Edu_RSS ~ January 17, 2004

Most recent update: January 17, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Ninth Grade Key to Success, but Reasons Are Debated With the rising use of standardized exams to measure school performance, ninth grade is becoming a watershed moment at many schools across the country. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44673) New Law Building Opens at N.Y.U. The nine-story, 170,000-square-foot, red-brick structure at 245 Sullivan Street, which opened last week to students and faculty, almost doubles the law school's space. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44672) My So-Called Blog In the online universe there exists a shadow high school where confessional girls and emo boys reveal all. But even the Web can't make being a teenager any easier. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44671) Students' Data on Web, and N.Y.U. on Defensive N.Y.U. notified about 1,800 of its students that their Social Security numbers, phone numbers and names had been posted on the Internet. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44670) Thousands Pass Regents Tests Under Revised Scoring State education officials have revised the Regents physics exam scores for the last two years, after test scores plummeted in 2002. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44669) Irvington Schools Chief, Charged With Stalking, Remains in Job Schools Superintendent Vincent T. Beni was back on the job Friday after arraignment on misdemeanor charges of stalking a former girlfriend, school officials said. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44668) The West Side: Mittens on, but No Place to Play Like most children his age, Karl Greenfield looks forward to recess, when he can go outdoors and play with his classmates. But after every snowstorm, instead of throwing snowballs or making angels, he sits indoors in an auditorium. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44667) Downgrade to MT 2.65 It's been two days since MT 2.661 was released and I haven't heard any word on whether another upgrade will be released to address issues and complaints from MT users. Looking at changes in 2.66 and 2.661, I decided to... From Movable Type on January 17, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44666) A second Moment of Complexity from grid to network Enormous changes are afoot. Falling between order and chaos, the moment of complexity is the point at which self-organizing systems emerge to create new patterns of coherence and structures of relation.. Having grown out of investigations in the biological sciences, the... From Internet Time Blog on January 17, 2004 at 9:49 p.m.. (44665) Assad doesn't believe peace with present gov't possible From Haaretz: News on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (44664) Teen accidentally kills friend, then self From Haaretz: News on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (44663) Panel to debate allowing cameras to cover High Court From Haaretz: News on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (44662) IDF to step up anti-terror action in Gaza Strip following Erez attack From Haaretz: News on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (44661) PM weighs changing separation fence route From Haaretz: News on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (44660) Another Reason Not to Shop at Wal-Mart New York Times (reg req): Workers Assail Night Lock-Ins by Wal-Mart. The reason for Mr. Rodriguez's delayed trip to the hospital was a little-known Wal-Mart policy: the lock-in. For more than 15 years, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, has locked in overnight employees at some of its Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. It is a policy that many employees say has created disconcerting situations, such as when a worker in Indiana suffered a heart attack, when hurricanes hit in Florida and when From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 17, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (44659) Hubble Hobbled by Bush's Bubble I starting writing about this last night on The Feature, but I'm still finding myself actively irked, so I'll use my blog to blather on. In order to fund Bush's PR campaign for space - a series of pointless but publicity-rich manned flights to the moon and Mars - NASA will have to abandon the Hubble telescope. The shuttle mission to do routine maintenance and battery replacement has been canceled, and the telescope has been slated to die sometime in 2007. Perhaps NASA's single greatest exploratory achievement, the Hubble has been sending images of th From rushkoff.blog on January 17, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (44658) New Article on Weblogs & Education In Information Today and written by blogging leader Will Richardson, "Blogging and RSS -- The "What's It?" and "How To"... From Education Librarian on January 17, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (44657) Collection Development Policy Revisions The Curriculum Center Committee of EBSS (Educational and Behaviors Social Science section of ACRL of ALA) is in the process... From Education Librarian on January 17, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (44656) Educator's Reference Desk Needs Help David Lankes (of Syracuse and AskERIC fame) is soliciting volunteers who might be willing to help build and continue the... From Education Librarian on January 17, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (44655) RSSWinterfest Nächste Mittwoch gibt's RSSWinterfest eine Webcast zum Thema RSS, Content Syndication und Enterprise Blogging mit den üblichen Verdächtigen. Gerade deswegen interessant.   