How to share a youtube video on WordPress

Posted on April 24, 2012September 30, 2019 by admin

The following video walks you through sharing a youtube video on your WordPress blog:

Need to schedule a meeting or event? Use Doodle

Posted on April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 by admin

This is a free online scheduler. Its very easy to use and allows you to enter your participants, dates, and times. At that point your participants then choose the dates/times when they are ready to meet. It is brilliant for a professor during advising.

http://www.doodle.com/

Here is a video which shows how Doodle works:

Your first steps with Doodle from Doodle AG on Vimeo.

Check where your site falls

Posted on April 15, 2012April 15, 2012 by admin

Check where your site falls on Google, Yahoo, and Bing searches. Simply type in key words that people may search and this site will show you where your site falls when someone searches for those terms:

http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/search-position-check.php

Pinterest in K-12 education

Posted on April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 by admin

To go along with my previous post which can be found, here.

Here is another article on pinterests use in education. It seems pinterest is gaining a lot of popularity in education and is being used quite a bit. I have yet to use it for my classroom but I do plan to share this with my undergraduate education classes as they already use pinterest for personal use and can simply apply it to their classes.

Install and setup a WordPress Blog – Updated

Posted on April 8, 2012April 8, 2012 by admin

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:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4wmiQiBaY]

Test your mobile websites on iPhone emulators

Posted on March 29, 2012March 29, 2012 by admin

There 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.

TestiPhone.com

iphonetester.com

iPhone4Simulator.com

Alternative to PPT? Try Prezi

Posted on March 26, 2012March 26, 2012 by admin

Sick 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:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbq1tAbHss]

Free Animated .gif maker

Posted on March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 by admin

Remember 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:

http://www.loogix.com/