My new Houzz Profile: http://www.houzz.com/projects/981527/best-language-school

My Facebook profiles:

My personal profile is at: https://www.facebook.com/Best.Native.Speaker.Opole

My fan-page is at: https://www.facebook.com/Native.English.Speaking.Teacher

For more information on my use of Facebook, please check out: http://www.dragon-class.com/facebook

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The Best Native English Speaking Teacher in Opole

Dragon Class

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Dragon Class now has Google Plus One

The Dragon Class website has now been totally reworked using a Wordpress content management system. It includes Google 'Plus one' buttons...

Wordpress Plus One

If you have a Word-press website, you can easily find a plug-in to install which allows you to attach a 'Plus One' button above or below your posts

Then start to 'Plus one'

With Chrome in place and a Google email account, find a website you like and 'Plus one' it. You will be taken to your profile page and hey presto, a new 'Plus one' tab appears.

Getting a Google Plus One button

If you download Google Chrome for your internet browser, you can easily find a Google Plus One download to attach to your Operating System.

Embedding Hype animations into websites

Create the animation, export it as HTML5, open it in a browser & go to code view, copy the html & embed it in a webpage. Put all files in the same folder on your server.

Hype and HTML5 animations/websites pt3

HTML5 allows you to create dynamically rich content easily. Requires basic understanding of Java-script in order to embed your animations into websites.

Hype and HTML5 animations/websites pt2

Hype is very clever as it automatically created the Java-scripts needed to animate objects. There is no need for Flash or photoshop etc. It thus works better...

Hype and HTML5 animations/websites

Take a look at: Web design and Multimedia - You will find animations created in an Apple App called 'Hype'. They have been saved as HTML5 files.

Skype + Call recorder for TEFL teachers

Call recorder is not free & works with Skype. It allows you to record a live conversation with a student. You can thus send the student the sound recording to help them learn English.

Skype and Yugma for Teaching on-line

YugmaSE is free software which works brilliantly with Skype. It allows you to switch to desktop view & has controls that define how a student can use your desktop.

"SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THE FAT GENE"

"Recent figures have revealed that almost 62 per cent of British adults are obese...." Read the article published by Marie Claire

Harsh winters = increased skype education?

In countries where harsh winters are commonplace, education need not suffer in winter-time; with skype it is possible to still link up to teachers...

Adobe Flash Player updated

Adobe have updated Flash and appear to have tried to nullify many of the concerns Apple had over security etc. For more information, please visit Adobe Flash Player

Latest Dreamweaver = less dependence on Photoshop

With CSS3 support in the CSS panel. You can do things like add border radius & opacity using RGBA colors to really take away some of the dependency on Photoshop etc. Read more: Business Insider

Content aware fill = national ID cards?

Govts will soon wake up to the fact that technology makes it easier for people to fake their identity & get away with it. Does this mean National ID cards?