Edu_RSS ~ January 9, 2004

Most recent update: January 9, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Sharing teaching resources / wikis George H. Williams and others talk about how the big course software systems have trapped good course materials behind the security screens of many campuses, preventing others from learning from and building on what teachers and students have done. He proposes a weblog or wiki site where people can share teaching material, as an alternative: We're all going to be coming up with course materials anyway. Why not collaborate or at least share? He offers, for example, his own... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 9, 2004 at 10:49 p.m.. (43651) New weblog category: James' articles I've just created a new weblog category: James' articles, grouping together all the articles I've written over the last year or so. Note that this listing only goes back to the start of the Column Two weblog. Browse the full... From Column Two on January 9, 2004 at 10:47 p.m.. (43650) Your Living Room is Theirs, Not Yours I moderated this panel on high-definition TV at the CES show today, featuring some of the top people from the cable and satellite industries, plus several members of what's quaintly called the "content" business. The topic got around to DRM (digital restrictions management), of course, and the panelists' answers were -- to put it mildly -- unsatisfactory. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 9, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (43649) Wiki page design Most wiki pages look much the same, but the folks at Visible Area set a good example otherwise. At first glance I hardly knew I was looking at a wiki, thanks to their use of background colors, content in the left margin, tables of contents, and search box. As I wandered around the site I saw some other nice page design features, including a list of their major topics that appears in both condensed and descriptive versions, and there is even a printer-friendly copy of each page. From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 9, 2004 at 9:49 p.m.. (43648) University of California and Elsevier On January 7, the University of California announced the results of its negotiations with Elsevier: cancellation of about 200 journals and renewal of about 1200. It did not disclose the renewal price. Excerpt: "The economics of scholarly journal publishing are incontrovertibly unsustainable. Taming price inflation is not enough. Unless we change the current model, academic libraries and universities will be unable to continue providing faculty, students, and staff with the access they require to the world?s scholarship From FOS News on January 9, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (43647) Key research findings related to user-centered design (2002HYPHEN2003) Kath Straub has published an article on the key research findings relating to user-centred design. To quote: This year we present key findings of many of the papers presented in the 2003 PRP course. As such, in addition to providing... From Column Two on January 9, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (43646) The New Books Project is a Library of Congress Cat ... The New Books Project is a Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate initiative designed to provide the library community and general public access to a rich source of information about soon-to-be-published and just-published books From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43645) Online Northwest registration is now available - O ... Online Northwest registration is now available - Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on the use of technology within libraries, attracting librarians from the Pacific Northwest and around the USA. It is sponsored by the Oregon University System From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43644) The Winter 2004 issue of Threshold: Exploring the ... The Winter 2004 issue of Threshold: Exploring the Future of Education features articles focused on the theme of Libraries, Learning, and the Future, produced in partnership with the American Library Association and its division, the American Association of School Librarians From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43643) New CILIP workshop: Getting the most out of meetin ... New CILIP workshop: Getting the most out of meetings - 26 February 2004, London and 23 November 2004, London - This new intensive workshop helps you to make your meetings more useful through good preparation and effective management, as well as ensuring that you make a valuable contribution to meetings that you attend From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43642) FreePint Index - complete index to all articles ap ... FreePint Index - complete index to all articles appearing in the FreePint Newsletter since 1997 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43641) Ovid's free resource of the month for January 2004 ... Ovid's free resource of the month for January 2004 is MLA International Bibliography From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43640) Sirsi Corporation has announced a partnership with ... Sirsi Corporation has announced a partnership with Blackwell's Book Services to improve workflow in the acquisitions and cataloging processes by integrating Sirsi's Unicorn Library Management System with Blackwell through Sirsi 9XX Loader From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43639) The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Librar ... The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries has recently implemented iBistro from Sirsi From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43638) xrefer has announced that its xreferplus service h ... xrefer has announced that its xreferplus service has been fully integrated with Ex Libris' SFX and MetaLib systems. Mutual customers of both companies will benefit, as these libraries will be able to seamlessly incorporate xreferplus into their online offerings. Easy access to online ready reference content while searching library holdings will save users time while adding a new layer of understand From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43636) The Information Commons, a project of OITP with su ... The Information Commons, a project of OITP with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, is an effort to create a new vision for libraries in the digital age by examining the importance of establishing and protecting a vital public sphere of creative works and finding a middle ground beyond the extremism that dominates the debates over who controls information access From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43635) OCLC Western will host a SCCTP Integrating Resourc ... OCLC Western will host a SCCTP Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop at the National University in San Diego on January 22-23, 2004. The course is based on the revised chapters 9 and 12 of AACR2 and covers all integrating resources, with an emphasis on electronic resources. The workshop covers the new rules that have been added to these chapters and will be provide timely guidance to monograph, serials, and electronic resource catalogers who may be responsible for cata From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43634) Through The Educator's Reference Desk you can acce ... Through The Educator's Reference Desk you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. While the question answer service will no longer be active, The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43633) EDGAR Online, Inc. has announced the addition of a ... EDGAR Online, Inc. has announced the addition of a complete collection of conference call transcripts, company webcasts and an events calendar to its flagship EDGAR Online Pro service. EDGAR Online, Inc. is a financial information company specializing in making complex regulatory reporting by public companies actionable and easy to use From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43632) Oxford Scholarship Online - The complete text of ... Oxford Scholarship Online - The complete text of over 700 carefully-selected Oxford books available online for the first time. Subject modules available in Philosophy, Religion, Political Science, and Economics and Finance. Available by annual subscription to libraries and institutions. 