Monthly Archives: June 2011

Evernote and Firefox 5 PSA

If you’ve update to Fire­fox 5 and your Ever­note add-on is no longer work­ing here is a link to the the beta: http://update.evernote.com/prerelease/ENMozillaExtension/mozilla-extension-4.beta.xpi  

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How do I set up self enrolment in Moodle 2.0?

First off… I know that you spell enrol­ment with two “l’s”, but Moo­dle spells it with one. As we are begin­ning our train­ing around Moo­dle 2.0 there are some small, but impor­tant dif­fer­ences that are com­ing to light.  Depend­ing on how … Con­tinue read­ing

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edSocialMedia: When it’s time to use Twitter in the Classroom

Over on the edSo­cial­Me­dia site my lat­est blog post explores the ques­tion of when do you know if it’s the right time to use Twit­ter in the class­room. The post came after ready the CNN arti­cle “Twit­ter finds a place … Con­tinue read­ing

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Moving to Moodle 2.0: Pt.2 The Tools and Tweaks

Before begin­ing any project you want to make sure you have the tools to do the job.  In the case of a Moo­dle 2.0 migra­tion you bet­ter have a really good set of tools. “Relax, all right? My old man is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Moving to Moodle 2.0: Pt.1 The Decision

It wasn’t easy and came with a lot of inves­ti­ga­tion, thought and dis­cus­sions, but we’ve decided to make the move to Moo­dle 2.0 this sum­mer (2011). We have had a num­ber of our teach­ers, stu­dents and tech staff play­ing with Moo­dle … Con­tinue read­ing

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