http://technicalprojects.org The Ramblings of a Few Instructional Technologists Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I personally think that Camtasia is one of the best software for creating screencasts the below are a few of my (free) favorite apps when I need something quick: Screenr: It's meant to be used with Twitter but once you save you have the option to upload to YouTube or ... http://technicalprojects.org/2010/02/08/screencasting/ Tired of using Blogger, WordPress.com, or TypePad and you think you're ready for the installed version of WordPress (which to me is the big daddy of blogging application)? Then keep reading! The easiest part of this is proably figuring out what your blog name will be. If you have a business ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/10/22/starting-a-wordpress-blog-part-1/ Happy Monday and today I have a little tutorial that can make your Powerpoint life just a tad bit sweeter -- well, ok, maybe not that good but it'll at least give you less time to beautify and to animate your presentation and more time to think of your content... ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/10/12/powerpoint-master-slide/ Do you get annoyed at how Word 2007 would give you a double space instead of a single space when you push "Enter"? If yes, view the video below on how to change that default setting! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjtd7jsYv98 http://technicalprojects.org/2009/09/29/tip-of-the-day-word-spacing/ This last week my students were asked to do a bit of Web 2.0 research. One part of their assignment was to list three apps that they found, liked, and can be useful in education. Their findings were wonderful and some of them are: Tikatok: Where Kids Write, Illustrate, and Publish ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/09/28/some-web-20-apps/ So many information and so little time. That is our world today. If you are still manually typing in the URL for each website that you visit regularly or going into your bookmark to access the URLs, this tutorial is for you. In this video I demonstrated how I use Google ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/08/27/keeping-up-with-technology/ Want to learn a foreign language but can't afford classes or Rosetta Stone? Try LiveMocha! In short, LiveMocha is a Web 2.0, social networking, site to help you improve your foreign language skills (e.g. French, English, German) while helping others learn the language that you are fluent in too. Via ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/01/20/learn-a-foreign-language/ Do you need to edit your images but can't afford something like Adobe Photoshop? Are you on a tight budget? Do you just need basic functions and not all the bells and whistles Photoshop has to offer? If yes, there are a few options for you.... For many, Photoshop is ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/01/14/image-editors/ It's Savitri here and I just want to share my favorite apps of 2008, in no particular order. Windows Pidgin: This chat software is stable and gets all my account in one application. It has a Facebook plug-in too, which I love because I don't like logging in to Facebook all the ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/01/09/my-favorite-2008-apps/ I'm not sure why I didn't think of this earlier. It's not new and it took one, or two, extra steps and everything worked. First of all I use GroupWise 7 and my GW syncs up to my 2-year-old HP iPAQ. Since I own an iPAQ I have always downloaded my ... http://technicalprojects.org/2009/01/06/syncing-groupwise7-with-gcal-and-my-mac/