Monthly Archives: July 2008
Cedar Breaks National Monument
On Friday, we hiked at Cedar Breaks National Monument located in the mountains above Cedar City, Utah. This is a convenient excursion when in Cedar City to see plays at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I took pictures of the family, the landscape, and lots of flowers. It has been the Wildflower Festival at Cedar Breaks [...]
Taming of the Shrew
Friday night, we saw Utah Shakespearean Festival’s (USF) Taming of the Shrew. Play Description Standard Play A Reproduction of First Folio Taming Of Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with [...]
Setting Up Sloodle 0.3 on my Moodle Site
I am preparing my Moodle site for the for-credit course I am teaching Fall semester. Among many reasons for using Moodle over WebCT is that it supports Second Life integration. I have been rather confused about how to set it up. I have been especially confused about how to set up Sloodle 0.3 because the [...]
Cat Moms are Amazing: Cat Adopts Bunny
I found the most amazing video on YouTube that shows a cat mom adopting a baby bunny.
Free Textbooks?
Many of us spend an absolute fortune on academic textbooks. Today I was working on a blog about basic learning theories and stumbled upon Flat World Knowledge.
David P. Ausubel has passed away
I just saw a search on my blog statistics about David P. Ausubel’s death. I did a search myself and found an obituary. He passed away on July 9, 2008. I have used his theories in my research and in my instruction. He devised the idea of advance organizers, which I have used repeatedly in [...]
A Little Tour of Snow Canyon, Southern Utah
I took some video of Snow Canyon as I wandered around the canyon. I was just about the only person there. Listen for the sound of wind and birds singing. A Tour of Snow Canyon, Southern Utah from Laura B. Dahl on Vimeo.
My Short Hike in Snow Canyon, Southern Utah
I was feeling a little bit silly while I took some time out to hike to the “petrified dunes” in Snow Canyon. It is gorgeous there, and the paths are an easy hike. My Hike in Snow Canyon from Laura B. Dahl on Vimeo.
Coding a link to open in another window
It is rather easy to write the code to open another browser window when clicking on a link. You merely have to add “target=’_blank’” to the a tag. Example to open in same browser window: Educational Technology Blog //This is a standard link that will open in the same window //Notice the absence of “target=’_blank’” [...]
My Foray into Snow Canyon Utah State Park
This is a red rock area of Utah that I have always wanted to visit. Well, it was just a simple jaunt up from where I was teaching today, so I decided to drive up the canyon from the little community where I taught. I was delighted with what I saw. Snow Canyon boasts Red [...]
