Edu_RSS ~ November 11, 2003

Most recent update: November 11, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: test lets see... From Seblogging News on November 11, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (37004) Adopting a New Teaching Method I received the following email from the author of Blog of a Math Teacher (who asked to remain anonymous). "I'm looking for veteran teachers to respond to my query about what would make them adopt a new teaching method/technique." I followed the link supplied in the email and read the actual blog entry. "What would make you change the way that you teach your class? That is, if some new educational idea comes along about how a class that you teach should be tau From Edublog News on November 11, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (37003) Does open access threaten medical libraries? Catherine Zandonella, Open access: Will it spell the end of the medical library? Medicine on the Net, November 11, 2003. (Only the first page is accessible to non-subscribers.) Excerpt from the first page: "As if budget cuts weren't enough, librarians are buffeted by yearly price hikes for subscriptions to the scientific journals and information services that their physicians and researchers rely on most. Enter a possible savior: open access publishing. Instead of locking up scientific research in subscription-based journals, ope From Weblogs At Harvard on November 11, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. (37001) Defining 'Local' in the Internet Age HONG KONG The phone rang this morning in the apartment where I'm staying while I teach part-time for a month... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 11, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (37000) Upgrade to Tasmania's Research Infrastructure The Australian Government will provide $7 million over the next two years to significantly enhance the on-line capability of Tasmanian researchers. The Australian Government funding will enable the development of the Tasmanian Research and Education Network (TREN), a collaborative project involving the University of Tasmania, CSIRO, the Australian Antarctic Division, the Australian Maritime College and AARNet. Source: DEST Media Release 12 November. From EdNA Online on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (36999) Open Source Sofware and School Education [Word 369k] This paper provides an introduction to open source software in the context of Australian schools. It is intended to provide the basis for developing some shared understandings about what open source software is; its benefits; its limitations; and it provides a brief scan of what is happening in Australian schools and sectors. This paper may provide the basis for informing future discussions at state and national levels. Source: education.au limited From EdNA Online on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (36998) Free Music Lessons Online Via Lawrence & Stephen this is a very intereting site from the Berklee College of Music: "Here you will find free music lessons that you can download, share and trade with your friends and fellow musicians. Berklee Shares is: Individual self-contained music lessons developed by Berklee faculty and alumni. Free and open to the music c From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on November 11, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36997) Bloggeries Hmmm, sometimes this just becomes a highlighter for my aggregator, sometimes I feel like ideas are exploding left right and centre... tell th From James Farmer&apos;s Radio Weblog on November 11, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36996) Berklee follow-up: Crabs Hey, just checkng these free lessons out... you want to do crabs on the decks... check this out! Wonder what the costs / effort involved in making this were... it's VERY good! From James Farmer'apos;s Radio Weblog on November 11, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (36995) McJob McDonalds appears to be a little pissed at the latest Merriam-Webster dictionary entry: McJob "low-paying and dead-end work" From kuro5hin.org on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (36994) Streiks an Berliner Unis In Berlin rumort es gewaltig. Nachdem Studenten der TU wegen der Sparbeschlüsse in den Streik getreten waren, wollen nun auch Professoren der Freien Universität ihre Arbeit niederlegen. Und an der Humboldt-Uni stimmen die Studenten auf einer Vollversammlung über neue Aktionen ab. [Weiter bei Spiegel Online] From BildungsBlog on November 11, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (36993) The impotence of functional programming Context - XML's gift to the world (and the impotence of numbers). Hierarchies are a great modelling tool. Why? Because (a) they map well onto the way our heads manage complexity and (b) they allow us to model context. We can put things within other things and nuance the semantics of the contained by means of the container and the container's container and so on. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on November 11, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (36992) Forscher appellieren an Schröder Die Präsidenten der führenden deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen schlagen Alarm. In einem gemeinsamen Brief appellieren sie an Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder, geplante Kürzungen des Bildungs- und Forschungsetats zurückzunehmen. BERLIN. „In einer Volkswirtschaft wie unserer, in der es nur um Innovation geht, darf es keinen Einbruch bei der Forschung geben“, sagte der Präsident der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, dem Handelsblatt. Die Zeit drängt, denn schon am Donnerstag trifft sich der From BildungsBlog on November 11, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (36991) Online Learning 2003 - WebCasts For those that missed Online Learning 2003 in September, a number of the sessions are now available in streaming video format. Online Learning 2003 Videos In particular "Learning Nuggets From Industry Leaders" is an interesting session which gives a number of presenters 5 minutes to succinctly encapsulate their thoughts on the current state of e-Learning. Wayne Hodgins was particularly pressed to keep his presentation undertime. ;) (btw, Registration is required to access the video) In a related note, the team from ADL mentioned last week From e-Learning Eclectic on November 11, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (36990) How Far Does the Broadcast Flag Go? I must confess: I have yet to get through the entirety of the FCC's gargantuan Order.  