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I use the same password everywhere
I am surprised by the number of people who tell me they use the same password for nearly everything. Even if the password is a strong password this is still incredibly insecure and most people do not realize why. If … Continue reading
Contrast Contrast Contrast
CRAP. Every great PowerPoint has lots of CRAP. Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity All four elements are important in a great PowerPoint, but contrast is far and above the most important component of any single slide. Without contrast there is no … Continue reading
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Tagged contrast, powerpoint, presentation, sign, SignCommand
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SignCommand Good, PowerPoint Better
This fall, Liberty-Benton installed an electronic sign in front of the high school. I was asked to help with the management of the content that is displayed on the sign and to train others who would help with content creation. … Continue reading
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Tagged electronic, powerpoint, sign, SignCommand
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Ten Years of Scratch
Ten years ago, I was teaching a multimedia graduate class in which we were looking at different multimedia environments that could be used to develop educational content. The course culminated with an Adobe Flash project, but we explored other applications … Continue reading
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Tagged education, hour of code, programming, scratch
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PowerPoint the new Microsoft Video Editor
A long time ago on an operating system far from Windows 10, there was a video editor called Movie Maker. At some point, someone decided a video editor was too much for most people to handle, and it was removed … Continue reading