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April 2007 - Posts

Sivasothi reflects on his Module Blog

N. Sivasothi, from the Deparment of Biological Sciences, reflects on his usage of the Animal Behaviour Module Blog : NUS Module Blog I tried it out and a blog is more visual than the forum. Useful when highlighting web sites or material I cite. It is Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 12:28 PM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments

On hiatus

Apologies for the lack of updates recently. I've been tremendously busy. Posting frequency in other module blogs has diminished too because of the exam season. I have recently worked on the CIT website revamp. Check out the nifty widget that pulls headlines Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:51 AM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments
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What are those Technorati Tags?

If you look at the bottom of most of the posts here, you'll notice Technorati Tags. Basically, these tags are a user-generated taxonomy - a user-created classification system, if you will. While a blog's tags (or categories) enable readers to find related Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:43 PM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments

IVLE woes in Anderson Junior College

IVLE is big in the local blogosphere today for the wrong reasons. Apparently, Anderson Junior College declared two days of e-learning from home to simulate an emergency situation. IVLE was to be the conduit through which lessons are conducted. However, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:30 PM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 2 Comments
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Macs in Education and NUS

NUS isn't the most Mac-friendly environment in the world, from what I gather from users on campus. But they love their machines and wouldn't give them up for the world. I came across a few Mac resources over the past couple of days, so I thought I'd share Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:05 PM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 1 Comments
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Book on classroom blogging available in Central Library

There are a few books about blogs in NUS Libraries . Most of them deal with either personal blogging or business blogging. Yes, blogs are being used in public/customer/corporate relations and in marketing. However, I couldn't find any books on blogging Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:19 PM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments

Interpreting your views

Yesterday, I published the statistics for March . If you don't want to wait for a monthly update, you can monitor the popularity of individual posts in the Control Panel. From the Control Panel, go to Manage Content . Click All Posts . As you can see, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:19 AM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments

March Statistics

We have just entered the fourth month of the year. Let's have a look at the past month's blog metrics. Just like the English Premier League, the top four remain unchanged from February. Unlike the EPL, there has been a change of leadership. (Hopefully, Read More...
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 10:24 AM by Kenneth Gerard PINTO | 0 Comments
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