http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:40:29 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1284 WPMu was just updated to a long awaited Version 2.7.1 which has, in turn, triggered events in the BuddyPress realm. The new WPMu version offers a number of important improvements making it a significant improvement. As a consequence, BuddyPress has finally been able to release Version 1.o. Upgrading from WPMu 2.7 to 2.7.1 was a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/24/commentpress/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/24/commentpress/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:29:56 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1198 I recently came across CommentPress. It’s a WordPress plugin that allows readers to comment on a post paragraph by paragraph. CommentPress looks like a very promising collaboration tool. CommentPress is on the cusp of a major upgrade from version 1.4.1 to 2.0. We will look at features in the current version, and preview Version 2.0. [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/24/commentpress/feed/ 5 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/02/wpmu-27-improves-navigation/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/02/wpmu-27-improves-navigation/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:07:27 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1066 WordPressMu 2.7 was released a few days ago. I have been using the beta version on my BuddyPress test installation and our school’s blogging platform. At school the updates from 2.6 to 2.7b to 2.7 went without a hitch by means of ftp. On the BuddyPress site, the svn switch from trunk to tag 2.7 [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/02/wpmu-27-improves-navigation/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:06:37 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=993 There are two major open source social networking platforms that are garnering much attention of late: BuddyPress and Elgg. Elgg 1.0 was released in August 2008. BuddyPress is currently in beta. Regular visitors to this blog have probably read many of my posts on Elgg. Recently, I posted some first impressions of BuddyPress as a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/feed/ 17 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/30/mediawiki-embed-in-wordpress/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/30/mediawiki-embed-in-wordpress/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:57:31 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=915 Matt Leifer commented on my post about the advent of BuddyPress wondering if there was some sort of integration with a wiki and WordPress. His question aroused my curiousity as I use WordPress and MediaWiki. Indeed there is a very interesting WordPress plugin that works MediaWiki. Append Wiki Page by Enej Bajgoric at the University [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/30/mediawiki-embed-in-wordpress/feed/ 7 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:19:10 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=885 BuddyPress has a trial site in which you can sign up for an account and give it a test run, much like the folks at Curverider did many months ago. It gives everyone an opportunity to experience the user interface. I signed up for an account and gave it a quick test drive. I will [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/feed/ 28 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/26/nyscate-presentation-open-source-web-20-applications/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/26/nyscate-presentation-open-source-web-20-applications/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:35:03 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=727 On Tuesday, November 25, I presented Open Source Web 2.0 Applications at the New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education (NYSCATE). I was very excited to share some of what I have learned in the past year regarding web based applications such as WordPress, Elgg, Pligg, Posh, Gallery, and many others. I [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/26/nyscate-presentation-open-source-web-20-applications/feed/ 7 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/19/distance-collaboration/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/19/distance-collaboration/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:06:55 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/19/distance-collaboration/ I teach in a remote Adirondack school in which elementary classes typically have 10-12 students. While this may seem ideal, there are benefits to having larger groups with which to collaborate. With such small groups relations can become static. The same students have the same classmates year after year. Hopefully on-line interaction will lead to [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/02/19/distance-collaboration/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 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