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SchematicMind Free mind map for Android

SchematicMind Free mind map for Android | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

SchematicMind Free mind map, The premiere mind mapping software for Android. The premiere free Mind mapping tool that enables you to create and edit mind maps.

SchematicMind allows you to create an unlimited amount of mind maps that quickly can be made clear and aesthetically pleasing.

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Android users are not spoiled by a wide choice of free mind mapping tools, so grab this app and create your mind maps easily and fast.

User reviews for this app praise its simplicity and ease of use.

173 Sud's curator insight, April 4, 2013 10:08 AM

 

If you're planning a project, need to organize your thoughts or simply looking for a way to visualize an idea then this is the application for you. With the help of SchematicMind free mind maps you can outline any information you want.


FEATURES:

● Create an unlimited amount of mind maps
● Easy to use touch interface
● Apply Styles
● Add icons
● Select from five distinct shapes
● Define topic, border and background colors
● Supports zooming and Scrolling
● Unlimited map size
● Export and Import functionality
● No functionality locked
● Requires no login

 

 

historiaenpresent's curator insight, April 6, 2013 12:19 PM

Aplicació mapa mental per a Android

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Inkflow: The Visual Thinking App

Inkflow: The Visual Thinking App | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Unleash your creativity.

Inkflow works like a Word Processor for Visual Thinking. Capture your ideas as easily as with pen and paper, then arrange and reorganize them with your fingers!

 

Inkflow is perfect for:

-BrainstormingPlanning and scheduling

-Graphic design and layout

-Sketching and doodling

-Notes, Sketch notes, Mindmaps, etc.

And pretty much anything else you would use pen and paper for.

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Inkflow app from qrayon.com, updated recently, is a great tool for planning and sketching your presentations on iPad.

Read the User's Guide for more detailed instructions and tips http://www.qrayon.com/home/inkflow/guide.aspx

Free download.

Michael Sabah's curator insight, May 6, 2013 6:53 AM
Tolles iPad Tool um Ideen kreativ zu visualisieren - For FREE!
Richard Whiteside's curator insight, December 6, 2013 8:19 AM

Work of genius. Capture images of your notes, your course book, the white board, students work or whatever you want. Then edit as you please, save and share. 

Mauricio Fierro's curator insight, November 12, 2014 6:19 AM

Inkflow: The Visual Thinking App | @scoopit via @baibbb http://sco.lt/...

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Haiku Deck 2.0 Brings Charts, Graphs And Lists To Its iPad Presentation Tool

Haiku Deck 2.0 Brings Charts, Graphs And Lists To Its iPad Presentation Tool | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Office for iPad is a long-standing rumor that frankly becomes less interesting to me with every day that passes, thanks in large part to great third-party apps like Haiku Deck that are stepping up to take advantage of Microsoft's waffling on the...
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Now you can add charts, graphs and lists to your Haiku Deck presentation. There are also new features for managing your images.
Haiku Deck is still free!

TCEA's curator insight, March 7, 2013 3:07 PM

Haiku Deck is a flexible and easy-to-use app with several applications.

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SCROLLSHOW for students and educators

SCROLLSHOW for students and educators | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Educators today are looking for new and innovative ways to engage their students, their colleagues, and themselves. Our society roles and how we communicate with one another has changed. Standards and expectations have changed. Presentation is everything and I feel Scrollshow has hit their mark and raised up to set a new bar!
An educator not only has to express ideas and communicate a clear message to their audience, but also help students build the same skills and abilities to prepare them for a bright and successful future. Students are asked to share and prove their new learning through a range of ways. Communication really is key to engaging an audience.


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Scrollshow is an app for creating panoramic presentations on iPad.

 

Scrollshow website http://scrollshow.com/

Read what is parallax scrolling http://blog.scrollshow.com/2013/02/parallax-scrolling-in-presentation.html

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8 Excellent Apps to Create Narrated Slideshows

8 Excellent Apps to Create Narrated Slideshows | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

One of the important digital skills for our students today is the ability to make narrated slideshows and screen casts. Knowing how to create such animated tutorials is essential for their overall digital literacy development. As teachers and educators, we can use a wide variety of awesome apps that are easy and simple to use and can help our students master their learning and enhance their comprehension

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A great list of apps students can use to create their slideshows. Some of them are free, some are paid but the best thing is everyone can find an app that suits their needs and resources best.

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9Slides - add videos to your presentations on iPad

9Slides - add videos to your presentations on iPad | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Add video or audio commentary to your presentation slides directly on your iPad.
Import your Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe pdf presentations from SlideShare, Google-Drive, Dropbox or BOX, record your video delivering the presentation and publish it online for your online audience.
In a few minutes, you will add wit and personality to your slides making your presentation more compelling for an online audience.

