Edu_RSS ~ January 15, 2004

Most recent update: January 15, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Hey Richard, we haven't had the baby yet! Hey Richard. It was great meeting you. A lot less strident in person than on your blogs (as most people are!) And we haven't had the baby yet (early April). Richard's looking for work. Hire him; I doubt you will regret it. He can write; he can set up --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 10:49 p.m.. (44424) Wow: Four-Way Dead Heat in Iowa The Zogby polling outfit has Kerry, Dean and Gephardt in a dead heat in Iowa in a tracking poll. Edwards isn't far behind. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 15, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (44423) AOL's Worthy Struggles with Participatory Journalism Interesting take by Mark Glaser on AOL's ongoing experiments with blogging, citizen journalism and the like. I hope they keep working on it and succeed. From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on January 15, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (44422) Blair tells the PA to prepare a security plan if it wants talks From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44421) Erez passage might reopen next week From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44420) Inner cabinet to decide on fence defense strategy at The Hague From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44419) Mazuz most likely to be next A-G From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44418) More Sakai details revealed and partner programme presented The Sakai consortium of US universities and the OKI and JASIG standards bodies have revealed more detailed plans for the open source, standard compliant managed learning environment (MLE) that they are building. Most notable is a partner programme by which organisations other than the founding members can join in, and get support- for a fee. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on January 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (44417) Class Begins - All Are Welcome My first experimental online course, "Theoretical Perspectives on Interactivity" will begin next Wednesday, at http://www.rushkoff.com/class. It's a chance for the online community to take part in my graduate seminar at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and a chance for my NYU students to present and defend their ideas in an open interactive forum. The complete syllabus is linked to the class page. Please join in as you like - you're welcome to write the papers, too, and have them cri From rushkoff.blog on January 15, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (44416) Civil Service okays Hefetz as UK envoy From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44415) Arafat kept Barghouti out of Hezbollah prisoner swap From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44414) Analysis / The Klein index From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44413) Police unveil plan to crush crime mobs From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44412) 2003 marks first year of deflation in Israel's history From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44411) On-Line Course Effectiveness: An Analysis of Student Interactions and Perception From ScotFEICT on January 15, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (44410) Feedster Top 100 Very cool. Subscribed! QUOTEEver wonder what feeds are popular with other Feedster-ites? Ever want an easy way to check out some of the feeds that other people swear by? Well we took an anonymous look at the users of myFeedster, our web based aggregator, and calculated the "Feedster Top 100", the most popular feeds based on the number of subscribers. Here it is along with the RSS feed and an OPML file containing the collection:UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (44409) Andrew Grumet's Find That Feed Very cool. Search for a feed by name. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (44408) Newbay, a mobile phone blogging company raises 3.2 million Euros Wow! There is still VC money out there and I guess this proves that VCs think blogging's hot. Who's next? [SOURCE: The FuzzyBlog] QUOTEWow. Good Going Guys.Dublin, Ireland - 13 January 2004 - NewBay Software, developer of the world’s first mobile phone blogging system, has received a €3.2 million investment from the European office of Benchmark Capital, the leading technology venture capital From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (44407) Birmingham: It's not shit Outstanding... off topic again but this is great (um, I'm from Brum), Birmingham Baywatch, the beach under Spaghetti Junction, The Brummie Translator. Ahhhh, how it makes me reconsider leaving as quickly as possible ;o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (44406) Illinois Library Systems Make a Difference! In case you're not familiar with how Illinois is divided into regional library systems, here's a quick overview. There are 13 of them covering the entire State, although it will soon be down to nine this summer due to two mergers currently underway. I work at the Suburban Library System, which is the consortial headquarters for academic, public, school, and special libraries in Chicago's south suburbs. (We're currently investigating mergin From The Shifted Librarian on January 15, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (44405) Library Lookup for Open WorldCat Project! Matthew Eberle of Library Techlog returns to the blogosphere with a heckuva post: Da Vinci Code "Hi y'all. Just saw in Library Journal that OCLC is making some 2,000 records available through Google. This is very cool and the kind of teamwork Gary Price for one has been urging for a while. I've From The Shifted Librarian on January 15, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (44404) Upgrade - MT 2.661 As I thought they would, Six Apart released a minor upgrade to yesterday's 2.66 release:Update: We've released 2.661, an update to 2.66, to fix a problem with invalid XHTML in the comment redirect script, along with using comment IDs instead... From Movable Type on January 15, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (44403) Weblogg-ed Vol.2: RSS and Research Weblogg-ed Vol.2: RSS and Research Will Richardson shares some interesting results when comparing searches on Google, Feedster and Bloglines. Googe comes out last. Worth reading and waiting for a followup.