At FLBlogCon‘s Spring Fling I was asked to share some of my favorite apps and gadgets to help bloggers and content creators develop quality content. You know I can’t resist sharing my favorite apps and gadgets for bloggers. Aukey Wide Angle and Macro Lens for your smartphone. Can’t beat having a diverse tool that will work with about any smartphone, especially helpful when you upgrade iPhones about every year. This is a
Each year new technology advances faster and faster. As innovative technology becomes more affordable and adoptable, educational institutions figure out ways to improve educations utilizing these tools. I want to focus on 8 technology trends changing education in 2016. Note: I’m not a fortune teller or the leading expert in the field, these are my options and observations. Feel free to join me for a webinar on Wednesday, February 16th at
How many people have used the webcam capture feature build into YouTube? I know I have used it many times, since it’s built into another tool known as Video Everywhere in the Blackboard Learning Management Systems. Did you know that the YouTube webcam capture feature is retiring very soon. If you have tired the YouTube webcam capture feature recently you might have noticed this message: “Webcam uploads will no longer
This post brought to you by Knovio. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Professor Josh. Static presentation can be boring and hard to engage an audience. Think about the last time someone asked you to just read a PowerPoint presentation. Wasn’t that exciting and educational, huh? I have talked about screencasting before as a way to turn your PowerPoint presentation into a guided video but let’s take
I’ve been a fan of Screenr for sometime now and usually include it in my multimedia tools for educators presentations. Sadly Screenr will be closing shop on November 11, 2015. This is the message they posted in a recent email to users: “Sadly, we’re retiring Screenr on November 11, 2015. As you might already know, Screenr’s recording capability is based on Java RE (Runtime Environment), which is rapidly becoming antiquated.
Want to edit video on the fly? Want to get a video sped up for that short 15 seconds on Instagram? Want to splice together multiple clips quickly to load to Facebook? I’ve found a great app for you. Lumify Video Editor is a great solution I stumbled upon looking for a way to speed up some video clips to a short 15 seconds for Instagram. Let’s start editing