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9Slides have just launched their new iPad app which allows you to add videos directly to the presentation on your iPad.

Free basic account.

Get the app here https://itunes.apple.com/app/9slides/id586153182?ls=1&mt=8

SchoolandUniversity's comment, February 14, 2013 5:37 AM
Greate nice article, it's very useful app for me.........thanks for sharing and launched....9Slides
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Explain a Website - demo video

Explain a Website is an iPad screencasting tool that allows to record interaction with a website within the iOS web browser. This enables users to explain how a certain website works or how to use a specific webpage.

 

How does it work? There's a large browser on the screen and annotate & record buttons on the toolbar at the bottom...

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Explain a Website is an app created by Morris Cooke, the author of Explain Everything.

Great app for educational purposes when you need to demonstrate to your students how to navigate a certain website or a web page.

Link to the app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain-a-website/id541723452?mt=8&affId=1822652

Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight, January 2, 2013 6:47 PM

This is something ipad users have been waiting for. It gives users the ability to create screencasts of web pages on their ipad.

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Slide Idea - A Re-Invented Presentation Tool for Smartphones

Slide Idea - A Re-Invented Presentation Tool for Smartphones | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

SlideIdea is a new pad based presentation app for Windows 8 using cloud based technology to enabling speakers and audience to communicate with each other flawlessly through mobile devices (smartphones, pad’s or laptops).

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Apps in Education: Haiku Deck - Presentation Trump Card

Apps in Education: Haiku Deck - Presentation Trump Card | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

This is content creation at its easiest. The touch and swipe environment has been utilised to ensure a quick and easy presentation in next to no time. Select a theme, use your own images or let Haiku Deck present you with a plethora of images from the in-built Creative Commons image search. This is itself great practice to be modelling to students...

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Mind map & presentation - iPad apps

Mind map & presentation - iPad apps | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

These apps don’t neatly fit into a neat curriculum-based category, yet would still offer a great deal of functionality within a learning-based environment. Several of these are planning and organising apps which suit the iPad’s big screen, whilst others are good for presenting ideas and other work...

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Presenter - Application for Android

Presenter - Application for Android | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Bluetooth remote for controlling presentations (Ppt, Keynote, pdf, etc.). Presenter is an app that assists you in giving dynamic presentations by utilizing hardware...

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ShowMe 3.0 - new version

ShowMe 3.0 - new version | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

"We are so excited to announce the release of the newest version of ShowMe! In this version it becomes easier than ever before to follow new people, discover great content, and watch ShowMes easily."

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Picle – Free App for Multimedia Presentation or Digital Storytelling

Picle – Free App for Multimedia Presentation or Digital Storytelling | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Paul Hamilton has share an app that can level the playing field for almost every learner.  Picle is a free app that helps learners put together digital stories or multimedia presentations easily by combining photos with audio narration and sound.  Imagine the creativity that could be generated with learners having the ability to express and share what they know with this easy to use app. As for teachers, Paul points out that they could present information to learners in multiple ways.

Paul has shared a video he created with Picle in his blog.  Check it out!


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ZoomNotes - Take and Present Notes

ZoomNotes - Take and Present Notes | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

ZoomNotes is the most versatile visual notetaking app for the iPad and iPhone, allowing you to zoom in and out without limits.

 

Presentation Mode:

Bookmarks can be used to animate through your document, presenting the information in really intuitive way. Used in conjunction with sub-documents these give a unique way of conveying the structure of your presentation. Output to the iPad screen, an AirPlay device, an external screen/projector or to a video.

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Zoom Notes app is an awesome way to take your notes and display them on screen in presentation mode à la Prezi.You can import your data from Dropbox or email, and download your notes as PDF file.

Watch the video tutorial to discover how you can design your note board. It's really surprising how many small tricks there are to produce a visually captivating note display.

It is a paid app but for $4.99 you get more than you may have expected.

Jean-Pierre THELEN's curator insight, April 1, 2013 4:52 AM

Pas à proprement parler du mindmapping... Mais un logiciel qui semble très intéressant pour prendre des notes sur iPad (et iPhone) avec, en annexe un viewer téléchargeable gratuitement. Je ne l'ai pas encore testé mais l'outil semble pouvoir réaliser mindmaps et skecthnotes sans problème...

Katherine Page Burdick's curator insight, April 2, 2013 11:17 AM

Another way cool presentation app!

Chris Metcalfe's curator insight, April 5, 2013 8:14 PM

Moving toward tablets is fast becoming more feasable with more apps focusing on creation of content and expanding thinking rather than consumption.