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 15, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (44402) Request for Tender - TLF Science 2 and Science 3 Subject Terms Project Curriculum Corporation is seeking responses to a Request for Tender for the supply of subject terms relating to the Key Learning Area of Science to be used in the Schools Online Thesaurus. The Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT) Project is a collaborative venture between Curriculum Corporation, The Le@rning Federation and education.au limited to develop a thesaurus to describe subjects of online curriculum resources in the Australian and New Zealand P-12 education sector. ScOT is used by The Le@rning Federation to provide subject terms for online learning content and education.au limited to provid From EdNA Online on January 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (44401) I want to be a Mars astronaut I don't support Bush, but I support the Mars mission even if it is unilaterally American. I would become an American citizen if that's what it took to be a Mars astronaut. But I am probably too old and my vision too bad to go to Mars! I'll settle for the moon though. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (44400) John Gruber's excellent analysis of the HP/Apple iPod deal Outstanding analysis. Thank-you! The iPod rocks! I never thought it would be as successful as it has been. But a funny thing started happening this fall; I started seeing tons of people on the bus with iPods. For once Apple seems to be holding on. I hope this continues. QUOTEWhich, it seems to me, is all wrong — and perhaps a sign that Microsoft’s institutional paranoia has finally been wrung dry. In light of the HP-Apple deal, the better question would be, Why would a PC manufacturer go with Windows Media for its digital music products? From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (44399) Da Vinci Code Hi y'all. Just saw in Library Journal that OCLC is making some 2,000 records available through Google. This is very cool and the kind of teamwork Gary Price for one has been urging for a while. I've stuck this project together with John Udell's Library Lookup bookmarklet to get something that moves toward a universal library lookup.Here's the OCLC WorldCat record you can find through Google for the Da Vinci Code.Here's the Semi-universal Library Lookup that should go from Amazon to a Google search for WorldCat records. 1/15/2004 From Library Techlog on January 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (44398) Rahmenbedingungen für die Entwicklung Organisationaler Kompetenz Gerade habe ich verdaut, dass die "Lernende Organisation" ein Widerspruch in sich ist, weil doch die Organisation nach Regeln, Lernen aber nach Neuem sucht. Schon steht der nächste Kandidat zur Wahl: "Organisationale Kompetenz". Manchmal habe ich den Verdacht, dass da... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 15, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (44397) Rente außer Betrieb Einen Tag vor Silvester und ohne jede vorherige Konsultation ließ Commerzbank-Chef Klaus-Peter Müller den Betriebsrat wissen, vom kommenden Jahr an... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (44396) Create an exact duplicate of a CD from the command line I've been trying for the longest time to figure out how to make a disk-level duplicate image of a CD... From Digital Hub on January 15, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (44395) Inept Cato analysis of Dean Net policy The Cato Institute has just released its analysis of Howard Dean's "Plan for the Internet." This is one of the sloppiest pieces of thinking I've ever seen from an organization named after a Roman. The author, Adam Thierer, begins by quoting from the Principles for an Internet Policy on the Dean site. He interprets "No one owns the Internet.... It is ours as citizens of this country and as inhabitants of this planet" as meaning " [G]overnment must treat the Internet as one giant collective resource and regulate accordingly." Wow. (For the record, here's the sentence he leaves out From Joho the Blog on January 15, 2004 at 4:48 p.m.. (44394) Marsarific Google! I love how Google changes their logo, and I just noticed that today's has the Spirit rover and Martians!! I saved a copy of the image here in case it's gone by the time you go look. So good. From megnut on January 15, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (44393) Learning From the Mistakes of Others Frustrated by how poorly one major e-commerce player handles its e-mail newsletter subscriptions, small biz entrepreneur Beth Cox went in search of a better way of marketing to her own customers. From E-Commerce Guide on January 15, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (44392) Kannibalen-Prozess Das US-Blawg "en banc" geht in (s)einem heutigen Beitrag der Frage nach: ""What's wrong with the German internet cannibal?"... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (44391) VoodooPad 1.1.2b1 - Notepad with many advanced... VoodooPad 1.1.2b1 - Notepad with many advanced features. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Update to the personal wiki that won... From Disruptive Technology on January 15, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44390) Mispelling? Us? We help people decide on degree programs. Press Release Source: eLearners.com Inc. eLlearners.com(SM) Launches Free Online Assessment Tool to Determine if Online Education Is Right for You Wednesday January 14, 7:30 am ET eLlearners? HOBOKEN, N.J., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- eLearners.com Inc., creator of the leading website for connecting learners to online... From Internet Time Blog on January 15, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44389) EdSearch Ed Hatton is a very cool guy I met in Dublin when he was managing an advanced eLearning studio for SmartForce. At the time, Ed maintained a personal search site he dubbed EdSearch. I've linked to it for years. Ed has since professionalized EdSearch into... From Internet Time Blog on January 15, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44388) Book Publishing in Every School and Library The Shifted Librarian is trying to bring more attention to library policy in Illinois, particularly a new plan from the governor to give one book a month free to every child from birth to five years old (Giving a Child... From The Importance Of on January 15, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (44387) New Opera contains RSS Reader The new Opera 7.5 beta contains a built-in RSS reader (cumbersome to get