May 2008 Archives
In case you haven't heard, the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, of which Stratepedia is part, has received funds from the Wal-Mart Foundation to start a project promoting literacy in out-of-school environments. We'll be partnering with Boys and Girls Clubs of America to extend the scalability and ...
Keyword searching was broken in Hello, but now it should be fixed. Sorry about that!
I will be performing some routine maintenance on a core Stratepedia server this afternoon. This should take no more than 10 minutes.
The secret's out: Visuals make for more interesting, memorable presentations. Learn how to find free, high-quality images for your next stack of slides using Flickr and Creative Commons.
There's a new group on Depot for anyone using Content Enhancement in professional development. Sign in, click the Groups link, and locate Models for Professional Development. You'll need a membership key to join--drop me a line at help@stratepedia.org and I'll hook you up. Thank you to Gail Cheever ...
You've all heard me talk up a storm about Dan Pink, author of Free Agent Nation, the must-read A Whole New Mind, and the recently-released The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Need, right? OK, check this out: On Friday, June 6, you can participate in a ...
Garr Reynolds--the mind behind Presentation Zen, a blog I refer to frequently--has named Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School his favorite book of 2008. Garr has spoken highly in the past of ...
An article Amber and I wrote about Hello (this site) is featured in the April, 2008 issue of Stratenotes. Watch for it!
Now, before you leave, make sure you've subscribed to receive future updates, via either RSS or e-mail. (Need a primer on RSS? Check out Amber's tutorial on RSS ...
Google Reader isn't your only choice when it comes to free RSS readers. Read on to check out some other options.
A couple of months ago I told you about my love for PDF books, and talked a bit about the notion of "beta books," or pre-release access to the book's contents in exchange for reader feedback. That example used a PDF generator to send periodic updates to readers. Today ...
I recently ran into the problem of having people not be able to play a DVD that I had burnt for them. They were using it on their computers and it seemed to be isolated to the PC users and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what ...
No, I'm not making this up: Today, May 1, is RSS Awareness Day. What better time to hop on over to Amber's tutorial on RSS to learn more about this technology and how it will make you a more informed web reader (and may give you back a ...
Do your attempts to find a needle in a haystack on Google leave you with information overload? Often, due to how Google weights certain pages' content, you may not find what you're really looking for until the second or third page. You can narrow these search results with a little ...
