Monthly Archives: April 2015

Online tool reviews – Voki

Voki allows you to create speaking avatars that can be included in websites, blogs, etc. It is meant to be used as an educational tool and is geared more for educating children. The characters types are endless, ranging from animals … Continue reading

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Food As Medicine intro to Applied Nutrition

What’s Killing Americans is the first of 5 short presentations in the introduction to Applied Nutrition entitled Food as Medicine. This was my second attempt at screencast 0 matic. I resolved the issues with my microphone and practiced using the … Continue reading

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Animoto: Prezi-like Slide Shows

Animoto helps create visually interesting slide shows using pictures, video and text. You simply choose a template, insert your material into a storybook sequence and then publish. It reminds me of Prezi made into a video with music–items fly around … Continue reading

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Reversing Arterial Disease

I reviewed the tool screencast-o-matic for use with my attempt at animation of a how a healthy artery gets diseased by poor food choices.  Then I created a second animation for reversing this damage with healthy foods. The screencast o … Continue reading

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Tool Review: LiveBinders

This tool review was written by Tiffany Fegel Overall I give LiveBinders three stars: ♦♦♦ I choose to review this tool because there is a very strong attachment to the ‘old’ way of the MWM program where each participant was handed a … Continue reading

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