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TAL 007: Turn Your Presentations Upside-Down with Prezi

Today’s Tool: Prezi Resources: Prezi website  Prezi tutorials and cheatsheets We love to hear your feedback–leave a comment on the blog or send us an email!  Listen to this podcast now (or right-click the link and “save target as” to download the mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS.

TAL 006: Come Join Me with Join.me

Today’s Tool: Join.me Resources: Join.me Quick Preview and Tutorial (video)   Comparison Chart of Free(ish) Screen Sharing Programs Screen Sharing Program Description Cost Maximum number of attendees Download for meeting starter? Download for attendees? Mobile apps? Adobe Acrobat web conferencing Web conferencing with screen sharing Free for up to 3 users$14.99 and up for more users 20 No No iphone Join.me Screen sharing with conference call number FreePaid version for additional features unlimited Yes No iphone, ipadViewer for Android (soon) Live Look Screen sharing $10/credit for one time meeting or $39.99 for unlimited monthly meetings 15 No No No Mikogo Web conferencing with screen sharing Free 10 Yes Yes No (but can join via website) Teamviewer Screen sharing with VoIP and file transfer Free for non-commercial users 3-15 (depending on plan) Yes(works well through firewalls) Yes iphone, ipad, ipod touchAndroid Skype Voice over internet (VoIP)  program with limited screen sharing option via video call Free 2 Yes Yes iphone, ipad, ipod touchAndroidSymbian/ N9000 Windows Live Messenger (XP)  (Vista, Windows 7) Instant messaging  with program/ whiteboard sharing option Free ? Yes Yes Not for program sharing   We love to hear your feedback–leave a comment on the blog or send us an email! Listen to this podcast now (or right-click the link and “save target as” to download the mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS.

TAL 005: Dropbox and Cloud Storage

Today’s Tool: Dropbox Resources: Dropbox blog and Dropbox at Work blog Wiki of Dropbox addons Some of Robin’s favorite Dropbox addons: Upload files to dropbox via email – Use app SendtoDropbox or do-it-yourself as explained in the blog post Upload Files to Your Dropbox Folder by Email DropItToMe creates a URL so others can send files to your Dropbox (this is especially useful for large files) Here’s a brief video tour of DropItToMe. Use IFTTT to automate links between DropBox and other sharing tools (check out our discussion of IFTTT on the HigherLearningNow podcast, show #29) Cubby Mailbox app We love to hear your feedback–leave a comment on the blog or send us an email! Listen to this podcast now (or right-click the link and “save target as” to download the mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS.

TAL 004: Screencasting with Jing!

Today’s Tool: Jing Resources: Jing Overview video from Jing. The Jing website has many tutorials on how to use various aspects of Jing. Ideas for Using Jing from Russell Stannard at TeacherTrainingVideos.com (K-12 examples, but still good to get your ideas flowing!) Other free tools for screen capturing: screencastle (browser based), screencast-o-matic (browser based), screenr (browser based),  camstudio (windows) Other free tools for screen shots: greenshot (windows) We love to hear your feedback–leave a comment on the blog or send us an email! Listen to this podcast now (or right-click the link and “save target as” to download the mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS.

TAL 003: Tell Me A Story – Yakitome

Today’s Tool: Yakitome Resources: Handout on how to use Yakitome to create an audio file from text (pdf).  We love to hear your feedback–leave a comment on the blog or send us an email! Listen to this podcast now (or right-click the link and “save target as” to download the mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes or RSS.