http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org have mind, will wander Wed, 07 May 2008 20:51:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This has been an interesting waste of time. It's useful to examine visual stereotypes about one's keywords and about how varied synonyms are differently presented. I'm not sure what the population of photos is like--some sort of stock images but some are obviously amateurs. It would make an interesting header ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/more-interesting-collages/ Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Interests Collage!Create your own! Originally Written By ga_woo for LJ, Hosted and ReWritten for MySpace by darkman424 http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/millard-fillmores-tubby-interests/ Grassroots Science Interests Collage! (based on categories) Create your own! Originally Written By ga_woo for LJ, Hosted and ReWritten for MySpace by darkman424 http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/testing-my-interests/ The file Yupik_HBday0049.mp3 identified by urn:sha1:KPQRDRWNTGAC5FPTO7JT5KRSZZROMVTG is licensed to the public under the Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license. Happy Birthday song in Yup’ik Eskimo (mp3) click to play or right click to download and play <---Happy Birthday song in Yup’ik Eskimo (mp3) click to play or right click to ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/03/10/song-to-time-handwashing-yupik-eskimo/ Eudora is a great note taking, journal/diary, correspondence, info management, etc. I have the last Windows version (Eudora 7) which also has a built-in X1 file searcher. Eudora doesn't have the ability to quickly add a reminder, unlike Outlook or other PIMs (personal information managers. Lotus Organizer was also great ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/tumblr-as-e-mail-complement-to-web-logging/ from BoingBoing.com Creative Commons for education Cory Doctorow: Today Creative Commons announced ccLearn, a new division devoted to promoting the use of freely copyable materials for classrooms and education. Our mission is to minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials — legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers. ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/03/04/cclearn-copyright-for-classrooms/ A new on-line magazine has been launched. Today is the official birth date of the Edublogs Magazine. It’s been almost a year from the idea-dancing-around-our-head stage, trying to come up with a way to create an umbrella blog that would bring together the exciting Edublogs community. We wanted to feature bloggers and ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/inaugural-edublogger-magazine/ testing "tags" Site Search Tags: tags, categories, testing http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/12/21/testing-tags/ [updated] 2008-03-20 At one point there were few teachers from the tundra regions writing blogs. Few enough I could put them all into one RSS feed mix in the sidebar as I came across them. [Kangirsuk, Nunivik] Not Obscure (John Higham from Nunavik, Canada) http://notobscure.com/ [Kongiganak, Toksook Bay, Tununak] Alaska The View ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/11/10/tundra-teachers/ Hooray! Karen is back in the cube. Not only are her power tools necessary to keep anyone from losing hair and sleep with a PC, but her explanations of things like "packets" and IP and just who is SYSTEM are invaluable. (see sidebar) Don't be without Karen Read the Web ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/karen-kenworthy-tools-for-and-the-whys-and-wiles-of-your-pc/ //engtech at http://internetducttape.com/ [recommended resource] writing today at Lorelle's place Learning About the Web in Plain English Having a background in computer engineering has been a great boon to me when it comes to blogging. ... I have had an edge from being genuinely interested in the technology behind how things work ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/08/12/more-newbie-computing-resources/ From the URL http://edublogs.org/ you will see the following. click to enlarge Note that this will only work for edublogs.org users. It will take you to your main blog, not any other but from there you can switch. Uniblogs.org eslblogs.org and learnerblogs.org need to click on "students login here" (see mouse arrow in ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/08/08/sign-in-from-edublogs-system-wide-webpage/ I urge everyone new to blogging to start with the analogue blog (analog blogue?) and map out what you want to do, who's the audience, how much work do you want to exert, etc. Scot's Newsletter makes a good point. 3. Don't unsubscribe because you're going to use the RSS feed instead. ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/29/email-newsletter-or-blog-or-feed/ At the BlogHerald (on the list of recommended readings for new edubloggers), Lorelle VanFossen discussed Writing and Publishing Code in Your WordPress Blog Posts Simon mentioned using MS Live Writer currently in beta. Another tool, I mentioned here, http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/05/20/coding-long-urls-in-comments/#more-54 is the nice little Show HTML Coding and is from ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/23/another-code-display-and-the-live-writer-extension/ I still can't quite figure out what's happening below-- This is what I did: Published post is opened from the blog in Live Writer. I clicked on the image but changed nothing. Post was published as "Post draft and edit on line" In the text below, the original published post in the blog editor window ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/18/images-in-live-writer/ Gizmo's latest newsletter continues his series on portable computing security and his experience with U3 and proprietary USB program launchers. see Port-a-puter for the roadless warrior: U3 and thumbtops, portable computing and How to make a Thumbtop PC Issue 147, 19th July, 2007 http://techsupportalert.com/issues/back_issues.htm Editorial Securing ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/18/more-tips-usb-portable-computing-thumbtops/ Live Writer seemed to be adding code to the earlier published post that ended up stripping the image out. So here is a test (the original post has been corrected)   This was developed as a central place for people (inside and outside the region) trying to plan meetings and ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/17/regional-calendar-test-of-live-writer/ Paul Hamilton has a list of useful tools, including a link to edublogging tutorials The bookmarks below were generated using the GreaseMonkey script from Social Bookmarking Helper 4 Wordpress.Com - A Greasemonkey Userscript July 7th, 2007 — Satya Narayan The bookmarks generated at other posts come from a ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/16/paul-hamilton-tutorial-links/ RE: This is a test of the newer Windows Live Writer 1(12) Here are screenshots of the difference between the human-eye view of using Live Write and the WordPressMU editor. If the post needs revising after posting (I haven't found the post as draft feature yet), Live Write makes it difficult. I ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/16/live-writer-test-screen-shots-of-editor/ Here is some copied text== "Click photo to visit http://wellingtongrey.blogspot.com/, the source of the Computer is a Skinner Box *The computer is not your friend. The computer is a Skinner Box via     * Brainbiter http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/ Skinner Box" Technorati tags: blog+client, Live Writer Live Writer ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/15/this-is-a-test-of-the-newer-windows-livewriter-112/ [Meandering the Information Superhighway -- don't worry, it's safe. On dial-up the tubes are clogged] Click photo to visit http://wellingtongrey.blogspot.com/, the source of the Computer is a Skinner Box * via Brainbiter http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/ Skinner Box via Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/ Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad Skinner ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/07/11/meandering-the-information-superhighway/ Here are pictures of my devices used for testing the Port-a-puter Click to enlarge the roadless version of a USB flash drive. The card reader was something like $9.00 and the CF card was maybe $12 or $20, special at that time. There are shorter USB extension cords available ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/27/illustrated-portable-computing-devices/ I had a chance to actually try portable computing and some of the mobile apps How to make a Thumbtop PC. Here are my circumstances and here are references to what I learned. Gear pictures here http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/27/illustrated-portable-computing-devices/ On the Roadless Again -- Because I'm on the roadless system and needed ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/25/port-a-puter-for-the-roadless-warrior-u3-and-thumbtops-portable-computing/ Over at http://edublogs.org/forums/ is an interesting set of suggestions for mobile apps, either for cell phone and other handheld devices or laptops. Wibowo at http://nooventures.edublogs.org/ started this discussion by mentioning www.skweezer.net. He added a whole group of interesting "Dial-up and Mobility Survival Kits" that he uses. Must see ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/05/how-to-thumbtop-pc/ I forgot exactly how I got to this site, but it was immediately through "Public Geek" job title. The guidelines are for list-servs participants but I think would be useful for blogging communities, especially the edublogses. They also have a "posting policy". Web4Lib is specifically aimed toward librarians and library ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/virtual-communing-guidelines/ Since I just ran across the actual name for the Microsoft toy, I thought I'd list some suggested programs to enable you to re-size your photos for the web. Quick but works. Also acts as a previewer for your files on the disk. Microsoft's Image Resizer This PowerToy enables you to resize ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/image-size-tools-for-easier-blogging-reading-and-writing/ 1) Pacific Golden Plover sound (mp3) 2) Pacific