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![]() Powerpoint slides can be used to illustrate concepts, for showing relevant graphs or images, but they should not be used for a long list of bulleted points. Active learning means the classroom becomes a space for debate, discussion, interaction, and the instructor is the facilitator of all of this rather than a ‘voice from a podium’. Active learning is an important and valuable concept in higher education. Text-heavy Powerpoint slides do not promote an active learning environment. Powerpoint slides are an ineffective and rather annoying tool for the University classroom. ![]() Powerpoint is so awesome! Textbook companies provide the slides and all the material is ready to go! Clickity-click-click let’s LECTURE! Since there were more students in class, there were more questions and since there were more questions, the classroom became more interactive and as the classroom become more interactive, student engagement increased. Having students in the classroom instead of their dorm rooms produced a positive feedback loop: it created a full classroom, and an active classroom. This is because the class was always full, and it forced me to change the manner in which lectures are delivered (see above: I had to cover less material!). Sorry, this doesn’t fly either: my teaching scores have actually increased once I stopped putting notes on-line, and I’ve received countless positive comments from students about not posting slides on-line. Students are SO used to having the notes, and I’m afraid my teaching evaluations will suffer if I don’t put the notes on-line. No: covering important information in an active and integrative manner is a requirement for a University course. For some reason, instructors have in their mind that covering loads of material is a requirement for a University course. There’s a serious disease in higher education and it’s called “ Information Overload Disorder”. If students are scrambling to write stuff down, this means “slow down”, it doesn’t mean “post your lectures on-line”. This merely indicates that the instructor is going too quickly over the material, or that too much material is being covered. Students argue that having lectures on-line facilitates their learning: instead of concentrating on the lectures and the content, students have to scramble to write things done. Here are some of the arguments for posting Powerpoint slides on-line, and my rebuttals: OK, I admit I’ll get some flak from that statement. The solution is simple: STOP posting Powerpoint slides on-line! I was a 20 year-old undergraduate once, and if I was able to get all the lecture material by logging on and clicking ‘download’, it would certainly make it easy to skip class! If lectures are posted on-line, I’m not surprised that students aren’t going to lecture. One of the key issues is that instructors are getting into the habit of spoon-feeding students by placing lectures on-line. In other words, perhaps this is the fault of the instructor rather than the student. ![]() It means the traditional lecture format needs a serious overhaul. In my opinion, this is a signal that something is wrong with how the material is delivered rather than being indicative of some deeper issue. I tire of the belly-aching about how students don’t show up to lectures anymore (the latest example of this is mentioned here). ![]() As usual, double tap to activate the selected option. In order to access these options, simply ensure that the voiceOver rotor is set to actions, then flick up or down to scroll through them. Beside each element, I will briefly outline the associated possible rotor actions. If you have hints enabled, you will likely also hear VoiceOver say "Actions available" on all or most elements in the app. The first element voiceOver encounters is called the canvas, which is outside the mind map, but allows you to take actions related to the map as a whole. You will then be presented with a blank mind map. You can review your option and touch the fingerprint sensor on your phone to authenticate the purchase of the free trial (which obviously costs nothing), or the full app. After choosing your mode, you will be asked to confirm your in-app purchase, either of the free trial or of the full app. In this mode, you can view the mind maps you've already created, but cannot create new ones or edit existing maps. Viewer mode is the default app mode after your trial expires and before you unlock the full app. You are asked whether you wish to begin your free 2-week trial, unlock the full version of the app, or use the app in viewer mode. The next screen you will be presented with enables you to choose how you want to use MindNode. However, you can easily double tap on the "skip tutorial" button to jump directly to the app. In my experience voiceOver focus is inconsistent in this window, making it less useful than it otherwise could be. When first launching the app, you will be presented with a tutorial. For existing MindNode 4 users, that price is decreased to 10.99 for a limited time. There is a free 2 week trial period available, after which time you will need to pay $14.99 to unlock the full functionality of the app. However, the free version of the app only supports viewing documents. If not, please check