Une version revisite et comptée de Death BY PowerPoint ;-)
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Check out the most important presentation design trends in 2015. These Presentation design trends are perfect for Presenters of all skill levels who want to cr…
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Presentation design trends in 2015 according to SketchBubble.
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Simplify Your PowerPointTM
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SlideSource is the new home for your PowerPoint presentations. You can upload them to SlideSource, organize, edit, collaborate and share them online, and access them any time. Basic account for 2 users and 200 slides is free.
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Learn how to switch views between multiple presentations in PowerPoint 2010.
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Practical tips on how to view several presentations on the screen at the same time. This could be highly useful in teaching.
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Learn how to easily create professional-looking infographics in PowerPoint with these 10 free templates.
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This is a helpful post for those who would like to make infographics in Powerpoint. You can also download 10 free templates.
No Boxes's curator insight,
May 18, 2015 5:25 PM
I love infographics! Thanks to HubSpot for sharing these. 
Sally Spoon's curator insight,
August 6, 2015 12:18 AM
This is a helpful post for those who would like to make infographics in Powerpoint. You can also download 10 free templates.
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I recently needed to know the word count in a PowerPoint presentation. In my case, this was because I charge my clients by the word, in the main, and needed to know how much to charge someone for e... Via Stefano KaliFire
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A little useful tip how to count words in your PPT presentation.
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There are usually two kinds of people. Historically, you are either someone who frequently creates and edits presentations in Microsoft’s PowerPoint app or you aren't. For years, Microsoft has offe...
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A detailed and comprehensive guide to creating and editing PowerPoint presentations online without the need to download the software. It will be especially convenient to those who use PowerPoint rarely.
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5 good reasons why you should include more videos in your slide decks and a guide to properly using them in your presentations.
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Bullet points suck big time. They put your audience to sleep. Learn 7 alternatives ways to present your information in a more engaging way.
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Once again - bullet points and their alternatives. Learn how you can have your cake and eat it too.
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No animation, or really bad animation, can make your PowerPoint presentations look really amateurish. But! Help is at hand! BrightCarbon's presentation experts…
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BrightCarbon suggest that PowerPoint presentations should use animations to make a bigger impact on the audience.
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Use table to create the Jeopardy game board in PowerPoint, hyperlink each cell to the clue, use Slide Master for clues and answers. Download Free Template.
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Play Jeopardy with your students that you have created yourself using PPT. Ask your students to create a game. Get free template!
Wendy Zaruba's curator insight,
September 28, 2015 2:28 PM
Have you ever wanted to create a Jeopardy Game or any game for your classroom? Well, here are the step by step directions and a FREE downloadable template to get you started. Good Luck & Enjoy! 
Nikos Kon's curator insight,
March 24, 2016 6:01 PM
Play Jeopardy with your students that you have created yourself using PPT. Ask your students to create a game. Get free template!
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Take it from someone who hates boring powerpoints. If you apply these 4 takeaways you'll look like a professional presenter. Or you can have your money back - …
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Watch this constructive and matter-of-fact presentation with your students and learn some basic rules that have to be kept in mind while creating a winning PPT presentation.
Jimena Acebes Sevilla's curator insight,
August 9, 2015 4:22 PM
Tíos para hacer presentaciones "modernas" en PowerPoint.
Costantino Soudaz's curator insight,
August 9, 2015 11:58 PM
Watch this constructive and matter-of-fact presentation with your students and learn some basic rules that have to be kept in mind while creating a winning PPT presentation. 
WikiBlinks's curator insight,
August 10, 2015 12:14 AM
Watch this constructive and matter-of-fact presentation with your students and learn some basic rules that have to be kept in mind while creating a winning PPT presentation.
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Whether you love them or hate them, gap fill exercises seem to be everywhere. If you are teaching from a course book you are always going to come across a gap fill exercise. If you are teaching usi...
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A great way to use PowerPoint for gap fill exercises, with demo videos.
Carmen Chavez, Ph.D.'s curator insight,
July 31, 2015 10:44 AM
A great way to use PowerPoint for gap fill exercises, with demo videos. 
Ariana Amorim's curator insight,
August 5, 2015 2:15 PM
A great way to use PowerPoint for gap fill exercises, with demo videos. 
Genie Alva's curator insight,
August 9, 2015 5:06 AM
A great way to use PowerPoint for gap fill exercises, with demo videos.
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Grouping allows you to make two or more PowerPoint objects into a single ‘grouped’ object that you can more easily move around and manage on your slide.
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Those who have tried using lots of objects (images, clipart, graphics) in their PowerPoint presentations and discovered they all seemed scattered around, may not have known the "art" of grouping the objects so that they can't move. A valuable lesson for presentation makers by Nuts & Bolts Speed Training gurus.
Wendy Zaruba's curator insight,
July 1, 2015 1:35 PM
GREAT TIPS Grouping in PowerPoint "The Ultimate Guide" Taking You From Beginner To Advanced In No Time
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You'll most likely have to enter charts for a presentation. You can either use one you already have in Excel or create one manually on the fly right in PowerPo…
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A great tutorial on how to create charts in PowerPoint by linda.com. There are two effortless ways of doing it as demonstrated in this tutorial.
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Based on our experience, the average to advanced PowerPoint user knows between 10 to 30 shortcuts… how many do you know? This guide covers over 120 of them and will quickly move you up the curve!
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A fantastic PDF resource for downloading and exploring to discover an incredible number of PPT shortcuts that will save your time. You can also watch videos that demonstrate the use of the shortcuts. Thanks for the suggestion to Taylor Croonquist.
RESENTICE's curator insight,
June 26, 2015 3:10 AM
Des raccourcis clavier pour vos présentations powerpoint
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BrightCarbon provide a quick and easy solution to the issue of videos not running in PowerPoint.
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The article gives some useful tips how to deal with this rather common issue in PPT presentations.
Donna Farren's curator insight,
May 21, 2015 12:12 PM
This is a fantastic and handy tool if you are ever sharing power points with embedded video! Thanks to those who made it and shared it! 
John Jung's curator insight,
May 22, 2015 11:39 PM
great idea of sending test file with diff formats of embedded videos to make sure the host computer can run them!
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Learn 10 essential PowerPoint tips on how to combine fonts for your slides. Beyond finding cool fonts online you need to know how to combine them together.
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Great post about font trends and combinations for your PowerPoint presentations.
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Step-by-step guide on how to edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in Dropbox in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc.
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Great news for Dropbox users. Now you can edit your Office documents including PowerPoint files in Dropbox without leaving it.
PowerPoint & Keynote Solutions from Chillibreeze's curator insight,
May 15, 2015 11:29 AM
If you are a dropbox user, this tutorial will show you how you can edit your PPT files in dropbox. The conveience of being able to access your files as and when inspiration strikes - priceless! |
Emaze have just released a new feature that automatically gives your Powerpoint presentation a new look. You have to log in and upload your old PPT and... be amazed!