Get ready to design your own custom video intro in 20 minutes or less. Here’s what you need to get started: Keynote iMovie Have the following tabs open: Pixabay Bensound Iconfinder Pexels Videos Key pointers to remember: When opening a new Keynote slide deck select ‘wide’ With Pixabay be sure to search ‘color’ then select…
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Digital Bytes – 19th June 2017
Book Creator Summer Journal A fantastic way to remember some of the details from your summer is to keep a journal. Last summer, both my kids used Book Creator to capture some of the things that happened on a daily basis. It was great for photos and video and voice records. Pages, Keynote and…
The Power of a Small Idea
I was checking Twitter one day, when this tweet by Anna Davies jumped out at me, with its striking red and black colour scheme and professional-looking images. Anna Davies on Twitter G5 deeply personal hopes&fears on display. Seeing each other from a different perspective #ishcmcib thanx 4 the inspiration @itsallaboutart It turns out that Anna…
Using your iPad or iPhone as a Remote to Control Your Keynote
Keynote gives you the ability to control your presentation from an iPhone or an iPad. This allows you, as the presenter, the chance to move around and not have to stand beside your computer. Your notes from your Keynote will be available to you on your iPad. You can tap the screen or swipe from…
Digital Bytes – May 9, 2016
Live Slides Live Slides is a great tool for embedding live webpages into your Keynote presentations. You could include an internet based poll like Poll Anywhere, a Prezi or any number of live webpages. Livbits A fantastic example of someone who wants to share her passion for books with the world is Livbits. She has…
Designing Effective Presentations
Every educator today needs to learn how to present effectively. But how much do they know about what makes an effective presentation? Garr Reynolds, author of the popular book Presentation Zen Design, notes: “For many of us, there is a hole in our education when it comes to visual communication… In the past, the tools…
The Noun Project
Thumbs Up designed by Nick Holroyd from the thenounproject.com I would like to highlight one of my favourite sites ever:The Noun Project. It is incredibly useful in the classroom, and is a delight to use. You can search for anything on The Noun Project and find a graphical representation of it. Designers upload their creations to the…
Attaching New Keynote or Pages Files to Email or Putting Them in Google Drive
When using the new Keynote or Pages applications, you cannot attach the files directly to emails or put them right in to Google Drive. There are two simple solutions to fix this problem. Save the files as Keynote ’09 or Pages ’09 files or compress the files before attaching them to emails or inserting them…
Presentations with Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck is a wonderful free app for iPad which really encourages high quality presentations using Creative Commons images. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to get started: 1. Open the Haiku Deck app and click on the + button to start a new presentation. 2. Type in a title to your new presentation. 3….