back as I review many other planning tools in the days to come. Ultimately, this may not be a tool for everyone, but it is my hope that this review will enable you to make an informed decision as to whether this or another planning method will work best for you. MindNode has recently released a major update, and added many new features, which I will be taking a look at below. In doing so, I discovered the popular mind mapping app MindNode, which, to my surprise, was not only usable, but accessible as well. Still, I decided, better to take a look to see what was available rather than conclude out of hand this wouldn't work for me. In some annoyance, I came to the conclusion that this was a strategy I would need to adapt, rather than being able to use. So how did I even start exploring this largely visual method? In researching choiceScript, an indentation based programming language used to write the popular choice of games, I discovered that most successful writers used mind maps to plot their branching, nonlinear games before starting the actual writing. They are often used to brainstorm ideas, or to illustrate dependencies, but until now have been a largely visual planning tool. or be less linear with multiple layers of connections doubling back on one another to illustrate how ideas much later can connect to those presented earlier. Mind maps can have only one layer of connections, showing for example that one idea is the direct result of another, etc etc. ![]() Mind maps are visual representations illustrating the relationships between ideas or concepts, called nodes. If you're like most totally blind students, you may have represented this concept with indented text, or were possibly just confused by the entire concept. I'd like to take a look at a rather unconventional planning tool In school, you may have encountered a situation where your instructor assigned mind maps to the class. For others this might be just the first sentence jotted down in an old notebook. For some, this can be an elaborate list of notes and places and characters, and how themes fit together. Today we will be looking at MindNode 5, an accessible app for creating mind maps.īefore ever putting a word to the page, many writers prefer to do some form of planning. I hope to cover planning apps, writing apps, generic iOS apps, and explore ways these tools can best be used in concert with one another. This is the first in what I hope will be a series of articles exploring various iOS writing apps. ![]() Files and folders can be deleted in the process of using your smartphone. Smartphones, cameras, Hard drives, memory cards are some of the storage locations that this software can restore files from. Choose the right version for every specific situation. ![]() Its built-in algorithm allows it to recover up to 300 files with all their different signatures.This software also supports hard drives from different manufacturers such as Fujitsu and Apple, among others.Formatting and portioning can easily lead to deleting important files. Their loss calls for the use of sophisticated mobile phone recovery means such as Remo Recover software. It can recognize and restore up to 300 files of different signatures and video and music files. Read our full Recuva for Android Tutorial. Since it is free, it may not recover some data.Restore data and delete data capabilities.Operating Systems: Windows 10//Vista/XP/2003.It can also perform the same function on a Windows Computer, MP3 player, and digital camera.This is one of the mobile phone data recovery software that is readily available at absolutely no cost.Recuva is a free software used for cell phone data recovery. It is designed to restore deleted photos, videos, documents, and all kinds of major data files from your mobile phones. It allows the limited option of search.Fast, easy to use, and does not require any technical skills.It simplifies phone data recovery concerning files accessible through phone or any other multimedia device.It simplifies the data recovery process, including photos, image files from hard drives, digital cameras, and emails. Read our full Photo Rec Review and Tutorial. Thus, it may be not suitable for technical novice. Operating Systems: Windows 10/8.1//XP/2000, Mac OS X, Linux.Works well even in severely damaged or formatted file systems.It reduces further damage or loss of data using the read-only recovery tool.It restores deleted videos or other forms of files from the phone or memory card.PhotoRec is an open-source software used in phone data recovery, and it is issued under GPL v2+. Works even on the extremely destroyed photo and video files stored in memory sticks, MMC, Microdrive, and CF Card. ![]()
