Edu_RSS ~ January 7, 2004

Most recent update: January 7, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: New run for LeTTOL From ScotFEICT on January 7, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (43323) Retirement Uncertainty When you're ready to retire, ... Will you be poor? Better start planning now. And don't forget to factor in inflation. We used to think that having a million dollars saved by age 65 would be enough, but it's not. Your best bet is to start your own business, and start it soon. [CNN} From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 7, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (43322) Wiki Up (southeast of Wikieup) I spent too much of today fiddling around with setting up a wiki on our new Jade server. This was at the request of one of our most intrpeid and adventurous faculty members, one I hooked on HTML in 1994, roped into blogs last year, and he's already to push the envelope out past Mars. The obliqure reference in the post title is that I am about 150 miles southeast of the aptly named small Arizona town of "Wikieup" on the wild highway between Phoenix and Las Vegas. There are about 1000 various wiki systems to ch From cogdogblog on January 7, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43321) EU to go ahead with canceled anti-Semitism seminar after all From Haaretz: News on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (43320) PA document: Hamas, Islamic Jihad timed bombings to derail peace process From Haaretz: News on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (43319) Analysis / Who's the boss? From Haaretz: News on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (43318) IDF presses Sharon for talks with Syria From Haaretz: News on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (43317) '04 budget passes; women to retire at 64 From Haaretz: News on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (43316) New York Times Archives 1851 - Present New York Times Archives 1851 - Presenthttp://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.htmlA searchable archive of the New York Times all the way back to Setember 1851 is now available. Searching is free, but then articles must be purchased. The archive is hosted by Proquest, but you can get to it from the Times front page. This opens up a primary research source on just about everything that's happened in the last 150 years! From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43315) Mr. Harrington's Home of Math Mr. Harrington's Home of Math New blogs on the zoomscope domain that were started during Christmas vacation. Not much information here but it looks like it may be group of middle school teachers starting up. Wishing them well.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 7, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43314) Graph your similarity network Hey, look, it's a picture of me and my similarity network! After finding the Touch Graph Google Browser via WorldChanging.com, I found myself completely engrossed with this tool. It's hypnotic, watching as all the pages similar to yours are mapped out, like watching dendrites grow into each other. My... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 7, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43313) NewsGator Announcement In addition to launching NewsGator 2.0 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, NewsGator Technologies announced... From Disruptive Technology on January 7, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43312) Graph your similarity network Hey, look, it's a picture of me and my similarity network! After finding the Touch Graph Google Browser via... From Disruptive Technology on January 7, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (43311) "Electronic science: a license to print money" David Mort, Science makes money for Europe's information companies, Research Information, Winter 2003, pp. 13-14. (Not yet online but soon to be here.) A summary of the 2003 profits, margins, acquisitions, and shifts to electronic publication and bundling at the major journal publishers. In the TOC of this issue the editors plug the article with the line, "Electronic science: a license to print money". Excerpt: "[R]estructuring, cost-cutting programmes, and improved operating efficiencies should boost industry margins compa From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 7, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (43308) A bill to protect campus conservatives? Some see mainly liberal university faculties as evidence of biased education. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43307) Bush education law transforming schools Two years on, the 'No Child Left Behind' law draws continued criticism. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43306) Sure, but can you cut in the doughnut line with one of these? Chicago Tribune | Cops to patrol airports on high-tech scooters The Daley administration has signed a $128,000 contract to buy 28 Segway Human Transporters, and most of the machines will be in service at Midway and O'Hare, zooming down concourses... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 7, 2004 at 5:49 p.m.. (43305) Geometriker? Michael Wagner (Mathematiker und Geometriker (Web3D) - kann man das sagen?), eine Kollege von mir hat ( . ) vor kurzem ein Weblog gestartet http://michael.wagner.cc/. Willkommen in der Blogosphere. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 7, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (43304) Efficient Use of New Nechnologies in Language Learning: A Case Reflection I don't know whether a study of the use of email for language is really breaking new ground, but I want to ask whether the presumptions in the analysis are well founded. The author writes, "efficiency is concerned with (1) the maximum production of desired effects (outputs or outcomes) and (2) the minimum use of resources (inputs) which are not absolutely necessary or which are not readily available." So, on this analysis, minimizing "the need to access computers" becomes "more efficient". But is that so? Anyhow, this paper is the current subject of discussion on the From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43303) The Education Forum Spartacus reports, "January 2004 saw the launch of an international forum which enables people from all over the world who are interested in education to post information, ask questions, and to take part in debates about education. The forum also helps teachers to find partners