http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:19:50 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1791 I recently found another social networking server app through Twitter. As we know Ning recently changed its terms of service and is no longer offering free social networks. This sent a wave of panic throughout the educational technology community, accustomed to having “free” apps at their disposal. People immediately sought alternatives to Ning. Of course [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/feed/ 18 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:48:26 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1436 I recently created another BuddyPress test site and I am pleased with how much the procedure has been simplified. I blogged about the difficulty in the past, so it is only fair that I note vast improvements. I never fully succeeded installing BP the first time I tried. It involved a long process of manually uploading a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/feed/ 5 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/23/nyscate-09-housekeeping/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/23/nyscate-09-housekeeping/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:04:27 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1357 I just finished Day 2 at the NYSCATE Annual Conference in Rochester, NY. I had a great time presenting twice on topics that I am passionate about and enjoyed all our Keynote speakers. I’ve met some great folks and have had wonderful conversations. Plan on an more active blog as I’ll be writing and reflecting [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/11/23/nyscate-09-housekeeping/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/07/27/will-nysed-tweet/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/07/27/will-nysed-tweet/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:03:59 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1313 While I attended the NYSCATE Leadership Summit last week for a variety of reasons, the main motivation was to hear the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) presentation on their proposed state technology plan. Beyond the presentation there were roundtable discussions to provide input and feedback followed by an opportunity to ask questions. When the opportunity [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/07/27/will-nysed-tweet/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1304 In honor of the release of BuddyPress 1.0, I trashed my previous installation and created a new one from scratch. The new version of BuddyPress requires WordPressMu 2.7.1 and bbPress 1.0 alpha. The process, while simplified, is still out of the reach of many who are accustomed to the standard, upload, create database, and browser [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/werdmuller-announces-new-project-keeps-other-quiet/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/werdmuller-announces-new-project-keeps-other-quiet/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:52:12 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1291 As promised, former Elgg developer Ben Werdmuller, has announced a new social networking project. He is working on a social mapping project called OutMap. In addition, he is beginning a web consulting service. He alluded to a third project that he is keeping under wraps. OutMap appears to be a social geographic information system in which a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/werdmuller-announces-new-project-keeps-other-quiet/feed/ 1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:52 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1280 Elgg co-founder Ben Werdmuller has left Curverider as of April 15.  On his blog he refers to Team Elgg positively calling them, “…a first-class team of brilliantly intelligent, creative peope.” When asked why he left Elgg, he replied, “I’ve got some other ideas I’d like to persue. Nothing sinister.” Ben intimates that he has some [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/feed/ 7 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:33:01 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1274 WordPressMu version 2.7.1 beta1 is now available. Released on April 2, this marks an important landmark for its companion BuddyPress. BuddyPress has rested on RC1 waiting for changes to the core WordPress Mu application. According to core developer Andy Peatling’s blog post of February 11, the release of BuddyPress stable has been predicated upon the release [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/feed/ 4 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:16:03 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1271 While visiting the BuddyPress site for fresh news, I encountered a blog post entitled BuddyPress in K12 Education. It appears that BuddyPress is being piloted by the Dearborn, Michigan school district. It’s always great to hear about Open Source adoptions by public K12 ! I could see deploying components of BuddyPress in our school’s existing [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/feed/ 4 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:40:58 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1263 One feature I didn’t see when testing beta Elgg 1.5 is the admin’s ability to set default widgets in both user profiles and dashboards. These tools, included in the Elgg 1.5 “full” package. Elgg adopters have asked for this feature since the initial release and there have been plugins that provided such functionality, but had [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/feed/ 8 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:54:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1247 Elgg 1.5 has been released by Curverider. Over the past few days, Elgg’s revisions to their Subversion repository had slowed as they put the finishing touches on the new release.  Elgg 1.5 is available as a package or from the subversion repository. This development means that I will return to my comparisons of Elgg and [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1225 Curverider released a second release candidate for Elgg 1.5 today. It can be downloaded as a tarball from their site, or you can get it from the subversion library. Release Candidate 2 brings about 40 new revisions to Elgg code since the release of the first Release Candidate last week.]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/feed/ 2