Screencast Quickie: Using Firefox Addon "MeasureIt" to Size a Twitter Group Badge for Our Professional Development Ning
Tuesday, 2 October 2007 Clay Burell 
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That has to be the geekiest title I’ve ever written. I promise it’s English. Anyway:
Just a little tutorial share about one of the million reasons I love Firefox web-browser (and curse at my students lovingly when they open things in Internet Explorer, or even Safari). I’m talking about Firefox Addons.
This 4 minute tutorial simply shows people a handy little addon called “MeasureIt,” which is a ruler for quick pixel-measurements of screen areas. I use it to embed a Group Twitter Badge for our school’s professional development Ning (and yes, I’m flattering Jeff Utecht by stealing his use of this handy idea at the Shanghai Learning 2.0 Conference last month. He’s still my guru now and then, without even realizing it).
So here it is. Enjoy (and by the way, use the “embed” code, not the “html” code that I use in the tutorial – or try both and choose the one that’s best for you).
- 1:1 School Flat Classroom Network: New Group on Classroom 2.0 Ning
- Firefox set-up screencast for students, using Screencast-o-matic
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No. 1 — October 3rd, 2007 at 11:54 pm
I clicked the link for “Iraqi Deaths due to U.S. Invasion – 1,077,232″ and the site says 600,000. but you go to the next level and it says 73,000 to 83,000. So which is it? A million, 600 thousand or 83 thousand? The rest of the blog is great but THIS link is clearly misinformation.
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No. 2 — October 4th, 2007 at 2:17 am
Gary, I appreciate your concern for valid information, but your claim that this is “clearly misinformation” is not convincing. Did you read the page explaining the method on the website?
And where do you see all those figures? I re-checked, and don’t see what you mention.
Persuade me and I’ll remove it
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No. 3 — October 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Lancet says 600,000 and IBC says 80,000. They add them together and then add another 400,000 for good measure. So which is it? And neither of them include the 100,00 or so Sadam killed between the wars. Why not? There is an agenda and accuracy is not it.
When people see the graphic, they immediately think a million have perished. How many people go on to look at the other pages. Very few I imagine.
You don’t get to add up estimates to come up with a number. Sure it looks good for consumption but in the end it’s still misinformation.
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