for subject specific and cross-curricular curriculum projects. It is hoped that the forum will provide a world community of teachers. Most of the website is in English but there is also sections in German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Swedish and Greek. In the near future there will be sections added in other languages. Ther From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43302) To: The Next Head of the Motion Picture Association of America This advice for the incoming MPAA head could equally well apply to publishers of educational material. Paraphrased: You've got time to prepare, but not as much as you think. The Napster for your industry is already here - it's called BitTorrent. If you clamp down on downloads you risk alienating your audience. But if you provide good value they are less likely to turn away from you. What is good value? People want their digital media the way they want it: every way imaginable. Think $5 a movie, unlimited use. By Chris Anderson, Wired, January, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43301) Annual Speaker Survey This interesting article consists of issues raised by former keynote speakers at the annual Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Wisconsin (which will always be remembered by me as the conference where zero people attended my talk on RSS, blogs and syndication a year and a half ago (their loss)). If I had to pick some issues that occupy my mind to flag, they would include "development of teaching/learning models based on geographically distributed communities-of-practice" (Chris Dede), "a technology architecture to sustain elearning design, development and implementation, content manag From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43300) Hacking in Hot Potatoes: A little knowledge brings a lot of power Hot Potatoes has been around almost forever, it seems. This versitile tool has been a favorite for those wanting an easy way to generate web-based quizzes and activities. This useful presentation offers a number of tips and tricks for tweaking your Hot Potatoes to customize the results to your tastes. It doesn't hurt that one of the authors is the creator of Hot Potatoes. Via the University of Calgary's Best Practices in E-Learning programme. By Stewart Arneil and Martin Holme From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43299) The Interactive Social Networking Industry Analyzed via the Value Framework Via George Siemens comes this nice analysis of the interactive social networking industry. This, as you can see from the document, is already a huge field with almost unlimited potential. By Gary George, VMS3, January, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on January 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43298) Weg vom Web?! Nicht neu, aber doch immer wieder erwähnenswert. Blogging and RSS . Quote: "But Weblogs in and of themselves are only a part of the story. There is another "tool" that is built in to most blogging software that many think ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (43297) Phil Wolff, Jäger und Sammler! A complete list of blogging awards. . The title of this post is the goal, not the result. Wizbang Weblog Awards 2003 British Blog awards  - Guardian Unlimited  Asia Blog Awards   The Bloggies   Blogawar... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (43296) With Public Safety at Stake, China Still Stifles Free Expression NY Times (reg. required): 7 at Chinese Paper Held After Articles on New SARS Case. The police stormed the offices... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 7, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (43295) CAREO Now Pantherfied We finally had to upgrade CAREO to MacOSX 10.3 Server (it was still running 10.1.5 before that!). Over the Christmas break, we had a nearly catastrophic failure of the hard drive in the CAREO server. Not a good thing. We've got everything backed up, so I just slapped in a new 75GB drive (well, it's old - inherited from a previous project). The installation of Panther was dead easy. Configuring WebObjects was more trouble that it needed to be (permissions on the /Library/WebObjects/Configuration directory were too strict, and the app_server user couldn't write the config there, s From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43294) December's Top Affiliate Programs The top 10 affiliate programs of December 2003, as ranked by Refer-it. From CyberAtlas on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43293) Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/znhhtmlThe Zora Neale Hurston Plays collection at the Library of Congress present a selection of ten plays written by Hurston, author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944, most of the plays remained unpublished and unproduced until they were rediscovered in the Copyright Deposit Drama Collection in 1997. The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, a From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (43292) Chronicle of Higher Ed on Verizon Decision The Chronicle focuses particularly on the effect on colleges.  I'm quoted towards the end, with a moderately accurate slant - I do think change is unlikely, but I'm less definitive than the article makes me sound - there are factors that cut both ways. Let me add two quick clarifying pieces. First, long run things could change, but for the forseeable future I doubt most students will see this decision as a free pass to start downloading again; for those who were worried about being sued, I doubt From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 7, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (43291) Why American Culture Encourages Cheating The Cheating Culture Weblog is a compendium to an upcoming book by David Callahan. Depressing stuff, but well worth reading. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 7, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (43290) Intuit's QuickBooks 2004 Intuit's QuickBooks 2004 offers some useful new features that can help small business e-tailers track sales, keep tabs on vendors, and create financial reports. It also works with QuickBooks Point of Sale Version 3.0 to create a PC-based point of sale application that can ring up sales, process payments and oversee inventory, and manage sales and customer relationships. From E-Commerce Guide on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (43289) autoclose comments on MT I had mentioned the idea of using a script to close comments automatically in July last year and then thought about it when I started getting hit with comment spam later in October. Now, a couple of weeks ago Jeremy... From Movable Type on January 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43288) george.h.williams - literature, technology, culture, education, academia george.h.williams - literature, technology, culture, education, academia George H. Williams is a member of the wordherders blogging collective. He lives in the Quality Hill neighborhood of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and works as an assistant professor of English at UMKC. His research and teaching interests interests include 17th and 18th... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43287) Introduction to British Literature, 1 Introduction to British Literature, 1 Inspired by Liz Lawley, George H. Williams also has a spiffy MT Course Blog that he put up and ready to run!... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43286) Re-Entry Challenges and Survival Tips The first day of school can be a scary prospect for anyone, but adult students confront special concerns and fears. These 5 tips for surviving re-entry can help.... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 7, 2004 at 2:49 p.m.. (43285) Jenny Levine in the Chicago Sun-Times A nice metaphor for RSS: Levine prefers the latter because RSS makes it easy for readers to keep up with news on various Web sites. It works like a clipping service, where people who subscribe to RSS-enabled Web sites through so-called news aggregators can get free headlines or items of interest collected in one place automatically. A subscriber could receive notices of her children's soccer games, park district events, school announcements and newspaper headlines, all of which can help alleviate data overload. "This is the future," Levine said. "Instead of having to visit a From weblogged News on January 7, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43284) The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and University Reform This is the third posting related to questions about the future of higher education. This issue may seem far afield from the main focus of the EduResources Weblog, which is online instructional resources, but it isn't because the growing availability of free online resources directly challenges campus sites to demonstrate that they can offer more than students can obtain for themselves through self-study. I was informed about this site by Robert O'Hara the creator of the Collegiate Way web site. "Greetings, Mr. Hart. Readers of your EduResources weblog might enjoy the material avai From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 7, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43283) Smithsonian Without Walls - Revealing Things Smithsonian Without Walls - Revealing Thingshttp://www.si.edu/revealingthings/Welcome to the prototype of Revealing Things, the first Smithsonian exhibition to be created specifically for the Internet. Revealing Things uses common, everyday objects to tell stories about people, their cultures, and the meanings they associate with their possessions. Because it is still in the experimental stage, Revealing Things may not work on all computers (see the Technical Requirements). Despite its technical restrictions, From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (43282) The URL Clearinghouse The URL Clearinghousehttp://library.albany.edu/clearinghouse/ The URL Clearinghouse is a set of instructions for creating URLs to vendor-mediated databases and e-journals licensed by libraries and other information providers. These are the URLs that librarians maintain in OPACs, Web sites, databases, course pages, guides, etc. The Clearinghouse focuses on URLs that point to databases and e-journals at the title level. Where discovered on a vendor's site, the option to create deep links at the article From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (43281) Personal World Clock From Norway comes this great -- and useful -- example of personalization. I just selected the cities/time zones I'm working in most frequenty. timeanddate.com configured a Personal World Clock for me on the web. Instead of everyone's time zones, I immediately see the time zones... From Internet Time Blog on January 7, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (43280) Missing Sync for Hiptop/Sidekick Mark/Space: · Missing Sync for hiptop Missing Sync for hiptop enables synchronization of iCal events and To Do's list and Mac OS X Address Book contacts with the hiptop desktop interface and hiptop handheld (including the Sidekick). Share contacts, calendar... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 7, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (43279) SXSW Interactive Austin, Texas South by Southwest Interactive 2004: Social Software Panel See my note from Sunday on registration. Early bird price goes up next Friday, Jan. 16. -- BB SXSW panel on REGF (or: Acronym Heaven). Sam Ruby writes that there's going to be a panel at the South by Southwest conference on --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 7, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (43278) What is Higher in Higher Education? These weblog citations from Weblogs in Higher Education and the Inside Learning Web Log continue the questions that were raised in Stephen Downes' forecasts for 2004 about higher education. What is higher education adding for students that they cannot obtain through self-study or guided distance education? Unless colleges and universities add a valuable dimension of personalized teaching through extended personal contacts and guided group interactions then students who attend large institutions are essentially engaged in nothing more than self-study programs in a campus context. Higher ed From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 7, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (43276) Bloggers Parliament - More on Wind Energy on PEI I think that we are on our way. The foolishness about gas is disappearing. I like the end of the Release where they say that the Province is now going to look for more capacity Province Doubles Wind Energy Capacity... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 7, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (43275) E-Learning im Strafvollzug An der Technischen Universität Berlin suchen Wissenschafter nach Wegen, die Grenzenlosigkeit des Internets mit den Grenzen einer Haftanstalt zu vereinbaren. hiz DÜSSELDORF. Das Internet als Lernmittel in den Gefängnissen könnte bei der Resozialisierung von Strafgefangenen helfen. "Wenn wir wollen, dass die Häftlinge mehr Medienkompetenz haben sollen, dann kann das Internet nicht ignoriert werden, dann müssen sie auch den Umgang mit diesem Medium trainieren“ erklärt der Erziehungswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Wilfried Hend From BildungsBlog on January 7, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (43274) Erste virtuelle Uni der Schweiz... Wer studieren oder sich weiterbilden will, tut dies in der Regel an einer Universität, einer Fachhochschule oder allenfalls im Fernstudium - oder an der ersten virtuellen Schweizer-Uni im Kanton Uri. "Wir wollen mit den konventionellen Universitäten weder in Konkurrenz treten noch ihnen mit elektronischen Mitteln den Garaus machen", betont Klaus Blum, Mitbegründer und operativer Leiter von Educatis. Die Uni in Altdorf verstehe sich als Ergänzung zu den staatlichen Universitäten. Das Angebot der ersten privaten Online-Uni in der Schweiz r From BildungsBlog on January 7, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (43273) Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung gibt in ihrer Schriftenreihe den Band "Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung in Deutschland" von Josef Olbrich heraus. Die Bereitstellungspauschale beträgt 2 Euro. From BildungsBlog on January 7, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (43272) Convocatoria relacionada con un estudio sobre indicadores en materia de políticas de aprendizaje electrónico La Dirección General de Sociedad de la Información de la Comisión Europea ha publicado una convocatoria para llevar a cab... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 7, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (43271) A happy and healthy 2004 ... to all friends, colleagues, collaborators, readers, commenters, and occasional visitors. In my little corner of this world a very turbulent period is slowly coming to an end and I it's about time to put some of my private reflections again into this public space. Winter sometimes really helps to slow down and sort things out ... From Seblogging News on January 7, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (43270) Libraries as publishers of OA journals Eulalia Roel, Electronic journal publication: A new library contribution to scholarly communication, College & Research Libraries News, January 2004. How the University of Arizona library, with help from SPARC, became the publisher of the open-access Journal of Insect Science. Roel offers reflections on how to meet expenses, build journal visibility and prestige, and master production details. From FOS News on January 7, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (43269) The Chicago Sun-Times on Technology and Libraries (and, um, Me) Steven M. Cohen just IMed that the Sun-Times article about technology in libraries is out. Note: ST articles are usually available online for free for one week. Woman Key in Bringing Tech to Libraries in Suburbs "Hard-core Web searchers can scour databases free, check out an MP3 audio book or sign up for e-mail news alerts, courtesy of tech-enabled libraries in Chica From The Shifted Librarian on January 7, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (43268) Short list of blog search engines Ari Paparo via the Waypath blog via Michael: Big List of Blog Search Engines. While all of them crawl blogspace, many don't just perform blog search. Here's my short list in alphabetical order, along with what I use these engines for. 1. Name: Blogdex URL: http://www.blogdex.net/ Useful for : Keeping track of --> From Seb's Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43267) Inspirational technology Kimbro Staken truly blogs beautiful pictures. From Seb's Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43266) Hire Tim! Tim Bray is looking for a new gig. It'd be terrific if the NRC (my employer) could somehow put its hands on him... From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43265) Neue EU-Domain Im Zuge des Wechsels des Präsidenten der EU hat turnusgemäß auch die Domain (ab 01.01.2004: Irland) gewechselt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43264) 2-jährige Trennungsfrist zur Scheidung in CH Der scheidungswillige Ehepartner wird ab 01.06.2004 bereits nach zwei Jahren Trennung mit einer Klage die Scheidung verlangen können. Die neue... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43263) Skin-Tutorial für Opera Wer Opera 7 sein Eigen nennt und sich seinen Browser selbst bauen will, findet hier das passende Tutorial. Ein Skin... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43262) Courtroom 23+ Wenn sich einer der Kollegen darüber informieren möchte, wie in etwa 10 - 20 Jahren die Gerichte auch hier ausgestattet... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43261) Journalists' Tool Kit Journalists' Tool Kithttp://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/journo/The Journalists' Tool Kit represents essential resources for the working journalist and makes for a good bookmark. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43260) English Chinese Glossary of Computer and Network Communications Terms English Chinese Glossary of Computer and Network Communications Termshttp://ihome.ust.hk/~lbsun/terms.htmlThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK, China: "A very useful English-Chinese list of computer andnetworking terminology. Although far from complete it is much more useful than the outdated "Intelligent Database for Standard Chinese Computer Terminology" (http://ccts.cs.cuhk.edu.hk/) by the Hong Kong Computer Society and was originally set u From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43259) The Second Workshop on Semantics in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing The Second Workshop on Semantics in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computinghttp://www.isi.edu/~hongsuda/SemPGRID042nd Workshop on Semantics in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing at the Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference 17-18 May 2004, New York, USA in cooperation with the GGF Semantic Grid Research Group (SEM-GRD)The Semantic Web is widely accepted as a means to enhance the Web with machine processable co From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 7, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43258) Co-operative Learning Object Exchange Our learning object is being submitted to