30-day trial available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43631) The Third Annual Texas A&M Workshop in the History ... The Third Annual Texas A&M Workshop in the History of Books and Printing - May 23-28, 2004 - Cushing Memorial Library and Archives Texas A&M University From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43630) The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Con ... The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress present a selection of ten plays written by Hurston (1891-1960), 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, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-Ameri From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43628) I'm an information professional HYPHEN get me out of he ... I'm an information professional HYPHEN get me out of here! - CILIP, London - 8 June, 2004 - The meeting will address a key paradox that is facing the information profession HYPHEN that the very people who are expected to lead on information and knowledge management strategies in organisations are increasingly over-burdened and unable to cope. The day will focus on three key areas: email management, personal e-document management and strategie From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43626) The 3rd International Conference on Image and Vide ... The 3rd International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR2004), the 5th conference in the series of visual information retrieval meetings which began with CIR'98, will take place in Dublin City University, Ireland, on 21-23 July 2004, hosted by the Centre for Digital Video Processing From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43625) The mission of Theses Canada is to acquire and pre ... The mission of Theses Canada is to acquire and preserve a comprehensive collection of Canadian theses at the National Library of Canada, to provide access to this valuable research within Canada and throughout the world From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43624) The Ontario Library Association's Super Conference ... The Ontario Library Association's Super Conference 2004 takes place January 29-31 at The Metro Toronto Convention Centre From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43623) This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests ... This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of pop musicians and their hits. Answers here.1. Which vocal group had hits in 1979 with "We Are Family" and "He's the Greatest Dancer"?2. Which American singer had hits with "All the Way" (1957) and "My Way" (1969)?3. Which singing guitarist had a 1958 hit with "Summertime Blues"?4. Which American rock band had hits in 1969 with "Proud Mary" and "Bad Moon Rising"?5. Which From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43622) EYE TO EYE: An e-newsletter dedicated to connectin ... EYE TO EYE: An e-newsletter dedicated to connecting Ingenta and its library communities - Friday, January 9, 2004 Issue 10 - Libraries is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (43621) Mark Hurst - Blogs are just content management systems. Mark nails it. Woe to the CMS vendor who ignores blogs. They'll be like Digital which ignored Compaq or GM which ignored the Japanese car makers. Look for blog systems to get more sophisticated while maintaining their ease of use (most "real" CMSes are unusable). Eventually (2005? 2006?) blog software vendors will acquire CMS vendors just like Compaq bought Digital). From Five Ideas for 2004: QUOTEIDEA 4. Blogs are just content management systems. 2003 was the year t From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 9, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (43620) Navigator #2 Off on a 1.5 hour trip tomorrow with the new Garmin GPS navigator. Part one takes me 20 miles away to Halley's place; I've never been in that neighborhood and it sounds like it's a bit tricky to find. Then it's on to Portsmouth, with Halley and Jackson, to a Dean meeting. So, this should be a good test. I'm having trouble with the UI for requesting routes. When I do a text search for an address, three times out of three it's told me that it doesn't exist, although if I use the map zoomed in all the way,... From Joho the Blog on January 9, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (43619) Californians About to Feel the Budgetary Pain What's really scary is that these are modest trims, comparatively, when you look at the overall fiscal problems. The state has only papered them over with huge borrowing, in bond issues. Who's going to pay? We all will, eventually. And then it'll get even uglier. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 9, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (43618) Open Source für E-Learning Der aktuelle Newsletter des kommerziellen E-Learning-Portals Global Learning widmet sich dem Thema "Open-Source für E-Learning". Verschiedene Firmenvertreter werden zu dem Thema interviewt und insgesamt werden die folgenden Hauptkritikpunkte gegen den Einsatz von Open-Source-Lösungen im E-Learning genannt: Zu wenig Stabilität bei großen Nutzerzahlen Reduzierte Funktionalität im Vergleich mit kommerziellen Sys From Seb's Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 p.m.. (43616) Women, Comparison Shopping Help Boost E-commerce Holiday Revenues Early stats from the 2003 holiday shopping season are beginning to trickle in, and at first glance it looks as if it was a resounding success for the e-commerce industry, thanks in part to more women shoppers and the power of shopping search engines. From E-Commerce Guide on January 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43615) Online - WikiSeminar für Anwälte Ablauf und Gestaltung des WikiSeminars für Anwälte sind seit heute auf auf der Seite "WikiSeminar" im JuraWiki beschrieben.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (43614) LearnTeachLearn...repeat:Weblogs: The Reading/Writing Connection LearnTeachLearn...repeat La maestra Peralta has her inservice outline online for her class. Wishing her and her students a successful class and hoping it starts more online adventures.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (43613) Overly-pleasant spam Here's an unanticipated effect of spam. Spam showing up in blog comments increasingly tries to pass itself off as a genuine comment. So, I've been getting spams that say how interesting my blog is and how much they care about what I have to say. How touching! Other comment spam disguises itself in the form of some bromide so generic that it can apply to any blog article and so bland that no one will object to it. For example, "Pamela Woodlake" recently spammed an entry on Andrew Odlyzko's comparison of broadband and cell phone adoption rates with the... From Joho the Blog on January 9, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (43612) Weblog as Website Update I've been building some sites using the new theme that Bryan Bell created for me and I'm liking it more and more. Luckily, it seems, so do people at my school. I was concerned that just using one base theme for all the pages on the site would be too repetitive. But the flexibility that Bryan built into the banner has made it easy to personalize each site with just a little bit of elbow grease. Some examples are the library From weblogged News on January 9, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (43611) Worse than ten years of electric chair From Seb's Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (43610) WebTurbine Impacts Learning Just a quick glimpse from NASA into the future: "Educators and students can become Web publishers of information that includes live, always-changing content using the limited resources available to them. Sharing this content amongst themselves, remote peers at other schools and/or becoming directly involved with NASA and its partners becomes