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Careers iPads – Forms App

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on May 21, 2012.

In the Careers Service we have recently purchased a number of iPads, these are intended to be primarily used for a project we are calling ‘Pop-up Careers’, which will take careers advice and guidance out of the confines of Library, out and about interacting with students around campus. The intention is to use several features of the iPad [...]

Resources developed to support relective blogging and reflective practice for the Leicester Award for Employabilty skills

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Apr 22, 2012.

A guide to creating a blog on WordPress http://mjmobbs.com/?p=23 YouTube Video introducing ePortfolio (Blogs) http://youtu.be/pPwJQcbPwLU Narrated presentations covering the Social media http://mjmobbs.com/?p=885 Online presentation created using Prezi covering: Networking – http://prezi.com/jz8kveps-ki-/unit-1-networking-skills-ze/ Teamwork – http://prezi.com/-6hhxnp3u65y/unit-1-teamwork-ze/ Decision making – http://prezi.com/xuy_opxqi2rg/unit-1-decision-making-ze/ Personal Branding – http://prezi.com/pddeuxi_znh3/unit-2-personal-branding-ze/ Social Media – http://prezi.com/zvgtwypgumrz/using-social-media-to-assist-your-career/ Interview Skills – http://prezi.com/yexjzqf_9lmg/interview-skills-ze/ Recruitment and Selection – http://prezi.com/pv5tc6k6rblo/recruitment-and-selection/ [...]

Quote of the day

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Mar 28, 2012.

Mad Men made it’s long awaited return last night. From the episode that bought Zou Bisou Bisou, I really liked this quote: “Dissatisfaction  is a symptom of ambition” Zou Bisou Bisou also available on iTunes

Social Media Working Party

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Mar 16, 2012.

The Learning Technology Advisory Group (LTAG) at the University of Leicester has been established to provide advice to the senior management of The University (Learning Technology Management Group (LTMG)) on choices of technology, in terms of pedagogy, usability and stability. Our advice enables LTMG to make strategic and  financial decisions. One of are recent tasks has [...]

AudioBoo in WordPress

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Mar 13, 2012.

WordPress code doesn’t seem to work [gigya src="http://boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swf" flashvars="mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F709582-faqs.mp3%3Fsource%3Dwordpress&mp3Author=mjmobbs&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F709582-faqs&mp3Time=12.34pm+13+Mar+2012&mp3Title=FAQs" width="400" height="160" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"] iframe does Java code listen to ‘FAQs’ on Audioboo

Drafts on WordPress

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Mar 06, 2012.

A student recently asked me where to find their Draft post on WordPress. These can be found in two locations. 1. Dashboard 2. Via Post Go to Posts in the main navigation and then select ‘Drafts’ link at the top.

Social Bookmarking sites – how I use them

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Feb 26, 2012.

This week I signed up for Pinterest, the latest in an ever increasing line of Social Bookmarking Services (SBS). I wouldn’t necessary describe it as a dilemma, but using these services has required evaluation and a strategy of use. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Social bookmarking here’s a quick summary from CommonCraft. [...]

Social media to assist your applications

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Feb 01, 2012.

A presentation delivered to the 2011/12 cohort of the Experience Employability Leicester Award. This version has been revamped and includes better references to examples and supporting stats.   Videos used in the presenation: Commercial Awareness Google Reader in Plain English Competitive Advantage  Puts the importance of commercial awareness in context, in presentation explain how RSS [...]

Social Media session for WISE project

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Jan 23, 2012.

Today I presented, alongside my colleague Rajinder Bhuhi, to a number of social entrepreneurs as part of the WISE (Working In Social Enterprise) project. The project involves putting University of Leicester students in work experience placements within social enterprises, also as part of the project the social entrepreneurs have access to networking and training events.  [...]

What I’ve been investigating today…Spicynodes

By mjmobbs from Forty2. Published on Nov 24, 2011.

Lucy from the Learning Development team and I have been looking into revamping our Succeed in your studies website. Today we were considering what we could do with the Find a resource section. Another colleague, Marta, recently discovered Spicynodes, a service that creates interactive Mindmap style diagrams. We were considering, if we could organise our [...]