Favicon Creation

Ever wonder where the little icon next to the web address for most web sites comes from?  Well, it’s a favicon or favorite’s icon.  It is simple to make and incorporate into your web site.  Go to the web site linked below and create you favicon image.  Then, copy the code I have in the gray box into your <head></head> section of your web page.

Resources

Code

Place this code in the <head></head> section of  your web page

<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico” mce_href=”favicon.ico”/>

Wuhan China – Day 13 and 14

Recruitment is big at Wuhan University of Technology. Students are heavily recruited by large international companies like Hewlett Packard. Not far from the building I teach in is a recruitment hall. This place is hoppin’. Everyday there is a new company or organization presenting their material. There were numerous American companies presenting over the past couple weeks. Students pack this place eager to grab up the take away material. Interesting. The world is flat. Students from around the world are competing for the best jobs. Something for US students to remember as they prepare for their future.

Also today, I went to dinner at Starbucks and on my way saw a great wall of China, many male and female dragons and lots of nightlife in Wuhan.

Rails for Zombies

http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/82ae973b

Ruby and Rails are part of web programming system that is very powerful. Check out this new way to learn to be a web programmer. Well, that is if you’re not dead! Ha, ha, ha . . .

Learning Rails for the first time should be fun, and Rails for Zombies allows you to get your feet wet without having to worry about configuration. You’ll watch five videos, each followed by exercises where you’ll be programming Rails in your browser. – http://railsforzombies.org

Wuhan China – Day 12


Labels. Going through stores and shops is one of favorite cultural adventures. Seeing color schemes, product marketing and labels, especially products from the US that are marketed with Chinese sensibilities. It’s fun to compare. Furthermore, certain products are just fascinating. I found this cool can-pot-pan transform thing. It’s the simplest design that just captivated me. It can be turned into a number of cooking and eating tools. It was less than $1.50 and it’s great for making my morning oatmeal. I can see that it would be great over an open flame, as well. All the parts break down for simple storage.

Wuhan China – Day 11

Today I gathered surveys from the week. In an attempt to better teach, I have been surveying students for the past few days. It has helped tremendously. Like typical classes anywhere, when I ask for feedback from on class structure, curriculum materials or my teaching style, etc., I get little verbal response. Here it is even more pronounced. The students are very respectful and I don’t think they want to appear to be disrespectful. So, I decided to conduct anonymous surveys at the end of each class. I learn more about what is working and where I can improve each time I do this. It has sparked some fruitful conversations that better equip me for the task of teaching in a ESL classroom as well as bridging the cultural divide. Lots of learning 🙂 Another wonderful Chinese cultural sighting, I saw a girls gym class using swords. Too cool.