I have been trying to keep abreast of others' analyses and excerpting of key parts We know it's not really going to affect piracy and it's going to cripple production and consumers uses of digital TV equipment.  But precisely how bad have we been screwed? Professor Felten --> From A Copyfighter's Musings on November 11, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (36989) Speaking of Being Screwed... As I said before, this could be extremely bad.  Ernest's dead-on - if the Supreme Court takes this one, that does not bode well for the continuing vitality of Sony.  I also agree that the SC is unlikely to take this up, because even had Posner actually followed Sony via Napster, he would have come to the same result.  One could argue From Serious Instructional Technology on November 11, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (36987) Search Engine Ad Control I found this C|Net News story a little disturbing (Search engines face drug test). Apparently, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) is meeting with search engine providers in order to encourage the search engines to "clean up" ads... From The Importance Of on November 11, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (36986) 321 Studios to Support EFF EFF has announced that DMCA-threatened company 321 Studios will donate $25 (up to $1,000,000) for every copy of DVD X Copy Platinum or Lite-On DVD burner sold through the 321 website or their retail location in the St. Louis Galleria... From The Importance Of on November 11, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (36985) Scotland's elearning Survey From ScotFEICT on November 11, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (36984) How to Get a Degree Fast Thomas Nixon writes, "It is possible to start from scratch and earn a bachelor's degree in less than a year, in some cases, much less than a year." Find out how to get a degree fast.... From Adult/Continuing Education on November 11, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (36983) Open access debate in The Lancet The November 8 issue of The Lancet (an Elsevier journal) contains a three-article series on open access. The three articles themselves are openly accessible. Pritpal S. Tamber, Fiona Godlee, Peter Newmark, Open access to peer-reviewed research: making it happen. After reviewing several approaches to OA and their business models, the authors conclude: "Scientific research should be freely accessible to all. Free access is a public good --much research is publicly funded and From EdTechPost on November 11, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (36981) Zimmerman's Recherche Die bekannte Online-Enzyklopädie von Andrew Zimmerman ist seit kurzem (auch) auf den Seiten von Lexis zu finden,- und zwar getrennt... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (36980) IRB Presentation I’m at a presentation on ECU’s new Institutional Review Board for social and behavioral sciences. Now we in social sciences have a review board to handle research issues which differ from those addressed by the medical review board.... From IDT Matrix on November 11, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (36979) Begging Your Brief Indulgence One of the rules I set for myself when I began Copyfight was not to write about my navel or my cat--that is, not to bore/annoy people new to my weblog with "insider" details about my personal life, à la the dullest blog in the world (which is actually highly amusing, but that's another story).   I've since broken that rule once or twice, and now I&a From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (36978) Looking Back with an Eye on the Future Slides from Stephen Marsh's presentation in Moncton Friday, which I unfortunately missed. PPS format, which means it won't run in Firebird (ran fine in Internet Exploder). Marsh discusses ACORN, a system of 'cafés' that can be visited by InfoAgents to exchange information. He also discussed 'quality of experience' in the ACE videoconferencing environment - we have set one up in Moncton, and I must say, it's a much different experience talking with human-sized humans online. Finally, Marsh had some good observations about trust. Yup, I really regret missing th From OLDaily on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (36977) Creative Destruction and Disruptive Innovation I'm still at AACE in Phoenix. Web access has been a bit spotty, especially in my hotel room. So the newsletter may be disrupted a bit. Today I offer one item from the conference, a summary of Wayne Hodgins's keynote this morning. "Consider," suggests Hodgins, "Personalized learning experiences for every person on the planet...? Just for me and just right: time, place, amount, medium, way, on demand, adaptive, in all forms, formal and informal, and not just online. Is this possible? This dream isn't new. But what is new is that this is now possible. And what would it mean if it w From OLDaily on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (36976) US-Urteilssammlung zum EDV-Recht Eine Zusammenstellung von US-Fällen mit Computerbezug, gelistet nach den jeweiligen Bundesstaaten (Rechtsprechung/Thema), findet sich bei KrollOntrack. Auf der Seite gibt... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (36975) Weblog de The McLuhan Program What is the Message? es el weblog del The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology de la Universidad de Toronto.