Category Archives: Web 2.0

WordPress Blogs—Pninbacks and Pingbacks

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Gail

I remember reading some years ago a lovely book by Valdamir Nabokov called Pnin. Professor Pnin, an absentminded professor from Russia, teaches in the USA. Pnin receives an urgent message from the university library that he needs to immediately return … Continue reading →

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LiveBinders Side View and Blogger Photo Error Message: Upload Failed

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Gail

Today I created a LiveBinder about what to do if you suddenly find you can no longer upload photos into your Google Education Blogger account because you receive the message: Upload failed: Permission denied.  Follow this link to the LiveBinder if … Continue reading →

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OpenDyslexic Font With Instapaper

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Gail

You can download for free the OpenDyslexic font on your computer to use within Word and other programs. When you download the font you get a zip folder which includes: Regular Bold Italic Bold-Italic Clicking on each font will give … Continue reading →

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Storify, Twitter and SmackDowns

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Gail

Just found out something new regarding Storify and Twitter. After adding the Storify bookmarklet by dragging the “Storify this” button to your bookmark bar, and then clicking on the “Storify this” button while you are in your twitter account, a … Continue reading →

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Storify and WordPress.com Work Well Together

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Gail

I attended EdCampChicago in October. The last session of the day was a sixty minute SmackDown which consists of people quickly recommending one of their favorite resources in a minute or two.  It’s fast and furious! I took notes and … Continue reading →

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Special Ed and Accessibility for the iPads

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Gail

Read about accessibility and be sure to watch the movie. What happens if your iPad freezes during accessibility or you forget the password you set? And don’t forget to check the list of free Special Ed apps to see if … Continue reading →

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How Does Your Google Form Look on a SmartPhone?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Gail

A great way to get students to quickly take a survey at your school is to post a QR code in your classroom, gym, or library. They can scan the code and quickly get to the survey. I’ve created a QR … Continue reading →

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Using TweetDeck

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Gail

I’ve been creating Twitter lists this week. I still have people to move about and I can see that this will be an ongoing project as I follow more people, and get to know my present followers better. Now that … Continue reading →

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Using Twitilist to Organize Your Twitter Lists

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Gail

No program to download Today I went to Twitilist and signed into my Twitter account so that Twitilist could display the people I follow. This is a great tool. It’s free, did not take long to start listing people, and … Continue reading →

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How I Named my Lists in Twitter

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Gail

List names cannot begin with a numerical character I had planned to begin each of my lists with a number in Twitter, thinking that they would then be in the order I would like them to appear, with the most … Continue reading →

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