I have a tutorial already on how to install and set up wordpress however the newest version of wordpress is slightly different so here is the updated version:
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Install and setup a WordPress Blog – Updated
Sunday, April 8th, 2012Test your mobile websites on iPhone emulators
Thursday, March 29th, 2012There are many iPhone emulators out there. For those that do not know, an emulator is a program that mimics or acts like a device. For instance, there are NES (Nintendo) emulators that allows you to play old NES Roms. The following emulators act as iPhone emulators so you can get an idea of what your website looks like on pretty much any mobile device. Just to note, the emulators are not perfect, so there may be some slight alignment differences. I noticed this when I tested them although it was only a slight difference.
Alternative to PPT? Try Prezi
Monday, March 26th, 2012Sick and tired of PowerPoint? I am. I know it’s a great presentation tool, however, it can get old because people are just not creative with it. In another blog post I will show how to spice up your PPT presentation. For now though, there are alternatives out there which put a new twist on presentations. One being Prezi. Prezi is a presentation tool just like PPT however it is different in that it acts more like a concept map to tell your story and offers a unique way to present. Now Prezi is not free although there is a free version available. The normal version is $59 a year with an advanced version being $159 a year. However good news for teachers, students, and faculty, you can get the normal version for FREE and the pro version for $59 a year:)
Visit the prezi website here
See a sample Prezi presentation:
Free Animated .gif maker
Monday, March 12th, 2012Remember in the mid 1990s when animated GIFs were ‘the thing’ to have on your website? You couldnt go to a site without seeing something moving, like a dancing baby. Well you can still make those gifs as there are many sites online that allow you to create them for free. Do a google search and you will find many. Here is one such example:
50GB of free cloud storage for life!
Saturday, February 25th, 2012Install Box on your Android phone by March 23rd and get 50GB of storage for life for free. Cant pass this up. I believe it applies to IOS users as well.
Android – https://market.android.com/details?id=com.box.android&hl=en
IOS – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/box-for-iphone-and-ipad/id290853822?mt=8
Want Moodle Continued…
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012To continue from yesterdays post, my students installed moodle last night. I just wanted to share the process and lessons learned from this experience:
1. I had all students buy their own websites with shared server access where they each installed moodle. They are each creating their own courses in my class.
2. I had them download FTP.
3. I had them download Moodle and upload it to their servers. A note here, make sure they unzip the file. I had maybe 1/3 of my students try to upload the zipped file and of course it would not work. Also, uploaded took quite a while in some cases. Moodle is 91mb and has around 10,000 files, so it can easily take 30-60+ minutes to upload. Be prepared for this.
4. Next we set up Moodle. Now this will change depending on what kind of server you are using. This process was not too bad. Some students needed help due to some slight configurations that needed to be made to get everything working but overall this part was fairly easy.
5. Some students just had no luck. I also students who tried to use other web hosts that they own their own websites through and of course those services were sufficient to run moodle so they did have to buy sites from icdsoft as I had originally recommended. For the students that had no luck, I simply asked them for their usernames/passwords and upload the Moodle files myself. This solved all the problems – thus is was user error causing the problems.
I hope this has helped anyone looking to do something similar.
Blogger Features: How to use Blogger
Saturday, February 4th, 2012This video takes you through the main features of Blogger. I do not go into much detail but do go through each feature. Blogger is very easy to use and with this video I doubt many of you will have any other questions. This software is very user friendly:
*Note – if you need to see how to create a blogger blog, please see this post
How to create a blog with blogger
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Blogger is a free tool from Google. I use this tool in my courses and have become fairly impressed with it as of lately. It offers a lot of customization and is perfect for educators or just about anyone who wants a blog. It’s also very easy to use, so it gives novice computer users an opportunity to publish on the web.
Here is a video tutorial that I put together which shows you how to create your first blog with blogger:
*Note – To see the next post on Blogger features click here
Apple iBooks App
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Apple’s big announcement today: An app that allows a teacher to create their own book and publish it to iBook. Thus you can take a Word document and the app formats it to be read on the ipad. Its supposed to be very user friendly. I am excited to use this in my courses this semester. For more info see:
Why you should be on LinkedIn
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012This is mostly for my undergraduate students as none of them for the most part have heard of LinkedIn.
You have perhaps seen the following symbol lately quite a bit on the internet? This is the symbol for LinkedIn:
This site is a social networking site, very similar to facebook. The difference however is big. LinkedIn focuses on your professional life. In fact, you profile is very similar to your resume. In addition to having a profile that includes your resume, you can link to others in the same field and you can search for jobs. Many jobs are being posted on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is not complicated and is no harder to use than facebook, thus I recommend all of my students to get an account before they start applying for jobs – trust me when I say the person interviewing you will be searching for you:)
Here is a link: http://linkedin.com
