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October 10, 2008

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Joan Vinall-Cox

WebTools For Teachers 10/10/2008

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/webtools-for-teachers-101020

This Blog Sits at the: Story time: aka commerce gets more cultural
Very interesting look at how te new media is affecting how advertising works (or not).
tags: commerce, culture, Advertising

      

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October 09, 2008

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Twitter - a Brief Intro

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/twitter-a-brief-intro/

I’ve been ‘playing’ on Twitter for a few months now. I choose who I follow based on whether we appear to have similar interests, and I let anyone who wants to follow me. There are people who I follow who don’t follow me, and people who follow me who I don’t follow back. It makes [...]

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October 05, 2008

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Live Blogging WordCamp - Day2

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/live-blogging-wordcam-day2/

Keeping WordPress Secure - Mark Jaquith

markjaquith.com
http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/
Upgrades will be automatic, and that will help keep up with security issues.
Top 50 plugins - good security, but less popular ones might have security problems.
WP 2.6 - notifications on plugin upgrades
Themes usually not a security issue, but can be - no system to check yet - again more [...]

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October 04, 2008

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Live Blogging at WordCamp, Toronto, ‘08

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/live-blogging-at-wordcamp-to

Rannie Turingan is presenting on the gallery on WordPress. He has created his photo portfolio with this.
http://wordpress.rannieturingan.com
Jamie Oastler
Clear & easy-to-understand - excellent intro to WP
http://www.idealienstudios.com/presentations
http://podictionary.com/
      

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WordCamp Toronto ‘08

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/wordcamp-toronto-08/

I’ve been using Twitter for live blogging but am moving to my own blog.
Joseph Thornley inviting audience to describe their plugins, sites, etc. People giving their site URLs & Thornley showing them to us.Here’s few -

www.live-conference.ca/
www.phug.ca/
www.nevadalawfoundation.org/
www.ksm.law.ca/
www.miteflink.org/
www.cherryvale.ca/
www.garth.ca/weblog/

Plugin - on open id
Matt Mallenweg - State of the Word
Lots of upgrades - open source drives it. (Shouldn’t take [...]

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October 03, 2008

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WebTools For Teachers 10/03/2008

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/webtools-for-teachers-100320

Justin McFarland’s
A truly supportive blog for teachers and others. Excellent explanations of how use use the web. This is, in my opinion, what all educators should be learning from and offering back to their fellow teachers and their students!
tags: howto, web2.0, webapps, blogging, wordpress, wp, edublogs

      

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September 30, 2008

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WebTools For Teachers 09/30/2008

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/webtools-for-teachers-093020

Blogs and educating the eflective practitioner
Interesting Slideshare presentation on the importance of blogging as part of reflective practice. I really like the Harry Potter quote near the end.
tags: reflective_practice, blogging

      

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September 29, 2008

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My iPhone - a screenshot -uploaded using the free app ShoZu

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/my-iphone-using-shozu/

      

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September 28, 2008

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WebTools For Teachers 09/28/2008

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/webtools-for-teachers-092820

100+ learning professsionals to follow on Twitter
I made Jane Hart’s list of “100+ (E-)Learning Professionals to follow on Twitter” and I’ve had a sudden increase in Followers. Itereting how the web works.
tags: JaneHart, twitter, elearning

      

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September 25, 2008

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WebTools For Teachers 09/25/2008

http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/webtools-for-teachers-092520

12 Step Plan to getting engaged with social learning
Want to know more about social learning, or set up a course in it? Jane Hart has a plan. via Tony Karrer on Twitter
tags: Social_learning, web2.0, web-literacy, webapps

      

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