AJAX 101 - A beginners guide to how AJAX really works!
Published on WebGuruGuide.com 10 June 2008
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This three part article is a beginners guide to the workings of AJAX. It breaks down the basic components of programming in Ajax and includes information on browser compatibility and working examples.
Web Security
Published on WebGuruGuide.com 03 March 2008
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This article looks at the importance of web site security and basic design principles. The issues covered include; hosting, DoS attacks, webjacking, forum abuse, database security and online transactions.
Who Links To My Site?
Published on WebGuruGuide.com 29 February 2008
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This article looks at the importance of backlinks for SEO and reviews a tool to determine who is linking to your web sites.
Adblock Plus - faster or disaster?
Published on WebGuruGuide.com 27 February 2008
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This article is a review of the Ad blocking add-on for Firefox. It touches on the wider implications for the free ad-driven sector of online services and concludes with my personal views on this topic.
Wardriving: A Guide to WiFi Hotspots around town
Published in CityLife magazine Vol. 16 No. 1 January 2007
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This is an article about open WiFi Hotspots around Chiang mai and explores the world of public and
private WiFi that covers the city.
There is a short review of free public WiFi spots and concludes with reasons why there are so
many unsecured private WiFi access points in and around the city.
Wild Water!
Published in E.C. Extra, October 2007
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This is an article about white water rafting in Northern Thailand during the rainy season.
Reseach Paper - Content clouds: classifying content in Web 2.0
Journal: Library Review, Vol. 57 No.9, 2008
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With increasing amounts of user generated content being produced electronically in the form of wikis, blogs, forums etc. the purpose of this paper is to
invesitgate a new approach to classifying ad hoc content.
Responding to Change: Flexibility in the Delivery of Language Programmes
Conference Demonstration - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 10th January 2008
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Using new Internet technologies to enhance language teaching.
The twenty-first century has seen a shift in traditional methods of publishing; a movement away from print media into online methods of sharing and broadcasting information. These online methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, but most importantly they have given the individual a platform to publish original material.
These methods, which include webpages, blogs, wiki's, podcasts and streaming video have become much more user friendly over the last five years. No longer do you need to be a technical wizard to use them and get your content into the public domain. This ease of use has finally made the Internet a realistic tool for language teaching.
The traditional view of the Internet is that it is seen as just an information resource, and according to some teachers an unreliable one at that. However, these new technologies can be used for "hands on" learning by students covering the four major skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and can be used to enable collaboration, editing and peer review.
This demonstration will show how these new Internet technologies can be used to enhance language teaching. The examples that will be presented are all "real life" examples that have been used successfully in the English Communication major and the Intensive English program at Payap University.
Standardised Language Tests: How the new TOEFL iBT fits into the picture.
Language Institute Journal Payap University
Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2006
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ABSTRACT
The next generation TOEFL test has been released and it looks likely to continue as one of the most popular tests of English as a foreign language. This is a standardised language test that takes the next step in the technological evolution of language testing. There are significant changes to how the test is administered, the content of the test, and how it is assessed. The primary use of the test is to assess communication within an academic setting. It is important for universities and language schools to look at how they use TOEFL results and set meaningful cut scores. At present it is too early to see the full extent of washback on the curriculum and teaching methods employed in language schools and institutes from the introduction of the TOEFL iBT.
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