Posted Mon, 02/08/2010 - 01:00 by admin
ShareThisI just updated my code to Drupal 6.15 and I've updated the Twitter module and switched to CKEditor. This will give me some new learning and capabilities to explore.
Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 15:46 by Don Watkins
ShareThisIt's been a long time since I regularly posted anything here. In the early summer I was busy developing a course which I now teach to 7th and 8th grade students about becoming good digital citizens and then I enrolled in an Educational Leadership Program at St. Bonaventure University. Between the course at Bonaventure and my work iwth the students I became so busy that I didn't have time to write but now that's changing a bit and I hope to begin to write a bit more.
Posted Sun, 01/10/2010 - 04:38 by Don Watkins
ShareThisI'm not bowled over by the Macintosh. It's a great OS with some great tools and like Ross Brunson said on Facebook when I first got it, it is Linux with great multi-media. I love Photo Booth, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD all great software products that work together rather seamlessly. But are they worth double the price of a Dell for the average person. I don't think so. I think Apple's future is with the iPhone and maybe their upcoming tablet. They are really a desktop OS and the future belongs to mobile platforms. I think Microsoft has gotten the bugs out of Vista in Windows 7.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 21:43 by Don Watkins
ShareThisMonday I returned to work at Franklinville Central School and one of the new staff in the high school guidance office showed me the current course selection guide for the high school and explained her vision of having it "on the computer" so that it could easily be published and downloaded by students, parents and others. I told her I'd get back to her soon and today it came to me that this might be yet another great application for Drupal.
Posted Sat, 07/18/2009 - 12:09 by Don Watkins
ShareThisJames Dean made a name for himself in the 1950's movie, "Rebel Without a Cause." In the past almost four years I've been determined to show that Linux and in particular Ubuntu Linux is a viable desktop operating system. I've proven it to myself time and again but still it remains an outlier in consumer circles. In the last week I've rebuilt three Windows computers that had been virtually destroyed by malware. In two of the three cases the individuals let their virus protection lapse, in the third the lady was using a well known anti-virus and security solution and she still was victimized.
Posted Fri, 07/03/2009 - 13:07 by admin
ShareThisI just updated to Drupal 6.13 code. Got a few more modules to upgrade to the latest code and then the site will be up to date. I added a widget from NECC 2009 in a custom block to the left.
Posted Wed, 07/01/2009 - 13:40 by Don Watkins
ShareThisI've been at NECC 2009 for three days now and I've learned a great deal in that time. I came here with an open mind and it's been filled with lots of great ideas to use with students. Though this is my first NECC, I'm very impressed with the number of presenters using open source tools and recommending them too. I've met a number of open source users and enthusiasts and have seen presenters using Moodle, Drupal and Wordpress and Ning along with OpenOffice.org and Audacity.
Posted Mon, 06/29/2009 - 19:11 by Don Watkins
ShareThisToday has been a day packed with learning as I hoped it would be. I met some ladies early at NECC 2009 who showed me how to use Twitter with students and keep it save. I also learned about using a range of Web 2.0 tools from a couple of professors at Johns Hopkins University. I learned about Wordle, Jing, Screencast and some other applications too. In a few minutes I'm going to a presentation about using SMS and VOIP with students. There is just so much here at NECC 2009. I spent some time at the Google booth on the exhibit floor and learned how I can use Google Apps with 7th graders.
