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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How Students Can Use Timeline Templates in the Classroom

How Students Can Use Timeline Templates in the Classroom | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
A foreign language teacher provides her ideas and examples for using infographic timelines in the classroom, both as assignments and visual aids.
Baiba Svenca's insight:

Great tips for students who need to create timelines. Experience shared by a foreign language teacher.

Thanks for the suggestion to April Alen Abion.

Gianluca Pirraglia's curator insight, January 2, 2017 6:23 AM

Great tips for students who need to create timelines. Experience shared by a foreign language teacher.

Thanks for the suggestion to April Alen Abion.

Ruth Reynolds's curator insight, January 26, 2017 7:00 PM
And the basic Visme program is free!! You can try and see how it goes. Learning to do timelines is so important in teaching History.
Coconut Curator's curator insight, April 30, 2017 10:28 AM
Keen to use timelines for geography and history (HASS). Looks at Visme as a timeline tool.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Chart Making

The Do’s and Don’ts of Chart Making | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
A guide to creating accurate and effective charts and graphs, with a checklist of the most common errors and how to avoid them.
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Excellent tips for making charts that look professional.

Jim George's curator insight, September 1, 2016 9:59 AM
Some excellent tips to spruce up the old visuals!
La pluma digital's curator insight, October 31, 2016 10:12 AM
Una guía para elaborar gráficos no solo fáciles de leer, sino también atractivos para el usuario. 
Lilydale High School's curator insight, December 28, 2016 5:53 AM
Chart making.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Creating an Infographic With Visme

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating an Infographic With Visme | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
A short tutorial for beginners on how to create a simple infographic with Visme.
Baiba Svenca's insight:

If you want to learn how to make infographics, this is your tutorial.

Wendy Zaruba's curator insight, February 2, 2016 10:26 AM

Great tips for creating Infographics.

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The Process of Infographic Design simplified

The Process of Infographic Design simplified | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Learn how to create an infographic from an infographic: This interactive breaks down the process of designing an infographic into 5 easy to understand steps
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If you have been thinking about creating your first infographic, here are some useful guidelines how to do it.

Thanks for the suggestion to Payman Taei.

Raquel Oliveira's curator insight, June 9, 2015 8:10 PM

Infografico é uma excelente ferramenta visual para desenho instrucional #avancee

Simplificar esse processo é o MUST!

Viviana Farias Arevalo's curator insight, June 11, 2015 12:35 PM

añada su visión ...

Sue Alexander's curator insight, June 22, 2015 9:02 AM

This is a wonderful graphic; you get great content presented with clarity and flair. WTG visme. I can run with this.

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How to Create a Powerpoint Presentation that Won't Put People to Sleep

How to Create a Powerpoint Presentation that Won't Put People to Sleep | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Before a presentation your nerves become fired up and your heart starts to pound. While the audience may be sizing you up, they are only hoping for an engaging presentation. They want you to succeed and quite frankly they need you to succeed. The infographic provided by Udemy walks us through the three critical points to creating a great presentation.
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Attractive and informative infographic on PowerPoint presentations.

Thanks for the suggestion to Ivo Novy.

Nedko Aldev's curator insight, March 24, 2015 5:31 AM

 

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Fenia's curator insight, March 24, 2015 2:37 PM

Useful guide to good presentations - not only for ppt but also for other presentation tools 

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New look of Infogram

New look of Infogram | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

We have redesigned Infogram page by page to reflect your feedback and improve your experience. A few significant changes you’ll notice when logged-into the infographic editor

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Infogram have updated their site to enable presentation view of the charts and infographics. There are also lots of minor changes that improve the process of creation.

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Sprites - create infographics on the web

Sprites - create infographics on the web | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Sprites is a free tool for creating beautiful animated infographics for the Web.
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Sprites is a cool new HTML5 - based tool for creating infographics. There are free and paid versions but at this moment you can sign up for a free pro account.

Erin Walsh's curator insight, May 22, 2014 2:55 PM

Infographics are a great way to grab someones attention and get your information out there

Marja Oilinki's curator insight, May 23, 2014 5:21 AM

Toistaiseksi Pro-versiona ilmainen melkoisen intuitiivisesti toimiva ja tyylikäs infografiikkatyökalu Sprites sopii yhteen Googlen työkalujen kanssa. Esimerkiksi tilaston muuttaminen havainnolliseen muotoon on todella helppoa. 

BI Media Specialists's curator insight, May 30, 2014 7:54 AM

I love an infographic!  Such a great way to get information across to visual learners.  Right now you can sign up for a free pro account!  