to / discover though ... ). It... From Disruptive Technology on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44386) Generic Corp's Implementation Advice Now that Generic Corp has a mission, they need to tell customers how to implement their products. "People have become smarter about how to communicate and conduct business globally and we see that with the explosion of the Web. Today's workforce is realizing the significant... From Internet Time Blog on January 15, 2004 at 2:49 p.m.. (44385) Announcing: SDK for Share Your OPML... Announcing: SDK for Share Your OPML. It's a draft, that means it can change. It's time to dust off the programming manuals and think about interesting apps you can build on the data behind the SYO website. It's off to the races in DeveloperLand! [Dave Winer - Scripting News] Dave continues with his prototyping From Seblogging News on January 15, 2004 at 2:49 p.m.. (44384) What Good is the Third Amendment? Does the Third Amendment of the Constitution of the United States mean anything anymore? Yeah. From kuro5hin.org on January 15, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (44383) Traffic Patterns of November 2003 The at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew by nearly 4.8 million from October 2003 to November. From CyberAtlas on January 15, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (44382) Hollywood Admits Third Screener Online I think I've written about this story enough (Twenty-one Oscar Screeners on the Internet? and Another Screener on the Internet and A Beam in Hollywood's Eye), so this will be the last post on this subject for a bit (unless... From The Importance Of on January 15, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (44381) Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible Satellite Event I'm back among the living and came across what looks to be an exciting event on the Disabled Student Services in Higher Education Listserv yesterday. Working with the PBS Adult Learning Service, the University of Maryland University College is producing a live telecast titled: Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible From the description, the areas that the telecast plans to cover are: How students with disabilities are navigating the Web, and how inaccessible course content impacts the work of faculty and staff How to address accessibility problems posed by cour From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (44379) Applied Blogging - As Developmental Work I’ve recently participated in conversations in the Comments sections of blogs in which I have both contributed and learned, in the micro-community that has formed for the duration of the conversation. I have also recently watched people who are blogging, or with whom I have come into contact via blogging, come to profound realizations about themselves, their current situations and contexts, and the role(s) blogging has played in surfacing and exploring these realizations.Blogging is most ofte From Seblogging News on January 15, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (44378) Dialogue and discussion Chris Corrigan pins down the difference in a post about Richard Feynman: Dialogue is filled with questions (many of which may go unanswered), where as discussions are filled with answers (many of them to questions that were never asked). You might say that questions open, where answers close. By the way, Chris now has an --> From Seb's Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (44377) More on Tracking Reporters via the Web Dave Winer says don't bother adopting a reporter (see this discussion on Jay Rosen's PressThink blog for background) on the campaign trail. Track issues, not journalists, he says. Meanwhile, Jay weighs in with why he likes and hates the original idea himself. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 15, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (44376) To the moon This is the first thing that President Bush has proposed that I'm actually in agreement with (well that's not true, I supported his State of the Union proposal to send millions to Africa for AIDS, but last I heard, that money still hasn't been sent): Bush Outlines Plan for 2015 Moon Landing. I've always been sad that we haven't returned to the moon since December 1972 -- nearly my whole life! And the thought of renewed exploration of the moon and t From megnut on January 15, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (44375) Medical Rounds - Multimedia Grand Rounds http://www.medicalrounds.com/ This site, in part the work of the Lion's Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, presents a large collection of talks on a variety of medical topics in the form of quicktime audio streams and slide shows. One could argue for a variety of reasons that these aren't 'proper' learning objects, but it seemed a good way of disseminating some of the knowledge, as well as some of the dialog, that is found in teaching hospitals and medical rounds across the country. The issue it did raise for me, though, From EdTechPost on January 15, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (44374) Neue Audio- und Video-Suche Fagan berichtet, dass er kürzlich 16 neue Quellen für Audio/Musik-Suche sowie 14 neue Quellen in seinen Bereich Kino/Video-Suche eingestellt hat.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (44373) FeedDemon und Opera Wie man FeedDemon in Opera einbaut, zeigt Nick in seinem Blog. Ãœbrigens ist Sen. J. Biden der erste US-Senator, der... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (44372) "Guru Interviews" Marylaine Block hält auf der Seite ihres E-Zines eine für jeden juristischen Internet-Guru einmalige Sammlung (Auszug) an Interviews bereit: Tara... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (44371) Linking up Clay points to Ben Hyde's reflections on ways to change the slope of the power law curve or to shuffle the blogs that live under it. One way to fight the old-boys-club effect is to avoid linking up - Clay cites as an example the common behavior of blogr From Seb&apos;s Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (44370) Graphlogging Terry Frazier writes on how diagrams can be really useful to help convey the ideas in blog posts. I think I should try and follow in Spike, Dave, and Ton's footsteps and try my hand at making some diagrams of my own. Now it would help immensely if a kind reader could point me to a good boxes-n-arrows graphing tool of the simple-yet-effective variety. