August « 2009

NextGen Slideshow Fixed - 2011-09-17 20:53:34 -
I uninstalled the NextGEN plugin and reinstalled it but my gallery links were demolished. I will re-import them to set up a new link table - when I have time. Thanks again for the heads up.
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Post Revamp - 2011-09-15 12:59:30 -
No I am not giving up on blogging or podcasting!

On the contrary, I have 96 private postings from the last 14 months on various topics which I shared with 43 WordPress trainees. 29 of these WordPress enthusiasts are from the eTwinning community and the remainder are teachers from around Ireland and some PC users who attended last year's Digital Bootcamp organised by the INTo and delivered by Apple last summer in Alexander College, Dublin.

I will tidy them up, especially the posts with links and publish them (publicly) over the next few weeks.

Thanks for the "Back 2 School" emails.
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Slua Weekly Tweets

Swine Flu Preparedness Wiki http://slua.com/1303 #

Swine Flu Information for Schools

Rather than re-invent the wheel and in keeping with the best traditions of blogging here is a link to a PDF on the Irish Primary Principals, Network website.

It contains a comprehensive list of information sources relating to recommended Swine Flu preventative measures for schools and some PDFs of posters which have [...]

Swine Flu Preparedness Wiki

Educational Emergency Preparedness & Academic Continuity Wiki

Steve Hargadon of Classroom 2.0 fame has launched a new wiki dealing withe the Human Swine Flu Pandemic entitled EdReady.

The wiki is for the educational community to gather and organize information and resources around emergency/pandemic preparedness and academic continuity planning. You are encouraged [...]

Camara are based in the Digital Hub in Dublin. # No, not just manpower. Camara's volunteers rebuild previously owned commercial PCs and load them up with resources run on open source OS. # Yes very sad. He went there to offer his time and expertise. He is the same age as my 2nd son. [...]

Missing Images

I am aware that the Slua, CESI and Camara images/logos are not appearing at the moment. It may be due to an image storage routing or permissings problem. I will check it out next week.

WordPress Security Tips

WordCamp 2009 Montreal.

Brad Williams talks about how to keep your WordPress-powered website secure from hackers and exploits.

SlideShare presentation of the above content is available [...]

Upgrade Issues

There has been a number of rapid WordPress upgrades in the last few weeks which have left a number of plugins in a deactivated state. You will also notice that my logo has fallen foul of some mysterious theme parameter. I will check it out sometime next week.

Slua Weekly Tweets

Just registered at http://www.tweetmondo.com to search for Twitter users close to me! # Back to School with Swine Flu http://slua.com/1291 The posting includes a video from FoxTen News. # Yes. Once August arrives the holidays are over. I have to take an online inservice course but I need to get a good mesh chair [...]

Back to School with Swine Flu

Last night’s discussion was alarming to say the least. I am unaware of any national proactive “back to school” contingency plan for Irish primary schools. I think it has been left up the local school board who react in conformity with published guidelines in the event of an outbreak [...]

Podcasting for Teachers

Here is a new link I received from @etalbert and as an RT courtesy of @pdonaghy a few minutes ago. It is entitled Podcasting for Teachers but it is not the offering that appears in the links on the [...]