Edu_RSS ~ January 3, 2004

Most recent update: January 3, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Buying Elections, Texas Style LA Times (reg required): Political Fundraising in Texas Is Target of Probe. Officials look at whether money linked to House... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 3, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (42825) No Rest for Michael Allen The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a brief story on Michael Allen, the original force behind the what became Macromedia's Authorware. His company's merger with Macromind created Macromedia, and made Allen a wealthy man. Allen retired from Macromedia, but is still in the interactive training field and currently runs a small (40 person) firm known as "Allen Interactions" with a mission to produce training which is "meaningful, motivational and memorable". No rest for the apostle of training Their latest produc From e-Learning Eclectic on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42824) Unruly Students Facing Arrest, Not Detention Schools are increasingly sending students into the juvenile justice system for the sort of adolescent misbehavior that used to be handled by school administrators. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42823) Beyond a Stereotype of Southern Universities Many Americans believe that Southern universities are more interested in football or basketball than in literature or physics. Nothing could be further from the truth. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42822) School District Tries to Force Overhaul A small school district in Arkansas is seeking to shut down financing for the state government until lawmakers comply with a court order to verhaul the school system. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42821) In Princetonian's Spare Telling, Class of '33 Drifts Into Winter The class secretary continues to report the latest news from Princeton's class of 1933, even as its members succumb to old age. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42820) Brazil Pays Parents to Help Poor Be Pupils, Not Wage Earners Latin American governments are giving the poor small cash payments if they keep their children in school and take them for regular medical checkups. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42819) Business Schools Make a Pitch for Women A consortium of 13 graduate business schools, 7 major corporations and several nonprofit groups is reaching out to young women considering careers in business. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (42818) IDF to deploy more crowd dispersal equipment From Haaretz: News on January 3, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (42817) Teachers to submit their own reform program to committee on education From Haaretz: News on January 3, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (42816) IDF troops kill five Palestinians From Haaretz: News on January 3, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (42815) Analysis / A tactical victory for Peretz, a strategic win for Netanyahu From Haaretz: News on January 3, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (42814) IDF: Budget cuts will cripple many vital operations From Haaretz: News on January 3, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (42813) Igloo Over the holiday break, which has been absolutely fabulous, my son David Enoch and I built our first igloo. It was a blast, and we’re looking forward to getting a couple more shots at igloo building before winter’s over. From autounfocus on January 3, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (42812) Will Richardson's Blogging and RSS Article Blogging and RSS Will's article published in Multimedia & Internet@Schools is available online at the link above.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2004 at 6:48 p.m.. (42811) Shoe leather for the Gov It should rain when you canvass for a candidate. Not a downpour but enough of a drizzle that your hair is plastered to your head and your shirt never gets quite dry. And it should be cold. Glove cold. And the first person you meet should definitely not agree with you. Easy virtue isn't worth it. (Accidentally leaving your umbrella, hat, cell phone and lunch at the local campaign headquarters is purely optional, however. Sigh.) I'm home and dry now. My shoes are off and my feet are up. I feel good that I did a little tiny bit... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (42810) Blogging and RSS in Education Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators (Will Richardson): The internet has long been valued by teachers and librarians as a powerful research and communications tool, and in the last 10 years, it has brought about a sea change in the way students find, manage, and use information. But the promise of the Web as more than just a readable, searchable resource has been slow to be realized ... until now. From BildungsBlog on January 3, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (42809) The Edinburgh Scenarios Please join the discussion of how eLearning will evolve over the next ten years. Brief Project Overview Explanation of the Project The scenarios:Back to the Future Virtually Vanilla U Choose Web of Confidence Join the threaded discussion on the Edinburgh Scenarios... From Internet Time Blog on January 3, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (42808) eBay unterbindet Versteigerung von Flugzeugträger Das höchste Gebot stand bei fast 100 Millionen US-Dollar - ein bei eBay angebotener Flugzeugträger schlägt alle Rekorde. Die Waffen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 3, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (42807) What's Next? What's Next? is a compendium of thoughts from fifty illustrious members of the Global Business Network. Their thoughts dwell on the world ten years from now, the same timeframe as the Edinburgh Scenarios. If you're not familiar with GBN, just reading the membership list will... From Internet Time Blog on January 3, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (42806) Who Sold Possibly Tainted Beef? It's a Secret SF Chronicle: State can't say who sold beef . Meat from a Washington state slaughterhouse that contained cuts from a... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 3, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (42805) Opera Browser... Opera's Small-Screen Rendering(tm) The Opera web browser for Smartphones and PDA's is really amazing. Just about any page I have pulled up on it looks good and is readable. Much more useful than the default browser that came with... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2004 at 3:48 p.m.. (42804) NPR : NASA Poised to Land Rover on Mars NPR : NASA Poised to Land Rover on Mars Late Saturday night Eastern time, a spacecraft called Spirit is due to complete its 300-million-mile journey by landing at a site that scientists think was once a crater lake. They hope... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (42803) That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online Instant messaging, long a part of teenagers' lives, is working its way into the broader fabric of the American family. [NY Times Technology]... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (42802) Are You A Blogaholic? Wenn Sie alle Fragen beantworten, erwartet Sie eine angenehme Ãœberraschung!... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 3, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (42801) Europäische Grenzpolizei Aus dem Polizei-NL: Das englische Parlament (House of Lords) hat im März 2003 eine Anhörung mit internationalen Experten (darunter auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 3, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (42800) Pricing and Architecture of the Internet Pricing and Architecture of the Internet: Historical Perspectives from Telecommunications and Transportationhttp://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/pricing.architecture.pdfWith telecommunications in a slump, the search is on for ways to re-invigorate this key industry. The main problems are clearly economic much more than technological, and many of the proposed remedies would lead to new architectures for the Internet that would provide for greater control by carriers. They would dras From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 3, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (42799) The Best of Buslib-L Page The Best of Buslib-L Page http://www.montague.com/review/buslibbest.htmlThe Best of Buslib-L page now has over 75 summaries, arranged into 5 categories:-- Managing information-- Organizing information-- Reviews-- Tips and techniques-- Where to find itThe most recent entries are about corporate governance and cultural trends. New additions to the Best of Buslib page are now included in the Montague Institute's --> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 3, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (42798) LibrarianInBlack.net LibrarianInBlack.nethttp://www.LibrarianInBlack.netThis blog serves as a one-stop-shop for all Techie Librarians...web design, technology news, library world news, reference stuff, funky gadgets, and other useful (or simply amusing) sites and posts. It also has an RSS feed. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 3, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (42797) Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future Trends Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future Trendshttp://www.inist.fr/openaccess/index_en.phphttp://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0312/0173.htmlGerry McKiernan, New Year Librarian, Iowa State University, posted a recent eMail stating that the audio visuals (slides, video, et.al) were available for this previous well received and highly competetnt conference on the current happening From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 3, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (42796) The invisible adjunct Way down at the bottom of the site's front page the Invisible Adjunct shows how powerful a cluster of related quotations can be, without any comment by the author. The short passages focus on a disturbing aspect of academic life, the abusive labor practices associated with hiring large numbers of part-time faculty. This cluster is a good model for certain kinds of class assignments, for example as a step toward a longer piece that would, among other things, analyze the quotations as part of... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 3, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (42795) Weblogs and Education Weblogs in K-12 Education. This is a good overview, with some observations that apply outside of K-12 education. Pay particular attention to what the article says about RSS. -- BB Will Richardson: Blogging and RSS. (For educators.) [Scripting News] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 3, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (42794) Canvassing for Howie I'm off to Portsmouth, NH, this morning to go door-to-door for Dean. I'll let you know how it went...... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (42793) Educators Review Golden Retriever - Educational World Golden Retriever, by N-LITER Inc., a toolbar that downloads to Internet Explorer, allows users to search for and collect online information and then add notes to or highlight the desired Web pages. The software then automatically copies the Web page co From Educational Technology on January 3, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (42792) StrafbefreiungserklärungsG Mit der Verkündung des Gesetzes zur Förderung der Steuerehrlichkeit ist auch das Strafbefreiungs­erklärungsgesetz (6 S. PDF) zum 30.12.2003 in Kraft... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 3, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (42791) BitTorrent, 'Gi-Fi,' and Other Trends in 2004 - Ryan Naraine, Internet News Thanks to a never-ending supply of sharp minds and energy in the information technology industry, innovation will keep on marching ahead in 2004 -- good economy or bad. (But a good economy sure helps.) Editors from internetnews.com and across Jupite From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42790) Mini iPod On Apple's Plate - Michael Singer, Internet News When Apple Computer czar Steve Jobs takes the stage for his annual state of the company keynote next week, the Macintosh mastermind will announce a new iPod and a host of other product upgrades internetnews.com has learned. Sources close to the compan From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42789) 101 Ways to Save the Internet - Paul Boutin, Wired Where's a superhero when you need one? The Net, which once seemed so invincible, is under attack by the forces of evil. Viruses knock servers to their knees. Spammers hijack our inboxes. Hackers and identity thieves menace our collective security and p From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42788) A Virtual Supervision Model - Anthony J. Amodeo and Andrew Taylor, techLearning The perennial lament of every principal is not having enough time to fulfill what is perhaps his or her most important responsibility " teacher evaluation. In the on-going struggle to maintain a balance between the role of manager and instructional lea From Educational Technology on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42787) Ethnic Personalities Apparent Online - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas The American Internet population is diverse, and with each group comes its own habits and online identity. Marketers that recognize the variations among ethnic groups " which have been analyzed in a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project " From Online Learning Update on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42786) Oswego BOCES Distance Learning Offers College Courses - Oswego Daily News Through learning distance technology, high school students from four Oswego County school districts will have the opportunity to take college-level courses in February right at their home school that will begin in February. Oswego County BOCES and On From Online Learning Update on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42785) Institutional Support for the Virtual Professor - Tom JONES, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Introduction: The emergence of large-scale university degree programs that are being offered by single mode distance education institutions and the number of such programs that are planned for the future has focused attention on the changing role of th From Online Learning Update on January 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42784) Blogging and RSS in Schools This should be from the "Shameless Self-Promotion" dept., but here is a piece I wrote for MultiMedia & Internet @ Schools. Kind of interesting actually, in the midst of this somewhat unsettling conversation about blog hype, that this very rah-rah article about Weblogs and RSS comes out now. Not that I'm not still a big believer in this stuff, but just bec From weblogged News on January 3, 2004 at 8:47 a.m.. (42783) XML-FEED Die noch in der BETA-Phase befindliche Content-Suchmaschine XML-FEED bietet nach dem ersten Eindruck einiges Nützliches; wer noch unentschieden ist, kann... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 3, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (42782) Feds to Hear Video-Game Lawsuit Haitian civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the makers of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the popular video game, because it rewards gamers for 'killing' Haitians. Rockstar Games requested the case be heard in federal court. From Wired News on January 3, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42781) Comet Dust, Key to Universe? NASA hopes to snag some primitive leftovers from the formation of our solar system. The Stardust spacecraft should pass within 186 miles of the comet Wild 2, gather some dust and snap some photos. From Wired News on January 3, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42780) Don't Tremble, Quaking Normal The devastating earthquake in Iran is part of a pattern in the last two weeks that includes quakes of similar magnitudes felt from California to Indonesia. Seismologists say they are normal but not related. From Wired News on January 3, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42779) This Firm Is Not Yet Rated Want full disclosure from corporate America? Start rating cybersecurity. A commentary by Mark Rasch from Wired magazine From Wired News on January 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (42778) Mac Maniacs Wait to Be Wowed The buzz is building for next week's Macworld. The show will mark the 20th anniversary of the Mac, and fans are praying Apple CEO Steve Jobs will introduce something insanely great to celebrate. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on January 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (42777) To Help Poor Be Pupils, Not Wage Earners, Brazil Pays Parents Latin American governments are giving the poor small cash payments if they keep their children in school and take them for regular medical checkups. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42776) At L.S.U., a Change in the Culture Leonard Moore arrived at L.S.U. in 1998 and found that the Tigers were not only losing, but that many black athletes were in trouble inside and outside the classroom. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42775) Another Move to Erase a Confederate Name From a Public School At Jefferson Davis Middle School in Hampton, Va., a petition drive seeks to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42774) Half the Pupils in a New Jersey School Are Learning Knitting At Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, N.J. more than 250 of the 535 pupils take part in a knitting program. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42773) Keeping an eye on the librarians Steven M. Cohen and Research Buzz provide a link to more than a dozen weblog-oriented search engines gathered by Ari Paparo. From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (42772) RSS in class Steven M. Cohen also points to Will Richardson's helpful classroom-oriented introduction to RSS. From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (42771) The old in-and-out Surfing around to see where other people are at, I stumbled into the site of Epic and this absolutely wonderful list from Donald Clark. Not only do I heartily agree with his list, I was able to do so in about 15 seconds. Pure essence.... From Internet Time Blog on January 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (42770) Relative URIs in HTML RFC 1808 defines how to define relative URIs, given a relative URI and a base URI. Section 12.4.1 of the HTML specification defines how to find the base URI of an HTML document. I feel oddly compelled to explain this to you. (544 words) From dive into mark on January 3, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (42769) Blog Hype, Con't The discussion over the worth of Weblogs as a writing tool grows. Tom writes that we have a pretty good idea of what tools we need, but it's difficult to find the one that fits all of our needs. It is apparent that weblog technologies suggest improvements in lots of facets of school work, but currently don't provide a perfect fit for any. Weblog tools are, hopefully, good at helping you write a weblog and/or read other people's weblogs. They're simple and flexible enough to be stretched in d From weblogged News on January 2, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (42768) E-mail: Where It's Going   E-mail is mutating, and within five years will both recede into a background of ubiquity and blend with an even wider range of collaborative functions, according to predictions made by a messaging research firm. While e-mail is increasingly encompassing technologies once not associated with simple text messaging, From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42767) The Future of Net: Vin Cerf   The internet is set to become the basis for just about every form of communication, says net pioneer Vint Cerf, in this interview with the BBC. He makes some very vit From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42766) Switching From Pocket PC to Palm OS  Writing on your Palm Editor, Jeff Kirvin, has recently published a in depth guide for making the transition from a Pocket PC device to a Palm Powered device. Jeff goes over everything from the launcher, and file system, to the many third party software applications and enhancements, a good read even if you're a Palm OS regular. From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42765) The Word Spy The Word Spy is a web site by Paul McFedries, devoted to recently coined words and phrases, and to old words that are being used in new ways. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, web sites and other re From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42764) Happy New Year   100 Years of Flight: A Lesson about Learning Curves --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42763) very cool code   Go to Dropload and drop a load of bites with an email address, and it sends an email to the recipient to come pick up the load. Free and free of the limitations of email servers. From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42762) ZIP Code Visualizer   ZIP Code Visualizer A Java-based map of the continental US that progressively narrows down the area covered by a ZIP Code as From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 2, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (42761) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]