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (44369) 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 CyberAtlas on January 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44368) RDF Schema for Learner Project Cool. "The goal of the project is to research user modelling in open P2P environment where learner profiles are distributed and also fragments of a learner profile are distributed." This one is a natural. By Peter Dolog and Tomaz Klobucar, January 4, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect From OLDaily on January 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44367) Open Archives Initiative Service Providers Listing and description of a number of Open Archives Initiative service providers, including SAIL-eprints, my.OAI, Citebase, and others. Part two is here. By Gerry McKiernan, January, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on January 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44366) PEGGasus Website Gallops to the Rescue Coverage of the learning marketplace website, PEGGAsus, that I helped develop along with Bert Einsidel of the University of Alberta and staff at APEGGA and Terra Prime. Nice props in the story as well for my older MuniMall project, still chugging along more than two years after completion. By Bev Betkowski, Express News, January 14, 2003 [Refer][From OLDaily on January 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44365) Adaptech From the email notice: "The Adaptech Research Network (http://www.adaptech.org) is commencing a three-year study that will examine the accessibility for students with disabilities of the various forms of eLearning now used in Canadian colleges and universities." You may also want to look at WebAim, a similar initiative based in Utah. Also just launched is the Accessibility in Distance Education (ADE) site at UMUC. By Various Authors, January, 2004 [From OLDaily on January 15, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44364) Wettbewerb in der Bildung? Wem oder was schadet es, wenn deutsche Hochschulabsolventen im Durchschnitt zwei Jahre älter sind als ihre französischen oder amerikanischen Kollegen? Die in diesem stets leicht panisch vorgetragenen Befund mitschwingende Unterstellung, dass hier auf Kosten des Steuerzahlers und zu Lasten der Gemeinschaft Zeit vertrödelt werde, wäre erst noch zu belegen. Ebenso die Behauptung, dass andere "dasselbe Pensum" schneller schaffen, denn das Pensum ist eben nicht "dasselbe", und "schneller geschafft" ist noch lange nicht "besser verstanden" - die Lehrinhalte, Lernmethoden un From BildungsBlog on January 15, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44362) Wissenschaft und Bloggen Lawrence B. Solum ist Professor of Law an der University of San Diego und macht sich hier, ähnlich wie vor... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44361) Google News renoviert Die Google News wurden weiter überarbeitet und können nun auch bzgl. den RSS den jeweiligen Bedürfnissen angepasst werden.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44360) New T-shirt design for CNBlog.orgI shall order a n ... New T-shirt design for CNBlog.orgI shall order a new design of CNBlog tshirt from eaku.com soon. It now supports full color(photo qulity) pictures. Good job, lay. CNblog.org will integrate this donation service, soon. Let me have a try first. Will get a long-sleeve one in days. From Meta on January 15, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44359) Wettbewerb in der Bildung? Wem oder was schadet es, wenn deutsche Hochschulabsolventen im Durchschnitt zwei Jahre älter sind als ihre französischen oder amerikanischen Kollegen? Die in diesem stets leicht panisch vorgetragenen Befund mitschwingende Unterstellung, dass hier auf Kosten des Steuerzahlers und zu Lasten der Gemeinschaft Zeit vertrödelt werde, wäre erst noch zu belegen. Ebenso die Behauptung, dass andere "dasselbe Pensum" schneller schaffen, denn das Pensum ist eben nicht "dasselbe", und "schneller... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on January 15, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (44358) Amaya 8.2+ Snapshot Released 2004-01-15: Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.2+ includes bug fixes and new features for dates, tables, shortcuts and transformations. Download Amaya binaries for Linux and Windows NT/2000/XP and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page and the Annotea home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on January 15, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (44357) CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Recommendation 2004-01-15: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. CC/PP 1.0 is a system for expressing device capabilities and user preferences using the Resource Description Framework (RDF). CC/PP guides the adaptation of content, making it easier to deliver Web content to devices. Read the press release and testimonials, and visit the Device Independence home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on January 15, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (44356) Dynamic categories A while back I stopped assigning the items I post here to categories. It wasn't because I couldn't be bothered to do the categorization. Quite the contrary, I'm really interested in achieving that result, and more than willing to put some effort into it. But, although I'm generally a huge proponent of the publishing technique I call static serving of dynamically-generated pages, it increasingly seemed like the wrong way to deal with categories. ... From Jon's Radio on January 15, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (44355) Balinese water John Fritz blogs about a paper by Steve Lansing about how attempts to "optimize" the traditional Balinese water supply actually disrupted the social and ecological systems, and not in the good, trendy sense of disruption. [Disclosure: I know John because I'm consulting to Icosystem, the company he works for.]... From Joho the Blog on January 15, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44354) Precise pointing to particular paragraphs Spike Hall describes PurpleSlurple, which enables paragraph addressing on almost any page on the web by inserting purple numbers in it. I've used it a few times already to point to specific places inside long articles and like it very much. My only worry is that my PurpleSlurple URLs will break if the service becomes unav From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (44352) Genese zur TKG-Novelle Die Entwicklung des neuen TKG vom Frühjahr 2002 bis gestern ist auf der Seite tkrecht dargestellt. Hierauf weist das JIPS... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44351) ICT in Practice Awards in 2004 From ScotFEICT on January 15, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44350) Harnessing the network form to make money Ton and others are trying to figure out a business model for klognets. This followup cracked me up. And Gary's comment is thought-provoking. The scenario you describe is viable and works, I can attest to this first hand, although I found it From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (44349) Guidelines to Authors of Internet-Drafts Guidelines to Authors of Internet-Draftshttp://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-guidelines.txtThe IETF Secretariat has updated its procedures for processing expired Internet-Drafts. The updated procedures, which are presented below, can also be found in the document entitled "Guidelines to Authors of Internet-Drafts" . An Internet-Draft will expire exactly 185 days from the date that it is posted on the IETF Web site unless it is replaced by an updated version (in which From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44348) Topix.net Topix.nethttp://www.topix.netA very comprehensive news aggregator organizing news by topic and location. We are observing a number of new news aggregators appearing on the scene that will allow us to redefine the method that we monitor and access current awareness news and happenings on the Internet....truly exciting times!! From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 15, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44347) Universidad Virtual de PEMEX, fundamental para el desarrollo Con ayuda de la tecnología, capacita a 5,300 empleados desde las plataformas marítimas, y ahorra 76 millones de pesos. Con una producción diaria de 3.2 millones de barriles de aceite y 4.4 miles de mi... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 15, 2004 at 8:49 a.m.. (44346) RSS and Research Just an update on my ongoing experiments with using RSS as a continuous research tool for teachers or students. Frankly, I'm still amazed at the concept that we can pretty much automate our research into a particular topic that we want to follow on a regular basis. (I know I still haven't understood all of the implications of this as another idea on how to use this just occurred to me now.) Anyway, for the past few months I've been running searches on Google, Feedster, and --> From weblogged News on January 15, 2004 at 8:47 a.m.. (44345) Localogging Lisa Williams: "strange, but it's easier for me to find out what's going on in Indonesia than what's going on next door. Blogs are a perfect remedy for this problem (see http://www.westportnow.com)." Throw in an ounce of GeoURL a From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 15, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (44344) Microsoft to extend Windows 98 support - eSchool News staff and wire service reports Microsoft Corp. will extend support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) through June 30, 2006, the company said Jan. 12, reversing a decision from last month. Support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edit From Techno-News Blog on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44343) Internet 'Geek' Image Shattered by New Study - Bernhard Warner, Reuters The typical Internet user -- far from being a geek -- shuns television and actively socializes with friends, a study on surfing habits said Wednesday. The findings of the first World Internet Project report present an image of the average Netizen that From Techno-News Blog on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44342) Judge rules Microsoft infringed on Eolas patent - John Borland, CNET News.com A Chicago federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $512 million patent verdict against Microsoft that could ultimately force major changes in many of the most common Internet software products. Judge James Zagel said he saw no reason to overturn From Techno-News Blog on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44341) Nonprofit school consortium forms new kind of cyber school - Associated Press Public schools that have questioned the cost and quality of Pennsylvania's online charter schools have begun joining forces to compete with them head-on. Blendedschools.net, a nonprofit consortium of about 70 mostly rural school districts, was launche From Educational Technology on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44340) Camera phones call up privacy fears for schools - Cara Branigan, eSchool News Picture this scenario: A student is changing in his school's locker room when a teammate or classmate takes out a cell phone, ostensibly to call home for a ride. That night, a compromising photo of the student appears online--taken with his classmate's From Educational Technology on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44339) New standards will make sharing online education software easy and inexpensive - Sally Atwood, Technology Review Say oeonline education and most people imagine taking an occasional professional development course via the Web or studying at a dedicated nonresidential school such as the University of Phoenix or the Open University in England. But on the campuses of From Online Learning Update on January 15, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44338) Putzen, Profs und Patente Was haben Putzfrauen, Professoren und Patente miteinander zu tun? Sie alle sind plötzlich Objekt regierungsamtlicher Begierde geworden. Ein Bericht aus... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44337) Quantum Dice Debut Quantum Dice Debuthttp://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/011404/Quantum_dice_debut_011404.htmlEinstein famously objected to quantum physics by saying that God does not play dice with the universe. The quantum world is filled with uncertainty, so much so that getting a quantum computer to generate random numbers would require an impractical amount of computing resources. A scheme for generating pseudo-random numbers, however, makes for practical quantum dice and could also play From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44336) Software Repairs Itself On the Go Software Repairs Itself On the Gohttp://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/011404/Software_repairs_itself_on_the_go_011404.htmlComputer software has become more sophisticated and we've come to rely heavily on it. This is a problem because it's a challenge keeping complicated programs running. The emerging field of self-healing software aims to make programs take care of themselves. A tool that models data structures helps computers get the picture. [--> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44335) Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 - I... Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://www.InternetMiniGuide.com/Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide has just been updated and is now available at the above URL for purchase and immediate download. This 43 page Internet MiniGuide has the following table of contents:Research SourcesReference SourcesSearch Engine SourcesDirectory and Database SourcesEducation Resources URLs From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44334) Upgraded to MT 2.66 : updated Movable Type came out with a new release today. Changes in this version:1. New mt.cfg parameter: ThrottleSecondsFrom the changelog:Comments are throttled based on IP. The new config parameter ThrottleSeconds gives the number of seconds which must pass between comments before... From Movable Type on January 15, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44333) Casino degree programs sought by USM, Alcorn - Riva Brown, Clarion Ledger The University of Southern Mississippi and Alcorn State University are expected to ask the state College Board next month to approve new degree programs related to casino management.... Alcorn President Clinton Bristow Jr. said the university has been From Online Learning Update on January 15, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (44332) BBC Worldwide announces MBA scholarships - Sify BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Learning in India with two online MBA scholarships from a world-ranked business school in London. Addressing a press conference, BBC Worldwide Managing Director Mark Young said there was a high demand fo From Online Learning Update on January 15, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (44331) Back I'm back to work and to regular posting. I even managed to miss work during my vacation :) Hope to catch up with interesting comments and posts of others over the weekend... From Mathemagenic on January 15, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44330) Unterhalt ggü. Eltern Gutverdienende müssen einen Teil ihrer Sparquote für die Heimkosten ihrer betagten Eltern einsetzen. Der BGH bestätigte zwar in einem Fall... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44329) Richterdatenbank Auf die schon seit geraumer Zeit im Netz befindliche Richterdatenbank weist nun auch AKADEMIE hin. Ein "schönes" Beispiel: Der Mythos... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44328) "Wer sich an den Richter wendet, ..." Der Europäische Gerichtshof sichert die "Wahrung des Rechts" bei der Auslegung und Anwendung der Verträge. Sein Präsident ist seit Oktober... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 15, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44327) Bush: To the Moon and Beyond The president reveals details of his master plan for a renewed American space program. Highlights include a moon base, a space shuttle replacement and a manned mission to Mars. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44326) Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't The latest in window designs incorporates glass that can be transformed from clear to opaque at the touch of a button. The windowpanes also double as computer monitors or TVs. But the question remains: Who will clean them? From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44325) Britain Steps Up Piracy Campaign Following the lead of the RIAA, the British Phonographic Industry says it will sue people who put their music collections online so others can download them. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44324) Give Us a Taste of Our Own Poison Wired magazine columnist Lawrence Lessig offers some advice to the developing world: Hold Hollywood hostage till the United States kills farm subsidies. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44323) Online Festivals Nurture Film Although many online film companies have folded, frequent online festivals give budding filmmakers an avenue of expression. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44322) Reliving Spam's Glorious Past Actually, junk e-mail is very much alive and inglorious, but an exhibit tries to imagine what future archaeologists will make of the stuff that fouls our mailboxes. Michelle Delio reports from New York City. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44321) Moon Base: NASA's Recurring Dream So the president wants a moon base. Big deal -- the United States has been scheming to build one, with varying degrees of plausibility, since the '50s. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on January 15, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44320) HP's Corporate Schizophrenia Late last week Hewlett Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina declared that starting this year all HP digital entertainment products will use software that respects the copyrights of artists. In other words, HP would become one of the leading proponents of... From The Importance Of on January 15, 2004 at 4:51 a.m.. (44319) Link to Jay's talk Oops - forgot to post the link to the trends in collaborative learning talk. Here it is: http://www.internettime.com/blog/archives/001141.html By Martin Terre Blanche 15 Jan 2004 From Collaborative Learning on January 15, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44318) Kein Fussballverein Ich habe bis jetzt einen Bogen um die aktuelle "Elite"-Diskussion gemacht, weil ich das Thema für wenig originell und ergiebig halte. Es spiegelt vielleicht den Zeitgeist wider und reizt mit Blick auf die aktuelle Urheberschaft (SPD) zu ironischen Kommentaren. Mehr... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 15, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44317) Need to check out All Headline News OPML support Must check out All Headline News soon!QUOTEIt was already was one of the best newsaggregators: All Headline News. You can search the headlines from many newssources, but they also offer a lot of categorized selections. Only the major categories are offered as RSS. Till’ today that is. I just got the message they have added a regularly updated OPML file with all 369. That’s a Whole Big Bunch of topic and localized RSS newsfeeds. I’ve of course added this file to my OPML Directory and News link From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (44316) Need to check out StumbleUpon which is supposedly better than Dude, Check this out! According to this comment from brendoman. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (44315) Blogdigger News Once RSS is added, Blogdigger News will be very useful! Can't wait! QUOTEOn the right hand side, you'll notice a little box that says "Subject."  Enter a term in this box, and Blogdigger News will return the most popular links for that subject!.  So if I want to know what the most popular links are on Politics or Iraq, or anything you can think of, enter it into the subject box, and click away!  (For those interested, Blogdigger News does this by using information in the < From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (44314) Whizlabs Launches Registered version of MCSD .NET (70-315) Certification Exam Simulator Whizlabs, the leading provider of IT skill assessment and certification exam preparation launched the registered version of the MCSD 70-315 Exam Simulator, which is sure to add to your preparations. [PRWEB Jan 15, 2004] From PR Web on January 15, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44313) Trends in collaborative learning talk Jay Cross's talk at Collaborative Learning 2004 is now available online as a slide presentation with sound. I love the Macromedia Breeze technology which makes this possible and wonder if there's anything similar available that's free or open source. The talk itself is entertaining and a useful introduction to some of the ideas behind online collaborative learning. Some of Jay's more interesting formulations: "learning = prospering in the communities you care about" "learning = optimizing your [more...] By Martin Terre Blanche 15 Jan 2004 From Collaborative Learning on January 15, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (44312) Bush: Back to the moon by 2015 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44311) Schools Work Together to Make Website on Irish Potato Famine From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44310) PBS To Develop Plan For New Public Affairs Service With Support Of Knight Foundation Grant From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44309) NHS [Natioanl Health Service] online eLearning solution praised for success From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44308) Opening Up Online Education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44307) WCU [Western Carolina University] to offer electrical engineering degree From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44306) Polycom Improving Deaf Education Through Video Solutions And Commitment To Community From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44305) School boards discuss virtual high school From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44304) Gateways to increase Canadian credential earning potential From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44303) Flexible Learning Via Web-Based Virtual Teaching and Virtual Laboratory Systems From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 15, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44302) Despite Gain in Degrees, Women Lag in Tenure in 2 Main Fields More women are earning doctorates in science and engineering, but at the nation's top 50 research universities women remain scarce in tenured, or tenure-track, positions. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44301) Union Urges Faster Removal of Incompetent Teachers The New York City teachers' union proposed cutting to six months the time it takes to remove incompetent teachers. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44300) Schedule Set for Replacing School Boards The New York City schools chancellor laid out the timeline for creating community education councils, saying the city's 32 community school boards would soon be gone. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44299) Stuyvesant Again Leads in Science Contest For the second consecutive year, Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan had more semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search than any other school in the nation. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44298) Assembly Speaker Questions Consulting Contract on School Costs ALBANY, Jan. 14 - The battle over how to fix New York City's public schools took a strange twist on Wednesday, when the speaker of the Assembly questioned the Pataki administration's decision to hire Standard & Poor's to decide how much a good education should cost. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44297) N.C.A.A. Offers Answers to States Challenging Its Rules A bill that calls for California universities to pay Division I athletes the full cost of attendance has captured the attention of the N.C.A.A. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44296) City Settles Suit and Will Take Back Students New York City has settled a federal lawsuit charging that it illegally forced hundreds of struggling students out of Franklin K. Lane High School in recent years. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44295) School Safety Plan at Issue Sociologists, veteran school administrators and others warn that the mayor's goal of creating a safe climate in schools requires more than just isolating troublemakers. From New York Times: Education on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44294) Burgeoning Services Sector gets New Voice on Training Australia’s burgeoning services industry has a new and powerful voice on vocational education and training (VET) - Service Industries Skills Australia (SISA). SISA’s role will be to channel industry 'intelligence' about services industry training needs into the VET system as well as boosting training within the fast-growing industry itself. SISA will represent the interests of almost 640 000 businesses, with more than three million employees, and more than one million volunteers, across sectors including retail and wholesale, sport and recreation, tourism, hospitality, ha From EdNA Online on January 15, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44293) British peace activist shot by IDF dies in London hospital From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 a.m.. (44292) Mazuz seen as most likely to become next attorney general From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 a.m.. (44291) U.S. doubts Assad's ability to execute