the Co-operative Learning Object Exchange (CLOE), "a collaborative project of seventeen Ontario universities developing an innovative infrastructure for joint development of multimedia-rich learning resources. The key innovation in CLOE is the creation of... From IDEAS on January 7, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (43257) New issue of Access The December 2003 issue of Access is now online. This issue has news stories on BioOne, the new Malaysian digital library on Islam, the largest digital library in China, Oxford Scholarship Online, and half a dozen other recent initiatives. From FOS News on January 7, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (43256) Wish we'd designed that: Redlabor of love Sometimes it all comes together. (Plus: Papa's got a brand new Airbag; Cloninger on archiving, ephemera, and analog distortion; more.) From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 7, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (43255) Dean Support-o-Meter The Club for Growth, a Republicanish group, has spent $75,000 to air an ad in Iowa that features a couple saying, "I think Howard Dean should take his tax-hiking, government-expanding...[etc.] ... freak-show back to Vermont." One has to wonder why. If Dean is the weakest candidate against Bush, why is a Republican group working so hard to keep him from getting the nomination? In fact, why would Karl Rove be telling the world that Dean is the candidate he would most like to run his boy against? Surely Karl is too devious to be giving the Democrats such good advice!... From Joho the Blog on January 7, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (43254) Dynamic languages and enterprise VMs We hoped 2003 would bring a rapprochement between the dominant enterprise VMs, Java and .Net, and the dynamic-language VMs that are still in many ways well-kept secrets. That mostly didn't happen. At the JavaOne 2003 technical keynote in June there was a nod in the direction of JSR (Java Specification Request) 223, which would enable languages such as PHP to be used in the Java Web tier. But the stewards of the enterprise VMs still aren't pushing to integrate them with the popular and productive dynamic-language VMs. Jython, the Java/Python hy From Jon's Radio on January 7, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43253) Free WebCasts from Online Learning Conference http://www.vnulearning.com/freesessions.htm FREE Webcasts of popular conference sessions from Training magazine's Online Learning 2003 Conference and Expo, held September 22 to 24 in Los Angeles, are available online. Registration is required, but the webcasts are free. From e-Learning Eclectic on January 7, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43252) Kerkorian vs. DaimlerChrysler Im Milliardenprozess zwischen dem Großaktionär Kirk Kerkorian und DaimlerChrysler droht dem Unternehmensboss Jürgen E. Schrempp offenbar eine erneute Vorladung vor... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (43251) Collaborative Mapping Edward Mac Gillavry has a paper on collaborative mapping that comes at the idea from a different angle than does Matt Haughey's suggestion that someone combine a mapping system with a Slashdot-like system to do collaborative routing: Collaborative mapping is an initiative to collectively produce models of real-world locations online that people can then access and use to virtually annotate locations in space. Mac Gillavry points to two aspects of collaborative mapping: 1. Generating maps by mapping with your feet, so to speak. For example, at Waag.org, you can see maps of Amsterdam genera From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (43249) Ross Mayfield's Linkorama Did I mention how much I love Ross's linkblog? Only one thing missing: a syndication feed. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (43248) SXSW panel on REGF (or: Acronym Heaven) Sam Ruby writes that there's going to be a panel at the South by Southwest conference on ridiculously easy group-forming. Cool. This panel offers perspectives on group forming and information sharing via the latest social software tools.  The panel will inclu From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (43247) How to participate in the OPML aggregator I've been busy for the last week or so building a new aggregator, one that asks people for the OPML version of their RSS subscription lists, and uses them to build a top-100 ranking, and to let you view the lists for users, all of which is intended to help you and others find new stuff to subscribe to. It's working remarkably well. Yesterday, talking with Jim Moore, a fellow here at Berkman, he said he didn't know how to participate. I said I'd write a how-to that explains for a person with a weblog on the Harvard Law weblog server, how to find your OPML, and ste From Weblogs At Harvard on January 7, 2004 at 8:48 a.m.. (43246) Why people blog (2) Following up on Why people blog: Merci Martine for the pointer to Lilia's Why I blog posts. And in her contribution to last year's blogTalk conference, Lilia also ran a survey to find what motivations people had for starting and pursuing blogging. You can find results starting on page 3 of her paper "Blogs: the sticki From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 7, 2004 at 8:47 a.m.. (43245) We're All Mac Users Now - Leander Kahney, Wired This month is the 20th anniversary of Apple's Macintosh. To mark the occasion, Wired News is running several stories this week about the groundbreaking machine, the people who created it and the Mac's impact on computing and culture in general. Person From Techno-News Blog on January 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43244) Java Tools Community Forms - Darryl K. Taft, eWeek A group of leading Java software companies Tuesday banded together to create the Java Tools Community (JTC), with the notable absence of two major players: IBM and Borland Software Corp. The JTC effort"led by Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc. and Sun Mic From Techno-News Blog on January 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43243) Five tech giants unite to deter file sharing - John Markoff, The New York Times The technology and entertainment industries have long been at odds over the best way to secure intellectual property rights, as digital technology advances. Now, five of what industry executives say are the world's most powerful computer, c From Techno-News Blog on January 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43242) Study Finds Broadband Not Reaching All Municipalities, Schools And Hospitals - Mediapost Municipalities, schools and hospitals have realized significant benefits from access to global information. Broadband proves valuable in areas such as homeland security, distance learning and telehealth. However, the Yankee Group report, "Municipalitie From Educational Technology on January 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43241) Obesity and Carbs - Pop and Schools In Canada, Coke and Pepsi will take out the traditional pop from junior and intermediate schools. This has been a defensive move in the context of mounting pressure for a ban. A 12 oz serving has between 10-12 teaspoons of... