Karen Drummey - TechnologyTango.com

KarenDrummey.com
Instructional Design Works
Website Works
Resume
Contact
Resources

Resources

Below are links to to help you live more comfortably in the world of technology

Links

Organizations

ASTD of Massachusetts
http://www.massastd.org/

http://www.LearningTown.com: Good for discussion and to get ideas

http://www.linkedin.com Linked In has an ASTD Board: Good for discussion and to get ideas

http://www.elearningguild.com eLearning Guild (free and paid memberships)

Newsletters
http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/

http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-guild/instructional-design/newsletter/

www.WorldStart.com
- They have a great eNewsletter with technology tips and gadgets that are on sale. They also answer subcsriber questions.

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/

http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-guild/instructional-design/newsletter/ 


Images/Graphics
www.morguefile.com - Free photos to use on Websites and presentations.

Paint:  Does most of Photoshop[http://www.getpaint.net

Free Vector Art: http://all-free-download.com

Design Comics PowerPoint templates

RedKid sign and image generators

ImageAfter

eLearning Art

Stockvault

Dreamstime

Vuvox
: collage maker

Dipity: create timelines

OpenPhoto


PowerPoint Supplements
Tom Kuhlmman 200 Tutorials http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/here-are-more-than-200-free-rapid-e-learning-tutorials

Visual Bee Plug In http://www.visualbee.com

Articulate Community Templates


Books

Presentation Design
Resonate by Nancy Duarte

Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte

Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds

The Non Designers Presentation Book by Robin Williams


Software Supplements
Audacity: Free audio recording tool http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity

FLV Player: Plays FLV formatted movies
http://www.applian.com  FLV Player

VLC Media Player: Plays virtually all video formats and file types
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Format Factory: Convert media from one format to another http://www.formatoz.com

The GIMP:Great image editor alternative to Adobe Photoshop
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Photo Resizer Scale: photos before putting into courses. Helps retain quality.
http://www.rw-designer.com 
 
PowerBullet Freeware: PowerPoint to Flash Converter
http://www.powerbullet.com 

Websites

http://www.slideshare.net/brainslides/burn-your-powerpoints

Multimedia expert
http://jonathanhalls.net/



Shopping

www.half.com - Great site for buying used books, movies, and CDs. Like Ebay except not an auction. It's much cheaper than buying computer books from the big retailers.

Other
Font Conference Video: humourous video on font usage



We will be updating these links frequently so be sure to check back often.

KarenDrummey.com, 30 Bradford Road, Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617.678.5814, kdrummey@hotmail.com