![]() Pretty nice huh!? That’s one of the things I keep noticing with HDR Express the default results are pretty much good to go! They just need a few minor tweaks here and there to get what I’m looking for. Here’s the default image without any changes made whatsoever. However, the program more than makes up for this lost time (more on that a bit later). This export process took 3 minutes and 10 seconds on my system from export to showing the default image in HDR Express. ![]() Unfortunately, this became a significant issue with the program. In Lightroom, I simply right clicked on the highlighted images and chose “Merge and Edit in HDR Express.” This is a plug-in that comes with the software when you purchase it or try the trial version.Įxporting seven 21-megapixel (25 mb) files to any program is a beefy process, so I didn’t expect it to go super fast. Recognize that bridge? I’ll give you a hint, it’s in Madison County, Iowa. I loaded seven bracketed exposures into the program using the Export from Lightroom preset. produces fast, beautiful and realistic results in the blink of an eyeįor this test and review, I decided to push HDR Express from the get go. ![]() And, HDR Express is based on Unified Color’s patented, ultra-wide, 32-bit color space to make all your captured color blossom in your final photographs.” HDR Express demystifies HDR software by giving you the controls and presets you need to create realistic or stylized HDR photos in the blink of an eye. It combines all the critically acclaimed power of HDR Expose with an intuitive interface to give you fast, beautiful HDR results that you never believed were possible. Introducing HDR Express by Unified Colorįrom the Unified Color website: “HDR Express™ is a game-changer in HDR Software. We’ll look at what Unified Color says this program can do, and then compare it to actual results by putting a set of bracketed images through the program to see if everything adds up. In this post, you’ll get a look at a new program called HDR Express. White balance is absolutely crucial, and if you push an image too far past where it should be, it can be impossible to bring it back in Photoshop or Lightroom as a last step. Good color balance and a natural feel are major ways to separate a good image from a bad one. Unified Color’s primary focus is built right into their name: Color. This could significantly cut the learning curve of HDR down to a minimum while still producing great results. Unified Color just released a program called HDR Express that aims to simplify the HDR process down to just a few crucial sliders. Images with blatantly obvious halo’s, blown channels, ghosting, and psychedelic processing are the usual suspects. Because of this problem of not knowing how to control sliders, you see example after example of poor HDR images around the web. Programs like Photomatix and Unified Colors HDR Expose can be guilty of having a bit of a learning curve. After all, what are you supposed to do with those seemingly endless amounts of sliders? Just learning to control the sliders can take quite a while to learn. Especially with all the complicated programs out there for generating HDR images from multiple exposures. HDR (high dynamic range) processing can be a beast of a hill to climb. ![]() Your clients will summon you to the burning building they’re in, the major objective being to get them out before the structure collapses. ![]() Now available on pretty much every platform - PC, console, and Stadia - Embr attempts to ignite a burning passion for firefighting in the hearts of players everywhere, but can it deliver?Įmbr’s contractor handbook seems straightforward enough - you’re here to make money putting out fires. Whether you take on tasks alone or team up with friends, Embr offers fun and frantic firefighting gameplay that is casual at its core. If that opening made you groan and think to yourself “Oh God, can you imagine?” worry not! Developer Muse Games and publisher Curve Digital have made that horrible thought a (virtual) reality, giving players Embr, a game that contracts out your personal safety and that of your your loved ones to side hustle firefighters in the heat of the moment. Remember, the fine print in the user agreement says you can’t sue! Get with the times and eschew worker’s rights and any sort of company liability - use Embr instead! That’s right, with Embr, you’ll be able to pay an average joe off the streets to attempt to save you, your home, and all your valuables and maybe sorta put out the fire while they’re there. What’s that? Firefighting? Yep! These days, waiting on your standard, regularly employed firefighters who are trained to save lives and property for free is sooooo un-American. Taxis, food delivery, dog-walking, grocery delivery, firefighting - tons of tasks for those seeking a side hustle. These days, it seems like there are a dozen apps available that allow contractors to take on all sorts of odd jobs to make life more convenient for customers. ![]() ![]() With it’s base in the old Eudora, It’s ok, especially compared to MS Outlook, but, disappointingly, no better than that, and has a host of really annoying features, e.g.: Thunderbird does the job it was designed to do but many users will find themselves wondering whether that job hasn’t now been made obsolete. And while businesses still need a comprehensive and secure email client for their office work, that need is now largely met by enterprise software solutions that bundle in calendar and other functions. It has everything to do with the fact that the software is a desktop tool in a world that has now been mobile for some time. The reason for Thunderbird’s demise has nothing to do with its functions, which are all useful and well-designed. The long lag time that can strike users with heavy inboxes is something that’s unlikely to be fixed. ![]() In December 2015, Mitchell Baker, Mozilla’s executive chairwoman, said