Into the Driver's Seat

by Miguel Guhlin

Jim Lerman's insight: 

Guhlin is always a great source of advice. Do check him out.

Does your classroom offer one-and-done types of learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond? With tools like G Suite for Education that are available 24/7, the learning doesn’t have to stop when the bell rings at the end of class, or when the worksheet is turned in, or even when the school year ends. The learning takes on a life of its own; it becomes dynamic.

This concept alone should change the way you think about learning in general and change the way you facilitate learning in the classroom.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Dynamic+Learning

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Learning+2+Learn

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Social-Learning

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=makerspace

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=maker

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/luxembourg-education-interviews-5-creativity-and-maker-spaces-beecreative/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/practice-creativity-examples-with-thinglink/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/practice-learning-to-learn/

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Social-Learning

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/coaching-instead-of-teaching-in-modern-education/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/learn-every-day-a-bit-with-curation/

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Animated Cartoon Infographics PowerPoint Template depicts cartoon characters in various moods across animated slides and compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint.

by Lee Watanabe-Crockett

Infographics, an effective form of content marketing, are everywhere on the Web, but it isn't always easy to come up with good designs when you want to create one yourself, especially if you're not skilled in design and visual content.

Fortunately, you have plenty of options. Many blogs and other publications offer tips and tricks to help improve your visual content, and sites like online infographic maker Visme (which I founded) and applications such as PowerPoint offer templates to help you get started.

Templates help you get a general feel about what works for an infographic and what doesn't, which can then allow you to branch out with your own designs. Often, though, in the business world, a lot of templates are simply tweaked to create an infographic; the basic template remains intact. After all, if it isn't broke, why fix it?

So here are five of the most popular templates, the reasons they work so well, and a few tips and tricks to help you make them your own....

A foreign language teacher provides her ideas and examples for using infographic timelines in the classroom, both as assignments and visual aids.

A guide to creating accurate and effective charts and graphs, with a checklist of the most common errors and how to avoid them.

Data is crucial. However, displaying a chunk of plain data can be monotonous. Infographics visualize plain data and make it visually more appealing. Data turned into infographic has a higher potential to go viral and be effective. While many of us are designers who can design amazing infographs, Infographic Generators can come in handy to Designers and non-designers alike. They can be a time saving resource. So here is a list of 17 fantastic Infographic Generators I compiled together:...

Robin Good: Here is a handy short guide to nine free infographic creation tools that can be utilized to create enticing visuals, word charts and data-based infographics without having special technical skills.

Useful. 8/10

Check them all out: http://www.infographicsarchive.com/create-infographics-and-data-visualization/ ;

(Unearted by Andres Taborga)