http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/03/open-content-and-tie-dye/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/03/open-content-and-tie-dye/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:36:15 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=775 I have been on the Internet for many years now and I have noticed many changes. As a teacher I have watched resources that were once free become for pay. Now when I search for resources that are specifically geared to education, as often as not, I click on a link to find that the [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/03/open-content-and-tie-dye/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:52:58 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=518 New legislation passed unanimously by the US Senate and headed for the President’s desk mandates schools to provide instruction about safety on social networking sites. The language was appended to S.1492 bill Broadband Data Improvement. While the thrust of the bill is improving broadband Internet access to Americans, SubTitle A: Promoting a Safe Internet for [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/20/new-bill-mandates-social-networking-safety-instruction/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/23/posh-open-source-pageflakes/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/23/posh-open-source-pageflakes/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:34:19 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=62 There was a request for an online organizer for a special needs student through which assignments and schedules can be managed. It also needs to allow input or interaction by the student’s resource teacher. PageFlakes came to mind with its slick flexible interface complete with calendars, to-do lists, and rss feeds. The interface would be [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/23/posh-open-source-pageflakes/feed/ 7 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:35:33 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=89 If you are reading this, you are probably already aware of and excited by the possibilities of Web 2.0 in education. You are probably already sold. But what about the people in our K-12 community: other teachers, administrators, parents, tech committees, and school boards? Mention social networking on the Internet, and they think of is [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/22/its-got-to-play-in-peoria/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/moderation-for-school-wordpressmu/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/moderation-for-school-wordpressmu/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:28:26 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/moderation-for-school-wordpressmu/ I need to moderate all posts and comments for my students’ blogs. Out of the box, WPMU has a good system for taking care of comment moderation. Post moderation, while possible, is difficult to administer without a great little plugin. To activate comment moderation you need to go to: Options –> Discussion. Under “Before a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/moderation-for-school-wordpressmu/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/blogging-shift-from-technology-to-pedagogy/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/blogging-shift-from-technology-to-pedagogy/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:38:56 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/blogging-shift-from-technology-to-pedagogy/ My students and I are finding our way through WordPressMU (WPMU). I have worked through security, configuration, and administrative work flow. The kids post and comment. Now we focus more on learning. Students customized their sites using themes, widgets, and blogroll. I set them to contributor so the posts would be moderated before appearing. Comments [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/16/blogging-shift-from-technology-to-pedagogy/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/28/wpmu-for-school-security-quick-overview/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/28/wpmu-for-school-security-quick-overview/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:51:07 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/28/wpmu-for-school-security-quick-overview/ WordPress Mu is now installed on our school’s shared server space. It appears to be functioning as I’d like it–now that I hacked together a nice .htaccess redirect making it easier to access individual blogs. Before we actually let the students loose on their blogs, I need to think through security and make sure I [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/28/wpmu-for-school-security-quick-overview/feed/ 5 http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/11/25/nyscate-2007/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/11/25/nyscate-2007/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:58:21 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=3 I enjoyed this year’s NYSCATE (New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education) Conference last week. It was great to hear and see what other educators are doing with technology. For me, the highlight was presenting. My presentation was on using open source server software and commercial web hosting to create educational websites. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/11/25/nyscate-2007/feed/ 0