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- Happy (belated) first birthday edublogs.org
Ooops, I missed it! On July 31st (for some reason I though it was August 31st) Edublogs.org turned one. For a first birthday I’ve done the usual things, told her how wonderful she is, promised her the world and… perhaps not so normally… bought her another brand new dual-core server with 4 Gig of… more
Mon Aug 14 07:10am ART
- Subscribe by email plugin
We’ve been having some problems with the ‘Subscribe 2′ subscribe by email plugin in terms of people receiving updates to blogs they haven’t subscribed to and being unable to unsubscribe… consequently I’ve turned it off and will be testing for a solution in the near future. Apologies for any inconve… more
Fri Jun 02 08:48pm ART
- Reducing the spam load
I’ve installed two plugins for whopping spam that you can turn on through your ‘Plugins’ menu. They are ‘auto-close comments’ and ‘auto-close trackbacks’ and will automatically close comments and trackbacks on all posts over 21 days in age… I use it myself at incorporated subversion and it’ll cut… more
Tue May 23 02:32am ART
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Source: edublogs.org - free blogs for education professionals
- I've read "The Internet"
Last weekend I finished reading The Internet , by Scott Windeatt, David Hardisty, and David Eastment (O.U.P.; 2000). Not particularly inspiring at this stage of my development, though I wouldn t hesitate to recommend it for somebody who is thinking of starting integrating theWeb into their teaching… more
Tue Nov 01 06:46am ART
- Is writing on a computer screen different from writing with paper and pen?
This morning I read-watched ? Writing Spaces: Performances of the Word by Verónica Austen (2002), recommended to me by my friend-mentor Sharon... (actually, she recomended something else in the same website I haven t found yet! ). I just loved it! I totally agree with the writer that writ… more
Mon Sep 26 10:33am ART
- Why I start this blog
I ve been meaning to try Live Journal for a while... Some weeks ago I read quite an interesting paper by Aaron Campbell: Using LiveJournal for Authentic Communication in EFL Classes (Sept 2004) and thought I should try this tool, and see whether it helped me find other people who shared my interes… more
Mon Sep 26 09:15am ART
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Source: Writing with computers
- 3 steps in thesis writing
1. Discover how bright you are and how important your voice is (your words are). 2. Have an experience in an English-speaking culture, feel comfortable. 3. Work for the “aha-moment”… more
- After "the light"... lots of doubts!!!
I ve just sat down to write the scope and focus of study section... Feels like a new language, and not a transparent one!!!! I wonder: should I report my questionnaires (part one and two) as two diferent interview instruments, or just one? What s worse, are they instrument interviews ??? If not, wh… more
- Okay, so what is a thesis...anyway?
From the perspective of academics in native English speaking cultures we know that: The distinguishing mark of graduate research is an original contribution to knowledge . The thesis is a formal document whose sole purpose is to prove that you have made an original contribution to knowledge ( Prof… more
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Source: Gladys's thesis path