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (36974) Robert Canales My new site design is the work of Robert Canales. I'm thrilled with the finished product. It was great working with Robert, he's another one of those talented boys from Bakersfield. We were able to do all the designing process by email. Now that I've got the new site design up and going, it's time to become an active blogger again. From Edublog News on November 11, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (36973) Phone Number Portability for All Ordered by FCC Although it hasn't gotten much attention, this is a pretty major story - the FCC is requiring wireline phone providers to let customers take their landline numbers to a cellular phone. Read the press release: FCC Clears Way for Local... From The Importance Of on November 11, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (36972) Mirriam-Webster Responds to McJob Controversy I've spoken with Mirriam-Webster's publicist and although he had no immediate comment as to why the term McJob was removed from the new word samples page (see, McWimps - Mirriam-Webster Caving to McDonalds Threats), he did provide me the following... From The Importance Of on November 11, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (36971) NameProtext - crawling your site to protect against trademark violations http://www.nameprotect.com/ You kind of knew this was happening somehow, but here's the public face of it. Check your server log analysis for 'unrecognized agents' with the name "NPBot http://www.nameprotect.com/botinfo.html)" and this is who it is; a bot that scours the web for unauthorized uses of brand names and trademarks. I expect this is a very small example of all the bots currently keeping tabs on what you say. (Although apparently it honours robots.txt, so...) - SWL From EdTechPost on November 11, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (36970) Teaching Blogines Hmmm...I wonder how many people have "taught" Bloglines. I did today, showing my students the wonders of aggregation and setting them all up with accounts. They all subscribed to the New York Times front page, and I'm going to be feeding them some feeds on a pretty regular basis. The important thing at this stage is that they get the concept. One of my students asked how he could subscribe to Yahoo Sports and I told him to search Google for From weblogged News on November 11, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (36969) McWimps - Mirriam-Webster Caving to McDonalds Threats On Saturday, I took a look at McDonalds claim to be upset by the inclusion of the word McJob in the eleventh edition of the Mirriam-Webster dictionary (McTrademark Follies). As I noted, the complaint seems quite specious since the word... From The Importance Of on November 11, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (36968) Use Voidstar's Google News to RSS here http://www.edtechpost.ca/gnews2rss.php Julian Bond at Voidstar (the man who brought you the original RSSify) has created a simple PHP script that converts Google News searches to RSS (I say 'simple' but I doubt I could have written it). You can use it from his site, but he's asked folks to download and install in on their own servers to help conserve bandwidth and server demands. I'd been using it and so inst From EdTechPost on November 11, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (36967) Grid Blogging Ashley Benigno writes: I've been thinking of ways of developing distributed collaborative projects and came up with the following idea: grid blogging - which I imagine as being a group of bloggers tackling a specific topic on a specific day/time. The first grid blogging is set for December 1. It's an interesting idea and it'll be fun to see how the blogs then discuss the ideas they've plopped simultaneously into the blogosphere. But because the first topic is "brand," I'm unlikely to participate in this particular one. (Now, if it were Stewart Brand, it'd be diffe From Joho the Blog on November 11, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (36966) Broadcast 61 From ScotFEICT on November 11, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (36965) View From the Orange Line, Chicago From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 11, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (36964) Praise for deep linking German lawyer Thomas Stadler praises the July decision of a German court upholding the legality of deep linking. (The article is in German; for background, see my 10/9/03 blog posting.) He argues that deep linking is important for individual website authors, for ISPs, for search engines, and for research. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) From FOS News on November 11, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (36963) Shelley goes semantical Shelley continues to write beautifully about the semantic web, as opposed to the Semantic Web. The semantic web she describes is, to me, simply the Web. The Web's links are (with rare exception) semantic, i.e., meaningful. That's what makes the Web not an "information space" but a human place.... From Joho the Blog on November 11, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (36962) Skepticism, cynicism, optimism A bunch of people want this upcoming U.S. presidential election to be one that we look back on, years hence, as the historic intersection between the Internet and democracy. Maybe, maybe not. At the same time, a quieter drama is unfolding. Although not precisely quadrennial, Microsoft product cycles have a comparable rhythm. I've seen too many of them. Yet I think I've managed to stay on the right side of the line that divides skepticism from cynicism. And when hear a cacophony of vo From Jon's Radio on November 11, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (36961) Composition Theory and Microsoft Word As I was messing around with my newly installed edition of Microsoft Word 2003, I discovered a link on the MS website to an article that I found very eye-opening: "Teaching Research and Composition with Microsoft Office Word 2003". This downloadable Word document explains how teachers can use the software... From PEDABLOGUE on November 11, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (36960) José María Resa, Director del centro asociado de la UNED en Vitoria José María Resa asumió hace un año la dirección del centro asociado de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) en Vitoria, con 1.076 alumnos y un buen número de proyectos. H... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 11, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (36959) Being specific/concrete has a real power to Being specific/concrete has a real power to cut through nonsense and flim-flam. What's the quickest way to spot baloney? Look for the person who always talks in generalities or jargon or nebulous future possibilities (gulp...that's beginning to sound like me, ahem...)The computing and usability worlds have a powerful tool ... From duskanddawn.blogspot.com on November 11, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (36958) Random thought to self:Look for those situations Random thought to self:Look for those situations where people are doing a mindless task manually or where they have created a workaround ...these are opportunities for new products/methods....However, one must observer the case carefully. ... From duskanddawn.blogspot.com on November 11, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (36957) La Universidad de La Rioja ha editado una guía para aquellos profesores que imparten formación a través de Internet La formación a través de la Red está aumentando rápidamente en nuestra sociedad. La Universidad de La Rioja, pionera en ofrecer licenciaturas a través de Internet, acaba de editar "--> From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 11, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (36956) BlogSpamming: Tossing Good URLs into the Spam Mix Another twist by the blog comment-spamming "community". In a twice submitted comment to 2 unrelated posts on my MovableType blogs, "Peter" blog-spams: Great comments guys. Peter <a href="http://www.fda.gov/">FDA</a> As if Peter was trying to get me to toss the US Food and Drug Administration into my MT-Blacklist?? Or Peter is just getting his cockroach fingers warmed up to the spam game. I guess there is a nano-chance Peter actually works for the FDA, lacks an FDA email address, and actually meant to sa From cogdogblog on November 11, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (36955) Misunderstanding technologies The article Shakespeare, RSS, and Outrecuidance demonstrates a classic problem of misunderstanding. But let's be clear, the people that would hail RSS as the savior of HTML email also misunderstand it. Bottom line, RSS gives people control over just how... From Syndication News from Bill Kearney on November 11, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (36954) "open source politics" in action I'm sure this happened all the time before, but now we've got a name for it. Dean in New Hampshire. From Lessig Blog on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36953) blog tips There's a nice series here. From Lessig Blog on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36952) share this idea Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff have written a book, Why Not?, with a bunch of ideas that they want to give away, as a way of teaching innovation. Ideas like "why can't I email a list of numbers I need to call to my cell phone" are there (and here) for the taking. They've also built a website with more free ideas. From Lessig Blog on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36951) how to buy a free book I wrote at the end of last month about Marck Cooper's new book, Media Ownership and Democracy in the Digital Information Age, which is available for free download under a Creative Commons license. It's also available from Amazon. Mark was slow to get me the link because he said he didn't want to "compete with free." But free complements nonfree, and if you like what you read, buy it from --> From Lessig Blog on November 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (36950) Diplomarbeit zu Weblogs Sven Przepiorka hat sich im Rahmen einer Diplomarbeit (87 S. PDF) an der Universität Ulm zu "Weblogs und deren technischer... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (36949) Students aren't using info technology responsibly - Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY Colleges and universities that invest a lot of money in technology may want to focus more on teaching students to use it responsibly, a survey suggests. More than eight of 10 undergraduates (83%) regularly use information technology in their academic w From Techno-News Blog on November 11, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (36948) Europe exceeds U.S. in refining grid computing - John Markoff and Jennifer L. Schenker, The New York Times When the Swiss-based pharmaceutical giant Novartis needed a new supercomputer for designing drugs, the company found that it already had one. It was hidden in the unused computing power the company had available in the thousands of PCs that were alread From Techno-News Blog on November 11, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (36947) An experiment in Internet self-regulation - Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com As an employee of the Norwegian government, Elisabeth Staksrud's job title used to be official film censor. Now, the 30-year-old social scientist has an additional job description: project coordinator for the SAFT program, a government-managed Interne From Techno-News Blog on November 11, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (36946) A New Curriculum For a New Age - Marielizabeth Crompton, techLearning