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2 Ways To Turn Text Into Beautiful Images

2 Ways To Turn Text Into Beautiful Images | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Although I don’t actually own an active Instagram account, I love taking and sharing photos. When I finally get a phone that can run Instagram and other such apps, be sure I’ll be enjoying what this platform has to offer.
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Tweegram and Textgram (for iOS and Android) will help you transform your text into an image. Both apps are free to download.

A great way to vary image design for your presentations.

3D Writing Services's curator insight, March 22, 2013 11:25 AM

Options (these for our smartphones) can make the world go 'round - just a bit prettier.

Katherine Page Burdick's curator insight, April 2, 2013 11:15 AM

This is a great app to help students visualize vocabulary words or idioms!

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Deck - create presentations on any device

Deck - create presentations on any device | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Deck is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, presentation app built from the ground up for your tablet.

Deck makes creating a world-class presentation complete with animated charts and transitions as simple as touching and tapping. Deck brings your content to life, enabling you to focus on crafting your story and letting us do the rest.

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Deck app works on iOS and Android. It is available in 15 languages, and it is totally free which makes it suitable for using in education.

 

Watch the Introduction to deck slideshow presentations video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgaRYQRO8oQ

Carmenne Kalyaniwala's curator insight, March 6, 2013 4:09 AM

An easy and superb presentation app... and it's Free !! 

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TotSplash - Organize and Present Ideas using Mind Maps and Prezi Effects

TotSplash - Organize and Present Ideas using Mind Maps and Prezi Effects | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Online mind mapping and presentation app. Awesome way to organize and present ideas.

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An interesting new mind mapping tool which also works as a presentation app. First you create your mind map and then select the desired presentation effect. "Pan and zoom" works similarly to Prezi. No downloads, no installation.

You can make only one free "tot" of 2 MB. For more you have to pay $5.75/month.

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Create Engaging Presentations with Free iPad Apps

Create Engaging Presentations with Free iPad Apps | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

If you are tired of PowerPoint and Keynote, it's easy to change up your normal routine. As much as I love these presentation tools, it's important to keep my audience engaged, and often a quick deviation from the usual is the perfect trick.

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A summary of the most popular apps for creating presentations. Includes Haiku Deck, Prezi, Educreations, ScreenChomp, Doceri, Snap Guide.

msayrach's curator insight, February 14, 2013 4:23 PM

Classificació d'apps gratuites  per fer PPT

Danique Williams's curator insight, February 15, 2013 12:14 AM

There are so many apps and tools that make for engaging presentations. Today's students should love school!

SchoolandUniversity's comment, February 15, 2013 1:03 AM
Excellent post. I absolutely appreciate this site. Continue the good work!
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Inkflow – A Great iPad App for Visual Thinkers

Inkflow – A Great iPad App for Visual Thinkers | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

Inkflow is the perfect app for people like me who like to sketch out their ideas before sharing them in presentations, in writing, or in video productions.

Inkflow is also great for people who like to take notes in a free-hand format in which they can easily include little sketches and diagrams along with their written words.

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The basic version is free. It lets you use black ink and make 20 pages of your notes.

Download it here https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inkflow-think-visually!/id519524685?mt=8

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Great Mind Mapping Apps for iPad

Great Mind Mapping Apps for iPad | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

So you want to be able to capture your ideas wherever you are and put them into creative mind maps .

There are actually several iPad apps to allow you to do just that. We have included in the list below the major mind mapping apps you might want to try on your iPad. These apps are all highly rated and work pretty good. 

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16 most popular and efficient mind mapping apps with short annotations: MyThoughts, MindNode, MindHD, SimpleMind, ThinkFree, IdeaSketch, Popplet and more.

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iThoughtsHD: Mind Mapping For iPhone And iPad

iThoughtsHD: Mind Mapping For iPhone And iPad | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

iThoughtsHD app is a handy mind mapping application that has been specially designed for iOS devices. One of the biggest advantage of using this application is that it not only allows creating new mind maps but also...

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Top 5 Apple iPad Presentation Apps

Top 5 Apple iPad Presentation Apps | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Whether you're a student or a business professional, these iPad presentation apps will make sure you look like you know what you're doing.
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SlideShark: PowerPoint Finally Gets a Deserving iPad App

SlideShark: PowerPoint Finally Gets a Deserving iPad App | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it

In its basic form, SlideShark is just an easy-to-use PowerPoint viewer, something that was missing from the iPad for a long time...

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VideoScribe HD

VideoScribe.tv is a completely unique way to create engaging animated videos quickly and easily. Often called Whiteboard animation or sometimes Fast Drawing, VideoScribe replicates the stop-motion capture style of drawing ...

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Presentation Generator

Compose a sparkling presentation anywhere with the Presentation Generator, an effective tool and easy to use. The Presentation Generator structures the content of your presentation. It makes you aware of your objective, the key message(s) and intention of your presentation...

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