part of the daily curriculum. The student becomes a contributor and partner, and, in doing so, gains the perspective and motivation to become an active participant in the quest for knowledge." That's it. That's the model. That's what I' From OLDaily on January 9, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43609) Try It! I don't know how long ASTD has been doing this - it looks like it has been a while - but it's a great service. On this page is a list of current demonstration software and trials - all of them free - to help developers see what's on the horizon. Gosh, wouldn't this be a great page to have its own RSS feed? Wouldn't it also be great if the page allowed users to enter comments on the products they are trying? The extra content would hardly cost ASTD a dime - but would make the location the place to be to scope out new tech. By Various Authors, Learning Circuits, From OLDaily on January 9, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43608) New Laws Will Make Spam Worse In my predictions paper a couple of weeks ago I said that new anti-spam laws would effectively legalize spam, making it worse. The laws are in effect now, and the early result is that they are making spam worse. "The US Can Spam Act became law on 1 January, but US email security company Postini saw the proportion of spam rise from 74 per cent in December to 84 per cent within the first couple of days of the new year." I'd like to take some credit for this prediction, but as predictions go, it was a pretty easy one to make. This failure of the legal approach will now force people to think From EdTechPost on January 9, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (43606) Learning Management Systeme als Open Source Software Global Learning hat einige Expertenmeinungen zur Frage eingeholt, ob Open Source basierte Learning Management Systeme eine Alternative zu kommerziellen Produkten bieten. Die Antworten reichen von "Ja", über "Ja, aber" bis "Nein". Besonders empfehlenswert ist das Gespräch mit Rolf Schulmeister (Universität... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 9, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (43605) Google News RSS Feeds Don't know how I missed the cool Google News RSS Feeds site. Subscribed to most of the feeds (NNW is getting full, need more memory!). QUOTEThis web site provides RSS feeds, gathered from Google News every 15 minutes via a Perl script that parses the HTML on the Google News site. It picks the top news site from the top stories of each of Google's 8 categories. This site is NOT affiliated with Google in any way.UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 9, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (43604) Good Luck Nancy Nancy Peralta is about to start blogvangelism: In just two days (well, really 42 hours and 2 minutes) IÂ’ll teach my first professional development course on blogging--The Reading-Writing Connection: Internet Publishing made SIMPLE with Weblogs. I teach in the second largest district in the nation, and as far as I know this will be the first blogging course offered. I wonder what will happen. Nancy has been doing great things with Weblogs, so I'm sure she'll be an inspiration to her class. She's got a --> From weblogged News on January 9, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (43603) Exploring subscription networks Dave Winer has started an initiative for sharing RSS subscription lists. Subscriptions define a social network in a manner similar to blogrolls, so you get an explorable dataset similar to Phil's blogging ecosystem (of which I just found out there's a spiffy new version; here's my record) and Dave Sifry's --> From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (43602) Microblogosphere Top 100 In the item below I suggest picking subsets out of the subscriptions sharing dataset that Dave has assembled. One subset that is of special interest to me is the set of people who read my blog. What does the top 100 look like for this particular crowd? (In other words, what feeds are popular among those who read my weblog?) Of course I'll show up at #1 (how ego-flattering ;) but it would be quite interesting to see the rest of the list. Not hard to do. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (43601) What Good is the Bill of Rights? Does the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the United States mean anything anymore? No. From kuro5hin.org on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43600) PDA Penetration Flattens Research finds that limited function units must evolve into multifunctional devices to survive. From CyberAtlas on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43599) Do Web search engines suppress controversy? Abstract: "Web behavior depends upon three interlocking communities: (1) authors whose Web pages link to other pages; (2) search engines indexing and ranking those pages; and (3) information seekers whose queries and surfing reward authors and support search engines. Systematic... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 9, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43598) On the Economy of Web Links: Simulating the Exchange Process On the Economy of Web Links: Simulating the Exchange Process by Boris Galitsky and Mark Levenehttp://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_1/galitsky/In the modern Web economy, hyperlinks have already attained monetary value as incoming links to a Web site can increase its visibility on major search engines. Thus links can be viewed as investment instruments that can be the subject of an exchange process. In this study we build a simple model performed by rational agents, whereby links can be bought and s From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (43597) Do Web Search Engines Suppress Controversy? Do Web Search Engines Suppress Controversy? by Susan L. Gerharthttp://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_1/gerhart/Web behavior depends upon three interlocking communities: (1) authors whose Web pages link to other pages; (2) search engines indexing and ranking those pages; and (3) information seekers whose queries and surfing reward authors and support search engines. Systematic suppression of controversial topics would indicate a flaw in the Web From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (43596) Security Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide Security Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://SecurityResources.BlogSpot.com/http://www.InternetMiniGuide.com/Security Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide has just been updated and is now available at the above URLs for purchase and immediate download. This 48 page Internet Miniguide has the following table of contents:Research SourcesReference SourcesSearch Engine Sources From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (43595) Iranian Blogger Jailed, Freed; Credits Other Bloggers Online Journalism Review: Iranian Journalist Credits Blogs for Playing Key Role in His Release From Prison. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 9, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (43594) Tranformation Economy In the spirit of looking to the future, James Gilmore, in the latest issue of Batten Briefings from the Darden Business School, argues that we're in an experience economy, and that once experiences become a commodity there's a next step: "In a Transformation Economy, businesses... From Learning Circuits Blog on January 9, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (43593) HP Goes Off the Rails Things must really be bad at Hewlett-Packard since CEO Carly Fiorina sounds quite desperate in her keynote speech at CES as C|Net News reports (Fiorina calls for defense of digital rights). How strange the spectacle of a major computer manufacturer... From The Importance Of on January 9, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (43592) Keeping Up With New Web Sites Keeping Up With New Web Siteshttp://lii.org/search/file/newsites/The following resources are useful for staying current with new and newly-discovered Web sites. Most offer subscription options for e-mail or RSS. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43591) Next Generation Net naming Scheme Rewrites Rules Next Generation Net naming Scheme Rewrites Ruleshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3292043.stmInternet "granddad" Vint Cerf says in the next decade, the Internet will stop being part of the telephone network; instead, the phone network -- along with most other communications channels -- will become part of the Net: "You are going to see a fairly dramatic increase in services riding on top of basic Internet infrastructure. You will see more and more layers of functionality showing up in the Net From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43590) Predicciones 2004 Las formula Stephen Downes en 2004: The Turning Point, y las recoge Octeto: 1. Se solucionará el correo basura 2. Resurgirán las comunidades en línea 3. Se podrá «bloguear» sin escribir 4. Habrá por fin personalización 5. Llegarán los objetos... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 9, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (43589) From writer to editor Responding to Phil Wolff, Sebastian Fiedler explains very well, I think, the problematic gap between weblogs organized mainly by time and other sites organized by such things as "visual mapping tools." He says: There is nothing wrong with the Weblog format per se. What we are lacking are interfaces that would allow for a smooth and quick transformation of content into other, more appropriate, representational formats... well, and back again... Republishing a clickable visu From Seblogging News on January 9, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43588) A "common information environment" Today JISC announced its Memorandum of Understanding with the British Library, the National electronic Library for Health (NeLH), e-Science core programme, Resource, and UKOLN, in support of a Common Information Environment. For details, see the memorandum itself or Philip Pothen's article, Building a common information environment, in the De From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 9, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (43586) Divergence or Emergence That's exactly one of the reasons why BlogTalk 2.0 wants to stop for 2 days to talk about such a notion and moreover create ideas how developers and users and researchers get what they want and need. Pollard on blogs in 2003 (Cla... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 9, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (43585) HP Licenses iPod; Microsoft Loses in More Ways than One The deal will help Apple fight off challenges from Dell, Creative and others, which sell lower-cost music players that compete with the iPod. It's also bad for Microsoft. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 9, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (43584) Elecciones generales en España el 14M El 14 de marzo (14M) serán las próximas elecciones generales en España. La campaña electoral se extenderá desde el 27 de febrero hasta el 12 de marzo. Es previsible que la Red tenga un papel importante en esta campaña electoral,... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 9, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (43583) Womcat Bookmarks freshmeat.net: Project details for Womcat Bookmarks is a program that maintains Web bookmarks in a set of hierarchical folders. It... From Disruptive Technology on January 9, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (43582) rawdog rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. Written in Python, it uses Mark Pilgrim's feed parser. It runs... From Disruptive Technology on January 9, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (43581) Social network software Social network software. Social network software has been getting a lot of attention lately. Is it a good thing or not? I think it's always good to add a channel through which people can find you, especially if you are a small business. Some people are suspicious or nervous about sharing their rolodexes. My view is that those who share thrive, those who hoard die. I'm on LinkedIn - search for me as William Brandon, and please add me to your network. -- BB --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 9, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (43580) Dialog as learning Dialog as learning. I maintain that dialog is one of the main ways that people in organizations learn. Check out Roger Schank's work on stories. -- BB (Addendum: Quick summary of Schank's book, Tell Me A Story.) Dialog is a reso From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 9, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (43579) Die Macht der Strasse?! Das ist doch immerhin 'was und zwar nicht zynisch gemeint. Blogging for freedom . Glenn Reynolds blogs about a happy ending to the story of imprisoned Iranian blogger Sina Motallebi. This is very good news. The icing on th... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 9, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (43578) Gernot Tscherteu über Blogs und RSS und deren Einsatz z.Bsp. im Bildungsbereich. Neuer Aufsatz: Weblogs - eine Webkultur des Wissens. Ein Überblick und eine Einführung zum Thema "Weblogs" fü. Es werden Grundbegriffe wie Aggregatoren (RSS-Reade... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 9, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (43577) ecto - 0.1.6 Ecto: Next generation blogging client (formerly Kung-Log) [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] what is ecto? ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging... From Disruptive Technology on January 9, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (43576) The GED - High School Equivalency Exam GED Writer Steve Miller's popular article has been republished. This 3-part feature questions prospective GED test candidates about their motivations for taking the test, explains where to find GED preparation help, and offers study and test-taking tips. The new format... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 9, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (43575) New work on reference linking The December 2003 issue of ICSTI Forum has three articles on reference linking, one each by Jill O'Neill, Andrea Powell, and Amy Brand. From FOS News on January 9, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (43574) "bt" Registration is open Die Registrierung für BlogTalk 2.0 ist online. Wir stützen uns auf das Service von Kagi, d.h. nicht überrascht sein, die Preise sind in US-Dollar angegeben wiewohl man in Euro und sonstigen Währungen zahlen kann. Die Umrechnungsk... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 9, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43573) Should you split your blog? Last month Lisa Williams answered no, and proceeded to eloquently articulate a key part of the philosophy that motivated the design of the Internet Topic Exchange (which incidentally turns one year old next week!). Basically, unless there are good reasons to do otherwise, all of an individual From Serious Instructional Technology on January 9, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43571) cogdogblog: Repository Folly... Quote: "By rule, I usually avoid use of the "R-word" (repository, too close to the "S-word"), but wanted to launch, here just a few notches into a new calendar, my pessimism on the aspirations of those creating these magical collections of "learning objects." "Comment: Frankly, I share some of Alan's pessimism.  I mentally put the challenge into a category that Clay Shirky's writings might begin to address. I wonder if something as simple as putting the author and institutional affili From Serious Instructional Technology on January 9, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (43570) Politisches Archiv des AA Die Broschüre (31 S. PDF) gibt einen Ãœberblick über die Bestände des Politischen Archivs und führt in die Quellen zur... