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/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:52:15 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=742 Social bookmarking tools allow users to store and share bookmarks on the Internet so that they are accessible from any computer connected to the net. There are a number of popular free commercial social bookmarking sites including del.icio.us, Furl, Digg, Stumbleupon, and others. Of course, my emphasis has been upon open source alternatives to these [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/09/moderation-and-student-blogging/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/09/moderation-and-student-blogging/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:02:27 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=431 Karen Fasimpaur and I have been discussing student blogging recently as we are mulling similar issues.  She just posted a request for comments on her thoughts regarding moderation and student blogging. She posed her main question: Should all student blogging be moderated? My answer is: It depends. Let’s look at some of the issues raised: [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/09/moderation-and-student-blogging/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/16/security-matrix-wordpressmu/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/16/security-matrix-wordpressmu/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:44:30 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=203 In my previous post about Web publishing security, I proposed the following security matrix: While this is an oversimplification of the options, I think it gives a framework for making decisions on what web publishing software to deploy, when to deploy it as well as how. As an illustration of how this framework can be [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/16/security-matrix-wordpressmu/feed/ 3 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/11/posh-admin-controls-appropriate-for-k12-use-2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/11/posh-admin-controls-appropriate-for-k12-use-2/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:50:55 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=154 Out of the box, the open source portal Posh has administrative controls that make it appropriate for use in a K-12 school setting. An administrator can set the portal so that one must be logged in to view content. In addition, it may be set up so that any feeds must be moderated. By default, [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/11/posh-admin-controls-appropriate-for-k12-use-2/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:41:22 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=165 I’ve been wracking my brains trying to formulate a comprehensive web policy for my PK-12 school. There are boiler-plates out there, but most don’t get into the subtlety and nuance of various new technologies. In my previous post It’s got to play in Peoria, I discussed some rationale for integrating Web 2.0 into our instruction. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/10/web-20-student-safety/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/30/open-source-server-side-word-processor-the-missing-app/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/30/open-source-server-side-word-processor-the-missing-app/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:27:13 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=145 How many times have we heard the excuses and problems? My printer is out of ink. I couldn’t find my flash drive. The software at home/school are not compatible. All are common problems sharing work between home and school, and word processing is probably the bulk of work that is ferried between the two. Wouldn’t [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/07/30/open-source-server-side-word-processor-the-missing-app/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/23/blogging-the-haves-and-have-nots-and-the-do-and-do-nots/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/23/blogging-the-haves-and-have-nots-and-the-do-and-do-nots/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:16:46 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/23/blogging-the-haves-and-have-nots-and-the-do-and-do-nots/ I have had the blogs set up for my students for a bit over a week. While I posted a question for the students to respond to on my class blog, I have left them to their own devices for a little while. Some have really taken to it. One student, Blue Butterfly, has made [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/23/blogging-the-haves-and-have-nots-and-the-do-and-do-nots/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/08/classroom-blogging-babysteps/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/08/classroom-blogging-babysteps/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:51:08 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/08/classroom-blogging-babysteps/ My fifth grade class will begin blogging next week. Once our New York State English Language Arts Tests are over on Wednesday, we will focus on real learning as opposed to test prep. I’m pretty satisfied that I have WordPress MU figured out well enough to get going. We will start with a class blog [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/01/08/classroom-blogging-babysteps/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/06/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-blogs/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/06/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-blogs/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:53:08 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/06/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-blogs/ I returned from the NYSCATE 2007 Conference reinvigorated with fresh ideas as to where to take my class and our school in terms of education and technology. I felt ready to renew my efforts to incorporate podcasting and wikis with my students. I had done some work with both of these in limited, halting ways [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/06/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-blogs/feed/ 1