As most school districts do, we revise curriculum on a rotating basis. As both Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media Services, it has been my responsibility to drive the revisions of both these curricula. In the past, these two concept From Educational Technology on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36945) ALA: New exemptions to digital copyright law don't go far enough - Cara Branigan, eSchool News New exemptions to the nation's stringent digital copyright law will allow people to circumvent, without penalty, the technologies that prevent them from accessing certain types of copyright-protected materials--such as an internet filtering company's l From Educational Technology on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36944) MIT's OpenCourseWare reaches an important milestone - John Jerney, The Daily Yomiuri .... The OpenCourseWare initiative has been compared to the Open Source movement of software development, where developers volunteer their time to create mostly free software. In fact, MIT stipulates that the available course material can only be adopt From Online Learning Update on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36943) A Guided Tour of MIT Learning technologies are currently being used"and developed"at MIT in a variety of ways beyond the well-publicized OpenCourseWare initiative. This was made clear by Al Essa, CIO of the MIT Sloan School of Management, in a presentation to the New Engla From Online Learning Update on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36942) Online Course Will Explore How Technology is Impacting the Music Business Berklee College of Music... today announced a new online class offering for Fall 2003, titled oeThe Future of Music and the Music Business. Taught by Dave Kusek, Associate Vice President of Berklee College of Music, The Future of Music and the Music Bu From Online Learning Update on November 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (36941) Busreisen nach EU-Norm Auch für Dienstleistungen wird es künftig mehr einheitliche Qualitätsstandards und damit Normen geben müssen. Das zeigt eine Studie des Fraunhofer-Instituts... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (36940) Sony's User-Friendly Copy Block Sony's new CD technology would prevent copying songs to file-sharing sites -- the music industry's worst nightmare -- while still letting customers make copies for their own use. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (36939) Porn Mag Sales Going Limp With Internet porn relatively cheap and readily accessible, some of the venerable rags are feeling the pinch. Screw magazine recently folded, and yesterday's smut kings are scrambing to reinvent themselves. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (36938) Gore to Bush: Rescind Patriot Act Former Vice President Al Gore accuses the Bush administration of using the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to justify a major assault on civil liberties of all Americans. Gore calls for a repeal of the Patriot Act and end to 'big brother'-style government. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (36937) Memories in the Corner of My Eye A new gadget incorporated into regular glasses aims to help you remember to bring home the steaks and the agenda for your 3 o'clock meeting -- but lose the glasses and you're on your own. By Louise Knapp. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (36936) Yet Another Rendition of Linux Open-source pioneer Bruce Perens announces a new effort to make a free Linux version to rival the retreating Red Hat. Mark Baard reports from Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (36935) Tech IPOs Out of Deep Freeze After a long dry spell, tech companies are once again raising cash through initial stock offerings. In contrast to the mayhem of the dot-com boom, however, today's newcomers tend to be profitable or close to it. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on November 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (36934) Home Page Design Guidelines: Jakob Nielsen Recommends Jakob Nielsen spills the beans again on critical usability and information access issues that greatly limit the effectivenss of our communications online. If you are serious about your news site, or small e-commerce shop, you better give a good read at what Jakob has to say. Nonetheless you may not like all of his suggestions, he is the one having spent the most time analyzing, in a serious fashion, what really works from what doesn't. Here the first seven of his just publishedTen Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines: 1. Emphasize what your site offers that's of value to users an From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on November 11, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (36933) Creating Awareness Through Simple Stories: The Meatrix If you are about to have lunch at Mc Donald's, skip this one. Here is a nice approach to creating awareness around a difficult issue. Through a simple animated Flash-story the people at Goveg.com strike a good shot at creating a very cost-effective public awareness piece, which is informative, ironic and accessible by any target audience. The Meatrix tells the story of Leo, a pig who lives in a fantasy world where small, family-run farms still exist. Moopheus, the cow who leads the farming resistance, frees Leo from his delusions and shows him the truth: In the real world, animals... From Robin Good&apos; Sharewood Tidings on November 11, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (36932) The Future Of Web Conferencing: Good Interviews Brad Treat Brad Treat is the co-founder of SightSpeed.com a small company dedicated to make video communications over high bandwidth Internet connections easy to use, inexpensive and with outstanding quality. His company, SightSpeed, is a Berkeley-based startup built upon a decade's research into video compression at Cornell University done by co-founders Toby Berger and Aron Rosenberg. Brad Treat brings to this interview the confidence that videoconferencing as we have come to know it is about to end. The need for proprietary hardware-based videoconferencing systems is over and technologies like th From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36930) Hoy en minid.net Hoy me entrevistó Diego "minid.net" Martín Lafuente: Entrevista: José Luis “eCuaderno” Orihuela Sus anteriores entrevistas: Entrevistas de mini-d.