Category: blogs
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Platforms for idea sharing are essential (even family learning blogs)
Hopefully, by the time my 6th grader gets out of high school, his teachers will be using a web-based learning management system (LMS) like Moodle to receive and track student assignments. There are LOTS of reasons a LMS can make life easier for both teachers and students. A big one is it can eliminate student…
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Personalized Digital Newspapers
Analogies can help us understand new concepts. I’m fond of talking about “digital newspapers” rather than aggregators or feed readers when helping learners of any age understand how web tools like Google Reader and Netvibes can become valuable parts of our personal learning landscape. WHERE do you learn today? For me, I increasingly learn a…
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WordPress OKC Feb 2010 User’s Group Notes
These are my notes from our February 22nd OKC WordPress User’s Group meeting. About 14 of us are here tonight. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Chris Jean from iThemes.com is here again! jcriley.com – afhmarketing.com – mainly search engine marketing Tonight we are going to talk about several WordPress plug-ins First hearing…
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Tips to be a better blogger
This is the text of an email reply I sent to a graduate education student in Pennsylvania who asked for tips on educational blogging. 1. Write with hyperlinks and embed media when you can. 2. Read and comment on many other educational blogs. The ones I follow are listed on my blog under “resources.” 3.…
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New WordPress design thanks to Lightword
I’ve been dissatisfied with my WordPress blog theme for many months, but the time and potential headaches involved in making a change to this design have held me back from trying something new. This evening, because I needed to install the Contact Form 7 plug-in to use on a new “Speaking” page I created, I…
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WordPress for iPhone 2.2 Even Better
The ability to mobile-blog with a smartphone is a powerful capability for Storychasers. (Including Geo-Storychasers!) I have been using the free WordPress for iPhone app for several months now, and am pleased to learn the latest 2.2 version not only supports comment moderation but also comment editing AND replies. Mobile blogging tools keep getting better!
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Getting started video tutorials with WordPress
I’ve set up three different websites with WordPress in the past year for local nonprofits, and I need to help the leaders of each organization begin using their sites to post updated information. I’m utilizing screencast tutorials from WordPress.tv in this post to create training materials for these individuals as they start using WordPress. I’m…