Golden Plover sound (ogg) 3) [audio http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/pacificgolden-plover.mp3] 4) [embed http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/pacificgolden-plover.mp3] 5) http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/files/2007/05/pacificgolden-plover.mp3 Don't use the  players above (they play back too fast) but try clicking on the file itself to play in your browser. http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/05/02/testing-audio-files/ See also Sitemeter work-around and check out Lorelle vanFossen (see sidebar) http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/buttons-banners/ http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/stickypost-test-follow-up/ The focus here is on using WP Multi-user blogging platform in education (broadly perceived). I particularly showcase http://edublogs.org and its sororal blogs at uniblogs.org, eslblogs.org, learnerblogs.org http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/stickypostie-test/ http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/ looking-for-wordpress-support-and-help-ask-the-right-questions/ Del.icio.us : edublogs+tips Powered by Zoundry http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/how-do-i-get-help/ If you are new to using the Internet, there are some good books to read first. The best resource is your local librarian. They can show you how to learn the terminology, features of a browser, etc. (For example, there's no need for URLs for showing categories with contents, only ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/21/new-to-internet/ The Pew Internet and American Life Project announces the release of: Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/18/pew-report-teens-privacy/ Fortunately, web logs are not the be-all and end-all of the Internet. List-servs (e-zines, E-mail lists) are great and better than RSS feeds for many things. The Internet Scout Report is an excellent example. ====== In The News ==== >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ 19. Code of conduct proposed ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/13/code-of-conduct-proposed-for-blogs/ Basic themes (Kubrick) are labelled as WordPress Default and WordPress Classic (all the way at the bottom of the available ones.) http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/09/basic-themes-for-troubleshooting/ http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/ blog-building-who-controls-your-blog-you-your-host/#comment-202889 plus others http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/what-to-consider-before-you-blog/ There are two main areas to manage. Dashboard | options | discussion Dashboard | general | discussion The third option, on per item basis, is the discussion tab on the edit/write side menu http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/how-do-i-set-up-comments/ from Bringing Health Information to Communities, March 27, 2007 http://library.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/archives/cat_websites.html#002196 March 30: Stop Cyberbullying Day Andy Carvin, blogger on PBS's learning.now http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/ has declared March 30th as Stop Cyberbullying Day. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/03/march_30_participate_in_stop_c_1.html The MedlinePlus Health Topic Bullying http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bullying.html includes links to cyberbullying and online harrassment. Social Bookmarks: http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/27/stop-cyberbullying-day/ # I am a newbie to edublogs. I heard about this site during an English conference this past weekend. I really like it, but I'm unfamiliar with all the things going on here. I'm high school teach who hopes to use edublog for my classes. I'd love to see faq page ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/21/draft-faq/ 1] Posted: 2006-10-29 I think people should examine why they want a blog before leaping into the blogosphere. Some of the questions to ask are already in the forum. Also, be very aware of the distinctions between commercial blogging platforms and volunteer (typepad and blogger vs wordpress, for example.) Dario.be is a volunteer ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/16/why-edublogses/ http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/what-is-openid/ http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/08/test3-3/ http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6099/2091611701071811509419193qh.png http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/7448/2091611701108611415024704rs.png http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5042/20916117010481117296940qt3.png http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/buttons/ These are tags being used currently at http://del.icio.us/edublogs to identify items around the World-wide Web that would be of interest to the edublogses http://edublogs.org, http://uniblogs.org , http://eslblogs.org , and http://learnerblogs.org Feel free to share. Find something interesting? Add it to your del.cio.us account and add the edublogs.org tag. * bullying ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/delcious-tags/ The cool cat at //engtech has created a nifty work-around for edublogses and other WPMU sites to generate a "tag cloud" of most used categories in your blog. Tag Cloud Generator for Wordpress.com http://engtech.wordpress.com/tools/wordpress/tag_cloud_generator_for_wordpress/ Here are the results here-- AI/AN   Alaska   blogging blogginess   edublogs.org   in process   organizational culture   ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/02/26/tag-cloud/ test mp3 of the Anchorage tide right click to download and play http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/02/20/test-mp3/ The cool cat at http://engtech.wordpress.com suggested a way to use the bookmark site, del.icio.us to mark various items from the web which would be of use to the edublogses. For example, his posts on theme reviews and his Auntie-Spam script for Firefox. Here is what I have run across on the ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/02/18/find-other-edublogging-tips-on-line/ Some suggested resources for those new to edublogs.org and its siblings, based on the WordPressMU platform. ProBloggers - Blogging for Beginners Series Whether you are a novice, beginner, intermediate, or advanced blogger, take time to read through the Blogging for Beginners series by ProBlogger. It covers a wide range of topics that you ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/newbies-blogging-for-beginners-series/ See Lorelle vanFossen for issues specific to blogging http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?s=plagiarism&searchsubmit=Find+%C2%BB What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content - http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/ Can photographers be plagiarists? Click here for a slide show about two similar shots of Shanghai's Nanpu Bridge.. Thoughts on Turnitin.com A fellow blogger asked for a dean's-eye-view impression of turnitin.com. Lethem, Vaidhyanathan, et al talk copyright ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/02/08/miscellany-plagiarism-items/ Draft list of most useful tags in the http://edublogs.org/forums/ The forums are for discussing support issues related to all the edublogses family. The list below isn't intended at the moment as a classification or thesaurus of terms. The new tag clouds in the forums will help locate information, but the existing ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/01/27/most-useful-tags-in-edublogs-forum-wordpress-mu/ 2007-03-01 revised Blogging and the Internet, like computers over the past 60 years*, can be extremely useful for some things. But they are mostly famous for doing exactly what we say and not what we mean. To avoid overdosing on frustration, follow these steps. As the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/steps-to-edublogging-happiness/ This is a placeholder entry, to be modified, about the need for Internet and computer literacy /numeracy / http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/13/teacher_faces_40_yea.html teachers at this school were prohibited by policy from turning off school computers, which would answer the "why didn't she just shut down the PC?" questions. Amero testified that she told four ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/01/13/teachers-as-students/ //engtech - engtech.wordpress.com/ just created a nifty script for WordPress.com which squeezes all the caught Akismet spam to just a few lines for easy scan for false positives and no need to read the actual cr*p Discussion is here lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/09/ akismet-auntie-spam-firefox-greasemonkey-page-viewing-script/ The script is here engtech.wordpress.com/tools/wordpress/akismet-auntie-spam/ [Title makes more sense if your aunt is ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/auntie-spam-works-on-edublogs/ //engtech has another greasemonkey script for assisting edubloggers and others. He also gives instructions for modifying the script to fit your own wordpress blog. "Find Wide Images is a GreaseMonkey script for Firefox. I use it to find images that are too big and would “break” fixed width blog themes. What it ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/images-that-break-themes/ Thumbnail Actual size (800 wide by 600 tall) Note that with this theme, images which are too wide are simply truncated (actually, the image is overlain by the sidebar). 440 wide by 330 tall and 4.24 KB (4341 bytes) The original context is Nazarene or Baptist - http://hedwardpruitt.edublogs.org/2006/09/20/nazarene-or-baptist/ nn{democracy:2} http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/12/09/testing-image-quality/ Testing the new Flickr plug-in for edublogs. The image must be left-clicked, not dragged, to get the proper code into the edit box. However, this only presents the "square" size image. However, if one changes the last letter, after the underscore but before the jpg or gif or whatever extension, ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/11/07/sun-has-mittens-test/ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Referer is a common misspelling of the word referrer. It is so common, ... More generally, a referer is the URL of a previous