Posts made in January, 2010

Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook

Posted by on Jan 30, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

In an attempt to compete with more open social networking platforms like Twitter, Facebook’s management made an important and very controversial decision in December to change the privacy settings for the popular social networking site. In a recent piece in ReadWriteWeb, Sarah Perez makes a few helpful recommendations users should take to protect their privacy on Facebook. 1. Who can see the things you share (status updates, photos, videos, etc.)? “Probably the most critical of the “privacy” changes (yes, we mean those quotes sarcastically) was the change made to...

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Using Cloud Computing to Improve School Communication

Posted by on Jan 28, 2010 in Blog | 2 comments

If schools are going to use technology to improve organizational processes, it’s important their leaders consider moving many of the school’s daily operations onto a cloud-based network. This enables the sort of communication that can only be accomplished by utilizing theĀ  networking and information sharing power of a cloud system. I enjoyed a post on this topic from a few months ago, entitled “Heads in the Cloud.” The author discusses a few ways his school uses Google to communicate more effectively. Here are a few ideas I really liked: Noticeboards–...

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Apple’s iPad

Posted by on Jan 27, 2010 in Blog | 1 comment

From all accounts, it appears certain that later today, Apple will announce a tablet based platform. Dubbed the Apple tablet or iPad by some, the tablet will have 3G, and iPhone apps will be compatible. Apparently major content providers from media to game companies have been hard at work developing content for the launch and have all but confirmed these details. Gizmodo has chronicled an exhaustive look at the rumors leading up to today’s expected announcement. Here is a Sports Illustrated mock-up on a tablet by Time, inc. that really demonstrates the potential power. Imagine the...

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Firefox 3.6 Released

Posted by on Jan 26, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

Mozilla just released the latest version of its Firefox browser 3.6. Mike Beltzner discusses it’s new...

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Moodle Versus Other LMS Platforms

Posted by on Jan 25, 2010 in Blog | 2 comments

Jared Stein from the Utah Education Network compares Moodle with other popular learning management platforms and demonstrates its most important features. Check out Stein’s presentation ( it’s a bit long but a good...

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