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36929) Microsoft prueba Wallop El Online Lab de Microsoft ha iniciado las pruebas beta de la herramienta de gestión de blogs Wallop (where you can share photos, blog, and interact with your friends). Vía: The Blog Herald.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36928) Semana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología 2003 La Semana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología 2003 se desarrolla en toda España del 3 al 16 de noviembre (es una semana larga) y tiene por objetivos: - Una mayor difusión entre la población de los resultados de la... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36927) Francia declara a Internet de utilidad pública From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36926) Elecciones catalanas: weblogs en campaña Esther Pallarès cuenta en Baquía las estrategias online de los partidos que concurren a las elecciones al Parlament de Cataluña del próximo 16 de noviembre: Marketing electoral online: un análisis de las autonómicas catalanas 2003. Los weblogs han aparecido en... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36925) Selección de blogs de alumnos Están cursando Diseño Audiovisual, la lista completa aquí y el blog de apoyo aquí. Algunos ya apuntan maneras... 1,2,3 gourmets de Jos&eacute; Manuel Corredera Aires Monegrinos de Rosendo L&oacute;pez Al plato de Leire Ibarz&aacute;bal Anuncios Retirados de Ignacio Mart&iacute;n (tambi&eacute;n... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36924) Comenzó el blog de Bruce Sterling en Wired Tal como se había anticipado, Bruce Sterling inaugura con Beyond the Beyond los Weblogs de Wired.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36923) ¿Mortecina Internet hispana? Leo hoy en el suplemento Ciberp@ís (p. 3) un artículo de Laia Reventós en la sección "La noticia en la Red" referido al seguimiento de la boda real, en el que por tres veces se hace referencia a la supuesta... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36922) Google Deskbar From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36921) Lo que hay que leer Vía: pjorge.com... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36920) Buscador de blogs y posts en 5 idiomas From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36919) Blogs en Ideasapiens El portal Ideasapiens lanza en fase de pruebas Weblogs Ideasapiens: Sin más propósito que defender la libertad y establecer otra plataforma alternativa a los medios de comunicación habituales. 6 blogs temáticos. Más de una decena de autores. Artículos, entrevistas, monográficos,... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36918) ¿El primer segundo parto blogueado? Matthew Sturges, un escritor, programador y blogger de Texas, ha blogueado el nacimiento de su hija Emerson Althea Porter Sturges "Mercy": Baby time (59 comentarios hasta ahora). Incluye álbum de la pequeña Mercy.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36917) Disinfopedia La enciclopedia online colaborativa sobre propaganda y relaciones públicas: Disinfopedia, es un proyecto del Center for Media & Democracy que ya cuenta con más de 2.000 artículos organizados en una docena de categorías. Y ya que estamos, una instructiva lectura:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 11, 2003 at 5:49 a.m.. (36916) Abschied von der Online-Redaktion (Auch) Beim Nachrichtensender n-tv stehen erneut Umstrukturierungen an, berichtet mm. Dieses Mal trifft es die Internet-Redaktion, die aufgelöst werden soll.... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36915) IG Farben vor dem Insolvenzrichter Die "Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie" (IG Farben) steht mehr als 50 Jahre nach ihrer Zerschlagung vor der Insolvenz, ist heute bei NZZ... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36914) Camus Simon würdigt den Geburtstag Camus' zu Recht mit einem Eintrag. Das 1949 veröffentlichte Drama "Les Justes" war mir allerdings bislang... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (36913) TWO ATLANTA CHURCHES, ONE RESOURCE CENTER PLEDGE TO 'LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND. International Christian Fellowship,St. Mark AME and The Atlanta Black Agenda Business Resource Center take the lead in serving the community with more than tutoring...self-sufficiency. [PRWEB Nov 11, 2003] From PR Web on November 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (36912) Become a Certified Personal Assistant The first certification program for celebrity personal assistants to launch spring 2004 [PRWEB Nov 11, 2003] From PR Web on November 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (36911) U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan Use Online Science Labs New patented technology provides lab experience for Troy State University distance learning students including remotely posted soldiers. For the first time, these students can perform real data collection from real experiments and learn to think like scientists online. [PRWEB Nov 11, 2003] From PR Web on November 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (36910) Fun with Languages Responds to the need for Music Education at Home and in the Classroom(for parents, teachers and children) Studies show that music can help improve early cognitive development and spatial reasoning skills in babies, as well as improve standardized test scores, basic math and reading skills, and self-esteem in children and