Edison scores a much-needed victory A surge in Las Vegas test scores suggests some corporate school management could help. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Nokia cuts 50 jobs, focuses abroad The cell phone giant confirms it is laying off 50 engineers in Texas as its concentrates its research and development efforts in the United Kingdom and India. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Computer Associates, others sign SCO licenses The SCO Group confirms that three more companies--Computer Associates, Leggett & Platt, and Questar--have purchased licenses for its intellectual property, allowing them to run Linux without fear of legal action. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Verbed What other words have been "verbed"? I can think of some companies such as xerox which is not on the verbed noun list over at the word spy. If enough words get verbed perhaps, as hobbes mentions language can... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 4, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Building the Foundations of a Lifelong Learning Society From ScotFEICT on March 4, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Credibiliity Chuck Fred is author of Breakaway. Here's my Amazon review: If you only have time for one book this year, read this one. September 21, 2002 Reviewer: Jay Cross, Berkeley, CA USA What has really changed in our world in the last two decades? Time... From Internet Time Blog on March 4, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
X1 gears up X1 is the best desktop search engine I've found for Windows. It indexes your email, your contacts, and all the files on your desktop. Want to find that email talks about phlogiston? By the time you've finished typing in "phl," X1 will have found it. I use it maybe 5 times a day. Now X1 is starting to market itself. Good. It's worth the $100 in time savings alone. It's held up well as my email archive has grown to 110,000 messages. And the company has been very responsive to bug reports and enhancement requests. So, go X1! I hope... From Joho the Blog on March 4, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
Important Homeland Security Notice- Homeland Security and Fraud Prevention Executive Don L. Rondeau discovers a breakthrough method for Identifying the potential targets and tactics of an adversary. Years of research and experimentation culminate in a new tool for the homeland security,risk management,or loss prevention exec. Don L. Rondeau developes next generation Red Teaming Method. Can this method be used to identify terrorist targets before they are struck? [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Comcast customers suffer e-mail outage Broadband subcribers from Philadelphia to California complain that they can't access their e-mail accounts--on the same day the cable giant revamps a Web-based version of the service. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Antivirus firm secures lists after virus leak F-Secure adds more security to its customer mailing lists after a moderator accidentally forwarded a virus to users of the company's antivirus software. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
March 4: Don't touch that dial! Has the world changed, or have I changed? Seattle radio has taken a turn for the bizarre... From Everything Is Dumb on March 4, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..
Telemedicine: step one How home computers help doctors save lives Remote access system lets health care professionals make more accurate off-site diagnoses (Kevin Marron, Special to The Globe and Mail, Thursday, March 4, 2004) "Winter driving in the mountains of central British Columbia [Canada] can be difficul... From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..
Sharman may appeal court ruling Kazaa's parent company is disappointed in the court's decision to admit seized evidence and remains "outraged" at the music industry's "heavy-handed tactics." From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
PeopleSoft neglect would cost Oracle $1.56 billion From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Storage hardware sales on the rise Sales of external, controller-based disk storage went up 6 percent in 2003 and could increase another 8 percent this year, according to Gartner. Dell wins share, but Big Blue loses ground. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
States join spyware battle Utah passes the first bill to block PC ad pests; other states are looking to follow. But could state legislation unintentionally hamper legitimate business on the Net? From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Archaeo-Log Hier soll in Zukunft ein Log zu den Themenbereichen Klassische Archäologie und Ur-und Frühgeschichte entstehen archaolog.twoday.net From BildungsBlog on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..
Wiki Basics & Wiki RSS Feeds Hey, cool referrer brings me Wiki School Basic Course which looks like a most excellent introduction-to-wikis-type-thing and has some pretty useful links too (including me ;o)! It's got an RSS feed too which is exciting... either I'm totally blind or I haven't seen an RSS enabled wiki before (could be for the whole wiki or just this section) perhaps... and this is a pretty significant possibility I reckon... Wik From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 4, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Badly Dressed Teachers Well, whaddya know, teachers is South Australia are getting a dress code [snicker]! From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 4, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Canadian Supreme Court rules for plaintiff in copyright case CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004 SCC 13. The Canadian Supreme Court upheld the appeal of the Law Society of Upper Canada which was sued by several legal publishers for having photocopiers in its research library and maintaining a photocopy distribution service "in person, by mail or by facsimile transmission" for the society's members. Excerpt from the court ruling: "Research" must be given a large and liberal interpretation in order to ensure that users' rights ar From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Closing Some of the Comments All of the Time Back in November 2003, when I was wasting a lot of time dealing with blog spam, I wrote blogged the approach I took to close comments for this site after an entry had been up for 30 days. In a nutshell, I have a timed job calling a PHP script that rummages through the MT database and closes comments for entries that are more than 30 days old. It worked great. Except yesterday that it was doing this not just for this blog, but all the other blogs hosted on the server. Not quit From cogdogblog on March 4, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Twisted Google competition Only the French could come up with this idea! A competition to create a web page that will come up first on Google's results for "mangeur de cigogne" (loosely translated by stork eater). From miss-information.net on March 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
SCO: Leaked e-mail a 'misunderstanding' The embattled Unix company says the author of a memo that connects Microsoft to $86 million in investments in SCO was mistaken. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Blogging Context It is somehow harder for me to blog when I'm more busy. Which is maybe obvious, but also weird in that it is often that I ought to have more things to blog about. My friend Max is visiting right now from Brazil via Germany. We're having good meetings and going around doing interesting things. But that takes a good deal of the day, and I'm also behind on work. And blogging usually requires a certain overview for me. That I've somehow checked on the latest news and newsfeeds and hung out by my compute From Seblogging News on March 4, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