How do I participate? Register at here You may als... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 17, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (44654) The Horse Race Syndrome Some day, we could just cover the issues. Nah, that would take away our role as arbiters, and we couldn't allow that to happen, right? From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 17, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (44653) Vice President and his Supreme Court Justice Buddy It's blatantly improper for Scalia and Cheney to buddy it up this way. But when Scalia says, as he's quoted in this story, "I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned," he invites ridicule. Too bad, with Republican control of government, that it won't go any further. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 17, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (44652) Fair Use, Free Use and Normal Use Derek Slater calls it "free use", I call it "normal use." In a post that looks at the new Real Player that plays Apple's proprietary formatted iTunes, Derek notes that people frequently seem to lump all non-infringing uses into the... From The Importance Of on January 17, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (44651) (Un-)Schuldsvermutung? Der Beitrag, insbesondere auch die Kommentare, zu dem Artikel bei Slashdot zeigen erneut: Hartnäckigkeit führt auch zum Ziel!... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44650) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Q... 4 Not that anyone but me cares, but number 4 (my French numbering skills went out the ouvre) in my recent spate of blog tinkering notes (1, 2, 3) was a recasting of the date-based archives, the monthly archives MovableType builds... From Movable Type on January 17, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44649) Testing Windows Upstreamer Upstreaming in Radio Userland is a great idea. It's very nice to be able to drop a file in the www folder and have Radio automatically upload it to your weblog.The problem is that Radio has to check every file... From Radio on January 17, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44648) Site licenses for commercial journals bad, for society journals good Carl T. Bergstrom and Theodore C. Bergstrom, The costs and benefits of library site licenses to academic journals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online, January 8, 2004. Abstract: "Scientific publishing is rapidly shifting from a paper-based system to one of predominantly electronic distribution, in which universities purchase site licenses for online access to journal contents. Will these changes necessarily benefit the scientific community? By using basic microeconomics and elementary statistical theory, From FOS News on January 17, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (44647) China sends a policeman to Afghanistan Chinese press reports that China will send a policeman to Afghanistan. His name is Zhang Ming, and is a former drug-cop. China sends him after getting a request from UN to participate in UNs peacekeeping forces. From kuro5hin.org on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (44646) WABAG vs. Strauß Nach siebenjährigen Ermittlungen muss sich der Politikersohn Max Strauß ab Dienstag wegen Steuerhinterziehung vor dem LG Augsburg verantworten. Die Staatsanwaltschaft... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (44645) METRO jetzt mit Chip Die METRO-Gruppe beabsichtigt, mit sofortiger Wirkung bis zum Jahre 2007 ihre gesamten 800 Großmärkte mit sog. "RFID-Chips" auszustatten. Dies wurde... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (44644) Current blog posting - Stu Savory Far Queue : Learning foreign swearwords. By Stu Savory, January 17. From Stu Savory's Blog on January 17, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (44643) Tom Hoffman on "Share Your OPML" Tuttle SVC Tom Hoffman has a nice piece about Dave Winer's "Share Your OPML!" campaign. In comparison, "Share Your OPML!" is simplistic, even by the standards of Dave's earlier work, requiring users to manually export an OPML list from their aggregator and submit it to a central server. Only the subset of geeks who are game to try every blog gadget that come down the pike (which includes me) will ever do this, and that subset is the best understood and most easily studied part of the blogosphere.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 17, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (44642) It Was 20 Years Ago Today Betamax taught the band to play. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (44641) RA Herrmann vs. BaurechtsCentrum.de Durch Urteil (7 S. PDF) des LG Koblenz vom 13.01.2004 hat der Kollege Herrmann gegen den als BaurechtsCentrum firmierenden Internetverlag... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (44640) Poverty - Egg or Chicken? - Food Crisis or Opportunity? When most work was manual, everyone had a chance of working and most had a chance of making some kind of a living. There was poverty, as many did not make much, but there was nearly always hope for work... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 17, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (44639) John Perry Barlow on Spalding Gray A sad, funny, beautiful response to Spalding Gray's absence.... From Joho the Blog on January 17, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (44638) Net No Threat To Newspapers - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas Rather than compete for readership, newspapers have developed a collaborative relationship with the Web, according to a comprehensive survey by The Media Audit of 85 U.S. metro markets. The firm found that newspaper Web sites help to extend the reach From Techno-News Blog on January 17, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (44637) Beyond Branding - Great Resource Here is an example of the quality of work pouring out on this blog The Beyond Branding Blog This like Cluetrain is a site where a group of authors talk about related ideas that are in their new book -... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 17, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44636) Mit Online-Communities arbeitsplatznahes, informelles Lernen unterstützen Das Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) hat 814 Nutzer verschiedener berufsbezogener Online-Communities befragt, um zu erfahren, was diese Personengruppe (gegenüber Nichtnutzern) auszeichnet. Dabei wurde u.a. festgestellt, dass es sich bei den Nutzern häufig um Experten und Fortgeschrittene im Umgang mit dem... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 17, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44635) MT v2.661 MTs neueste Version ist derzeit 2.661, die angesichts des eingebauten automatischen Kommentar-Spamschutzes unbedingt verwendet werden sollte.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44634) Untitled "Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture." David Bohm (1917-1992), physicist & philosopher From Seb's Open Research on January 17, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (44633) The brokenated horrorfulment of traditional phone conferencing On M2M, Clay's impressions following a phone conference: The press often focusses on the ways VoIP is cheaper than regular telephony, but that doesn’t hold a candle to the ways the internet is better than the phone system. We’ve barely even imagined ways of integrating voice into social software, because the one model we have for handling voice at scale has trained us to tolerate ridiculously hard group-forming. From Seb's Open Research on January 17, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (44632) Hazleton will join exclusive ranks of wired cities - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader By the end of the year the city [of Hazelton] should be in technologically exclusive company as officials on Thursday announced plans to install a fiber-optic network capable of offering a bundle of television, Internet and telephone service to homes a From Techno-News Blog on January 17, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (44631) Trend Micro Says 2003 Viruses Caused $55 Billion Damage - Jennifer Tan, Reuters Trend Micro Inc., the world's third-largest anti-virus software maker, said on Friday computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated $55 billion in damages in 2003, a sum that would rise this year. Companies lost roughly $20 billion to $30 From Techno-News Blog on January 17, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (44630) CyberBee Designed and created by Linda Joseph, a library media specialist who works with the Columbus, Ohio public school district, CyberBee is a site dedicated to helping young people learn about using the web for research and assisting teachers with the pro From Educational Technology on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44629) An Interactive Higher-Order Thinking Tool - Scott A. Sinex, techLearning Look in any science or economics textbook and you will find graphs. The graphs tell a story which we want our students to understand. Typically, the graphs are mathematical models of systems that are dynamic and influenced by other variables not plotte From Educational Technology on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44628) Mark Young, CEO, BBC Worldwide, on BBC Learning"the e-venture recently launched in India - Smita Mitra, Outlook India What is BBC Learning all about? It's a gateway to quality education in UK and US universities through e-learning. Why is it being launched here now? BBC has been providing news to India for the last 70 years. Our motto is to inform, educate and entert From Online Learning Update on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44627) Blended Learning and Business Change - Michael Brennan Online delivery of training (i.e., e-learning) has surpassed the early-adopter stage, and companies find that the longer they use it, the more they use it. A cost-cutting slant has been effective in fostering its growth as a tool at the disposal of traini From Online Learning Update on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44626) Conducting Research Surveys via Email and the Web - Rand Corporation While many visitors to commercial websites may find themselves asked to take part in any number of marketing-type surveys, more and more scholars are attempting to use the web to create well-defined surveys to examine academic questions. This intrig From Online Learning Update on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44625) The goatse.cx domain has been suspended The administrator of the .cx TLD has suddenly and without warning suspended the domain name goatse.cx. The infamous picture has been replaced by a message announcing the suspension. From kuro5hin.org on January 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44624) The Corporation - Film Clip Here is a clip from the movie - Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Ray Anderson and more. It is only a few minutes long but has the guts of the film and a good feel for the approach Can't wait... From Robert Paterson'apos;s Weblog on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (44623) Bad Weather on PEI CBC have a great link to all the news on any bad weather here on PEI - News such as closings, meetings plus road conditions - everything you need on one page... From Robert Paterson'apos;s Weblog on January 17, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (44622) Implementierungsstrategien für E-Learning-Umgebungen Es ist auf den ersten Blick nicht zu erkennen, was der genaue Anlass dieses Artikels ist. In jedem Fall ruft er noch einmal die fünf Leitprojekte des Themenfeldes "Nutzung des weltweiten Wissens für Aus- und Weiterbildung und Innovationsprozesse" in Erinnerung,... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 17, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44621) NSIR - Question Answering System NSIR - Question Answering Systemhttp://tangra.si.umich.edu/clair/NSIR/NSIR.cgiNSIR is a Question Answering System being developed by CLAIR research group at the University of Michigan. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44620) The SCORM Conformance Test Suite Version 1.2.6 (Self Test) is Available for Download From ADL News on January 17, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44619) Current News Aggregators There have been several newly created and a number of updated web applications current news aggregators on the Internet. I have listed a number of the most competent resources below to use as one of the resources to aggregate current awareness news and happenings on the Internet:Columbia Newsblaster: Summarizing All the News on the Webhttp://www1.cs.columbia.edu/nlp/newsblaster/Gixo - Personalized Online News Servicehttp://www.gixo.co From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44618) My Expert Doctor My Expert Doctorhttp://www.myexpertdoctor.com/Myexpertdoctor was created by Dr. Christopher Sciamanna, a Brown University physician who specializes in the use of computers to improve health care quality. Dr. Sciamanna has brought together a group of nationally recognized experts to help translate the most up-to-date guidelines into tools that patients can use to improve their care. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44617) IBM's Web Fountain IBM's Web Fountain: Creating Computers that Are Not Gluelesshttp://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/jan04/0104comp1.html Computers can manipulate vast amounts of data, without knowing what any of it actually means. Now a major breakthrough in the field of machine understanding could spell big business for its developer, IBM, as well as data miners, content providers, libraries and anyone else who relies on information. IBM's WebFountain is a huge collec From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44616) W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be Knighted by Queen Elizabeth W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be Knighted by Queen Elizabethhttp://www.w3.org/2003/12/timbl_knighted Buckingham Palace has announced that Queen Elizabeth II will make Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). UK Honours are available to all who give service in the United Kingdom. Mr. Berners-Lee, a British citizen, is being knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through the invention of the World Wide Web. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44615) CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Recommendation CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Recommendationhttp://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-CCPP-struct-vocab-20040115/http://www.w3.org/2004/01/ccpp-pressreleasehttp://www.w3.org/2001/di/ 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 de From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44614) World Internet Project World Internet Projecthttp://www.worldinternetproject.net/The originators of this project believe that the Internet (in whatever distribution system: PC, television, wireless or some yet to be developed system) will transform our social, political and economic lives. We further believe that the influence and importance of the Internet will dwarf that of the most important cultural influence of the past 50 years: television. Potentially the Internet represents change on the order of the industrial revolution o From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44613) A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services By Martha L. Brogan - Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resourceshttp://www.diglib.org/pubs/brogan/http://www.diglib.org/pubs/brogan/brogan2003.pdfThis 100-page report, commissioned by the DLF, provides an overview of a diverse set of more than thirty digital library aggregation services, organizes them into functional clusters, and then evaluates them more fully fro From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44612) Articles, Abstracts, Documents, Papers, Reports, and Literature Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide Articles, Abstracts, Documents, Papers, Reports, and Literature Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://www.InternetMiniGuides.com/http://academicresources.blogspot.com/Articles, Abstracts, Documents, Papers, Reports, and Literature Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide has just been updated and is now available at the above URL for purchase and immediate download. This 55 page Internet MiniGuide has the following ta From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44611) Digital Libraries Magazine Digital Libraries Magazine http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january04/01contents.htmlThe January, 2004 Issue of Digital Libraries Magazine is now Online. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44610) The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics The Australasian Journal of Combinatoricshttp://ajc.math.auckland.ac.nz/The Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia provides their first decade of their journal for free. The latest decade and a half is limited to tables of contents. