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AppSheet

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Simon

AppSheet allows you to use Google Drive Spreadsheets as a data source for a mobile app that works in web browsers or dedicated free Android and IOS apps. Although the restrictions based on the free version prevent more than 10… Continue Reading →

App (Android), App (IOS), Asynchronous communication, Data collection, Feedback, Group work, Maps / GIS, Monitoring, Online authoring / editing
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CartoDB

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Simon

CartoDB has a pretty low learning curve but creates excellent visualisations including ‘Torque’ views which allows you to ‘play’ data along a timeline. To date (May 15) this is the first free tool of its type we have seen. Here… Continue Reading →

Curation, Data visualisation, Maps / GIS, Presentation
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Pollcaster

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Simon

Sister to Qzzr, Pollcaster uses the same account details to create simple ‘one or the other’ type polls. A nice feature is that it collects age and gender information from participants (if they wish to share it – they get… Continue Reading →

Asynchronous communication, Data collection, Data visualisation, Feedback, Maps / GIS
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Highcharts

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Simon

Highcharts is JavaScript application that can embed interactive charts based on data embedded in a web page (for small data samples) or external files. Highcharts also includes a module to include interactive maps, with drill down. Although it does require a… Continue Reading →

Data visualisation, Interactive content, Maps / GIS, Online authoring / editing, Portfolios, Presentation
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Google Mapsengine / My Maps

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Simon

https://mapsengine.google.com/ Although you will need a Google account to create one, annotated maps can be made and shared publicly on to those who have a link – the same model used in Google Docs. It is also possible (like a… Continue Reading →

Data collection, Group work, Interactive content, Maps / GIS, OER creation, Online authoring / editing
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Silk

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Simon

silk.co Silk boldly claims to have invented a web presentation format that deserves its own eponymous noun – a Silk Essentially a single page web site which allows for a Lego style construction: video, text, social media feeds, links  can… Continue Reading →

Curation, Data collection, Data visualisation, Group work, Interactive content, Maps / GIS, Online authoring / editing, Portfolios
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Stamen Maps

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Simon

Stamen Design Interesting OpenSource mapping material (it uses custom tiles and OpenStreetMap). The embed code cannot be embedded directly in NILE (browser security), but you can just generate an image of a map to use as a URL. Lots of options… Continue Reading →

Images, Interactive content, Maps / GIS

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