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Vizalizer | Social Network for Quality Data Visualizations

Vizalizer | Social Network for Quality Data Visualizations | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Vizalizer simplifies the creation, analysis and generation of data visualization through a Social Network that brings together publishers with colleagues and readers, to create content for its analysis and discussion, use in presentations, publications...
Baiba Svenca's insight:

Vizalizer is an interesting tool that lets you create infographics and data visualizations. In my opinion, it is more suitable for business but ingenious people may find how to use it in education as well.

The basic version is free but it has limitations.

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Piktochart - Infographic App & Presentation Tool

Piktochart - Infographic App & Presentation Tool | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Piktochart makes information beautiful.

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Piktochart has recently been upgraded, and now it makes infographics and presentations more interactive. You can now insert hyperlinks in your content and make your charts and tabs interactive. Also it is easier to save and share your infographics.

Unfortunately, free account is very limited, it gives you only 4 basic themes to choose from. Paid accounts for students start at $3.33 per month.

Check out Piktochart for education http://piktochart.com/education/

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Creating infographics | screencast tutorial

You can create infographics - visual representations of data - from scratch using free web tools. Library consultant and educator Linda W. Braun takes you step by…

Baiba Svenca's insight:

Great detailed tutorial on how to create infographics using two popular tools - http://www.easel.ly/ and http://infogr.am.

Alfredo Corell's curator insight, December 29, 2012 11:48 AM

Very good and detailed tutorial for creating infographics

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How to Create Stunning Infographics in 30 Minutes or Less

How to Create Stunning Infographics in 30 Minutes or Less | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Learn how to create stunning infographics - without spending hundreds of dollars on a graphic designer or losing your mind - in just 30 minutes or less.

From word clouds to network data visualizations, infographics have become a primary format for content in a relatively short period of time. Although the ‘infographic’ is nothing new, its proliferation and evolution has been nothing short of exponential in the past few years.

Whether you love them or hate them, the rising popularity of infographics can’t be denied.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, January 7, 2013 4:29 PM

Really excellent how-to using the impressive Piktochart infographic tool.

Neil Ferree's curator insight, February 26, 2013 10:05 AM

Infographics done right and done well can generate lots of traffic to your http://bit.ly/RichSnippet and build your brand

Charles-Louis Mazerolles's curator insight, March 8, 2013 3:28 AM

good tool to know :-)

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easel.ly | create and share infographics

easel.ly | create and share infographics | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

An easy way to create infographics and posters with ready-made visual themes - vhemes.

Alfredo Corell's comment, November 13, 2012 2:30 AM
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Nuava Solutions's curator insight, December 19, 2012 10:35 AM

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Cb Bowman's curator insight, September 10, 2013 12:31 PM

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The top 20 data visualisation tools

The top 20 data visualisation tools | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

From simple charts to complex maps and infographics, Brian Suda's round-up of the best – and mostly free – tools has everything you need to bring your data to life...

A common question is how to get started with data visualisations. Beyond following blogs, you need to practice – and to practice, you need to understand the tools available. In this article, get introduced to 20 different tools for creating visualisations...


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Randy Rebman's curator insight, January 28, 2013 12:33 PM

This looks like it might be a good source for integrating infographics into the classroom.

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8 Innovative Types of Visual Content (You Probably Haven’t Tried Yet)

8 Innovative Types of Visual Content (You Probably Haven’t Tried Yet) | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
A list of visual content types you probably haven't tried yet, from cinemagraphs and progress GIFs to interactive sliders and mixed-media infographics.
Baiba Svenca's insight:

Fantastic visuals + tips how to create them.

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15 Stunning Interactive and Animated Infographics

15 Stunning Interactive and Animated Infographics | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
A hand-picked list of animated and interactive infographics that incorporate innovative and impressive design elements, motion graphics and effects.
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If you want to make your presentations more attractive, include infographics. Or present infographics alone.


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How to be a PowerPoint Power User

How to be a PowerPoint Power User | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Got a presentation to prepare for? Want to avoid 'Death by PowerPoint'? Then read on, we've polled some PowerPoint experts for their tried and tested PowerPoint tips. You'll even discover how to partner PowerPoint with best of breed presentation productivity apps to ensure you are prepared for any occasion.
Baiba Svenca's insight:

A great infographic - 7 tricks to help you become an expert user of PowerPoint.

Mihai Corbuleac's curator insight, January 7, 2016 7:00 AM

Nice infographic, thank you Baiba!

Wendy Zaruba's curator insight, February 2, 2016 10:27 AM

More great tips for using PowerPoint, check them out!

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5 Infographics to Teach You How to Easily Make Infographics in PowerPoint

5 Infographics to Teach You How to Easily Make Infographics in PowerPoint | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
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.