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (43569) Another sighting of the "OA journals are for rich authors" meme Iain Stevenson, 'Open access' is for the rich only, a letter to the editor in the Times Higher Education Supplement, January 9, 2003 (online access only for subscribers). The argument is clear from the title, but here's an excerpt: "Open access is fine if the article authors have grant funds to pay the publication charge likely in science and medicine but very unlikely in social sciences and humanities, let alone for aspiring authors in any field in poorer countries."(PS: This is rapidly becoming the most com From FOS News on January 9, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (43568) Trusting the ballot According to an article in yesterday's Miami Herald: In Tuesday's special election to fill state House seat 91, 134 Broward voters managed to use the 2-year-old touch-screen equipment without casting votes for any candidate... The percentage of nonvotes — 1.3 percent — is modest compared to the days of ''hanging'' and ''pregnant chads.'' But in Tuesday's race, every vote was crucial. In a seven-candidate field, Ellyn Bogdanoff beat Oliver Parker by just 12 votes. The non-votes may be due to Democrats entering the voting booth o From Joho the Blog on January 9, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (43567) Shift happens Clay points out how the meaning of the term "weblogging" has changed over the last few years as people have repurposed weblog tools in multidinous ways: Weblogging used to mean, roughly, “daily personal publishing, with an emphasis on conversational annotation of links”, and the software was originally designed to match that pattern. Now webloggi From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (43566) Personal effectiveness, improvement.ru and boundary spanning I feel like explaining how did I came to adding personal effectiveness to my "PhD mix". It's a very funny way - via Russian time-management community. Some time back I discovered the improvement.ru community (btw, professionally I "belong", mainly as a lurker, to two Russian on-line communities, this one and e-xecutive.ru). It's a "time-management beyond time-management" community: taking time management as a starting point, From Mathemagenic on January 9, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (43565) Boundary spanning Writing previous post I realised that it would be interesting to look at "boundary spanning" activities of knowledge networkers. I know that there is some research on the topic, but I'm not familiar with it. What would be interesting from my perspective is better understanding of personal triggers and processes of boundary spanning and match-making: How do you spot an opportunity to make a connection? Why do you feel like connecting "related, but not connected" ideas or people? How do you do make a From Mathemagenic on January 9, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (43564) Predicciones de Stephen Downes para el 2004 Stephen Downes publicó el pasado 30 de diciembre en OLDaily sus predicciones sobre nuevas tecnologías para el 2004. A su parecer este año traerá importantes cambios tecnológicos, aunque las consecuencias tardarán algún tiempo en hacerse tangibles: 1. Se solucionará el correo basura, por medio de cambios en el protocolo que exigirán autenticar la dirección del remitente y su identidad. La legislación, en cambio, seguirá protegiendo los envíos masivos de publicidad debido a los intereses económicos en juego. 2. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on January 9, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (43563) FOIA - 4. Quartal Das US-Justizministerium hat eine Zusammenfassung der Entscheidungen zum "Freedom of Information Act" (FOIA) aus dem 4. Quartal 2003 veröffentlicht.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (43562) Insect-Part Limericks The Annals of Improbable Research's newsletter version — and check out its new blog — is running a limerick contest: Investigator Steven Slap recommends that we recommend the book "Fundamentals of Microanalytical Entomology: A Practical Guide to Detecting and Identifying Filth in Foods," by Alan R. Olsen, Thomas H. Sidebottom and Sherry A. Knight. We commend Investigator Slap for his recommendation, and recommend that, for conversational purposes, everyone refer to the book as "Sidebottom's classic 'Fundamentals of Microanalytical Entomology: A Practical Guide to Det From Joho the Blog on January 9, 2004 at 9:47 a.m.. (43561) What YASNSes bring Jeremy Zawodny: "Get yourself out of the mind set of social network software for the sake of social network software and start thinking about how adding a social networking component to existing systems could improve them." Follow the links from JZ's post to find a lot of discussion surrounding this debate. And see the argument that m From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (43560) Hamas would weigh `temporary peace' From Haaretz: News on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43559) Analysis / Making threats, cultivating an image From Haaretz: News on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43558) Qureia: Israel's unilateral moves are pushing us toward a one-state solution From Haaretz: News on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43557) IDF war game to simulate escalation on Palestinian front From Haaretz: News on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43556) United States leaving Syrian track to Israel's discretion From Haaretz: News on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43555) Diplomacy Monitor Ãœber 11.000 diplomatische Dokumente sind im "Diplomacy Monitor" enthalten, der (ähnlich einem Weblog) von der St. Thomas University School of... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (43554) Toward a Universal Order of Cyberspace: Managing Threats from Cybercrime to Cyberwar Although the danger of cyber terrorism and other forms of Internet-related crime is the subject of great debate, this report from the World Federation of Scientists does not downplay the potential consequences of such attacks. Developed by the organi From Techno-News Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43553) Gates Outlines Digital Vision, New Products and Services - Edward F. Moltzen, CRN Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said his company will take broad steps to better integrate audio, video and information into electronics and PC technologies in 2004, including advances to MSN, its Media Center PC and vision for the digital home. In a wi From Techno-News Blog on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43552) More learning going online from Thailand - SRIWIPA SIRIPUNYAWIT, Bangkok Post United Communication Industry Plc (Ucom), in collaboration with Thammasat University (TU), is tapping the increasing popularity of Internet usage through new e-learning programmes. In November, Ucom and TU launched the `Learn2gether' concept by offerin From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43551) Financial decision making ag course available online Iowa farmers can learn to enhance the financial health of their operation by taking an online financial decision making course from Iowa State University Extension. The course is one of a series of online non-credit courses offered through the Agricult From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43550) Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind of Classroom - Neil TOPORSKI, Tim FOLEY; Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Online learning is deeply rooted in correspondence and distance education (DE) models. While the term oedistance education was coined from the earliest days of correspondence offerings, it is the evolution in technologies that seems to be changing the From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43549) First e-learning based Masters program in Total Quality & Performance Management in the Middle East - Anne-Birte Stensgaard, AME Info e-TQM College, the Dubai-based institution specialising in conducting online programs in total quality management, is launching a Masters program in Total Quality and Performance Management.The program is the first of its kind in the Middle East, in co