that the foundation would like to stop supporting the software altogether, arguing that its continued support drew resources away from projects, like Firefox, that have a greater impact on the industry. Although Mozilla has continued to roll out security updates and ideas from Firefox, Thunderbird has received no major update since 2012. But the popularity of the software has waned over the last few years. For a free email client, Thunderbird certainly has a great deal to recommend it. A host of add-ons and themes add a bunch of extra features, including calendars, encryption, and contact tools. Just choose an address, such as and Thunderbird will set it all up. Thunderbird has even teamed up with third-party providers to supply personalized email addresses. When you want to keep your inbox organized and shoot incoming mail directly into a folder, you’ll find setting up the parameters quick and easy. Like Gmail, Thunderbird scans your email before you send it and looks for words like “attachment” to remind you that you forget to attach your file, and the quick filter toolbar makes filtering a breeze. Leave multiple emails open and you can switch between them as easily as you switch between tabs on your browser (and equally run the risk of hitting open tab overload.) Mozilla’s Firefox browser was one of the first to introduce tabs, and that essential tool has been brought over to Thunderbird. Other aspects of Thunderbird match Mozilla’s overall look and feel. If you can just remember your password, you’ll be collecting your emails right away. Instead of searching for IMAP, SMTP and SSL settings (and understanding what they are), Thunderbird now only asks for name, email address and password. Mail account setup, which has always been one of the biggest bugbears of switching clients, is now relatively simple. The service itself is more than adequate, and the volunteers who have built and grown the open source project have put serious thought into improving the user experience. Mozilla’s Thunderbird shows just how hard it is for any email client software to meet both those challenges. And the second challenge is to offer more than Gmail, the default choice for individuals who need to manage their email communications. The first is to offer more than Microsoft’s Outlook, the default choice for businesses that need to manage their email communications. Lastly, the customer service team knows no bounds. You can choose from basic built-in statistics, Google Analytics, as well as Google Tag Manager. This flipbook software also gives you access to in-depth analytics on how well your digital publications are performing, aiding you in your overall marketing efforts. In general, the editor is extremely user-friendly and streamlined, and the help guides on the site aid you in implementing features with ease. Here are a few of the main ones: shopping cart, table of contents, links, videos, advertising banners, lead capture forms and so much more. Paperturn also offers an array of features to choose from, and they’re constantly introducing new, useful elements. Paperturn is one of the few digital flipbook solutions that puts such an emphasis on ensuring their site and product is disability-friendly. ![]() They can adjust the flipbook viewer, to cater to their needs, by adjusting the colors, text size and so much more via the Disability Interface tool. This platform ensures that your flipbook can be viewed by anyone, regardless of their disabilities. The Paperturn platform is 100% accessible - from the site, through to the dashboard and flipbook viewer - and all details can be read in the Accessibility Statement. Here are some of the key elements of this flipbook software: Accessibility In other words you can purchase a single flipbook but still have access to the most premium features. giving you options based on your usage and allowing you to save money if you don’t require many flipbooks. You can also choose how many flipbooks you need, e.g. The prices for these subscriptions vary accordingly. It also includes an array of features, and allows for different subscriptions based on your requirements - i.e., if you need a simple digital flipbook solution or a more advanced (PRO) subscription. It combines functionality with an optimal experience for the user. You can insert images, audio tracks and videos (from your PC, YouTube or Vimeo), then add shapes, text messages or charts to your pages, depending your is the best flipbook software known to date. To wrap it up, 1stFlip Flipbook Creator Pro is a feature-packed application that can help you design personalized interactive magazines. When you are ready to publish your flipping-book, you can export it to HTML, ZIP, APP or EXE, then enter not only the destination folder, but also the project filename and title. Thus, you can make sure no glitches or errors are triggered when users run it on portable devices ranging from smartphones to tablets. Multiple screen sizes supportedĪnother handy feature of 1stFlip Flipbook Creator Pro is offering you the possibility to preview your newly created project on various screen sizes. ![]() You can also choose the effect that you like best when it comes to the page turning animation: flip, slide, double page slide, or 3D flip. Moreover, you can enhance your flipping-book with background audio that you can set to autoplay and loop, while also activating page turning sounds or switch to right to left page turns. You can customize the logo and the title, as well as replace the background image and apply a different setting or scene (you can try a new one by double-clicking an entry from the dedicated list, then wait until the preview is generated). Experiment with the sample fileīefore plunging in and starting to design your own animated magazines or brochures, you should take the time to explore and experiment with the included sample project. Interactive sections are always appealing to the people who are visiting your webpage, especially if they also integrate high-quality animations or videos.