News and Comments from a K-12 Web Developer
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2 Jul 2009
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26 Jun 2009We have a new blog on the LPS wordpress site called Global Posts. The site pulls in everything that is posted on the LPS WordPress site (”Posts”, not “Pages”) and makes it searchable. Not only this, but it creates a “Tag Cloud” where a visitor can easily see what folks are posting about. If you are using your site as a blog and not tagging this is a great time to start. Sample tags are “math”, “assignments”, “lincoln”, “nebraska”, “NETA”, “President”, “Government”, “LPS” and anything else that describes what you are posting. They are even more effective if you and your colleagues use the same tags. Try it out!
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23 Jun 2009I haven’t posted www.lps.org analytics information in quite a while. I had to compile some information for our communications department today, so here is a copy of that for anybody that’s interested. It’s a lot of big numbers, except for the social parts near the bottom, but we are just starting that and I hope that we will be pushing that a bit more this fall.
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6,532,815 sessions logged on www.lps.org between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. (if you come to www.lps.org and view 4 pages, that is one session. If you come back the next day and visit 5 more pages, that is 1 more session for a total of 2 sessions). Total number of pages served from www.lps.org (this does not include school and other non-district sites that we also serve): 14,549,432.
Top 10 pages to our external audience over the analysis period
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22 Apr 2009If there is a computer that you typically use to edit your wordpress site, there is something that you can do to make the pages in the editing area of wordpress load faster. It involves installing Google Gears. Here’s how:
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12 Apr 2009
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2 Apr 2009NPR CEO Vivian Schiller discusses journalism in the digital age and ways that NPR is changing to stay relevant as things continuously change. It’s a very interesting address to watch:
Keynote: Vivian Schiller, CEO of National Public Radio from Merrill College on Vimeo.
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2 Apr 2009Looking to use Firefox a little more efficiently? Mozilla has a nice page with some tips and tricks for Firefox users: Mozilla Products | Tips & Tricks
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31 Mar 2009I’ve wanted to learn Ruby for a long time and perhaps this will help me get going. Ruby on Rails is attractive because it is free (it’s even already installed on Mac OS X), it has some nice default UI, and once learned can really help you build sites quick - so I’ve heard.

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31 Mar 2009Smashing Magazine explores web design trends and mobile web design trends for 2009

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31 Mar 2009Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 — Inspiration Software®, Inc. today announced the 15 educators and their students from around the world who will receive Inspired Visual Learning Awards. The 2008-2009 awards program recognizes three Gold Star and 12 Silver Star winners for creatively using the company’s visual learning software tools , Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData®, in their classrooms. More than 220 entries from 11 countries were received in the inaugural year of this award program.
Top honors went to the three Gold Star winners: Jason Rushing, technology integration specialist, Humann Elementary School, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, Neb; Kimberly Seder, media specialist, Cathedral School, Diocese of Raleigh, N.C.; and Cheryl Teaters, biology teacher, Gateway School District, Monroeville, Pa.
… Gold Star winner Jason Rushing teaches educators in his school - and throughout the state of Nebraska - how to use Kidspiration with their students to teach math, language arts and science, mapping back to state and district standards. His award will support attendance at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in June in Washington, D.C., as well as to purchase digital cameras and even more Kidspiration 3 upgrade licenses for his school.
via Inspiration Software Honors 15 Educators From Around the World With Inspired Visual Learning Awards.
My name is Brian Fitzgerald and I am the web communications manager for Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. It's my job to understand the web publishing needs of the district and to then create or implement solutions that fill those needs. My best friends at work are my Macbook, a good text editor and a strong cup of coffee.