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/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/2008/10/12/new-elgg-community-brings-new-plugins/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/12/new-elgg-community-brings-new-plugins/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:21:52 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=433 Elgg’s new support community has brought new contributions from Elgg’s Development team. Ben Werdmuller created a COPPA plugin. COPPA is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which prohibits website from collecting personal information from children under thirteen. This plugin inserts a check box into the registration page, requiring individuals to affirm that they are over [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/10/12/new-elgg-community-brings-new-plugins/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/08/prologue-and-wp-hacks-for-school-microblogging/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/08/prologue-and-wp-hacks-for-school-microblogging/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:14:45 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/08/prologue-and-wp-hacks-for-school-microblogging/ I remain enthusiastic about using Prologue for school “twittering.” I was disappointed when it came to my attention that a regular self hosted version of WordPress did not have the option to keep the blog private by requiring a login to read. This is an important function for privacy of students in a school setting. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/08/prologue-and-wp-hacks-for-school-microblogging/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-student-twittering/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-student-twittering/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:38:35 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-student-twittering/ I got my students to try out the Prologue installation today. They really enjoyed it and took to it instantly. Conversation was wild and somewhat unfocused at first. Before I knew it, there were twenty odd posts. I directed them to feel free to socialize, but I’d want them to avoid totally frivolous posts that [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-student-twittering/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-microblogging/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-microblogging/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:15:00 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-microblogging/ I have been intrigued by Twitter since going to our state Educational Technology conference. I know it has potential and I’ve been eager to give it a try. When Will Richardson blogged about the WordPress theme Prologue, I was excited. First, I am reluctant to use “hosted solutions” especially with elementary students. Secondly, we already [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/06/prologue-and-microblogging/feed/ 0