Hi there. Thanks to those who have replied to my last post. I had a day away from it all yesterday. Thanks Leigh for your interactions. We could use MySpace pages as examples of how people shape their identities and how they interpret life. Social networking sites could be useful too in analysing artistic expressions, or observing cultural trends. The issue though may be how others may percieve the use of these sites as many are full of trashy stuff that colours the perception. The ‘others’ here could be parents or employers. On the other hand those with disabilities may find that social networking sites make it easier to connect with other students than in a normal classroom.
I have found a useful discussion about this on the following link which explains how some use these tools to keep in touch with students and monitor their behaviour… intersting discussion (sorry for the length. Is there a way to reduce such a link? http://www.edweek.org/chat/transcript_03_12_08.html?levelId=1000&rale2=KQE5d7nM%2FXAYPsVRXwnFWYRqIIX2bhy1%2BKNA5buLAWEjmhtTxb8AsCS49%2FdAOa4XFN6jQi3LmomQ%0Akehn2UxMK9BFuEevmakoionhUD8euKvnBBbVElm%2F82I8AMfr4Wq46hGb%2F%2FkJ4YArdvpUDfrYf6Fu%0AmwVwfA8aZa%2BaQFsPjJ7b%2BxkhnNVikzMNQj%2Figf3lXEgYe3yWW3Zx3Xtqt9srJ4SrVNOpQdeB9UNn%0AZgGVhUJza2Xg0BWKDSc%2BtLbwHDCS0WCLFK8xN86alWx%2FAHCtLfYopUJR3AqCJR4vSqvqSXpOUta6%0Analk53cXJ4oI2iDKWuwjWPkRycMUl2DP%2FWei1RmpJCR2gDPusw55UmF0LEQr7IL0zoA%2FKt6IzjTb%0Aluud6L%2BixMo%2FXtQBQ15iP5XE9AS39GmK%2Feo8b4bN5ANcFD5rCxpyY4FdhuSOQf7ksLgtiNXELSlP%0AZdIBH0yktPa%2FE9tufDRVFPBv4sW9e6umaIw6zEgzFnUsbrTmyVnXWNGh%2Fm9iR4xl6zBHB3tq4PNf%0ATyeVprLagG446FlZti55nWA%2B3OCj%2BvO833gMS%2Fowwy6UlYdzVnyPbQ3L969szNpt%2Bj7c4KP687zf%0AeoYSSgtY%2BQ3%2BrUwRBTlgSL%2FEO40ulCl1sAW2kcyfTxjUrXp8WZJJ6MfJELfuTj9FqKNQ5lPBLAQq%0ARWOinwPvQ8NvRhGKB5RjLxw4YDtlKazqBNE65IbhAVTKPi8fetkgPVol4tsJDnNhjrFQCRPGtpm6%0A3m4%2FyHQ7KyA7n1B7k7×6c6TmknSc7Q%3D%3D
August 8, 2008 at 7:42 am
Russ,
I love your graphic header! Is it one of your own photographs?
In response to your question about the long link – I often use tinyurl to eliminate those looooong urls. Try it and see what you think. From the page with a url you want to condense, go to this site: http://tinyurl.com
It will give you a choice of two “tinyurl” links – one direct link, and one with a preview. You can use that link instead of the long url and it will take you to the same page.
August 8, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I like to use http://www.tinyurl.com to short long urls. So, this is your url shortened via tinuyrl:
http://tinyurl.com/5mbbvm
Try it and see if you like it.
Thank you for posting this link. We use Moodle in our high school and love it because it is safe for our students. Moodle supplements our ftf classes and has proven to extend and deepen the sense of community for many of our students.
August 11, 2008 at 8:43 am
Hi Russel, to shorten the link, go back and edit the post. When you have the edit window open, select a word, or a series of words that you would like to make clickable (hypertext) linking to the edweek site. With that text highlighted, click the icon in the toolbar that is the link option. It will pop up with a little window prompting you for the link URL. Add it and the little window will close. You will now have a clickable link on the text you selected, with the big long link hidden away.
Here’s a video that shows you how. The video shows more than you need to do.. but hopefully you get the idea