For Michael and Jenny: How to podcast from a Keynote preso.

Here we run through setting up FTP, using FTP to transfer files from your computer to the remote host server, and then we install the WordPress theme we used on our old blog onto the new server.

Step by bumpy step as a newbie points his domain name from GoDaddy to his host server's nameservers, then installs WordPress on the new Project Global Cooling website. We're still not finished, but we're getting there!

How to buy a domain name, a webhost server plan, and set up your own website: part 1. (Next, in Part 2: installing WordPress MU on the server, creating a MySQL database, and pimping out your multi-user weblog with plugins, themes, and more!)

Want to measure the pixel width and height for a text or picture box? Firefox addons gives you the tools - and hundreds more, all free!

Second in the "What is Blogging?" series: this takes us into the world of Technorati, and the beginnings of the _connective_ writing world that blogging is.

A simple but powerful workflow: 1 use Diigo to highlight test items from student scribe blog posts; 2. use Diigo to put sticky notes on highlights; 3. create a Diigo group for the class members so they can see teacher highlights as a test review sheet (good, green, paper-free teaching).

This tutorial shows you how to create a quiz or test on Moodle using student notes on a class blog. No more writing quiz items, no more grading them. A bonus: Moodle gives you statistics on the percentage of right answers for each item - GREAT for re-teaching!

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Shows you the settings to fit your whole desktop onto the projection screen.

How to set your "Sleep" settings on your MacBook so GradeQuick won't shut down; and how to find school forms for one-stop downloading.

Adding Permanent Pages to Your Blog: A blog page is not permanent. Any post older than the last 10 posts goes into an "older posts" page. If you want to feature permanent information on your blog, add pages. Easy.

How to link to other websites in your blog posts, and create lists of links ("Linkrolls" or "Blogrolls") in your blog's sidebar.

Akismet is a tool that will protect your blog from SPAM. You can activate it in 3 simple steps.

If you don't want visitor comments to automatically publish to the blog posts without your approval, you need to "Moderate" comments. Here's how - two clicks.

How to add photos from the web, and from your computer; and how to add videos from YouTube, Google Video, etc.

Change your password, choose a new design for you blog with one click.

Creating an anagram of your full name for a "secret code" username (for privacy protection), and then signing up for a blog.

An overview of blogging - who does it, why they do it, and how it's a radically new form of reading and writing.

From wiki to published blog

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Setting up your Firefox browser for school.

"System Preferences" is SO MUCH EASIER than WindowsXP or Vista. This shows you the ropes.

A tutorial to walk my students through setting up their new MacBooks with Firefox. 2d in a series: Firefox 2: Plugins, Addons, Preferences, Tabbed Browsing.