Tech Bytes : Weblog

At the beginning of a new school year, it's a great time to clear out Zimbra. Many of the problems that people have during the year are related to the fact that they are forcing Zimbra to hold onto a virtual ton of old emails that should be

Keybr and BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing

Oct 20th, 2008

Here are two sites that support the learning of keyboarding skills. Keybr is a web 2.0 application that gives students a choice of three levels to choose from for a quick practice session. BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing resembles commercial produ

The Student Community: Adding Students and Creating Good Passwords

Oct 20th, 2008

In this episode, grab a roster and add some students to your classroom blog. I discuss some tricks for creating usernames and give some strategies for designing passwords that are strong yet easy to remember.studentblogs2.mp4 video/mp4http://st

Oct 10th, 2008

This episode is super-sized at the same low, low price. I give information about how to go about acquiring media on the web. Found a picture and you're not sure if you have the right to use it? This episode is for you. We'll also go to Flickr,

The Student Community: student blogs are amazing. Are you using them?

Sep 21st, 2008

This is the first in a series of podcasts about student blogs and, in particular, our Student Community. While the nuts and bolts of using the community are best viewed in the tutorials found here, this Tech Bytes series will focus more on tips

Feeds

Sep 2nd, 2008

Use feeds and Google Reader to make information on the web come to you. And don't forget to subscribe to Techbytes while you're at it!feeds.mp4 video/mp4Having trouble seeing what's in the movie? Click here to take a bigger bite of Tech Bytes!