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Why Marking Sucks

March 14, 2011

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

February 15, 2011

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

joanvinallcox.ca

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:

joanvinallcox.ca

WebTools etc. 01/25/2011

January 24, 2011

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Using SoundCloud for Podcasting

January 23, 2011

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/

WebTools etc. 01/19/2011

January 18, 2011

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

2010 in review

January 2, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats.

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,400 times in 2010. That’s about 13 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 62 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 548 posts. There were 48 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 10mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was March 31st with 57 views. The most popular post that day was Kluging: An LMS Alternative.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were teacher.pageflakes.com, c4lpt.co.uk, twitter.com, ianmason.net, and browse.workliteracy.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for visual literacy, fotobook editor, udutu, google cheat sheet 2010, and google search cheat sheet.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Kluging: An LMS Alternative October 2008
11 comments

2

Visual Literacy and Visual Thinking July 2008
10 comments

3

Joan Vinall-Cox’s E-Portfolio September 2008
20 comments

4

Photobook Adventures (and advice) December 2008
4 comments

5

udutu – Free, Easy, and Perhaps Unnecessary August 2008
2 comments

Vivid Slideshow on How to Use PowerPoint (Without Sucking!)

December 6, 2010

Great advice here!

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