TxDLA09 - Workshop Notes
My raw notes on TxDLA sessions attended appear online. Since this is my first visit to the conference, I
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Netbooks for Students
When my daughter started working on an Asus Eee, she immediately started using it to write more, as well as to check email. Though I found the Asus Eee to be a bit clunky compared
PLN in Action - NECC Newb Scholarship
A fun story to read...if personal learning networks can be used for such purposes, why not others? Mr. Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) shares his surprise
Moodlin' More
I've been thrilled to have an article accepted for publication by MassCUE are you a MassCUE member? Let me know when you see my article, Engaging Online Learners!. It's apparently
Online Free Journals
As I work on becoming a better online learning facilitator, I find myself wondering what I'm missing out on in terms of professional learning. As such, I was delighted to stumble a
Relax...Play Nexuiz
Finding a game that will run on a Macbook (not a
ACET Conference Handouts Online ONLY
The Division of NCLB Program Coordination, in a continuing effort to reduce budget costs for printing, will not be providing copies of handouts during the NCLB Application traini
What Leads to Success
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Sketchy Contest
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TxDLA09LearnMe Conference Materials
(Enrollment key is "txdla" with
Ubuntu Development Server Info and Moodle Admin
This past week has been a bit of a frustration as I tried to figure out why Joomla 1.5 running on IIS wouldn't work the way I expected it to. At times, I wanted to just say, let's
Resolving Idiosyncrasies
I love this quote... "It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them." Joseph Marie de Maistre, wb 256 today var addt
TCEA Board of Directors Choose New Executive Director
Earlier this year, I pointed out how important it was for TCEA to change direction. I'm hoping that their choice of Lori Gracey symbolizes that commitment! Like other TCEA members,
Moodle in the Classroom (Updated)
I've included my notes on this Classroom 2.0 LIVE session with Tomaz Lasic on Moodle in the Classroom below... Some of the quick polls Kim Caise took at the beginning of the Classr
Removing the Conficker Worm
Running on UbuntuLinux and Mac, I don't expect to encounter the Conficker worm anytime soon. Here's a straightforward explanation of what
Stimulus Money for Texas Districts
The following update was shared with me via email...it originated at one of the Education Service Centers: The Regular NCLB Title IID is on schedule and will be released as u
Moodle Questionnaire
Questionnaire is one of my favorite modules for Moodle, and I use it for all sorts of surveys and information gathering that I'd normally have had to use SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, o
Web 2.0 Process
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Blogger To Be Unavailable
Blogger will be unavailable Thursday (3/26) at 4:00PM PDT for about 10 minutes for maintenance. On my Blogger dashboard, I see a notice that there is a scheduled outage for 4:00
Drawing in Google Docs
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Moodle Tip - Where to Find Free Courses
Where do can someone go to find/share Moodle courses? Here is a short list to consider: 1. SOS SIG's Collaborative Moodle
Revisiting Domesticating Education
I wrote this in response to Al Upton's situation, and when I read it again, I realized I didn't have a copy on my new blog (the one you're reading now). So, to make it a bit more g
Joomla Tip - Installing in a Subdirectory
Our district has been working on redesigning and updating Joomla to the latest version for our main site. One of the problems we ran into was that we wanted to install the Joomla s