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I’ve now been running blogs with & for my classes since 2005. I still find them a really useful tool for teaching and learning. The focus and content has changed continually over the years.

Back in the noughties I was keen on having my class blog kept up by pupils (archive.org link).

I find this harder to organise now, not sure if it is my age, the demands of the curriculum or something else. Pupils in my class now post to their e-Portfolios1 and add pieces of work to the class blog which I collate into posts. I also pinch quotes from their e-portfolios for the class blog2.

Like my own blog here I still find my class blog a great resource to remember & review. Of course it is a curated view. Much depends on what I am finding most interesting at the time. I both enjoy reading back and use it as a tool when asked for feedback or a record of some sort.

I was somewhat cheered up by Matt Mullenweg’s birthday. Sometimes it feels like WordPress is focused on content management. Matt’s post show that blogging is still loved.
While content management is a main focus of Glow Blogs my love is blogging. I still think we are only scratching the surface of the use of WordPress in school3.

Posts Last Term (Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 on my class blog )

  1. Glow Blogs – WordPress blogs for Scottish Education ↩
  2. example of quote collection↩
  3. H5P for example ↩

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A montage of screenshots of webpages: https://wanderprompts.com/ https://www.pipes.digital/ https://bobboteck.github.io/joy/joy.html https://andywightman.scot/2023/12/land-for-the-people-scotland-bill/ https://codepen.io/ste-vg/pen/BazEQbY https://jonathanbossenger.com/2023/12/wordpress-as-a-game-development-platform/

Christmas Cannon everyone needs one of these.

Land for the People (Scotland) Bill – Land Matters Andy Wightman’s proposals for a comprehensive Land Reform Bill.

redefine Scotland’s system of land tenure as conditional tenure with (broadly defined) statutory responsibilities as well as rights. The particulars of how these will be interpreted can be set out in secondary legislation. They will include legal duties to conserve natural processes and restore ecosystems.

bobboteck/JoyStick: A simple JoyStick that use HTML5, Canvas and Vanilla JavaScript, for touch and mouse interfaces I used this for a silly wee #ds106 daily. Might be useful for something for school.

WordPress as a game development platform. – Jonathan Bossenger

There is still a lot of work to be done to turn this into a working game, but I’m excited about the possibilities. Stay tuned, because I can see this turning into a bit of a series of posts…

I wonder if we will get to the point when you can make something simple with html/css/JavaScript in the block editor? I don’t think that is the direction this post is pointing, but it made me think.

Documentation | Pipes

Pipes is a spiritual successor to Yahoo! Pipes, but if you did not know that site, you can think of Pipes as a visual programing editor specialized on feeds, or a visual shell, or simply as a glorified feed configurator.

Wander Prompts,

Ready to walk? Swipe down.

I think a lot of these links came from Joe, either directly or by wandering from his starting point. He is a serendipity engine.

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Bing:

Yes, I can make a montage from image URLs. I can combine multiple images into one layout and add some effects and text to make it more appealing. 😊

To make a montage, you need to give me the URLs of the images you want to use, separated by commas. For example, you can type something like this:

https://example.com/image1.jpg, https://example.com/image2.png, https://example.com/image3.gif

Me:
can you make a montage from these images: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53416455853_f0199ace12_b.jpg,https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53416288176_f0199ace12_b.jpg,https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53370766129_d6b3a4f7f3_b.jpg,https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53370643338_c6227c09b6_b.jpg,https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53370766219_9b52b8624c_b.jpg mosaic style

Bing:

Yes, I can make a montage from these images in mosaic style. I will try to make it interesting and colorful. 😊

Please wait a moment while I generate the montage for you. 🙏

A screenshot of 4 images generated by bing, not what was asked for.

Me: hmm I don’t see any of the images I asked to be used in the montage?

Bing: can you check … big list of things to check with my system…

Me:
no, you made a montage with some other graphics, not the images I specified.

Bing:

I apologize for the confusion. I am not capable of creating montages or graphics. I can only describe images and provide information about them. If you could provide me with more information about the images you are referring to, I will do my best to help you. 😊