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  • WordPress 2.9 adds image editing and video embedding via oEmbed

    I learned this evening the latest version of WordPress (2.9) has added several exciting features, including built-in image editing (including cropping and image rotation) as well as video embedding from many popular video sharing websites using the oEmbed standard. I’m also enthused WordPress will now automatically check for plugin-in compatibility when upgrading plug-ins. Plug-in conflicts…

  • Translate entire websites on the fly with Google

    If you are building and/or maintaining a website with Google Sites, your creation just acquired new powers. Google announced today it has integrated language translation functionality directly into Google Sites. When you visit a Google sites website in a different language, you should be presented with an optional translation menu. If you are not using…

  • Alternative Free RSS Reading Tools: feedly (for FireFox) and MobileRSS for iPhone

    I read 99% of my news these days from my subscriptions in Google Reader. For me, the printed newspaper primarily has value in helping get fires going in our living room fireplace. (I actually have to get them from my in-laws, incidentally, who are still devoted newspaper subscribers.) In this post I’ll discuss my impressions…

  • Notes from November’s OKC WordPress User’s Group Meeting

    These are my notes from our November meeting of the Oklahoma City WordPress User’s Group. MY COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS Several of the websites mentioned by attendees tonight: – http://jcriley.com/ – http://jfsays.com/ – http://menonpurpose.com/ – http://becoming.followersof.com/ First preso tonight by Bert Boan – my theme is a free one by ThemeShift iPhone…

  • Models of Contemporary Learning by Carolyn Thompson #ok1to1

    These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s comments between our first and second sessions at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009, as well as Carolyn Thompson’s session, “Models of Contemporary Learning.” This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.…

  • A reminder from Linus about how important personal recognition can be

    This 95 second YouTube video, “charlie brown teacher,” is a montage of school scenes from Peanuts cartoons. Among other things, it’s a reminder of how important it is for teachers to recognize students individually. Our students deserve to be and should be recognized individually for their ideas, their contributions, their expertise and their work inside…

  • The dilemma presented by China’s content filtering of my current handouts website

    It’s a great pleasure and honor to be in China again, this time for the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 in Hangzhou, China. This is my 3rd visit to China– I was in Hong Kong this past September, and in Shanghai in 2007. This current…

  • OKC WordPress User’s Group Meeting – Oct 2009

    These are my notes from the Oklahoma City WordPress User’s Group Meeting on 26 October 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOTES TAKEN DURING THE SESSION. In attendance tonight. David North (user group organizer) Burt Bones burtbone.com – builds WordPress sites for other people Chris Jean – chrisjean.com –…

  • Podcast332: WordPress Saves Lives – Learn How #actem09

    This podcast is a recording of the ACTEM 2009 conference breakout session, “WordPress Saves Lives – Learn How,” by Wesley Fryer on October 16, 2009. ACTEM is the Association of Computer Technology Educators in Maine, and their 2009 conference was held in Augusta. The official conference description for this session was: WordPress is a free,…

  • FTC mandates disclosure for bloggers receiving freebies/payments

    Since writers started publishing (long before anyone thought of “blogging”) the need for transparency and disclosure has been important. People should be able to reasonably identify bias in someone’s writing, particularly a “reporter,” when that person is being paid or compensated in a way which could influence their shared ideas. The English Wiktionary currently defines…