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How to Create a Napkin with PowerPoint

In the Middle of the Curve — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Dan Roam reminded us that we shouldn’t be a slave to our tools when thinking. So… PowerPoint provides a great blank board on your laptop. (Hope this works) …

The Back of the Napkin

In the Middle of the Curve — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:55:00 +0000

Powerpoint is just a tool (hammer) (Here here!!!) – Enables us to be lazy and turn off ways to process the … (to share) – Take 1 laptop computer running PowerPoint . – Take 1 meeting tool – WebEx, Adobe Connect, GotoMeeting, Elluminate etc – Take over the desktop and put PowerPoint on the meeting – There is a great online drawing tool in PowerPoint (that most Microsofties don’t know about) – Go into presentation mode. Icons at the bottom. Look for the …

No-Compromises Rapid eLearning

In the Middle of the Curve — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:10:00 +0000

… blank screen (Flash, Authorware) PowerPoint is a nice authoring tool. millions of people use it. It’s easy. – But …

Work Literacy 2.0

In the Middle of the Curve — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:23:00 +0000

… with Google (after a requirements meeting). – Save the information – save in Bookmarks – Then open up PowerPoint …

The Nebulous Blob Congeals – Classes

In the Middle of the Curve — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:41:00 +0000

I’ve been working on a couple of other projects recently. This has given me the space to let my Captivate class / LMS series stew a bit. A few decisions I’ve made as a result of everyone’s helpful comments : I’ve decided to create only 2 actual “classes” for the Captivate side of things. Class #1 – A basic Captivate workshop. Students bring the PowerPoints they wish to convert. Limited to 5 people. By the end of the session (which I am guessing will be about 4 hours): – They will be able to use the Captivate templates I provide. (This is where I attempt to sneak in …

Context, Wendy….Context!!!!

In the Middle of the Curve — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:51:00 +0000

Dave Ferguson and Janet Clary reminded me of an important addage… It’s about the learner, stupid! They were more polite than that, of course. Please read the comments and Dave’s incredibly helpful blog post . I’m still processing their comments, but they helped a lot. My original thought, and one I need to revisit, is having the students bring one of their original PowerPoints . Preferrably a smaller one. Do the initial basic conversion DURING the training. For most of the students, this should take care of the basics of using Captivate. There is no reason for me to …

Teaching Folks to Fish

In the Middle of the Curve — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:09:00 +0000

Thinking aloud…..advice and recommendations welcome….. ———————————- We have been getting progressively more demand from both within our IT group and from outside departments to convert their 100+ slide information-heavy PowerPoints into 100+ slide information-heavy Captivate projects that they can put on our LMS. In response – the Director asked me to help develop a plan that would make our SMEs more independent. Essentially, letting them do the conversion themselves. Of course – I twitched a little. The thought of having hundreds of dull …