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44609) Biocompare - Buyer's Guide for Life Scientists Biocompare - Buyer's Guide for Life Scientistshttp://www.biocompare.com/index.aspBiocompare offers a site that gives a multitude of resources for the bio and life scientists and allows the comparison of various resources, products and services. I have just listed in my Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44608) Web Stars: Best of the Web Web Stars: Best of the Web by Josh Taylorhttp://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113745,00.aspWhere should you go for news, research, shopping, and more? We compare Goliaths of the Web to lesser-known upstarts--and discover some surprising results. The Web has been around long enough that even the most adventuresome surfer might end up in a rut, always using the same sites to get work done. So we put up the periscope to scan for the best newcomers and compared them to the Net's From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44607) Just When You Thought Information Was Safe Just When You Thought Information Was Safehttp://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan04/ebbinghouse.shtml The U.S. House of Representatives has before it an attempt to create a new type of intellectual property specifically for databases. Among the major concerns for libraries and other information providers to the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act" (H.R. 3261) are such questions as: Will performing interlibrary loans, preservation projects, circulating material, an From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 17, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44606) netzlernen.ch: notizen zum cyber-learning Dieses Weblog gefällt mir schon jetzt so gut, dass ich es nicht nur im BildungsBlog, sondern auch hier erwähne: netzlernen.ch ist ein Blog mit notizen zum cyber-learning. Es geht also um eLearning, Blended Learning, WBT, Schulen im Netz u.ä. Natürlich gibt es auch einen RSS-Feed in voller Länge inkl. Markup - und sogar einen Atom-Feed, für die wahren From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on January 17, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44605) Pflegerecht In Zeiten der Gesundheitsreform nimmt naturgemäß auch das Pflegerecht ein exponierte Stellung ein. Der Luchterhand-Verlag hat daher speziell zu diesem... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44604) Israel und der illegale Organhandel Die israelische Regierung ist offenbar in einen groß angelegten illegalen Handel mit Organen verstrickt, meldet heute der Kurier. Die Spender... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 17, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44603) Study: Music Piracy Rising Despite the eternal vigilance of the RIAA, punctuated by threats of dire consequences and the occasional lawsuit, people are downloading music illegally at an unprecedented rate. From Wired News on January 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44602) CBS Shields Pigskin Fans From Ads The network refuses to run Super Bowl ads submitted by MoveOn.org and PETA, saying it has a policy against accepting advocacy advertising. Or maybe it just doesn't like the image of jiggly women rejecting a meat-eatin' man. From Wired News on January 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44601) Diebold Gets Stay in California Expecting California officials to rule on Diebold Election Systems' recent actions in the state, voting activists descended upon the capital Thursday to express their views. But nothing happened. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento. From Wired News on January 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44600) Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign Issue Sensing the public's unease with the Bush administration's obsession with secrecy, Democratic candidates are promising more government transparency. Some praise the promised policies, while others say it's just rhetoric. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on January 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44599) 3. E-Learning Konferenz am... Sich am Computer über das Internet schnellen Zugang zu Informationen zu verschaffen ist durchaus akzeptiert. Elektronische Medien jedoch zum Lernen und Lehren zu nutzen, dem stehen viele skeptisch gegenüber. Lieber fährt man zur Weiterbildung in die nächste Stadt, als sich vor Ort mit einem "unpersönlichen" Computerprogramm herumzuschlagen. "Dabei liegt gerade in dieser Zeit- und Ortsunabhängigkeit der Vorteil des E-Learning", so Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bolten. "Zudem ermöglichen E-Learning Programme eine hohe Interaktivität. Das kann kein Lehrbuch l From PR Web on January 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44597) Major information service on language issues announced Announcing a web portal highlighting Esperanto and related language issues - from parliamentary debates to the Shattner film in Esperanto. [PRWEB Jan 17, 2004] From PR Web on January 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44596) Former Coca-Cola Employee to be Memorialized A former Coca-Cola Senior Systems Specialist, Ajibola Tai Laosebikan affectionately known as Tai Laosebikan and currently a plaintiff in a Racial Discrimination lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company, will be memorialized on The Wall of Tolerance. The Wall of Tolerance represents people who stand for justice and practice tolerance in their daily lives, a project