KeeganSLW on I am really looking forward to the trainings and presentations for the upcoming semester. In particular, I am excited about hosting GOBLIN for the first time (more details below). In addition to GOBLIN, here’s a list of trainings I am offering this semester through CTE (descriptions, schedules, and sign-up links provided where available): Mobile Blogging & Scholarship […]
KeeganSLW on Update! After posting to the WordPress.org forums, I was offered a few solutions on YouTube video embeds with WordPress 4.4: Two work-arounds offered by Jeremy Herve: These solutions were originally posted on this forum by Jeremy. Alternatively, you can wait for the Jetpack update and follow the progress here. In the mean time, I will be using […]
KeeganSLW on Using the “Simple API” from Unsplash, I am able to present random images ever time this page loads. Go on, refresh the page to see the Simple API in action! 🙂 The Best Part You can add this Simple API to your websites using the following HTML text: <img src=”https://source.unsplash.com/random” /> And variations of this link can […]
KeeganSLW on Time to break down one of my favorite mobile device workflows! Text To write this post, I am using the WordPress app. You can download this for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, or Windows Phone. With this app, you can create an entire website on your phone in a matter of seconds through WordPress.com. However, I […]
KeeganSLW on Recently I led an educational technology workshop at Youth Workers Academy, and one of the technologies I covered in this training was social media. To engage participants with Twitter, I had everyone research what the Bible says about poverty and paraphrase their findings into 140 characters—with the intention these contributions could be tweeted to the world. However, I […]
KeeganSLW on Hello internet, it has been a while. I have wanted to do more blogging recently. Yet, I keep running into the issue of starting a post with an awesome idea, but keeping the post in draft form indefinitely because it is not high enough quality or I feel there are pieces missing. I need to interrupt this pattern. […]
KeeganSLW on In the spirit of the #F5F #clmooc tradition. I want to give some shout-outs that reflect my experiences during my first week of the Connected Learning MOOC. I am providing author names, links, and the content they posted that spoke to me this week. 1. Susan Watson – “Somebody better give us an assignment….” This was a great […]
KeeganSLW on There is a difference between reading how to do something and actually doing it. Having read through some documentation on making an rss feed with the contents of a category, I would like to try this process out. Therefore, this post was created to make sure everything goes smoothly. That way, I will be able to engage with the […]
KeeganSLW on Yesterday concluded the first section of my Mobile Blogging & Scholarship Training. This is a professional development workshop series for instructors at the University of Oklahoma, which I created in my role as Educational Technologist at the Center for Teaching Excellence. The Course Over the course of nine hours, six sessions, and two weeks, professors […]
KeeganSLW on It is easier to learn incremental changes in an Operating System (OS) than wait 12 years and be overwhelmed by drastic differences. Let me put some context to this thought: Last weekend I was talking with an extended family member, who was describing his update from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 and being disappointed with […]