item which led to this request ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer I have the larger versions of the images here -- http://flickr.com/photos/hlthenvt/sets/72157594304156911/detail/ Edublogses Log into your edublogs ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/09/30/referrers-in-edublogs/ Fred Langa: Of Blogs and Feeds - http://ykalaska.uniblogs.org/2006/09/20/of-blogs-and-feeds/ See also the sidebar under Blog & PC Tools http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/09/20/of-blogs-and-feeds/ Recent server housekeeping and then software upgrading at our host has rendered pages into posts and broken some links. I am working to re-index those pages. In the meantime, if you are looking for something, especially through a search engine, and end up at a missing page, please use the search ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/09/18/broken-links/ I ran across this resource for those in charge of Sunday Schools when I was with the Moravian Book Store project. - Small Business in Western Alaska http://www.moravianboardofce.org/resource/ Site Search Tags: Moravian, bookstore, special projects http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/08/20/moravian-curriculum/ Over at the companion weblog http://YKAlaska.uniblogs.org I have been adding emendments (obscure large word for me and other people to mean changes) to existing posts without messing up the permanent link (the slug plus the date). However, the comments boxes automatically format any URL as a hot link. This makes ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/05/20/coding-long-urls-in-comments/ 2006April27 == Thankfully, a reader has pointed out the importance of a / (slash or stroke or forward slash) to computers. The welcome/camai page for the companion site to this is http://ykalaska.uniblogs.org/welcome/ But if I mistakenly leave out that last slash, readers end up here http://ykalaska.uniblogs.org/welcome 2007-02-28 In this recent post, it ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/04/28/who-knew-a-slash-could-be-so-forward/ In reference to http://ykalaska.uniblogs.org/2006/03/22/schools-checklist-feds/ I had to convert the US government’s version [ at http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/] into a format that we could use locally, in MS Word 97 format, as a table using standrd fonts. I stripped out the macros and other gew-gaws. Because I am currently unable to upload the document ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/03/22/schools-h5n1-preparedness-checklist/ Some blogsites allow forms or buttons (like the sitemeter or LangaList or Flickr) in the sidebar (such as Blogger/blogspot.com and some word press based sites.) Other sites only allow a strict url (see my sidebar). UPDATE-- It worked to add the image or badge/button, etc. Start here. How can I post buttons and ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/02/23/sitemeter-work-around/ This is a handout for Girl Scout Women of Science and Technology Day, held 2006 February 18 in Bethel, Alaska (Susitna Council ) http://www.girlscouts.ak.org/. We had great fun testing ideas of friction and Newton's third law, from Kindergarteners to intermediate school girls (and adults). The last page of the handout ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/02/16/girl-scout-hovercrafts/ The information that was here has been moved to Welcome http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/02/07/hire-the-overqualified/ Click on the box below for an example of semi-private discussion pages (single-topic). ΣΧ FYI for Sci TEK teachers http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/01/26/fyi-teachers-of-science-math-engineering/ Flickr will allow thumbnails to link to the full-size, readable, image, as in the ugly butts post I usually use ImageShack which will post the size of the full image one must download if the thumbnail is clicked. This is a boon to those in remote areas on dial-up so you ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/01/19/images-and-thumbnails/ Blog clients The advantage of blog clients is that they often extend your ability to format posts. They are also closer to word processing, if you are actually writing materials instead of commenting on websites. I also find them functioning a little better than the built-in html editor in ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/01/18/testing-blog-clients/ The philosophy which directs my interactions with co-workers and employees is non-hierarchical, collaborative, consistent, and adaptive—problem oriented, not rule oriented. I integrate viewpoints, skills, and expertise of those I work with and for. I am able to create new combinations of old ways to apply to a problem. And, from ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/01/11/management-style/ This was developed as a central place for people (inside and outside the region) trying to plan meetings and trips. Too often meetings overlap or the limited number of venues are full or there are successive meetings requiring people to spend limited travel dollars several times over for the same ... http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2006/01/11/regional-calendar/