decisions From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 a.m.. (44290) Analysis / Irresistible temptation From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 a.m.. (44289) 4 killed as Hamas woman blows herself up at Erez checkpoint From Haaretz: News on January 15, 2004 at 2:50 a.m.. (44288) Upgraded to MT 2.66 Movable Type came out with a new release today. Changes in this version:1. New mt.cfg parameter: ThrottleSecondsFrom the changelog:Comments are throttled based on IP. The new config parameter ThrottleSeconds gives the number of seconds which must pass between comments before... From Movable Type on January 15, 2004 at 1:50 a.m.. (44287) Eprof.org - An online English class Eprof.org - An online English class EdBlogger Bruce Henderson sends us the url to his two course blogs out in California's Fullerton College. It's an online english writing course for a 2-year college in CA. Welcome to Fullerton College's hybrid online version of College Writing. We will be working together... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 15, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44286) Upgraded to MT 2.66 Movable Type came out with a new release today. Changes in this version: 1. New mt.cfg parameter: ThrottleSeconds From the... From Disruptive Technology on January 15, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44285) Quotations from bartleby.com Franz Grillparzer said, Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame. # Adrienne Rich said, A thinking woman sleeps with monsters. # Robert Frost said, Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. # I'll be asking students in an introductory writing class to choose some quotations from the Bartleby site and write about how they help them reflect on an aspect of their experience as learners. I thought I'd try the trick myself tonight, and see if I... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 15, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44284) The Moment of Complexity Yesterday I stopped by Avenue Books in the Elmwood, another independent bookseller unable to withstand the Borders/Barnes beast, and found a book I hadn't heard of, The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture by Mark C. Taylor. Wow! I'm only up to page 28, but... From Internet Time Blog on January 15, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44283) Tom Hoffman and Going to Mars Tuttle SVC Tom Hoffman comes up with the best line I've heard about the Bush Mars proposal... Of course once we get there, we'll rename the Red Planet Believe me, I'm as pissed as the next guy that the dream of Space 1999 has been deferred, but the timing on this proposal seems all wrong.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 15, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44282) Giving a Child a Book Versus Giving a Child an Entire Support Institution Restore Library Funding "A January 13, 2004, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper commentary entitled 'Check out a cheaper alternative' included a different outcome suggestion for one of Governor Blagojevich's newest program ideas, which would 'give each child [in Illinois] a book every month from birth to age 5. That sounds like a nice gesture to encourage literacy. But it will turn out to be more symbolism than substance. The $ From The Shifted Librarian on January 15, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (44281) Request for Tender - TLF Science 2 and Science 3 Subject Terms Project Curriculum Corporation is seeking your response to this Request for Tender for the supply of subject terms relating to the Key Learning Area of Science to be used in the Schools Online Thesaurus.The Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT) Project is a collaborative venture between Curriculum Corporation, The Le@rning Federation and education.au limited to develop a thesaurus to describe subjects of online curriculum resources in the Australian and New Zealand P-12 education sector.ScOT is used by The Le@rning Federation to provide subject terms for online learning content and education.au limite From James Farmer&apos;s Radio Weblog on January 15, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (44279) Comments down, maybe coming back soon You still can't comment on entries on this site. I had to turn comments off after getting 1,000 comment spams in two hours. I hope to have a fix in a day or two. Thanks for your patience, and special thanks to some folks who are helping me: Boris Anthony and Karl.... From Joho the Blog on January 15, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (44278) First Wisconsin RSS Feeds! James Ellis sends word that the Wisconsin Historical Society offers three RSS feeds, and he believes that these are the first such feeds to come from the great State of Wisconsin. How great a use of RSS is this?! Wisconsin Historical Site News Wisconsin Historical Society Features --> From The Shifted Librarian on January 15, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (44277) Is that a Terabyte in Your Pocket.... A REALLY Big Hard drive "Continuing my theme of REALLY big things, LaCie has announced the Bigger Disk, a one terabyte external drive. More than enough space to store all of your music, photos and movies whether obtained legally or otherwise. 'The LaCie Bigger Disk, with the largest hard drive capacity available, is a unique innovation that packs an amazing 1 terabyte of storage space From The Shifted Librarian on January 15, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (44276) LOTR - Return of the King Soundtrack I got my cd from Amazon two days ago. I always write to music and have found Howard Shore's music for Lord of the Rings very helpful in unlocking my mind. The last two days have been exceptional. I have... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 11:50 p.m.. (44275) Balloons - 1.0 iMovie plug-in to create balloon titles (like VH-1's pop-ups) [VersionTracker: Mac OS X]... From Digital Hub on January 14, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (44274) Presentation: trends in collaboration Here is the presentation that kicked off the Collaborative Learning 04 conference. It's 25 minutes but you can pick and choose what you want to see. This is recorded in Macromedia Breeze; the live recording didn't turn out that well. After listening, please leave... From Internet Time Blog on January 14, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (44273) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]