sponsored by The Southern Poverty Law Center, chaired by Mrs. Rosa Parks and co-chaired by Morris Dees. The Southern Poverty Law Center has won a series of historic lawsuits against hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. [PR From PR Web on January 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44595) Mind Graph Ebook: A New Graphic Language to Solve Problems Angel Serrano, computer science's student has created a graphic language to solve problems. This graphic language has been developed during several years and it promises to be an effective solution to the academic problems. [PRWEB Jan 17, 2004] From PR Web on January 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44594) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Q... 4 Not that anyone but me cares, but number 4 (my French numbering skills went out the ouvre) in my recent spate of blog tinkering notes (1, 2, 3) was a recasting of the date-based archives, the monthly archives MovableType builds for you. With the out of the box templates, MT simply takes every blog entry yo From cogdogblog on January 17, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (44593) Blogging In the Wind Ever since I launched this weblog April 2003, I have been talking up blogs quite a bit in my system. The usual heat seekers grab on to the potential and some of the more technology skeptical folks at least do not wrinkle their brows in confusion when I mention "blog". I've run a few "BlogShops" , set up some blogs for folks to experiment with, etc. Most seemed to lack the almost OCD tendencies needed to keep at the practice. The uptake has not quite taken off yet, even after some nibble From cogdogblog on January 17, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (44592) More Than Ever, Tests Loom for Third Graders and Parents The standardized test third grade students will take this spring, determining if they will repeat the grade, is already causing anxiety. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (44591) In Protest, Professor Cancels Visit to the U.S. In protest of the American policy of fingerprinting arriving visitors, an Italian philosopher is refusing to teach at New York University. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (44590) An Islamic Scholar With the Dual Role of Activist Aminah McCloud's double role as activist and academic raises old questions about how to mix scholarship and social struggle. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (44589) Court Allows Kenyan Pupils With H.I.V. Into Schools The Kenyan government will be forced to admit 72 children from East Africa's largest orphanage for AIDS-affected children into public schools. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (44588) On Iraqi Campus, Free Can Be Messy Many of the changes the University of Baghdad has experienced mirror the greater transformations, both good and bad, in Iraqi society. From New York Times: Education on January 17, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (44587) U.S. Constitution and U.S. Employment Law HYPHEN New Quick-Reference Guides From Permacharts Permacharts, Inc. is pleased to announce our newest releases: U.S. Constitution and U.S. Employment Law. These charts continue our successful line of humanities and law titles. Permacharts help everyday people quickly understand the details of a given subject. [PRWEB Jan 11, 2004] From PR Web on January 17, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (44586) Dress Warm in North Miami C|Net News has published a Reuters wirestory on yet another First Amendment-violating anti-violent games law (Florida city targets computer game violence). Mayor Joe Celestin of North Miami City is apparently offended by the line "Kill the Haitians" in the videogame... From The Importance Of on January 17, 2004 at 12:51 a.m.. (44585) Why Three Heads Are Better Than One (How to Create a Know-It-All Company) Yet another Knowledge Management article that doesn't mention blogs. Up with blogs, down with Knowledge Management! In 2004, I wouldn't trust any KM program that doesn't include blogs. Blogs are the best way to tell stories and share tacit knowledge. [SOURCE:CIO.com - Knowledge Management] QUOTEEven in the best of times, it's a battle to convince employees to participate in knowledge management programs. But in tough times, the tendency is for employees to horde what they know. Here' From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 16, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (44584) ALA 168: The Perfect 404 No matter how carefully you design and structure your site, visitors will sometimes request missing, moved, or non-existent pages. A well tempered 404 error page will plunge these visitors back into the flow of your site. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 16, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (44583) Reflection & retrospects Denham Grey has written a blog entry on group reflection, and its role in knowledge management. To quote: Group reflection is a powerful way to surface insights, assumptions and issues. Knowledge practices that support & encourage reflection, evaluation, validation and... From Column Two on January 16, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (44582) Integrating weblog aggregation data with enterprise data Michael Angeles has created a diagram showing how to use HR data to connect people, using both weblog and enterprise systems. To quote: Specifically, how do you make aggregated data integrate with other views of enterprise information? The diagram below... From Column Two on January 16, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (44581) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]