Category: blogs
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National Technology Leadership Coalition
I just found the blog of the “National Technology Leadership Coalition: A Consortium Of Teacher Educator Associations” today. I found it because a couple of weeks ago, at the eLearn2005 conference in Vancouver, I helped setup an eLearn 2005 Research Areas blog to help attendees network together and find others with shared research agendas. Gary…
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Linux and WordPress
I have descended to a new depth (or height I guess, depending on your perspective) of geekdom this weekend, and I give all the credit to my friend Miguel Guhlin! I both want and need to setup an intel-based computer (a new fast Dell actually) at work with the Linux operating system, and everything required…
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WordPress themes
Friend and technology guru Miguel Guhlin pointed me to Alex King’s great website for WordPress themes tonight. After visiting the link, select a theme with the popup window in the upper right corner to view it, the download link for that theme is to the right of the popup menu. Huge selection. The one that…
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Standing guard on the iWall
I missed this on NBC’s Dateline last night– if I had a DVR I might have recorded the “Catching potential Internet sex predators” episode. Good grief. What a scary world we live in. It has always been scary, actually, but as more powerful technology tools become available, the bad things people choose to do with…
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IT blocks iTunes Music Store
I was working with an elementary teacher recently in a school district that will remain unnamed, teaching him about podcasts and showing him how to access them. Of course the Room 208 podcast was the first one we listened to! We installed iTunes on his computer, and I was pleased that his local installation of…
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Blog post daylight savings time issue resolved
Quirkly issue that cropped up this weekend when we fell back 1 hour for daylight savings time. I posted content using Ecto as usual to my blog, but mysteriously the posts would not appear. I finally figured out the time was an hour off, so the post wasn’t being shown by the WordPress server software…
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Weblogs in the Writing Classroom
Bowling Green State University’s website “The Year of the Blog: Weblogs in the Writing Classroom” contains good information for teachers wanting to learn more about blogs and actually use them effectively with students. Included sections on “blog tools and how-tos,” “blogs as writing practice,” and “blogs as class content” include great examples and links to…
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Mark Sheppard’s blogs, Michael Bishop in Canada
I have been sitting by Mark Sheppard, who is the Senior Education officer for the Ontario Smart Systems for Health Agency. He maintains 2 different blogs: His personal blog: Mixed Moss from a Rolling Stone eLearning blog: Mark’s eLearning Space Small world, Mark actually has a family connection to my hometown of Manhattan, Kansas and…
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The Use of Blogs in Teaching, Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement
The Use of Blogs in Teaching, Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement an eLearn2005 presentation by Minjuan Wang, San Diego State University, USA Abstract: The number of web logs (‘blogs’), or online personal journals, is on the rise. While this trend may reflect a human propensity for self- indulgent introspection, it may also be propelled by…
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Online for class chat in Vancouver
Had a nice chat with my Lubbock-based students tonight from Vancouver, I was able to adjust to the 2 hour time difference! I posted the transcript of our conversation as a PDF file within our Moodle class (you should be able to login as a guest to view it). One of the assignments we discussed…