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• Spell check is shifting the type of spelling errors students make: compound words are a thing of the past: with out, every one, some times #
• Need a way to keep track of workflow / to-do items using a cloud. Outlook with PlanPlus syncing is a headache #
• Thinking about Google Wave for workflow to-do tasks: http://bit.ly/4kcrFD #
• Not sure about FranklinCovey Plan Plus Online http://bit.ly/buIXmw #
• Great speech to use as a public speaking example – Chimamanda Ngozi breaks stereotypes – strong speaker – http://bit.ly/HTIN9 #
• Finally figured out why our class site was running so slowly when more than 3 students tried to log in simultaneously: problem with the cdn. #
• We used W3 Total Cache wordpress plugin with maxcdn. Something was set up incorrectly – pages took 8-10 minutes to load at school. #
• Turned off the Content Delivery Network (MaxCDN) in W3 Total Cache wordpress plugin and pages were back to normal: seconds to load. Wierd. #
• Trying to disable name changes in buddypress so students can't impersonate others / cause database problems: http://bit.ly/dfCE02 #
• Trying to disable students editing their user profiles in wordpress mu: http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/18115 #
• Disable buddypress profile fields for the entire site or via user choice using wordpress plugin: http://bit.ly/aNZK3E #
• Trying to tweak buddypress so it hides private blogs from the activity feed (More Privacy Option plugin): http://bit.ly/buoq5X #
• Plugin that filters buddypress activity stream to hide private blogs (More Privacy Options Plugin) :http://bit.ly/bzNqCQ #
• Trying out CIMY User Extra fields wordpress plugin to add Grade info for online literature circles: http://bit.ly/FEKhm #
• CIMY User Manager wordpress plugin might be a good way to batch import missing user profile info into existing users: http://bit.ly/cVsTYy #
• How to remove some default profile fields from wordpress user profile: http://bit.ly/cNlVS8 #
• Disable wordpress user profile completely but it's not pretty. Admins can still edit users but can't view own profile http://bit.ly/cMf3fp #
• hacks to hide some user profile fields in wordpress: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/296841 #
• hack to remove email field from user profile in wordpress: http://wpmudev.org/project/wpmu-hide-email-field #
• Remove bio field from wordpress user profile: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/401295 #
• Great wordpress plugin that makes it easier to figure out from the backend how many comments a student user has left http://bit.ly/5NOHz #
• Import user profile data (CSV) using CIMY User Manager wordpress plugin but add an extra field at the end so it works http://bit.ly/cVsTYy #
• Show student post and comment count: User LIst plugin http://bit.ly/VJ59i but you'll have to tweak it to show comments: http://bit.ly/dAiVYV #
• Custom fields created with CIMY Extra Fields are in a different table. The fields don't show up with other plugins http://bit.ly/aaHbsm #
• CIMY Extra Fields apparently won't work with Amr User List http://bit.ly/aLUOXx #
• Register Plus WordPress plugin allows you to create custom fields… but not bulk upload user data in a csv like CIMY Extra Fields. Pity. #
• ameta-list.php line282: email with cimy:
  $value = get_cimyFieldValue($u->ID, 'Extra Field Name');
  return cimy_uef_sanitize_content($value); #
• We don't need to use student emails in our Amr User Lists anyway. It's more interesting to pull custom fields from Cimy Extra Fields. #

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