Category: Life
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MIT Android App Inventor Beta Releases
The first beta version of MIT’s App Inventor for Android popped up on the web today at appinventor.mit.edu. The App Inventor, first launched by Google in mid-2010 before being discontinued and open-sourced last year, allows just about anyone to dive directly into Android app development with a simple web-based interface. To get started with…
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Why Computer Science and WordPress are Critical Skills
Reading Miguel Guhlin’s recent post on Around the Corner-MGuhlin I came across a quote he referenced that resonated with my concern over curriculum, that the answer to the question why not might simply be the same as the movie The Matrix: “What is the Matrix?” Control. While this may be a less relevant tie in,…
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Moodle 2.2 and Rubrics for Assessment
We are using Moodle 2.2 and I am beginning to work with our English department to establish rubrics as part of advanced grading methods utilizing rubrics. I am looking today at University of Wisconsin/Stout’s Rubrics for Assessment site as it not only covers writing but also Web 2.0, ePortfolios, Video projects. Yes, one can quibble…
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Chrome Extension for Moodle Marking: Insert Text
I was looking to insert routing comments for marking in Moodle and found Insert Text, a Chrome Extension, which I think is going to work extremely well. It has a nice folder and storage system for organization. I used Notepad++ but it was too much copy and pasting and this allows me to mark in…