WebTools For Learners

WebTools etc. 06/05/2011

joanvinallcox — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:32:57 +0000

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Image Copyright Made Easy

joanvinallcox — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:55:52 +0000

My experience teaching university students has led me to believe that they don’t know enough about how to attribute images that they haven’t created themselves. From my own experience as both a student and a teacher, I am familiar with applications that make creative bibliographies much easier (BibMe, EasyBib, etc.). I am also familiar with what happens when it’s easy to correctly create bibliographies and citations; I (and others) are much more likely to make sure we’ve give credit where credit is due.

So I was delighted to read Judy O’Connell’s description – https://heyjude.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/greasemonkey-and-flickr-for-the-adventurous/ – of how to get images from Flickr that have Creative Commons licensing, and are totally easy to attribute.

The image above was my experiment, and, as you can see, it worked. Now it is easy to find free images in Flickr and correctly attribute them. I strongly recommend her post – https://heyjude.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/greasemonkey-and-flickr-for-the-adventurous/

WebTools etc. 03/28/2011

joanvinallcox — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:31:59 +0000

Beginning Again | joanvinallcox.ca

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Earth Hour

joanvinallcox — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:42:42 +0000

I don’t know if I did it “right”. I turned off all my lights and my computer, but I didn’t unplug the microwave, or the clocks, or the tv (though it was off) but we had a candle lit and our wood stove going. most people on our street appeared to have lots of lights on, so we were maybe a bit better. It was lovely, though, to sit by the fire, with candlelight and just talk. We should do that more often.

Firefox’s App Tabs

joanvinallcox — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:33:37 +0000

So far my favorite discovery in Firefox 4 is the App Tabs -

Each of the little red arrows point up to a “pinned tab” or a “app tab” residing to the left of the full tabs, and remaining there after Firefox has been closed and reopened. I can quickly and easily open my calendar, my mail, my Facebook, one of my wikis or the Hunger Site I like to click on every day.

I add an app tab by right clicking (or 2 finger clicking) on the tab I want to “pin”, like so,

and then clicking on “Pin as App Tab”. Couldn’t be easier!

Playing with Firefox 4

joanvinallcox — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:16:44 +0000

Check it out -

For Macs – http://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Firefox/3000-2356_4-10208569.html
For PCs – http://firefox.en.softonic.com/
For learning about it – https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/

Why Marking Sucks

joanvinallcox — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:51:05 +0000

This poem is the truest account of the problem with marking in a system where learning is supposed to occur!

An excerpt -

I read the name at the top
and think of the young person whose effort this is.
Now all I see on the paper
is a face, crestfallen when I hand back what they attempted.

by Tom Wayman

Click the link below for the whole poem.

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/wayman/poem4.htm

How to Target a New Tab for an Image Link

joanvinallcox — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:29:38 +0000

Here’s a picture I want to link to another website and have it open in another tab or window:

The image above links to the website it’s from, but opens on the same page as this post, replacing this post.

I click on the image (in Edit) and choose the far left icon of a picture, and check that the link I want to target is there:

Then I click on “Advanced Setting at the top, and scroll to the bottom of the next screen

Click beside “Target, and now, your link will open in a new tab or window:

WebTools etc. 01/25/2011

joanvinallcox — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:32:59 +0000

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Using SoundCloud for Podcasting

joanvinallcox — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:04:08 +0000

I want to see if I can embed a podcast in this, my WordPress.com blog. If this works, you can hear it below.

Here are the instructions I followed - http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/08/18/testing-how-to-embed-soundcloud-files-to-wordpress/