From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43548) More than 1.2 million Wal-Mart associates and their families become eligible for higher education benefits at Capella Capella University, an accredited online university headquartered in Minneapolis, announced today that it has been selected by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, as a preferred online education provider. With the launch of Wal-Mart's n From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43547) WSU Professors Balk at Internet Evaluations - Associated Press The idea of posting professor evaluations on the Internet is drawing debate at Weber State University. The only information made available to students is a rating of professors and courses listed in binders at a desk in the basement of the university' From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43546) Distance education to be made accountable in India - Times of India It's time out for institutes offering sub-standard distance learning education. In the first attempt of its kind, the distance education council (DEC) is now planning to regularise open learning courses offered by various universities across the countr From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43545) E-learning wins lecturer support in UK - Robert Jaques, Vnunet An overwhelming majority of UK lecturers believe that e-learning can "significantly strengthen" the higher education that students receive. A significant number of lecturers who responded to a poll commissioned by e-learning firm WebCT stated that onl From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43544) Virtual university awaits stamp of approval - Neue Zürcher Zeitung Switzerland From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43543) 3-Day Online Conference to Reveal Best Practices in E-Learning For three days beginning January 13, thought leaders and experts from around the world will come together over the Internet to define and explore best practices in e-Learning. The Collaborative Learning 2004 online conference (http://www.icohere.com/cl From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43542) eLearning University to Teach Information & Library Studies Worldwide - Managing Information The Aberdeen based Robert Gordon University (RGU) has partnered with UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU) to offer a range of online postgraduate courses, including a PgCert/PgDip/MSc in Information & Library Studies, to students anywhere in the world. Th From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43541) NCSL eLearning Gateway launched by DfES' Charles Clarke - Public Technology (UK) The National College for School Leadership's (NCSL) new online learning environment, the Learning Gateway, was launched today by Secretary of State for Education and Skills Charles Clarke . The Learning Gateway is an online learning system that will gi From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43540) NHS online eLearning solution praised for success - Public Technology A scheme to train UK National Health Service (NHS) staff in IT skills has been voted Online Learning Solution of the Year for 2003 after getting 40,000 people signed up in the first seven months. The scheme was described as making a 'significant impac From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43539) Differences Between Traditional and Distance Education Academic Performances - Mickey Shachar and Yoram Neumann, IRRODL Abstract: This meta-analysis research estimated and compared the differences between the academic performance of students enrolled in distance education courses relative to those enrolled in traditional settings, as demonstrated by their final course g From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43538) Privacy issues in online teaching and learning - Australian National Training Authority This Quick Guide discusses privacy issues specific to online teaching and learning. It assumes that you are operating in an organisation such as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) or under the auspice of a state training authority that is require From Online Learning Update on January 9, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (43537) Do Web Search Engines Suppress Controversy? Interesting article that touches on distance learning by using the David Noble 'digital diploma mill' controversy as one of five examples. The author asks, do we search engines stifle controversial subjects? There is some evidence that some such issues do not show up in simple searches, but this is more a result of social factors, not technological. In the discussion there is an interesting distinction drawn between the 'organizational' web of "companies, universities, trade associations, consortia, alliances, and government agencies", and the 'analytic web', cons From OLDaily on January 9, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43536) Project Gutenberg 's Anabasis Via Open Access News: Why have ebooks failed thus far? We can get at this by looking at why Project Gutenberg does not use image scans of printed texts: "eople are not interested in scans. Some Project Gutenberg sites each hand out 10 million eBooks per year -- impossible with scanned images or full text eBooks due to their bandwidth-consuming oversize. The "scanners" want to be the only source for "their" books, even when those books are in the public domain -- and are willing to claim copyright on the public domain works of Project Gutenberg in the process. They deny themselves true access t From OLDaily on January 9, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (43535) Web-Sperrverfügungen Ãœber eine Million Webseiten hat der Generalstaatsanwalt von Pennsylvania mit seinen Verfügungen auf der Grundlage der Gesetzesvorschriften 18 Pa. Sta.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 7:49 a.m.. (43534) Memory tabs may render CDs obsolete in 5 years - Financial Post Compact discs could be obsolete in five years, experts say, superceded by a new generation of fingertip-sized memory tabs with no moving parts. Each device could store more than a gigabyte of information in just one cubic centimetre of space. Scientist From Techno-News Blog on January 9, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (43533) SIIA Sends Message to U.S. Secretary of Education Paige on 2nd Anniversary of 'No Child Left Behind Act' The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today recognized the second anniversary of the "No Child Left Behind Act" by updating U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige about the importance of technology in making the law a success and offeri From Educational Technology on January 9, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (43532) Companies battling to provide rural Internet - MATTHEW EPSTEIN, TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT Good Internet access has been slow to come to rural Pennsylvania. But now two companies are about to fight to bring in cutting-edge technology through school districts in Somerset County. Lack of sufficient high-speed Internet hinders academics in scho From Educational Technology on January 9, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (43531) Bush's Political Suicide, 2004 There have been a number of issues during the past four years that have caused American voters to question the competency of G.W. Bush. From the war in Afghanistan to the War in Iraq, from Halliburton to Harken, the left has cried 'foul' and the right has nodded it's modest approval. This week, though, Bush has set himself up to alienate more Republican voters than any of his prior acts in the last four years. From kuro5hin.org on January 9, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (43530) Comparative reviews of open source learning management systems A few weeks ago I remarked that there are so many solid-looking open source systems available now that a comparative review would be really nice. Scott Leslie of EdTechPost kindly pointed me to three such reviews. First, there is a really useful review article by Rob Reynolds at Xplana which, although it tries to be nice to everybody, gives one a pretty good idea of what the different systems are good for. It includes [more...] By Martin Terre Blanche 9 Jan 2004 From Collaborative Learning on January 9, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (43529) Der Fluch des falschen Verdachts Und noch einmal die ZEIT. Terrorkrieg auf Amerikanisch: Ein Algerier ohne Schuld gerät in die Mühlen der Justiz und findet... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (43528) Ersparnisse für die Bestattung Mit Beschluss vom 19.12.2003 (Az.: 16 B 2078/03) hat das OVG Münster entschieden, dass zweckgebundene Ersparnisse älterer Menschen für eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (43527) How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Webhttp://www.miskatonic.org/library/facet-web-howto.htmlFaceted classifications are increasingly common on the World Wide Web, especially on commercial web sites (Adkisson 2003). This is not surprising--facets are a natural way of organizing things. Many web designers have probably rediscovered them independently by asking, "What other ways would people want to view this data? What's another way to slice it?" A survey of the litera From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 9, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (43526)   Teaching Elephants to Dance Today ...   Teaching Elephants to Dance Today the CEOs of the world??s top 1,000 companies have few tools (and little time) to help them make their organizations more innovative. They lie awake at night worrying that a faster, more innovative, and lower-cost competitor could spring up any day, eager to take big bites from their cash cows and star performers. But a set of practices called "corporate venturing" can help to rejuvenate big companies--transforming them from, lumbering organizations into nimbler and more innovative beasts. [--> From Meta on January 9, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (43525) Untitled "There are 2 great secrets to success in life. The first is not to tell everything you know." Anonymous From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 6:47 a.m.. (43524) Interesting thesis topic Kaye Trammel is "a doctoral student candidate whose dissertation deals with celebrity blogs." This post also appears on channel weblog research From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 9, 2004 at 6:47 a.m.. (43523) Study: Farmed Salmon Poses Risks More than half the salmon eaten these days comes from fish farms. Now a study claims that farm-raised salmon contain more dioxins and other pollutants than those caught in the wild. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43522) Gates Previews 'Amazing Decade' Microsoft's mandarin surveys the coming world and Microsoft's integral role in shaping it during his stemwinder that kicks off the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. Katie Dean reports from Las Vegas. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43521) Child Porn Law Debated in Court Pennsylvania officials are defending a state law that allows them to force ISPs to cut off access to any site they say contains child porn. Opponents are challenging the law in court, saying huge swaths of the Net are now off limits. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43520) Home Is Where Intel Wants to Be At CES, Intel displays an all-in-one entertainment device designed to replace all those audio and video boxes next to your television, plus new big-screen TVs and other gadgets. Katie Dean reports from Las Vegas. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43519) The Click Heard Round the World Fifteen years before the Mac, Doug Engelbart demo'd videoconferencing, hyperlinks, text editing and something called a 'mouse.' He tells Wired magazine writer Ken Jordan about his part in the point-and-click revolution. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43518) The 20 Macs That Mattered Most It's the 20th birthday of Apple's Macintosh personal computer. To mark it, we picked the 20 Macs with the biggest impact. By Owen Linzmayer. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43517) Adrian Lamo Cuts Deal With Feds The hacker who broke into the computers of The New York Times faces up to a year of jail time after entering into a plea bargain with federal prosecutors. But his biggest worry may be finding a job. Noah Shachtman reports from New York. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43516) Predicting the Next Big One Scientists at UCLA have successfully predicted the magnitude of recent earthquakes around the world within a time frame of mere months. What's next? A quake in the Mojave Desert, and it looks like it'll be a big one. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43515) Future Home Full of Web Wonders Look past the multimedia servers and other doodads in a mock home of the future, and you'll find some really cool things -- like an appliance that refrigerates and cooks your food. Steve Friess reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. From Wired News on January 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (43514) Oxford Scholarship Online "Oxford Scholarship Online offers the full text content from over 700 Oxford University Press titles covering philosophy, religion, economics and... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43513) Mis alumnos descubren Mis alumnos realizaron un ejercicio de identificación y comentario de tres blogs similares al de cada uno. Esta es una selección de sus hallazgos clasificada por temas: Cine El cronicón cinéfilo Esa la he visto Cinefagia compulsiva Cinequanon No es... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43512) MT-Blacklist - Day 3 I received another comment spam. This assclown picked an entry from last August (hoping I wouldn't notice), posted "great site, well done" then listed *35* URLs as "Other Resources". This one got the full treatment - I reported the spam... From Movable Type on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43511) ..:: IASnet Journal - Educational Blog, Why Not? ..:: IASnet Journal - The Beauty of Rocks ::.. Imam A. Sadisun, has started the Indonesian Community for Educational Blogging (ICeB). Wishing Imam and his fellow Indonesian edbloggers a successful journey with weblogs in education. Great to see educational blogging springing up in different parts of the world. Leave Imam... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43510) A Day in the Life A Day in the Life Debbie Kilburn has a personal blog on her collegeteacher.org domain called A Day in the Life. You will find some personal reflections on her life and teaching journey. Check it out.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43509) BlogWorkz - 0.6 post messages to Blogger-enabled weblogs [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Posting to WebLogs can be very tiresome. You must launch you... From Disruptive Technology on January 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (43508) Boys Choir Leader Faces Ouster Over Failure to Act After Abuse When Walter Turnbull, founder of the Boys Choir of Harlem, was told that a counselor was being accused of abuse, he did not call the police. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (43507) 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 9, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (43506) Wissensmanagement im Unternehmen mit Wiki Ralf Zosel hat sich einmal mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie das Wissen in einem Unternehmen organisiert ist.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (43505) Typolexikon Johannes Gutenberg aus Mainz erfand zwischen 1449/50 und 1457 die Typographie (den mechanischen Buchdruck mit beweglichen Lettern), die in diesem... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (43504) Language Alive! Saturday Spanish Academy Offers Weekend Spanish Class for Children in Atlanta. Language Alive's Saturday Spanish Academy is offering a Spanish enrichment program for children ages 3-13. The Spanish classes will meet at the Little Five Points Community Center, located in Atlanta, GA. Registrations are now being accepted for all age groups. [PRWEB Jan 9, 2004] From PR Web on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43503) Embanet introduces Campus WebPort to help increase enrollment. [PRWEB Jan 9, 2004] From PR Web on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43502) MIAMIntelligence January Calendar On Thursday, January 15 MIAMIntelligence launches its 2004 Lecture Series.MIAMIntelligence presents two weekly lectures, on topics related to Philosophy, Art, History, Science, and Current Events. Most lecturesare held on Tuesdays at the Wolfsonian Museum and Thursdays at the Science Museum, at 7:30 PM.For more information on MIAMIntelligence, and on past and upcoming lectures, please logon to www.miamintelligence.com Contact: Sandra Tartonne Phone: 305-773-8408Email: sandra@miamintelligence.com [PRWEB Jan 9, 2004] From PR Web on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43501) Video Game Retailer Reports Skyrocketing Interest in Educational Games Educational experts cite video games as a detriment to school-age kids forming lifestyle habits that will shape their future. However, one Atlanta video game retailer is experiencing a boom in demand for children's' and educational video games which might turn conventional wisdom about video games on its head. [PRWEB Jan 9, 2004] From PR Web on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43500) An American's story from the remote parts of Thailand The story of a how an American is helping children to help themselves to a positive future in Thailand [PRWEB Jan 9, 2004] From PR Web on January 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (43499) Wem gehört die Mona Lisa? Digitale Kopien von Kunst sind ein Milliardenmarkt. Verlage fürchten um ihre Existenz, Wissenschaftler um die freie Forschung. Ein interessanter Artikel... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 9, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (43498) eLearning University to Teach Information & Library Studies Worldwide From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43497) Gilat to supply China's Central Agriculture Broadcast & TV School From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43496) Online PE class requires more than mental gymnastics From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43495) Click start: Virtual programs simplify employee training From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43494) CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Computers in Education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43493) ULM [University of Louisiana at Monroe] posts teacher evaluations online From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43492) Spinning yarns around the digital fire: Storytelling and dialogue among youth on the Internet From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (43491) LOCKSS project featured in BMJ The LOCKSS project which aims to provide librarians with a cheap and easy way to collect, preserve, and provide access to their own, local copy of web published material is featured in the current issue of the British medical journal From FOS News on January 9, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (43490) OSRAM SYLVANIA Improves Sales Readiness, Enterprise Application Rollouts and Six Sigma Training by Using Centra From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 2:48 a.m.. (43489) Vermont Colleges Choose SMARTHINKING to Help Students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 2:48 a.m.. (43488) Connecticut higher education systems collectively select WebCT Vista, forming one of the Northeast's largest e-learning collaboratives and saving the state $200,000 From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 9, 2004 at 2:48 a.m.. (43487) OCLC Environmental Scan Now Available The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition "From the document, 'The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition report was produced for OCLC’s worldwide membership to examine the significant issues and trends impacting OCLC, libraries, museums, archives and other allied organizations, both now and in the future. The scan provides a high-level view of the information landscape, intended both to inform and From The Shifted Librarian on January 9, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (43486) Renewing His Focus on Schools, Bush Proposes Spending Increase Democrats said the election-year proposal would not change what they called President Bush's record of consistently underfinancing education. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (43485) Stricter Standards in New York May Hold 15,000 in 3rd Grade New York City plans to impose requirements for third graders that officials estimated could lead to one in five children repeating the grade. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (43484) Fewer City Schools Face Risk of Being Shut Fewer New York City schools are at risk of being closed for poor academic performance than at any time since the state began identifying such schools in 1989. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (43483) Some School Districts Challenge Bush's Signature Education Law A growing number of school systems are beginning to resist the No Child Left Behind law, saying it is too costly and cumbersome. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (43482) Walking Tall on Hallway Beat Police officers must unlearn many pieces of their training when the assignment moves from the streets to the hallways of a school. From New York Times: Education on January 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (43481) BMJ: US universities review subscriptions to journal "package deals" as costs rise The British Medical Journal carries a report on cancellations on the Elsevier bundle by US Universitiesbmj.com Mayor 328 (7431): 68 From FOS News on January 9, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (43480) I Just Had to Repost this as a PSA for All Treo 600 Users! Sharper Treo Pictures "The reason for the quality increase is the addition of a program that's discussed in this TreoCentral Forum thread. The program mentioned is Qset and the forum thread contains a link for downloading it. This program allows you to reduce the compression applied to Treo photos, trading off increased memory size for increased picture qu From The Shifted Librarian on January 9, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (43479) And You Thought Your Library's Lost-and-found Was Full! Japanese Lost-and-found Dates Back to 718 "Miles sez, 'Tantalizingly short NYT article (registration required) on the Japanese lost-and-found system, which dates back to 718 (!) and is as telling a snapshot of cultural differences as any I've seen. The picture of the umbrella room is amazing, and looks somehow like a Matrix outtake (must be the lighting & grim walls)....' "--> From The Shifted Librarian on January 9, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (43478) Incorporated Poetry And, to start off I thought I'd take the plunge on publishing something other than professional stuff. So here's 'Incorporated Poetry'. Ta da! I've written an 'About Incorporated Poetry and Me' bit which gives some background, also a first post and a --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 9, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (43477) SlashDock - 2.3.7 SlashDock: RSS/Slash/Usenet headline grabber [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Cool little RSS tool. Its free. For OSX users.... From Disruptive Technology on January 8, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (43476)   Bush Plans Audicious Space Annouce ...   Bush Plans Audicious Space Annoucement  ¶ 11:04 AM From Meta on January 8, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (43475) There are no exceptions to Postel's Law Specs are things with important-sounding words like "W3C Recommendation", "RFC 2616", or "ISO 8879" at the top. Weblogs are things with cat pictures at the top. (1162 words) From dive into mark on January 8, 2004 at 11:45 p.m.. (43474) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]