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (43240) Grokker Das Web wächst und wächst. Gute Suchhilfen waren deshalb nie so wertvoll wie heute. Kein Wunder, dass kluge Köpfe immer... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (43239) Online school reaches First Nations with audio - Shane Schick, IT Business Canada An Alberta-based online school claims its use of distance learning technology is bolstering the academic success of First Nations students. After only five semesters, the Sunchild E-Learning Community says it has achieved a graduation rate of more tha From Educational Technology on January 7, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (43238) Sieben neue Newsletter Schon bisher konnten sich die heise-online-Nutzer täglich per E-Mail über alle Meldungen informieren lassen, die innerhalb der vergangenen 24 Stunden... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (43237) Just Fax Us the $5.4 Million The FCC puts the wood to Fax.com, hitting the company with the stiffest fine ever imposed for sending unsolicited faxes that violate federal do-not-fax rules. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43236) Radio Ready to Go Digital In a rollout that's being compared to the birth of FM, traditional broadcasters will fill the airwaves with CD-quality audio and souped-up information services. And, unlike satellite radio, it's free. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43235) U.S. Mad Cow Hailed From Canada DNA tests confirm that the cow diagnosed with the first U.S. case of mad cow disease was born in Canada. Investigators will use the test results to search for the source of infection. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43234) Apple Unveils Fashion IPods The computer company enters the digital jewelry business with a new line of multicolored, mini iPods. At $250, they're not cheap, but some at Macworld joked they'd be buying one for every outfit. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43233) The New Cubicle Commandos Yo, G.I. Joe - & ndash; your kung-fu grip is history. Make way for action figures with street cred. By Erik Davis from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43232) NASA Looks for an Emergency Exit Not since the Apollo moon missions have U.S. astronauts had access to an escape pod in case of a launch emergency. A new project hopes to change that. By Erik Baard. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43231) Free Downloads? Hold the Phone Mobile phones do more than ever and they do it with increasing panache. But all that nifty technology comes at a price. At least the people creating the technology expect it to. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43230) Mobile Robots Take Baby Steps Darpa and U.S. Army researchers try to design robots that can traverse all types of terrain, but the machines will need legs to pull off the task. And that's a big hurdle. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on January 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43229) The Learning Citizen & Homo Zappiens Aus einer aktuellen Pressemitteilung: "The Learning Citizen und The Learning Revolution": "11 European projects have developed new learning systems which point the way to the future of lifelong learning and education. They are now presenting their results. The new solutions... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 7, 2004 at 5:51 a.m.. (43228) Seguimiento de la misión de la NASA a Marte Para seguir las incidencias del Spirit en Marte: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, ver especialmente la galería de fotografías. La NASA TV realiza la cobertura en directo, accesible online.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 7, 2004 at 5:51 a.m.. (43227) ABA mit neuer Webseite Die ABA hat sich das hohe Ziel gesteckt, mit einer neuen Homepage mehr Ãœbersichtlichkeit zu schaffen,- das Gegenteil ist herausgekommen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (43226) e-Learning im Strafvollzug An der TU Berlin suchen Wissenschafter nach Wegen, die Grenzenlosigkeit des Internets mit den Grenzen einer Haftanstalt zu vereinbaren. Das... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (43225) En nombre de la Infanta Carlota En el flamante Baluarte de Pamplona, inauguramos el año con el magnífico musical de Javier Muñoz En nombre de la Infanta Carlota: Año 1810. Humo y destrucción. Las tropas de Napoleón bombardean las murallas de Cádiz. Los gaditanos resisten el... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 7, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (43224) Online school reaches First Nations with audio From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43223) Online class offerings picking up at Columbia From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43222) Online revenue rush a threat to education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43221) Lecturers give full marks to e-learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43220) Distance learning spreads State, community colleges go online From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43219) No Word Yet From Yale? Web Site May Know Why From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43218) Area colleges show record enrollments From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43217) Getting Smart From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (43216) MARCOS NAJERA NAMED know99 TELEVISION CREATIVE DIRECTOR City of Phoenix Youth and Education Office Director Deborah Dillon today announced that broadcast journalist Marcos Najera will be Creative Director of the city of Phoenix Education Channel, know99 Television. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2004] From PR Web on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43215) New Book on Parenting with "Humor So Refreshing, You'll Be Going Back 'Til the Pages are Falling Out" Local author/speaker, Lindy Batdorf, has penned a feel-great book on parenting that captivates the heart and smacks the funnybone. Readers are swept along on this exhilarating ride and sense the passion, delight and emotional gut-punches that inspired each true story in "Stop and Smell the Asphalt: Laughter and Love along the Highway of Parenthood." [PRWEB Jan 7, 2004] From PR Web on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43214) Bacteria Treat & Prevent Gastrointestinal and Allergic Diseases Probiotics are healthy bacteria that have been used to treat and prevent gastrointestinal diseases, as well as illnesses that affect the immune system. A new book entitled Bacteria for Breakfast: Probiotics for Good Health describes clinical trials in which these supplements have been used to prevent and treat Crohn's disease, colitis, diarrhea, vaginal infections, food allergies, eczema, and more! [PRWEB Jan 7, 2004] From PR Web on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43213) American Public Positively View Human Rights Progress in Vietnam and Russia New Poll Shows Views on International Affairs [PRWEB Jan 7, 2004] From PR Web on January 7, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43212) Nochmals: Rechtmäßigkeit § 95 a UrhG nF Aus dem heutigen NL des Kollegen Bahr: Der Kopiersoftware-Herstellers S.A.D. ist schon in der Vergangenheit aufgrund seiner Aktivitäten gegen die... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 7, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (43211) Distance education to be made accountable From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43210) Education News Parents Can Use: A television series about ways to ensure children's educational success From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 7, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43209) Dave's Roundup at the OPML Corral: Share Yours Dave's got an interesting round-up at the OPML corral, "Share your OMPL".. Yikes, another acronym! If you dig a bit deeper it comes up as Outline Processer Markup Language , now that is much more clear! Huh? Think of of it as a way to use XML to represent outline forms of content, which if you are like me, rushes back memories of tedious grade school grammar exercises on proper formats for outlines, roman numerals and such nonsense. But th From cogdogblog on January 7, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (43208) For U.S. Aid, City Switches Reading Plan New York City plans to abandon its new reading curriculum in 49 troubled elementary schools so it can win $34 million in federal aid. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43207) California School District Settles Harassment Suit by Gay Students After a five-year legal battle, a school district near San Jose has agreed to pay six gay students $1.1 million and provide mandatory awareness training for school staff members. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43206) No Word Yet From Yale? Web Site May Know Why At the Web site www.ThickEnvelope.com, anxious students and parents can gauge their likelihood of getting admission into 80 of the nation's most competitive universities. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43205) Edwards Says Schools Law Needs Change Senator John Edwards promised broad changes to schools if he is elected president, including increasing teacher pay and after-school programs. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43204) Principal Who Invited Police to School for Drug Raid Quits The early morning raid, which yielded no drugs, led to accusations of excessive force and racism and has led to two federal lawsuits by students. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43203) Six Students Arrested in City Crackdown on Violent Schools One day after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced a plan to flood 12 of the city's most violent schools with police officers to curb school violence, six students at four of the schools were arrested on various charges, including assaulting safety agents. No serious injuries were reported. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43202) Police to Guard 12 City Schools Cited as Violent A task force of 150 police officers will help impose order on New York City's most violent schools under an initiative announced yesterday by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43201) How to Measure Student Proficiency? Two recent studies show that states have set widely different standards for measuring students' progress under the law known as No Child Left Behind. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43200) U.S. Backs Parent Councils to Replace School Boards The federal Justice Department granted preliminary approval to a plan to replace New York City's 32 elected school boards with parent councils, city officials said. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43199) Not Superwoman, Just Guidance Counselor Patricia Taylor represents a new generation of school counselors and is quite unlike the guidance counselors most parents remember from their own high school days. From New York Times: Education on January 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (43198) Video to Go on the Treo 600?? USER THOUGHT: Watching a TV program on a Palm device is fun. "Watching a TV program on a Palm device is fun! I record a program up to 1 hour long on my Mac using EyeTV, I edit out the commercials with the same program. I then use Kinoma producer to convert the MPEG file to a .PDB file, and finally I transfer the file to a 256MB SD card using a card reader. The show can be viewed entirely with Kinoma player. This is great when I&# From The Shifted Librarian on January 7, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (43197) Media students net wider audience From ScotFEICT on January 7, 2004 at 1:50 a.m.. (43196) Learning, a virtual reality - a preview of BETT 2004 From ScotFEICT on January 7, 2004 at 1:50 a.m.. (43195) The professor is dead Brian Alger speaks up about his son being victimized by a university department that offers little more than videotaped lectures to hundreds of students, instead of credible teaching. This reminds me of a similar practice at my undergraduate institution in the 1970s: a very famous man was nearing the end of his life, so the department videotaped a semester of his lectures, and after he died they continued to offer his course with graduate students doing the grading. According to the lore... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 7, 2004 at 1:50 a.m.. (43194) Snow Everywhere I love it! There's snow everywhere. Very unusual for Vancouver but it reminds me of growing up in Ontario. I can't imagine better skiing and boarding conditions and Jon confirmed that the powder is lovely and deep at Whistler. Will this be an awesome snowboarding winter like 1998-99 was? Back then, I seriously thought about buying shovel or snowshoes to carry around with me boarding because I would often fall (being less experienced in powder) in 3 feet of powder. Luckily I never rode too far off pis From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 7, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (43193) Ross totally nails my position on RSS and ATOM Firmly on Ross's side here when he writes in Deprecating RSS Part II. I am not religious about RSS and ATOM. I am religious about not confusing users and how difficult it is to write really good software. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 7, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (43192) Wayne & me Wayne Hodgins and I chatted for 2 1/2 hours today. Wayne lives in the future and thinks waaaaaaaaaay out of the box. Friends have told me they can't understand a word he says. Some of us find him a visionary and inspiration. With apologies to... From Internet Time Blog on January 7, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (43191) Updated jClicker- web slide show template (free too!) Finally got around to some revamps to a web slide show template I've been rolling for a few years, the "jClicker" (little "j" is for JavaScript). We do many many photos for our many events at work, and this has been a very handy way to organize photos into a slide show format. The main site includes a step-by-step construction guide. Basically, all one has to do is to assemble your image files (any web format), write some captions and edit From cogdogblog on January 7, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (43190) Next Up: Colonial House Colonial House Will Debut in May "PBS and Thirteen/WNET's next US-produced time capsule reality series will debut in May. Colonial House will air over four nights, May 10 to 14, from 8 to 10 p.m. The colonists are separated into four houses, two of which contain 'indentured servants,' and one of which is designated for three 'Freeme From The Shifted Librarian on January 7, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (43189) Yesterday's News Two essential pieces: DeCSS Case Finally Settled [Mary Hodder @ bIPlog]; and iTunes DRM cracked wide open for GNU/Linux. Seriously [Andrew Orlowski @ The Register]. ...plus two essential recommendations: Jason Schultz blogging pretty now @ the new LawGeek From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 7, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (43188) Today's News Today was chock full; I'm still digesting. Two top spots for the latest: Furdlog and A Copyfighter's Musings. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 7, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (43187) Coming Soon: "ecto", son of Kung-Log I've raved before about Kung-Log, Adriaan Tijsseling's amazingly sleek Mac OXS application for doing just about all the MovableType composing and editing. Change is on the way and it is good- Adriaan is at work on a new version, re-named "ecto". In fact, I am "ecto"-ing this entry now in beta version 0.1.5, and it is packed with even more features, interface refinements, and options to ease the process of MT bloggi From cogdogblog on January 7, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (43186) Change Is Good - You Go First. Okay, I Will You remind me of those people who said they'd never get cell phones. "I remember when everyone shouted into their cell phones and thought that their batteries drained faster when they made long distance phones. I remember when people (who now have cell phones) swore to me that they'd never have a cell phone. I remember when cell phones looked more like military radios. I think it's fine to gripe ab From The Shifted Librarian on January 7, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (43185) VoIP is a Feature VoIP is one of the exciting dark horses of the new Internet landscape -- and as broadband penetration grows, quality improves and costs come down to the $20/month range, it will emerge as one of the recovery drivers in the communications services industry. Also, people are now finally understanding that "Voice" is just an "application on the Internet", rather than it's own whole infrastructure universe.  But just the same, "voice" is just a feature of broadband communications and collaboration.  Adding presence to voice is also interesting, with services such as Skype From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on January 7, 2004 at 12:46 a.m.. (43184) Tomorrow's News Just before the holidays, Cory Doctorow jumpstarted a thought-provoking discussion with a simple assertion: "The last twenty years were about technology. The next twenty years are about policy." I missed the boat entirely. For those of you likewise stranded on the shore, below is a brief (3-hour?) tour: DPH ZERO FOUR: statements for 2004 [Cory @ die puny humans]; From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on January 6, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (43182) Things you never knew why they existed Mike O'Dell points us to a hard-to-fathom game at the Things You Never Knew Existed site. Why this counts as a game is a bit of a mystery...... From Joho the Blog on January 6, 2004 at 11:48 p.m.. (43181) More Predictions Kevin Kruse of the e-Learning Guru has posted a compilation of a number of e-Learning and technology predictions for 2004. Some have already been referenced on this site, but there are some new ones, including Stephen Downes predictions (that I somehow missed over the holidays...) e-Learning Guru: Great Big Predictions Issue From e-Learning Eclectic on January 6, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (43180) First Colour Picture of Mars' surface The first full-colour snapshots of Mars have surpassed all expectations and shown the so-called red planet actually boasts subtle shades of blue and ochre, NASA scientists said today. Source: Sydney Morning Herald From EdNA Online on January 6, 2004 at 11:45 p.m.. (43179) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]