TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

In an attempt to give students a more authentic web presence, Mr. Hendron decided to create a wiki for student use. He requested my assistance in testing the installation of MediaWiki, the same wiki engine used for Wikipedia. Since I had never done anything like it, the installation was a challenge.

I used MAMP, which stands for Macintosh, Apache, Mysql, PHP. When I installed MAMP on my computer, I could access files on my computer through my web browser and test how the wiki would run.

It was not easy, the first time, but when I needed to test some WordPress features a month later, I went the same route. I used MAMP to test and modify new templates for our teacher blogs.

During Mrs. Cross’s maternity leave, I took over the GHS website updates. This has now become my permanent responsibility. I publish news items approved by administrators, and I make changes and corrections to what is already up.

I am not an expert, but I can find my way around Expression Engine, the modular publishing system we use for all our school websites.

I’ve started using the GCPS Wiki to post brief tutorials for teachers. The first handout I created is on subscribing to RSS feeds using Safari.