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Brandy Thatcher and I gave a webinar on “Using Twitter to Engage Students” at the Growing Online Learning conference on Feb. 23, 2012. This was done in Elluminate/ Blackboard Collaborate. I have confirmed that the recording is now active and working.

• Recording of our webinar
• Copy of slides

Since Elluminate was used, you will need to have the Java runtime installed in order to access the recording. I look forward to your comments.

Over the course of the past few weeks, I have watched a number of attempted attacks on some of my WordPress sites. Knowing that WordPress powers over 20% of new active websites in the U.S., I thought it appropriate to put together this post on adding some security. As a disclaimer – your mileage will vary. The items mentioned below are not meant to serve as an endorsement of any given approach or product. It is still possible that your site can be hacked even if you employ all these techniques. Think of this as locking your house when you leave it. That doesn’t mean a burglar won’t enter; it just means that you have made it a bit more difficult. Perhaps they will try the lock and decide to go elsewhere. Ok, enough weasel words. Here are my initial thoughts. I would appreciate comments as to other approaches that readers have found helpful in protecting their WordPress sites. Read more »