Blogging Studio is a website to introduce blogging for informal learning. It is created by me, Edith and Noc.
We use games to present the idea of the processes of informal adult learning.
Game 1:
URL: http://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/20319/60706cee15aa2bc0a825ee67cf149ed5
Game 2:
URL: http://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/20438/44038480d88ea9ff8ced6d5941199a84
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
How to import javascript in Google Site
*** Newest Update ***
A Bad News for the Gadgets method is no longer available at 14 November 2011, I don’t what’s happen. I guess the compatible issue comes from some update of Google or Gamestar Mechanic. The only thing I can go is suggest you to use an image with hyperlink for showing the game.
For example:
<a href="http://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/18756/85d77600b08b4f795b5528ae51ae454f">
<img src="YourGameImage.jpg" border="0" height="640" width="540" alt="Game1" />
</a>
<img src="YourGameImage.jpg" border="0" height="640" width="540" alt="Game1" />
</a>
I found that Google Site does not support javascript which means you cannot directly add you Gamestar Mechanic’s hyperlink to Google Site even using <iframe> tag. If you use <iframe> tag, it only can be showed on Firefox but not IE. I found a method for you to achieve this work!
Step 1. Go to Gamestar Mechanic get your game embed
Our embed is:<div id="gsm_17601"><script type="text/javascript">var _gsm = _gsm || []; _gsm.push(['_node_id', 'gsm_17601']); _gsm.push(['_game_id', '17601']); _gsm.push(['_dynamic_url', 'gamestarmechanic.com/xml/get/']); _gsm.push(['_base_url', 'gamestarmechanic.com']); _gsm.push(['_info_url', 's3.amazonaws.com/gsm-beta-images/embed_info_game_373158.txt?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI7PSLPMJVIRA2JTQ&Expires=1636085939&Signature=ZN3%2BjDndvKvWS6VnUKXJPA1kwoI%3D']);(function(){var embedUrl_http = 'http://gamestarmechanic.com/embed/embed_game_fast.js'; var embedUrl_https = 'https://gamestarmechanic.com/embed/embed_game_fast.js'; var embedUrl = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? embedUrl_https : embedUrl_http); var gsm = document.createElement('script'); gsm.type = 'text/javascript'; gsm.src = embedUrl; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gsm, s);})(); </script></div>
Step 2. Open a “Notpad” from your windows
Start > Run > type ‘notepad’ > Press Enter.
Step 3. Copy this script to the notepad
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
]]>
</Content>
</Module>
It will look like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
<div id="gsm_17601"><script type="text/javascript">var _gsm = _gsm || []; _gsm.push(['_node_id', 'gsm_17601']); _gsm.push(['_game_id', '17601']); _gsm.push(['_dynamic_url', 'gamestarmechanic.com/xml/get/']); _gsm.push(['_base_url', 'gamestarmechanic.com']); _gsm.push(['_info_url', 's3.amazonaws.com/gsm-beta-images/embed_info_game_373158.txt?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI7PSLPMJVIRA2JTQ&Expires=1636085939&Signature=ZN3%2BjDndvKvWS6VnUKXJPA1kwoI%3D']);(function(){var embedUrl_http = 'http://gamestarmechanic.com/embed/embed_game_fast.js'; var embedUrl_https = 'https://gamestarmechanic.com/embed/embed_game_fast.js'; var embedUrl = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? embedUrl_https : embedUrl_http); var gsm = document.createElement('script'); gsm.type = 'text/javascript'; gsm.src = embedUrl; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gsm, s);})(); </script></div>
]]>
</Content>
</Module>
Step 5. Click File > Save > Change the save type to ‘All File’ > name it ‘game1.xml’ then you will see a xml file will created.
Step 6. Back to your Google Site (I suppose you have login) > Click ‘More’ button > Manage Site > Attachments > Upload > upload your 'game1.xml'
Step 7. Try your link whether work or not
https://sites.google.com/site/YourWebsiteName/game1.xml
My link is: https://sites.google.com/site/bloggingtips2011/game2.xml
Step 8. Back to your editing page > insert > more gadgets > add gadgets by url > paste your .xml link
Set width to 640 pixels
Set height to 540 pixels
OK !! Done
Learn from: http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/gs.html
Final Reflection of Blogging
I am honored to join this class. This is the first time for me to write a blog and share my opinions to the classmates. It is totally different from the social communication websites as Fackbook. Blogging included the knowledge and opinions but Fackbook just included the feeling of us.
Research
Before start a new post, I will find some related information from the Internet or pay more attention to the news or things around me which are related to my topic of the new post. It is research, for ensure my information is correct and have multiple relative with other people. For example, I comment on Jonathan’s post about the Youtube competition with other similar competition hyperlink from Youtube since Jonathan published the post.
