Techapathy 27 Aug 2013 | 06:49 am

No, this isn't a positive blog entry. I'm not out to coin a new term, Techapathy. Instead, you can summarize it in the same way Rodney Dangerfield's character did in Back to School: Apathy is a lack ...

Uploading Users to #Moodle 2.x @diben 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 am

Moodle 2.x user upload A colleague asked me the following: Do you have a sample import excel file for Moodle 2.0 The import process for Moodle 2.x is fairly straightforward. While you might begin wi...

External Database for Student Accounts #moodle @diben 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 am

A colleague recently wrote me, asking the following: I never setup Active Directory for my students in Moodle, and now I need to get student accounts setup. What should I do? If you can't get Active ...

MyNotes: Which Tech Should I Use to Teach Online? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm

Some quick reflections on this article...what I found most helpful was the focus on the use of 3 questions when developing an online course: Which technology works best for my online course to achiev...

MyNotes - Which Technology Should I Use to Teach Online? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm

LoneStarCon 3 - 71st Worldcon in San Antonio, Texas #science-fiction #scifi 26 Aug 2013 | 07:47 am

Woohoo! Definitely worth checking this out! Welcome to LoneStarCon 3! Welcome to the home page of LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon). On this site you'll find everyth...

Getting RSS from @Evernote via @Postachio Blog 26 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am

Thanks to this EduSLAM! on Explain Everything and Evernote (thanks to the hosts and +Reshan Richards ), I found out about Postach.io, a blog that is created from whatever you post to an Evernote Noteb...

MyNotes: 10 Essential District Infrastructure Questions 26 Aug 2013 | 07:09 am

Source: https://www.epiced.org/blog/upgrading-district-infrastructure-why-strategic-planning-important Note: These are absolutely questions that come up. In fact, I remember working through some of t...

MyNotes - Instructor-Made Videos as a Learner Scaffolding Tool 25 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm

Source for this post comes from: Pan, G., Sen, S., Starrett, D., Rodgers, M., Tikoo, M., & Powell, D. (2010). The effectiveness of video component: An expanded follow-up investigation. In J. Sanchez ...

Exploring Peppermint Four @peppermintos 25 Aug 2013 | 10:14 am

Finding a light-weight, speedy, reliable GNU/Linux OS can be a fun search, and choices abound. Having played around with Peppermint OS awhile back, I was thrilled to revisit PeppermintOS and find vers...