Archive for May, 2007
- Flickr photos on paper? :: The flickr photos were meant to provide a resource for use in blogs, on Web pages, and as PowerPoint backgrounds, they are not meant for paper reproduction especially. I’ve just been asked via the comments (now back on moderation thanks to those nice people in Romania) about printing onto paper. As Flickr is a resourced published to [...] :: Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Who are you? :: Leave a comment if you read this blog :: Sunday, May 27th, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | 4 Comments »
- Bridget theme :: The bridget theme will return when I have solved an annoying compatibility problem. Until then, I am falling back on the simple and clean White as Milk theme by Azeem Azeez. Note added Monday 28th Actually, I’m trying out a modified version of John Pozadzides’ Rapid Access theme, which turns out to be broken on [...] :: Sunday, May 27th, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Modifying Oddmuse :: Oddmuse is a wiki script written in perl. It is based on the Usemod wiki script, but can produce valid xhtml. Oddmuse does not need a database, page data is stored in text files. To get a wiki running on a Web server that runs Apache (1.2 upwards) and that can run perl cgi scripts, [...] :: Thursday, May 24th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT, Web | Comments Off
- Everything is Miscellaneous :: David Weinberger’s 49 minutes on his new book, with some questions. <embed style=”width:400px; height:326px;” id=”VideoPlayback” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2159021324062223592&hl=en-AU” flashvars=”"> </embed> We develop ideas about things through ‘prototypes’ that we refine; a sparrow is perhaps a better example of a bird than a penguin is, but both fit the prototype ‘bird’ Digital objects can be in more than one [...] :: Sunday, May 20th, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Bespoke HotPotatoes :: Quiz program for individual student support :: Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- Equations slideshow :: Slideshare deck shows step by step solutions. :: Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 :: Posted in Maths, Podcasts | Comments Off
- Sage or guide? :: I’m both in different parts of the lesson. I think that many people assume that PowerPoint use implies Sage role, and I was trying to provide counterexamples. Charles Nelson takes me to task in my post about PowerPoint in a post on his Explorations in Learning blog as follows “One point that needs to be considered a [...] :: Sunday, May 13th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- PowerPoint Big Question :: What is appropriate, when and why? The Learning Circuits blog has posed this question about PowerPoint, with some detailed side questions. My answers below. See also Clive Shepherd’s answer on his Clive on Learning blog. I like the example slides put up by Jay Cross, especially the little chap ‘reading’ a technical manual upside down! In lessons [...] :: Saturday, May 12th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- Test from ScribeFire :: Testing the ScribeFire blog tool, a plugin for Firefox. You can post to blog directly from Firefox, and you can upload pictures using the WordPress image upload script. The HTML produced by the rich text editor is familiar to Firefox and Mozilla users, full of line break tags. At present, there appears to be no [...] :: Saturday, May 12th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT, Notes | Comments Off
- History :: Some free books and a film of Douglas Engelbart using a five button mouse. :: Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Blogging to teachers :: Using a blog to get views before a staff development event. :: Sunday, May 6th, 2007 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- The U word :: Why 'understanding' isn't a good word to use in learning outcomes or criteria, and the problem with Bloom's taxonomy. :: Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off