Last night I installed WordPress on the server that hosts my web site. I had to initiate a SQL database and a specific mySQL user for the WordPress app. I only had one setback. The password for the mySQL user was one character too short. The faqs and instructions provided by my host were excellent. My web site is hosted by ICDSoft. They always respond to my inquiries rapidly.

I have sought assistance to create a specific wordpress template to meet my needs. I played around with some existing templates and their php files however I find that my knowledge is not up to par. I could persist with the task however I think that will take up too much time. It is best to seek the assistance of an expert who could probably create a better template in one tenth of the time.

Once the new template is complete I will add the template as a theme and begin blogging on the new site. I will import the posts from four separate blogspot blogs…. TeachTech, Prisoner of War, Pyxellate and The Adventurers’ Club. I will use pages and categories to differentiate between major themes.

Due to a ftp publishing problem with Blogger that has been occurring since early August and has recently become a more significant issue I have decided to publish my blog directly via Blogger. I will not publish via ftp from Blogger to my server. As a result my blog has a new address:

http://teachtechnet.blogspot.com/

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Stephen Downes has written an informative post regarding the value of networks, The Personal Network Effect. He points out that the an individual’s network will be of value if the information derived is maningful and is characteristic by semantic relevance.

The number of persons in an individual’s network will determine the effectiveness of the network. More friends does not necessarily equate to a more effective network. As a result he feels that networking applications should be designed with these characteristics in mind, thus giving the end user more control over their network and its derived usefulness. He points to valuable articles by John Black and Etienne Wenger concerning common ground and communities of practice in his post.

My Web 2.0 workshop page was becoming cluttered with links so a dedicated Web 2.0 links page was born. I have attempted to categorise the links according to the following questions:

Wesley Fryer writes on the future directions that schools may take with this post, Implications of a flat world for schools, and lists the types of considerations that educators need to take into account when implementing change. Some of the schools in our region are making the moves with 1to 1 computing, habits of mind and some blended learning. Still a way to go.

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