How can you say no to “Free and Cheap Multimedia tools for Educators“? Check out the webinar I’ll be hosting with Blackboard on Thursday June 13, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. EST. This webinar will assist participates in identifying and incorporating multimedia and instructional tools to accommodate students’ diverse learning styles. The tools featured will be either free or cheap resources to easily incorporate multimedia into your face-to-face or online classroom. Many of the tools discuss have both a desktop and mobile based solution that are great to utilize for student created content too.
Webinar Alert! Free and Cheap Multimedia Tools for Educators
Posted: June 7, 2013 in App of the Week, Education, Tech Tricks and TipsTags: blackboard, blended learning, higher ed, hybrid, instructional design, ipad, iphone, mobile, online learning, presention, software, Technology, Video, youtube
Missed My SoftChalk Innovators in Online Learning Webinar?
Posted: June 6, 2013 in Education, Tech Tricks and Tips, ValenciaTags: app, blackboard, blended learning, higher ed, hybrid, instructional design, ipad, iphone, mobile, online learning, photography, photos, review, software, Technology, Video, web 2.0, youtube
Did you miss my webinar “Engaging Diverse Learning Styles with Web and Mobile Multimedia Tools that Add Pizzazz to SoftChalk Content” by SoftChalk on June 5, 2013?
To accommodate diverse learning styles as well as access to mobile content it has become increasingly important to use multimedia and instructional tools that enhance lessons. The tools featured in this webinar will be either free or cheap resources that easily incorporate a variety of multimedia into your SoftChalk content. Many of the tools have both desktop and mobile based solutions that are great to utilize with online and in class engagement. Plus many of these tools are great for student created content as well.
You can watch the archive by visit http://softchalk.com/learn-more/webinars/innovators
Also get all the links and information by visit my SlideShare:

- 12 exercises
- 30 seconds per exercise
- 10 second rest between exercises
- Up/Down buttons to move through exercises
- Long press select to restart workout
- Short vibrate between state changes
- Double vibrate to switch sides
Webinar Alert! Engaging Diverse Learning Styles with Web and Mobile Multimedia Tools that Add Pizzazz to SoftChalk Content
Posted: May 23, 2013 in Education, Tech Tricks and Tips, ValenciaTags: blackboard, blended learning, higher ed, hybrid, instructional design, online learning, Technology
I’m hosting a webinar for SoftChalk‘s Innovators in Online Learning webinar series on Wednesday, June 5, 2012 at 2 PM EST.
Engaging Diverse Learning Styles with Web and Mobile Multimedia Tools that Add Pizzazz to SoftChalk Content
To accommodate diverse learning styles as well as access to mobile content it has become increasingly important to use multimedia and instructional tools that enhance lessons. The tools featured in this webinar will be either free or cheap resources that easily incorporate a variety of multimedia into your SoftChalk content. Many of the tools have both desktop and mobile based solutions that are great to utilize with online and in class engagement. Plus many of these tools are great for student created content as well.
Register today! It’s getting packed!
BarCamp Orlando Photo Review
Posted: May 22, 2013 in Central Florida, ReviewTags: central florida, conferences, orlando, photography, photos, smcorl, startup
Check out this photo gallery from BarCamp Orlando hosted at Wall Street Plaza on May 18, 2013.
Check out this video featuring lots of other photos from the event.
Web App of the Week: Clipping Magic Can Remove Image Background in Seconds
Posted: May 22, 2013 in App of the Week, Review, Tech Tricks and TipsTags: app, blogger, photography, photos, presention, review
Cropping an object out of an photo in an image editor can be a tricky task, even with expensive photo editing software. A new web app Clipping Magic does it for you in seconds. All you have to do is paint the foreground object one color, the background object another, and the app does the work for you.
Just drag and drop a photo onto the site, and you’ll get a green box you can use to paint the foreground image, or the area of the photo you want to select. Click the red box to paint the background, or the part of the photo you want removed. You work with a version of the photo on the left, and you can see a live preview of the changes on the right, so you can always backtrack, or zoom in for a finer touch if you want.
After you are done fine tuning the image, just download the finished product to get the edited object , now on a transparent background in PNG format. The web app lets you share a link to the finished image, so you don’t have to email a file too. Clipping Magic is ideal for logos, screenshots, and other images where there’s a sharp pixel edge to the item you’re trying to highlight or pull out of an image. This web app would be great to quickly create images ready for Prezi or PowerPoint presentations. It’s currently free right now but they may start charging for the service in the future.
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