adults. Despite the statistics, across the nation, school budgets are tightening, and music programs are being cut; thus, resulting in an increased importance for parents and teachers to incorporate music into their children's daily routines. The founders of Fun with Languagesã, based in Miami Lakes, Florida, have prepared to fill this gap by producing a suite of classical From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on November 11, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (36908) Nuevo entorno de la Enciclopedia Virtual de Tecnología Educativa La Enciclopedia Virtual de Tecnología Educativa cuenta con un nuevo entorno web diseñado por el Laboratorio de Educación y Nuevas Tecnologías edULLab de la Universidad de La Laguna. Esta enciclopedia virtual y colaborativa, coordinada por los profesores Juan de Pablos Pons de la Universidad de Sevilla, Pere Marquès Graells de la Autónoma de Barcelona y Manuel Area Moreira de la Universidad de La Laguna, incluye ya más de 400 aportaciones. From Octeto - Tecnolog&#237;a educativa on November 11, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (36907) TechLearn 2003 (I.) Die TechLearn ist die weltweit größte e-Learning-Konferenz - deshalb wird es auch noch einige Tage brauchen, bis ich mir einen Ãœberblick über die Ereignisse verschafft habe. Dauert halt etwas länger, wenn man es nicht selbst nach Florida schafft! Ein... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 11, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (36906) Verfahren gegen Falk in der Kritik Im Fall des inhaftierten Internet-Unternehmers Alexander Falk hat dessen Rechtsanwalt Gerhard Strate heftige Vorwürfe gegen die Justiz erhoben, so Heise.... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (36905) Datenkarte 2003 Wer die aktuelle Zahl der Gewerkschaftsmitglieder, Informationen über das Wirtschaftswachstum des letzten Jahres, die Verbreitung von Betriebs- und Personalräten oder... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (36904) Kontraktmanagement Unter dem Namen Kontraktmanagement wurde die Technik "Führen durch Zielvereinbarung" neu belebt und unter die Forscherlupe genommen. Im Projekt "Grenzen... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 11, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (36903) A.C.C.'s Graduation Rate Rises, Study Says The Atlantic Coast Conference not only bolstered its power on the football field, it is also on the way to raising its graduation rate, according to a study. From New York Times: Education on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (36902) A. Michael DeSisto, 64; Founded School for Troubled Youth, Dies Mr. DeSisto's innovative school in Stockbridge, Mass. specializes in helping adolescents through unusual programs in fields like the culinary and performing arts. From New York Times: Education on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (36901) Mayor Offers $13.1 Billion Schools Plan Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed $13.1 billion in school construction and repairs -- the most ambitious education capital plan in city history. From New York Times: Education on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (36900) Picking Up Pieces of a Shattered Program St. Bonaventure University is getting ready to begin a new basketball season, but it is still recovering from a recruiting scandal and the suicide of a trustee. From New York Times: Education on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (36899) Turmoil at the Top at Boston University Who will run the nation's fourth largest private university? Daniel S. Goldin, the former NASA chief, thought he had the job, but he may lose it before he even starts it. From New York Times: Education on November 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (36898) GIs need command approval for distance learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (36897) Lower Tuition for Distance Learning at Red Deer College From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (36896) Sloan Consortium, Southern Regional Education Board Join Forces to Improve Quality in Online Learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (36895) Usability of E-journals and Preference for the Virtual Periodicals Room: a Survey of Mathematics Faculty and Graduate Students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (36894) Kern County, California Creates and Delivers Training and Certification to Staff and Agency Partners with Click2learn's Aspen From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36893) School district launches Rapid City Academy Online From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36892) World Wide Access: Bringing the Internet to Everyone From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36891) New Open Source Distance Learning / Course Managment Software Launch From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36890) ADEC Spotlight webcast on Educational Program Delivery and Preparing Your Institution for the Next Wave. From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36889) Jones International University and ibooks Announce First Book Published in Virtual M.B.A. Series; No-Cost, Online M.B.A. Mini-Course Offered in Conjunction with Book Purchase From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36888) How to create RSS Here’s a nice link from Steven Downes on how to create an RSS feed.... From IDT Matrix on November 11, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (36887) Whole of Victorian Government Web Content Lifecycle and Content Management Roles Multimedia Victoria recently published Whole of Victorian Government Web Content Lifecycle and Content Management Roles, which supports the earlier report. This new reports looks at two areas: Web Content LifecycleThe flowchart provides a diagrammatic view of the typical lifecycle for... From Column Two on November 11, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (36886) Straight