ġstFlip Flipbook Creator Pro can help you design such projects, even if you are not a tech-savvy user. ![]() The amount you can expect to actually receive for your 2017 Chevy if you sell it privately. 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Enticing, but Pesto is primarily a ranged guy, so I threw it in my shared stash so that a future melee character can realize its full potential.Īs I mentioned, this is a classic-style action RPG, which means that you're locked into the skill-development path you choose. I even had one Unique mace that promised me a fifth bonus stat if I'd kill 10 named champion enemies with it. Along with the typical gem-slotting and enchanting improvements, a few weapons will unlock new traits when they're used to kill a given number of enemies. Runic has a few tricks to keep loot interesting, and one in particular caught my eye as a stroke of genius. One Unique mace promised me a fifth bonus stat if I'd kill 10 named champion enemies with it. Given the random nature of most of these items, it's a safe bet that your character is going to end up looking a hell of a lot different from pretty much everybody else. ![]() I have no doubt there's far more I haven't yet laid eyes on - in fact, Runic's talked of rarer-than-rare Legendary items that will appear from time to time, but they were no-shows in my playthrough. And the armor! I'm not one to play dress up, there were a few times I bought new helmets with inferior stats from vendors just to see how I'd look in that pirate hat, that derpy tribal mask, that burlap sack, that curvy-horned helm, or that Egyptian burial mask. I saw at least five different varieties of shotgonne with their own distinct look, and that's not even counting the Unique ones, which each have their own art. Seldom did one of those fights (or some general exploration) end without some great loot, and the sheer quantity of what's available is stupendous. There were a few times I bought new helmets with inferior stats from vendors just to see how I'd look in that pirate hat. Each of them could pull me around with their frog-like tongues, basically playing a six-way game of tug-of-war with me until I managed to kill the mounds, then the worms, mostly with AoE attacks. Just when I thought I'd seen it all, I encountered disgusting mucus mounds that spawned groups of small wormy things. We're talking all shapes and sizes of everything from everything from skeletons and zombies, goblins and trolls, and beasts and demons to giant bugs and steampunk robots - and plenty in between. Every single one of them looks fantastic in Torchlight's style, and they're backed by an eerily moody soundtrack that sets a strong mood for exploration.Įach different area comes with its own impressive menagerie of inexplicably belligerent inhabitants. That same impressive variety exists in maps on green pastures, forests, swamps, and more. Along with distinct textures, and randomized layouts, each felt like a completely different place. ![]() One cave might be full of giant mushrooms, but the next will have crystals, glowing mana vents, giant, throbbing insect larvae, etc. Perhaps the best part about these maps is the detailed visual variation within them some regions of the desert that the random map generator cooked up for me were cluttered with wrecked ships (a wizard did it?), others were rocky, and still others merely dusty. This post was edited by Sunlounger on 05:45pmĪLL classes are viable and fun.Perhaps the best part about these maps is the detailed visual variation within them. ![]() You can find the basic setup here: and for any further more in-depth questions about classes specs lemme know I've tried just about everything.ĮDIT: A tanking engineer is semi viable in 6man 150 elite dungeons but doesn't have the damage output the outlander does.ĮDIT: My spell outlander is doing roughly 4-10mil damage per cast. The spell trigger gems do not scale properly with bosses armor or resist from a 6 player game from what I've experienced. Ive dedicated almost 1000+ hours into this game And after playing 12 different specs from various classes my opinion for thee best class(note soloing 150 dungeons on elite by yourself are nothing without trying them in a 6 player game on elite where mobs have HUGE increase to their health, HUGE HUGE HUGE armor(my berserker crits for 150k in solo game, crits for 8k in 6 player game),and damage) The best class and spec and build in the game is a Spell trigger outlander focused on stacking DR%, health, and Int. |
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