Using Technology in the Classroom
Earlier tonight, I went to the BostonCHI meeting, which was held at the Microsoft New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, Mass. Tonight’s topic was about moving from “eBooks to Learning Books,” and the talk was given by Dr. Boris Goldowsky and Lisa Spitz of the Center of Applied Technology (CAST). If the topic sounds interesting, I’d check out their video, when it is posted, from the BostonCHI video library.
Their talk got me thinking about a few other topics, including the use of technology in a classroom environment. Although it hasn’t been that long since I was in ..read more
Three Bookmarklets That Simplify My Life
My first exposure to bookmarklets was through Google Bookmarks. I started using Google Bookmarks because I was trying to back-up the bookmarks I use in Chrome, as well as keep track of some things I wanted to check out later but weren’t worth a (seemingly) more permanent bookmark in my browser. Things that I intend to read, or things that require actions, like a job posting.
Shortly after I started using the site, I found the bookmarklet, which was great. The bookmarklet lets you name, tag, and capture notes without ever leaving the page in question. I tag things with topics ..read more
Encountering Some Errors
Last week, I finally got around to updating WordPress. While the link that had been showing on the top of my screen for the last several months indicated I could automatically update, it turned out this wasn’t the case. Last week was the first time I had the opportunity to take the time to manually update.
The process took me several tries and many errors before I finally had the latest version of WordPress up and running. I judged this by the fact that my home page appeared, instead of saying “server not found.” Success!
Except, I went online to check my ..read more
7 Awesome Features of Windows 7
Now that my finals are over, I decided it was time to use my free upgrade to Windows 7. I have to admit, I didn’t hate Vista as much as the next person, and I had heard bad things about the upgrade process (though not about Windows 7), so I was a little nervous going into it. I thought I would start the install, only to come back to a completely unusable computer, stuck halfway between operating systems, that I would then have to wipe clean and start fresh. Thankfully, this was not the case.
I started the upgrade process by ..read more
Experimentation with CSS
The last time I looked at CSS, tables were still (more or less) an acceptable way of doing things. When I learned HTML, everyone was using frames.
For a while now I’ve been wanting to re-learn CSS. Using WordPress themes was an excellent way to get my website off the ground, but I know I’m capable of designing a personalized and user-friendly website of my own. Plus, knowledge of CSS seems like a useful thing to have.
Two days ago I breezed through a tutorial on CSS — learning a lot about what the different terms represent, but not a lot about ..read more
