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Swansea University lecturer. Web enthusiast; dabbler in software engineering and control systems; PLENK2010 ds106 and cck11 participant; EG-353 coordinator. Squirrel and meerkat.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
This week …
… I’ve been mostly developing a new version of my project allocation tool in Drupal (permissions, CCK and views,.. oh my!);re-launching the annual research project selection round in Blackboard; andre-launching Social Engineering as a self-hosted Elgg site. In the meantime, … Continue reading
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Cloudworks Intro
Today, I’ve mostly been playing with Cloudworks (cloudworks.ac.uk). There’s a nice introductory slidecast from Gráinne Conole on slideshare.
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Drupal for social networks
While doing some research (i.e. Google search) on Drupal for social networking in education, I was intrigued to find out that the educational social network cloudworks.ac.uk was originally developed using Drupal. See Gráinne Conole and Juliette Culver, “Cloudworks: Social networking … Continue reading
A Beginner’s Guide to Social Engineering
Today I presented a “Lunch and Learn Session” to colleagues at our Staff Development Unit. Here are the slides which are hosted at Google Docs. The creation of a Ning network was a highlight of the session, and unfortunately that … Continue reading
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Tagged lunch and learn, salt, social networks, staff development
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Digital Economy Bill
The Digital Economy Bill was pushed through parliament last night despite the attempts of MPs on the Labour and Liberal Democrat benches to force it to be delayed for proper scrutiny until after the next election. It’s apparently not a … Continue reading
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April fooled?
April fool’s jokes rounded up in the News Blog at The Guardian: I confess that I didn’t spot the “Was Shakespeare French” hoax — if indeed it was a hoax — on today’s Today Program!
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Stone the crows
Stone the crowsOriginally uploaded by Chris P Jobling It’s April first but this is no joke. I spotted this dead crow in the front area of a house in Alexandra Terrace, Brynmill. What killed it I wonder?
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It’s its not it’s
Just posted my last post and I noticed that I’d typed it’s when I meant its. This is a common error that I pick up my students on all the time, but it’s one that I make myself quite frequently. … Continue reading
Tagged grammar, writing
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New look YouTube
Visited YouTube today to rate Stephen Fry’s “unboxing my iPad” video (thanks to Digital Inspiration for the link) and noticed that YouTube has changed its user interface. If you visit the site,“Take the Quick Tour” (highlighted middle right) will show … Continue reading
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