Marcelle Searles's curator insight, May 21, 2015 8:15 PM

a good visual tool

 

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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Nine steps for creating an amazing infographic

Nine steps for creating an amazing infographic | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
How to create an amazing infographic with Visme in just 9 steps.
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9 steps how to create infographics, well-presented and concise.

Thanks for the suggestion to Payman Taei.

Payman Taei's comment, December 14, 2014 9:45 AM
Welcome Babi. Always a pleasure to share.
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5 Great Online Tools for Creating Infographics

5 Great Online Tools for Creating Infographics | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Professional infographic designers rely primarily on a core vector graphics software program to create their infographics designs. The main advantage is that all the icons, charts, images, illustrations, and data visualizations are treated as separate objects that can be easily moved, resized, overlapped, and rotated. 

Baiba Svenca's insight:

Wonderful and easy tools for creating infographics and presentations. Start using any of them for free, then go to a paid version if you wish.

Melissa Marshall's curator insight, October 15, 2014 12:56 AM

These tools are mostly web-based and provide ways in which students can visually represent their ideas. 

Stephan Hughes's curator insight, October 21, 2014 9:27 AM

Getting students to create infographics and using them ourselves to present information are more than justifiable reasons for these kind of tools

Isabelle Heymans's curator insight, November 8, 2014 4:43 AM

ajouter votre point de vue ...

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Infogr.am Charts for Excel

Infogr.am Charts for Excel | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Create infographics and interactive online charts. It's free and super-easy! Follow other users and discover amazing data stories!
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Infogr.am now enables you to create interactive charts and infographics in Excel to visualize your information. You will need Microsoft Office 2013 to use this free application.

Sarah Bylsma's curator insight, July 27, 2013 10:19 PM

Great cross literacy tool (geography,math etc.) I can't wait to share with my tweets

Ali Anani's curator insight, July 28, 2013 12:45 AM

Make great charts for free

LundTechIntegration's curator insight, July 29, 2013 9:17 AM

I love this. 

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46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom

46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences).

The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency...

Baiba Svenca's insight:

A goldmine of 46 tools that will help you make infographics. The list has been put together by Faisal Khan.

You can use these tools not only for creating infographics but also use them for charts, diagrams, mind maps etc.

maite collados's curator insight, January 14, 2014 11:24 AM

Las infografías son una herramienta muy útil por su factor visual: en poco espacio y de forma visulamente agradable y atrayente, engloba datos y relaciona conceptos.

ManufacturingStories's curator insight, July 30, 2014 7:50 AM

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Cynthia Day's curator insight, July 30, 2014 2:45 PM

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Infographics introduction

InformationGraphics a.k.a. Infographics
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A neat presentation on infographics, appropriate for beginners and students who just want to start with their first infographic.

The slideshow gives the definition, types and examples of various infographics.

Larry Davies's curator insight, February 16, 2013 4:59 AM

Great for presentations,  yes?

Warren Williams's curator insight, February 16, 2013 5:04 PM

Good for beginners to understand where and how to start

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What are the Types of Graphs

What are the Types of Graphs | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Graphs provide visual representation of data and are much easier and quicker to comprehend than boring digits or plain text. Graphs are used to show progress or regress or compare statistics. There are different types of graphs and each one can be used to present the data in a different perspective.

 

Infographic on learning about what are types of graphs with respect to education in Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pictographs, Pie Charts, Organizational Charts, Flow Charts, Bubble Chart, Area Graphs, Waterfall Chart...

Baiba Svenca's insight:

A useful infographic showing all types of graphs which are essential components of presentations dealing with data.

Thanks to Chintan Jain for suggesting this resource.

Susan Gingras Fitzell's curator insight, December 27, 2012 6:29 PM

Reading graphs is a skill critical to all content areas. This infographic provides a powerful visual mnemonic to support student recall.

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How to Create an Interactive Infographic With a Presentation

How to Create an Interactive Infographic With a Presentation | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
There's no denying infographics are great to communicate data in an engaging, easy to understand way.
Gust MEES's curator insight, January 7, 2013 9:15 AM

Very interesting and easy to follow...

 

Adriana Favieri's curator insight, January 8, 2013 5:40 PM

Very interesting and easy to follow...

 

Alfredo Corell's curator insight, January 8, 2013 6:28 PM

Very interesting and easy to follow...

 

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Infographic: What is the cost of a bad PowerPoint presentation?

Infographic: What is the cost of a bad PowerPoint presentation? | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
How much money is lost every day because of bad presentations? Top 5 annoyances when listening to a bad presentation.
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