With all the Google Wave hype and invitations going out…What is Google Wave?

I am currently working on our district’s wpmu installation and the main blog. I was asked by my boss to see if we can get some sort of listing of our staff’s blogs that are set to public. With a little trouble at first (not unzipping the plugin file before opening because I thought it was just a .php file on win2003 server, duh!) I was able to install a little plug-in called list-all and by following the instructions on wpmu tutorials I was easily able to create a page listing all of the public blogs!

While completing the above task I wondered how I could make the theme I was using unavailable to others because I do not want regular users to see the member listing template when adding a new page (a new page was added to the theme). Towards the end of the instructions I was presented with a link doing just that! I then went on to my next task to enable the theme for just the main blog.

I’m excited to give our staff a blogging option that is hosted in house. I plan to get more comfortable with Wordpress code and maybe even look into creating a custom plug-in…well…maybe…

Check out my preview of the book, Moodle Administration, on my Moodlerific.org blog!

busy..busy..

Life

I recently purchased a condo (with my parents assistance) in Plymouth, Minnesota. It’s not a bad place to live! So, I have been busy moving, fixing up and making it “home sweet home”. Work has been pretty busy ever since school began. This school year I am working more hours each day to help with our district’s Moodle site.

New Learning & Projects

Tech integration resource site/PHP & MySQL learning – Ever since last year I have seen tons of technology integration web resources and more each day. I wonder what is the best way to organize and share these resources? I have thought of a wiki, blog, Moodle, Delicious or maybe even just a regular web site. Each one of those ideas would be fine, really. However, whenever I start setting it up I have a change of heart and switch to another way. I have not come up with a solution I am 100% happy with.

What I want to do is create a web site, using a database, to display and organize these resources. Why? Well, I think the possibilities are great and I can change whatever I want with the look and feel. Also, I have always wanted to learn MySQL and PHP. What a great way to learn!

Check out what I have done so far: http://www.edutagit.com/beta http://www.edutagit.com

The above link is constantly being worked on. The main page is www.edutagit.com however, www.edutagit.com/beta will be the newest content