Year: 2007
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My blog’s slow response times and POWWEB mySQL issues
If you’ve experienced slow response times from my blog (“Moving at the Speed of Creativity”) in the past year I want to apologize, and also shed a bit of light on the source of these problems. My current website host, POWWEB, has been having speed and connection issues with mySQL applications like WordPress (which I’m…
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Ports for Polycom Videoconferencing, seeking virtual learning fruit
On Friday I spent 2 1/2 hours working with a network administrator for an Oklahoma historical organization interested in exploring the possibilities of distance learning. They use a Cisco Pix firewall on their network, and (as I’ve experienced in the past) it was extremely arduous to work through the configuration details of getting a portable…
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Calling all aspiring Oklahoma digital storytellers!
I’m pleased to announce an upcoming opportunity for PK-20 educators in Oklahoma to learn more about digital storytelling. A 3 day facilitator workshop for the Oklahoma Digital Centennial / “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” project is being offered at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) College of Education November 28, 29 and 30, 2007. More details are…
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Connection info for Friday’s Web 2.0 Webinar
If you’ve had any trouble registering for Friday’s free webinar I’m co-presenting with Vicki Allen (which I mentioned in last night’s post “Join us Friday for a webinar on Web 2.0”) you can use the following information and links to join us directly: Nov 14th Webinar info Participant Information When: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:00…
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Planning for Human Rights Day Participation: Dec 10th
We generally “observe” holidays in U.S. public schools, but we don’t often “participate” in them. Sure we have class parties and sometimes have different school-wide celebrations, but do those activities really constitute “participation” or “commemoration?” In the case of Veteran’s Day this week, some schools did invite veterans to come and speak at special events.…
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Join us Friday for a webinar on Web 2.0
Vicki Allen and I are going to share an hour long webinar titled “Web 2.0 Tools for Learning” for AT&T this Friday, November 16th at 7:00 pm GMT. (That is 2 pm Eastern, or 1 pm Central time in the U.S.) The webinar is free and open to anyone worldwide to attend. A PDF file…
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Why your organization needs virtual LANs
I’m at a church this evening for a workshop on Internet safety and safe online social networking. I’m thrilled they have free, open WiFi access (that is very fast, incidentally) but dismayed to see they’ve put their wireless access points on the same network as their wired, administrative/staff computers. How do I know this? The…
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XO Laptop Give One Get One
Starting today and for the next 15 days, residents of the U.S. and Canada can purchase an XO Laptop and give one to a student in a developing country for $400. To learn more and actually place an order, visit the laptopgiving.org website. Hopefully the OLPC project will get a good response on this initiative.…