Image courtesy of: Bee Pollen Energy
Critical thinking
Moreover, Blogging also train up my critical thinking in facing the information from other publishers, such as Edith’s and Jonathan’s posts. I will identify whether the information correct or not, health or harmful. Some of their idea I do not agree, and I will pointed them out and share to them. Furthermore, Noc has requested my opinions and I also share mine which I think is sensitive to him. This is interaction and network.
Image courtesy of: Creativity and Culture
Multimodality
Multimodality I used in my post, such as text font size, hyperlink and image.
I always believe that only and many texts will loss the attractive of post and confuses, therefore, image is the good media to give the audiences a picture what I am talking about and also to avoid information overload.
In addition, some information come from other people and I do not want to describe too much of them, I will use hyperlink to linkage to the sources. It can lead my post become clear and simple but never loss the knowledge and information.
Image courtesy of: sharp.bu.edu
Research
Image courtesy of: Bee Pollen Energy
Critical thinking
Moreover, Blogging also train up my critical thinking in facing the information from other publishers, such as Edith’s and Jonathan’s posts. I will identify whether the information correct or not, health or harmful. Some of their idea I do not agree, and I will pointed them out and share to them. Furthermore, Noc has requested my opinions and I also share mine which I think is sensitive to him. This is interaction and network.
Multimodality
Multimodality I used in my post, such as text font size, hyperlink and image.
In addition, some information come from other people and I do not want to describe too much of them, I will use hyperlink to linkage to the sources. It can lead my post become clear and simple but never loss the knowledge and information.
Image courtesy of: sharp.bu.edu
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Critical issues in writing for new media
In my previous post, I have told Web 2.0 is the good platform in sharing the knowledge. For this post, I would like to talk some about the critical issues in writing for new media. Internet is the place which has real and false because it is available for all kinds of people. Quality and credibility are the most important things I really concern.
Objectives of the posted information are difference for the publishers. The positive users post the information for experience, knowledge, emotion sharing or asking questions. However, everything have negative even in the virtual world.
Quality problem
I have read a blog from Mr. Shang Yi which content was talking about the online forum culture. He mentioned people have hypocritical behaviors because of the forum features. A motivation system is used in many forums for encourage the users to create new posts or follow the posts. Most of the posts are meaningless, which is a single word, an emotion icon or fake news, only for request the higher permissions. In my experience, this culture is only in the Asia forum but not in the Western. The replies of Western forums are at least one complete statement but not just ‘推’ (sound ‘Tui’in Chinese) in the Asia’s forums. The better polite reply of them also included the appellation of others. I think the bad culture can be improved by educations. Therefore, the social or computer courses should add some related topic to teach the good behaviors.
Credibility problem
Some people may think that social communication websites as Facebook are the tools. They use these tools for writing the fake stories or some touching statements to request sympathy from others, even kids or adults. Sometimes they will belittle others to make themselves look important. For this type of content, I totally believe that we need to have the critical thinking to identify the credibility. Although the contents may not be true, I also understand humans need to vent their emotions. Therefore, I don’t think they are totally unacceptable. However, be a smart Internet user when facing the similar information, I think we don’t need to ‘support’, ‘like’ or ‘+’ them. The thing we can do is to suggest them to get helps from the experts because they are the persons who can solve the problems for them but not your ‘support’.
Objectives of the posted information are difference for the publishers. The positive users post the information for experience, knowledge, emotion sharing or asking questions. However, everything have negative even in the virtual world.
Quality problem
I have read a blog from Mr. Shang Yi which content was talking about the online forum culture. He mentioned people have hypocritical behaviors because of the forum features. A motivation system is used in many forums for encourage the users to create new posts or follow the posts. Most of the posts are meaningless, which is a single word, an emotion icon or fake news, only for request the higher permissions. In my experience, this culture is only in the Asia forum but not in the Western. The replies of Western forums are at least one complete statement but not just ‘推’ (sound ‘Tui’in Chinese) in the Asia’s forums. The better polite reply of them also included the appellation of others. I think the bad culture can be improved by educations. Therefore, the social or computer courses should add some related topic to teach the good behaviors.
Credibility problem
Some people may think that social communication websites as Facebook are the tools. They use these tools for writing the fake stories or some touching statements to request sympathy from others, even kids or adults. Sometimes they will belittle others to make themselves look important. For this type of content, I totally believe that we need to have the critical thinking to identify the credibility. Although the contents may not be true, I also understand humans need to vent their emotions. Therefore, I don’t think they are totally unacceptable. However, be a smart Internet user when facing the similar information, I think we don’t need to ‘support’, ‘like’ or ‘+’ them. The thing we can do is to suggest them to get helps from the experts because they are the persons who can solve the problems for them but not your ‘support’.
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