The first is a picture generating online app that takes a group of words and creates a really cool “Word Cloud” graphic. See the picture at left. This cloud graphic reflects some of the most used words from this very blog for example. You can copy and paste text or put in a blog URL and choose colors and backgrounds and fonts as well. Very cool and can be found at: www.wordle.net
Have a wonderful weekend!
Nan @ BB
Have you ever wondered how people create these unique pictures that seem to be completely in Black and White except for just one area of color? Well, it’s pretty simple, actually and this week, Brainy Betty has a great quick tutorial to show you exactly how to do it. You’ll learn a new skill set and have a lot of fun with this one!
Have a great week!
Nan @ brainybetty.com
So many of us have wireless networks at home and this is the perfect time of year to take a look at the network you have at home and perhaps make it a little more efficient. This Microsoft at Home article has 10 tips to improve the speed and efficiency of your at home network.
Students can use these great sites to research for school projects and for help with homework assignments!
Have a great week!
Nan @ brainybetty
Use this add in to insert YouTube videos into a PowerPoint slide.
All you need to do is to provide the YouTube video URL that appears in the browser address bar, the rest is taken care of by the YTV Wizard.
Note: YouTube videos are streamed so a live internet connection is required to playback the video during the slideshow. Use the free FlashBack add-in to play/rewind the YouTube video automatically.
This (and many other free PowerPoint addins) are made available by the very talented Shyam Pillai - a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional)! Be sure and contact him and say thanks!
A LOT of people have written to the Brainy Betty site asking for this - we're happy to have found something that will be of benefit to you!
Have a great week,
Nan @ brainybetty
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 comes with new rich media tools. Follow this quick tutorial and see how to easily integrate images and video in your PowerPoint presentation. Also, learn how to share PowerPoint presentations with remote abilities.
All you Brainy Betty fans who have written to me asking how to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint, this new version has the ability to do just that as well as "trim" any video right in PowerPoint!
Awesome. Have a great week! Keep learning.
Nan @ brainybetty :)
Do you know about Microsoft Labs?
Microsoft Labs researches and puts out new and cool, innovative programs and applications (just like Google Labs if you are familiar with that...)
One of their awesome new applications is PhotoSynth. You can take a series of pictures of a still object and create a 3-D view of the same object. This is very cool on a number of levels - for businesses, to create 3D images of products, for organizations and schools to create people pictures and amazing graphics, more.
You can check it out and use it free at this site.
Another cool application is Seadragon available free here. This application allows you to pan and zoom around large picture files on the Internet.
New on our site, under the TEACHER and EDUCATIONAL Resource menu, we've added a link to the Annenburg Foundation's site which provides free educational multimedia for classroom educational use! It's a great site, nonprofit and useful for any educator. I'd definitely bookmark it.
Have a productive, creative fun November and if you don't mind, let a couple of people know about this blog! We want to reach as many people as possible!
Thanks,
Nan@brainybetty :)
Grab it now - it's free and available only for the rest of the week. You can download either the 97-2003 or the PowerPoint 2007 version of the background. Why not make a self running presentation with all your gratitude for your coworkers, family or friends and send it to them or post it online this Thanksgiving?
All the best for a warm, safe and happy holiday. At Brainy Betty, we're thankful for YOU! :)