Dope on DMCA Exemptions & Lexmark Case Denise Howell (hyperlinks, mine): "Media statements that the Rulemaking puts 'a stunning end' to the case between Lexmark and Static Control, or constitutes a favorable ruling at all for Static Control--which lost its bid for an exemption--[...] fail to reflect a thorough or accurate analysis of the R From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. (36885) Diebold, the DMCA and Democratic Speech Ed Foster: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of the speech, or of the press ... except as needed to allow trademark and copyright holders complete power to control discussions about their brands. Forgive my minor editing of the First Amendment, but I wanted to illustrate just where we are in the era of the DMCA (Digit From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. (36884) Play It Again, Uncle Sam The DMCA--oops, that would be the EUCD--enters into effect in the U.K. today. Snippet from an article at a U.K. tech news site (hyperlinks, mine): The directive has the potential to affect research into a number of technology areas. For example, an academic researcher studying cryptography methods would be unable to publish their findings if they discovered flaws in a commercially availab From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36883) MacArthur Foundation Supports Copyright Research ...@ (where else but) the Berkman Center. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36882) EFF, CIS Seek Court Order Against Diebold EFF (hyperlinks, mine): "A nonprofit Internet Service Provider (ISP) and two Swarthmore College students are seeking a court order...to stop electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Systems, Inc., from issuing specious legal threats. EFF and the Center for Internet and S From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36881) Mea Culpa As you may have guessed, I was too busy to be here today. There was EFF's Diebold lawsuit--which was expedited and will be heard on November 17th--and the broadcast flag, which was, not unexpectedly but nevertheless sadly, adopted by the FCC. I am thoroughly exhausted. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36880) The Broadcast Flag--Telling It Like It Is My apologies for being absent of late; I've been very (very) busy. Just as it was announced that we lost round one in the battle over the broadcast flag, I was putting some finishing touches on a proposal to secure funding so that we can fight another one: the battle to stop the same thing from happening in Asia, Australia and Europe. More on that to come. In the meantime, though, here is a quartet From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36879) Gee, FCC: Thanks...for Nothing Rob Pegoraro of the Washington Post channels Seth Schoen, Susan Crawford and Arnold Kling in a new piece on the FCC's decision this week to adopt a broadcast flag mandate. --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36878) Freadom Early this month, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression joined others in filing an amicus brief [PDF] in support of a legal challenge to the provision of the USA PATRIOT Act that gives the FBI virtually unlimited access to our personal records, including our bookstore and library records. Now, they& From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36877) Verify the Vote Dan Gillmor calls HR 2239 a "ray of hope" for citizens concerned about the security of electronic voting systems. Yep.  Here's a bit I sent out in EFFector today; take a look, and if you are so inspired, please do write your representative. The 2004 presidential election might not be flawed like the last From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on November 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (36876) Moving CoPs ahead Denham Grey has written an blog entry on communities of practice, and their future. To quote: Think it is time to return to CoP basics. We need to take CoPs to the next level by increasing their participants learning, awareness... From Column Two on November 11, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (36875) E-Voting Machines Under More Scrutiny New York Times: Machine Politics in the Digital Age. Touch-screen machines from Diebold, called AccuVotes, do not have such a... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on November 10, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (36874) Wallop'd by Microsoft Hehe... couldn't resist.... Microsoft is jumping into the social software/blog arena with Wallop. Microsoft has introduced Wallop, an invitation-only social software tool that combines a photo album, blog, and ways to "interact with your friends" - which, according to a Wired article, makes it sound kind of like Friendster, IM, and blogs all rolled into one: ""What we are interested in is the whole blossoming of blogs, which let people express themselves From carvingCode on November 10, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (36873) FREE Palm Software   Own a Palm? Check out PalmSource.com if youre interested in some FREE software! You can download MobileDB and NoviiAnimator free of charge. Thanks to maceyr for the deal! [Feedster RSS Search Results for palm]   It's real. From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 10, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (36872) Palm OS Wi-Fi SD Card Delay Continues   SanDisk has again confirmed the delay of drivers for the SD Wi-Fi card for Palm OS 5. The company originally promised to release the 802.11b SDIO wireless card in the Spring. [PalmInfocenter] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (36871) Computer viruses now 20 years old   Computer viruses celebrate their twentieth birthday this week. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (36870) Dilbert for 10 Nov 2003   [Dilbert] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (36869) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]