May 2009
17 posts published in May 2009.
- Install Moodle on an Oracle Database (in 25 minutes or less)While this post may not be for my typical reader, I believe that it has value to the larger online education community, mostly because many of us…
- Educon Conversation, better late than never.Image by catvpar via Flickr I have been going back through some of my audio files recently and I found a really good conversation from Educon 2.1.…
- Strategy for Collaborative LearningI recorded this podcast a few weeks ago, but I have sat on it for that long in order to mull everything over for a while. The topic for this…
- Blogs as Continuing Professional DevelopmentImage via Wikipedia I got a message on twitter that 5 posts from this blog are now available to anyone who is a part of Continuing Professional…
- What winning looks like.Image via Wikipedia I have been quite energized by a lot of the basketball games that have been going on during the playoffs this year. There have…
- Digital Legacy: Lesson PlansToday I will be working with a group of students at Ute Meadows Elementary on the idea of creating and tending their Digital Legacy (or what some…
- Things that I know nothing aboutI believe in learning all the time, but there are definitely some things that I know nothing about (but would like to some day). I hope to cross…
- Podcast on Podcstock with Kevin HoneycuttImage by Wesley Fryer via Flickr I had the unique opportunity to talk with Kevin Honeycutt about his amazing unconference, Podstock. Please listen…
- What I would be doing tomorrow…Image via Wikipedia Because of my deep love of words, I have always been very excited by unique writing projects (such as NanoWriMo and Myths and…
- Social Networking for a Non-ProfitI was asked to give a presentation on Social Networking for Non-Profits and more specifically, facebook, and so here is my best shot at a number…
- When is a book, not a book?Image via Wikipedia I believe that I have been looking for this capability for a solid year, but I was only able to figure it out today. It can be…
- Communal livingI never realized just how important community was to me until my wife and I asked our best family friends to come and live with us while they are…
- Responsible for your learning time…Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr I had a meeting today that brought together a lot of different people who are all involved in making…
- Honest with myself…Image via Wikipedia Where I to be totally honest with myself: I would stop whatever I am doing and find the nearest classroom to teach in. I would…
- Planning to support us…One of the consistent complaints (and most often heard form of resistance to using open source software) about Moodle is that it lacks any formal…
- I won't buy anything that only does one thingI have been thinking a lot about this recently: I don’t want anything to do with a device that only does what it was advertised to do. It is…
- BookGlutton: The coolest thing to happen to reading.Image via CrunchBase I can’t believe that this service took this long to exist, but my goodness is it cool: BookGlutton is a site that creates on…