7 Tips to Create Visual Presentations

 Here's a great SlideShare by a freelance presentation designer on tips for creating visual presentations. He shares practical ways to build presentations and tips on making your presentations stand out. We often fall victim to the bells and whistles of PowerPoint and lose our audience by overshadowing the content. Don't continue to make that mistake.  Take a look at these 7 tips for creating visual presentations. Follow Emiland on Twitter at @emilanddc.

7 tips to create visual presentations from Emiland

Technology Free Learning Source

 GCFLearnFree.org provides quality online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve technology, literacy, or math skills.


Some features for GCFLearnFree that are very beneficial are:

• Lessons with video tutorials
• The lessons are printable
• Interactives available with each lesson
• Extras...like quizzes to test your knowledge

Technology Tutorials Offered: 

Apple: (iTunes, iPad, MacOS Lion, iCloud, Computer Basics)
Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/apple

Microsoft Excel: (Versions 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010)
 Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel

Microsoft Word: (Versions 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010)
Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word

Microsoft PowerPoint: (Versions 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010)
Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint

Microsoft Office 2010: (all components plus Microsoft apps)
Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2010

Google: (Google Docs/Drive, Gmail, Blogger)
Site: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/google

App of the Week

Snapguide:  FREE

Snapguide is a great app for viewing and sharing step-by-step how to guides. With Snapguide you can create your own guides with pictures and text. Snapguide reminds me a little of Pinterest because you can explore other guides that people share, mark them as "liked" and then see them on your profile page (alot like pinning something to your own board).



  Features:

• Featured guides from Snapguide to view
• Explore guides by popularity or recently added
• View activity from everyone, friends, or your account
• Connect to Facebook, Twitter, or your address book to find friends
• Share guides to Facebook or Twitter
• Push notifications
• Create how to guides using photos or videos then add supplies and step-by-step direction on each photo and/or video uploaded.

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 Comment on ways you think this app could be used in education today!