Live Motion GIF Screencasts: With a name like LICEcap, It Has to Be Good
If you make a lot of screencasts, tutorials, or documentation, you probably keep a keen eye out for any tool that can make...
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March 24, 2023
What’s Different Between the Life of a Classroom Teacher vs. Instructional Designer?
How is the day-to-day life of an Instructional Designer different than that of a K12 classroom teacher? Many classroom teachers are looking to make...
February 10, 2023
The “Attention Method” for Effective Presentation Decks – Updated
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
August 24, 2022
Microlearning is not a Platform, it’s a Design Choice
One frequent buzzword you’ll hear a lot in the eLearning world is “microlearning”. More often than not, it’s pushed by companies trying to sell...
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“Can’t Live Without” Apps– Mac & Windows Apps I Install Immediately Upon Getting a New Computer
This week at work, they replaced my ailing but valiant Dell XP laptop with a new HP Windows7 notebook for work, and then surprised...
Did You Know? A Screenshot is Worth a Thousand Words
There are lots of situations where a screenshot of your computer can communicate much more than words. From giving students detailed directions to helping...
Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net
Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer...
Your computer has that “not so fresh” feeling? Get AppFresh or TechTracker to update all your apps!
AppFresh is a great app for the Mac which scans through your whole computer, checking to see if all of your apps are up...
iPhone-style phone number hyperlinks in Firefox [Mac, Win, Linux]
One thing that grabs people’s attention when they get an iPhone is that phone numbers on websites automatically become hyperlinks. Click on a number,...
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