Teaching CS in Dallas

Loving Typepad

I've had my blogs on TypePad for almost a year now, and I love them. 

There are lots of ways to post, but I keep finding that the best way is to just go into the user interface and doing it. 

Yes, I could and probably will install my own blogging software, but with this one, no nagging messages that I have to upgrade, and they do all the heaving lifting.

I've used Contribute to blog  with Typepad -- and it works well, but I haven't figured out a way to automatically post on Twitter.  I could look it up, but why bother when the Typepad user interface works so well.

Plus I can post from the mobile phone, either using their software or through an email message.  And I can put up stuff from Snagit -- like this screen shot, in a very easy way.

Some other cool things:  I can actually post from SnagIt.  I am sure I can do the same with Screencast / Camtasia -- something I need to play with.

Something else I really like is the Microblog -- when I want to say something longer than 160 characters, I just post there, especially if it really doesn't fit the subject of my blogs.

But it's definately worth paying someone to do the maintanence and have a good platform to blog.  If I just had the time -- going to try to do better about carving out time.

Still loving the school website

Updating it with new information is easy -- even had a teacher this week who wanted her picture up rather than wait for the Yearbook one (probably didn't like it), and I've got her picture up now.

I still have some minor coding to do, but nothing drastic. I got the site design from the Microsoft Small Business Starter Kit.

http://www.hillcresthsdallas.org/

Survived the First Six Weeks

I've got the important stuff done.

I have a website up that the PTSA is happy with - http://www.hillcresthsdallas.org -- the space donated by http://myhosting.com

I've got my grades in with only one student failing.

I think I'll make it.

I have a bunch of little projects I have to get done, but they aren't as rewarding as the website.