Authors
Barbara Chivers and Michael Shoolbred

Pub Date: 09/2007
Pages: 176

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Barbara Chivers and Michael Shoolbred

Relevant Weblinks

Chapter 7   Developing content and structure
BUBL. (2008). Homepage. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BUBL
[Accessed February 2008].
A useful list of resources on every topic, useful for graduate level of assignments.

Freemind. (2008). Homepage.  Available from:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
Open source and therefore free mind mapping software.

Inspiration.  (2008). Homepage Available from: http://www.inspiration.com/
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
Commercially available mind mapping software

Librarians’ Internet index. (2008). Homepage .Available from: http://lii.org/
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
More detailed lists of resources.

MindGenius. (2008). Homepage.  Available from: http://www.mindgenius.com/
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
Commercially available mind mapping software.

Pinakes (2008). Homepage. Available from:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
UK-based list of resources

Wikipedia. (2008). Homepage. Available from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
At the time of writing, the world's most popular and rapidly growing
electronic encyclopaedia. But beware, only use it as a starter to lead
you to other sources.

Wikiquote. (2008). Homepage. It.  Available from:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
Online quotations.

 

Chapter 9 Using PowerPoint

AHDS visual arts. (2008). Homepage
Available from: http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/
 [ Accessed February 2008 ].
National service sponsored by UK Jisc.  Look for the search images button. 
Excellent visual resources for instance patterns, fabrics, ceramics.

Atkinson, Cliff. (No date).  Create a storyboard. Microsoft office online,
Available from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/FX011886751033.aspx
[ Accessed February 2008 ].
A brilliant source of information on PowerPoint design.

Flickr .  Homepage.  (2008). Available from: http://www.flickr.com/ 
[Accessed February 2008].
Rapidly developing list of photographs, many of which can be freely used
in educational assignments.  But always check the licence agreement.

Flickr cc.  Homepage .  (2008). Available from: http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
 [ Accessed February 2008].
New Web search tool which helps you to search for  photographs on
Flickr which can be used under the Creative Commons agreement.

 
Frazel, Midge. (2008).
 PowerPoint resources   available from: http://midgefrazel.net/powerpoint.html
 [ Accessed February 2008 ].
Although this is not been updated in the last few months, it is still a very useful
list of resources for PowerPoint.

Microsoft. (2008).
PowerPoint 2003  help and how to.
Available from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/powerpoint/FX100648971033.aspx?
CTT=96&Origin=CL100626991033

[ Accessed February 2008 ].
The official Microsoft material on PowerPoint problems and issues for PowerPoint 2003.

Microsoft. (2008).
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 .
Available from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/powerpoint/default.aspx
[Accessed February 2008].
The official Microsoft material on PowerPoint problems and issues for PowerPoint 2007.

Morguefile. (2008). Homepage. Available from: http://www.morguefile.com/.;
[Accessed February 2008].
A  morgue file is a newspaper term for an archive of news material, photographs etc.
Morguefile is an international file of high-resolution digital photographs for public use. At the time of writing, more limited than Flickr, but very high quality

SPresent (2008).  Homepage.
Available from:
http://www.spresent.com/v2/
[Accessed February 2008].
New Web -- presentation software using Flash, which offers to do a similar job to Microsoft PowerPoint.  It's free and has attracted some positive reviews.

TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images). (2008). Homepage.  Available from:
http://www.tasi.ac.uk. [ Accessed December 2008 ].
National service sponsored by UK  Jisc.  A massive  storehouse of material, at a technical and scholarly level.  Useful for guidelines on the legal position.  Lots of specialist information, for instance how to find scientific images.

Wikimedia Commons.  (2008).  Homepage.  Available from:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/. [Accessed February 2008].
A  morgue file is a newspaper term for an archive of news material, photographs etc.    Morguefile is an international file of high-resolution digital photographs for public use. At the time of writing, more limited than Flickr, but very high quality

 

Chapter 10 Learning from Your Presentation

Campaign for learning. (2008). Website. [Online.WWW]. Available from: http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/aboutyourlearning/whatlearning.htm
[Accessed February 2008].
Basic theory on learning styles.

Fleming, Neil. (2008). VARK: a guide to learning styles
[Online.WWW]. Available from: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
[Accessed February 2008].
Another guide to learning styles from an expert in the field.

 

Appendix 1 Presenting Numbers

bized. (2008).  Charts.  Available from: [ Accessed 2008 ].
http://www.bized.co.uk/timeweb/buffing/buff_picture_expl.htm
Basic information about developing charts.

BBC. (2008).  BBC Bite size. .
Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/data/
[ Accessed December 2008 ].
Tips on pie charts and other kinds of graphs from the reputable BBC.


BBC. (2008). BBC Skills wise.
Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/handlingdata/graphs_and_charts/factsheet.shtml
[ Accessed December 2008 ].
More information on graphs and charts from the BBC.

Microsoft (2008). Microsoft office online.  Excel.
Available from:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/FX010858001033.aspx
[ Accessed February 2008].
Definitive information on Microsoft Excel.

Training and Development Agency for Schools.  (2008).
Scatter graphs
Available from:
http://www.tda.gov.uk/skillstests/numeracy/practicematerials/areascovered/scattergraphs
.aspx?keywords=scattergraphs
[ Accessed February 2008].
Useful examples of different kinds of graphs e.g. scatter graphs.