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  • Coding an Advent Calendar: Day 3

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    This year, I decided to create an Advent Calendar website in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. My hopes for the site are to showcase some of my frontend development abilities as well as make something fun, functional, and reusable. Day 3 CSS bow & ribbon I wanted to make a bow for the present entirely out…

  • Coding an Advent Calendar: Day 2

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    This year, I decided to create an Advent Calendar website in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. My hopes for the site are to showcase some of my frontend development abilities as well as make something fun, functional, and reusable. Day 2 WP REST API with React.js (structure) There’s been a lot of excitement recently about the…

  • Coding an Advent Calendar: Day 1

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    This year, I decided to create an Advent Calendar website in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. My hopes for the site are to showcase some of my frontend development abilities as well as make something fun, functional, and reusable (for the next year, and the next year, and the next year, etc). Day One The goal…

  • WP Migrate DB Manually : Multisites & Single Sites

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    Recently, I needed to migrate a WordPress site from a Multisite installation to a Single Site .com. I usually use the WP Migrate DB plugin because it works well for my basic needs, but going through the Multisite -> Single Site transition very manually, sure made me see the value in the Pro version of…

  • Become a Better Presenter by Becoming a Better Teacher

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    Think about it. As a Teacher, you are literally a professional, paid, public speaker. Are you good at it? Could you be better? In my experience, there are a number of things each one of us can do to increase our public speaking skills, both in the classroom and out. And what you learn, do, and…

  • HTML Aside: Finding and Using Internet Images

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    There are TWO primary concerns when searching for images on the Internet to use on a webpage: WHERE will I find good images? What about image COPYRIGHT? This article covers the basics of both topics – but let’s begin with COPYRIGHT. Copyright There are TWO basic forms of copyright to be aware of: Implicit /…

  • A Roadmap for WordPress as LMS

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    This talk attempts to give real, practical tips – and a roadmap – for developing a Learning Management System for your classroom with WordPress.

  • GPA HS Career Day – Computer Science

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    The International High School I work at recently had their first ever Career Day and they asked me to present on my field: Computer Science. This presentation seeks to introduce high schoolers to the CS field, and give them an overview of what they can do/learn in the field, future career choices they might consider,…

  • The First FIVE Components of WordPress to Understand When You’re Just Starting Out

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    The following article is an excerpt from a presentation I gave on WordPress as LMS that I felt deserved its own Post. Enjoy!~ In WordPress, you only need to understand (a minimum of) 5 KEY CONCEPTS to be able to effectively use the software. They are: Pages Posts Categories Tags Media 1. Pages Pages are hierarchical,…

  • WordPress as LMS (Learning Management System)

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    We are living in the middle of an age of educational and technological revolution. Will you get swept away, left behind, or ride the riptide of edtech into the future? Join me as I look at various successful models of online schools and classrooms, the major components that make up a successful online Learning Management…