JCI editor: "Open access already exists" Ushma Savla, Open Access Already Exists, Science 303(5663), 1467 (5 March 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) The executive editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation responds to recent press coverage on the one hand touting PLoS and BioMedCentral as novel open-access experiments and on the other questioning the viability of open access journals. JCI has been open access since 1996 and Savla notes its high impact factor (14.051) for 2002. He writes that, to confront the inertia in the publishing industry From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Science -- Celec 303 (5663): 1467c Peter Celec, Open Access and Those Lacking Funds, Science 303(5663), 1467 (5 March 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) A Slovakian scientist comments on the lack of funds available to support author publication charges in his country, in contrast to U.S. scientists whom he says can draw upon funding bodies and/or their respective institutions; "I will have to read the articles from PLoS Biology--for free--and try to publish my work in Science or Nature--also for free." From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
RIAA Releases Year End Stats According to the RIAA, the losses were higher than reported elsewhere. I had read about CDs dropping 2% with overall sales down 3.6%. The RIAA reports 7.1% and 7.2% respectively. I wonder where the discrepency is coming from. If you take the RIAA at its word, the industry's down over 1.3 bil From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Intel narrows guidance The chip giant and industry bellwether trims the revenue outlook of its previous forecast, saying demand for its chips has been at the "lower end" of traditional seasonal patterns. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
FLICKS FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CBC's FLICKS FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE March 19 - 21 This is a very cool thing I know little about. But if my kids were younger, I think I'd be standing in line to sign them up for some... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 4, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
IMS Content Packaging Review Notification IMS is undertaking a review of the IMS Content Packaging v1.1.3 specification. The initial step is to finalize the collection of known comments and issues concerning the specification from the community of adoption. Could organizations and individuals who have identified issues or who have comments please ensure that these are posted to the IMS website problem tracking area. Issues should be posted by the 19th March, 2004 to ensure that they are considered as part of the current review process. From IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. on March 4, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Structured change detection Consider two versions of a Word document saved as XML. There are "structured diff tools that can map the changes at an intermediate level, in terms of XML elements. For example, IBM's AlphaWorks site offers he XML Diff and Merge Tool for Java, while Microsoft's GotDotNet site offers XML Diff and Patch for .Net. Both of these free tools can track element-level change. To get a sense of what's possible, check out From Jon's Radio on March 4, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Microsoft wants to know who your friends are The company's research unit wants to help computer users manage the thousands of e-mails and other high-tech communiques they get each day. An automatically updated "inner circle" is one approach. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Dell's success in the details Outgoing CEO Michael Dell built a dorm-room operation into one of the world's largest corporations by thinking small, concentrating on costs and customers and taking a pragmatic approach. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
An Introduction to Personas and How to Create Them The purpose of a persona is to create testing scenarios for software. The idea is to take research beyond market segments and to create a whole person out of the 'two and a half children'. For my part, I think that personas could be useful for much more than market research. I think a persona would be a great teaching tool. By Tina Calabria, Step Two Designs, March, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Why Engage in E-science? This is about right: "there is a revolution going on - the democratisation of science." This article looks at this from the point of view of librarians. The revolution is that one person uses another prson's data. But there is a lot of data, and it's constantly changing. The librarian's challenge is to enable access to this data. "Soon the volume of data in scientific data archives will 'vastly' exceed the information - journal articles etc - in current commercial databases." By Anonymous, Update, March, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Email 'Leak' Suggests SCO Got up to $100m From MS There are reverberations through the open source community today as a website prints what it suggests is a "leaked memo" showing that Microsoft put up $100 million to help SCO pursue its lawsuits and undermine Linux. If there is anything to this, it would mean that Microsoft is up to its ears in the 'dirty tricks' department. Meanwhile, SCO's lawsuits - most recently against high profile Linux users AutoZone and DaimlerC From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
ICQ Builds a Social Network An interesting twist to the social networking software story unfolds today as ICQ launches an a social networking site. Yes, ICQ, the instant messaging program now owned by America Online. "Dubbed ICQ Universe, the new service banks on the growing popularity of social networking with hopes of leveraging the ICQ network's 175 million subscribers." And as ICQ representatives say, "To a certain extent ICQ was already a social network so it's not like we had to start from scratch ... this is a natural extension for us." By Scarlet Pruitt, PC World, March 4, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
What Newspapers and Their Web Sites Must Do to Survive If you produce content of any type, you need to read Vin Crosbie's (long awaited) advice to the newspaper industry: "For its survival, the newspaper industry must produce and automatically deliver, wired and wirelessly, entirely intact and individually customized editions that are smaller, vertically formatted, and that combine the graphical layout capabilities of print and the interactive multimedia capabilities of the Web, and flow to fit any display screen or printed paper size." There's a lot more in this article, but the essence is clear: personalize or die. Don't forget to From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada As Michael Geist summarizes, "the court now appears to be considering all copyright law interpretation through the lens of balancing user rights with creators rights." This is an important ruling. Note this: "Under s. 29 of the Copyright Act, fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study does not infringe copyright. 'Research' must be given a large and liberal interpretation in order to ensure that users' rights are not unduly constrained, and is not limited to non-commercial or private cont From OLDaily on March 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Usability von Weblogs ojour hat seit kurzem den "Betablogger" ins Netz gestellt; als Zugabe gibt´s eine lesenswerte Abhandlung (79 S. PDF) über Usability... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
User Rights Aren't Loopholes University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, the man behind the what is perhaps the single most valuable email list on cyberlaw issues, discussing a decision today by Canada's Supreme Court that demonstrates refreshing copyright sanity: As Professor Vaver, supra, has explained, at p. 171: User rights are not just loopholes. Both owner rights and user rights should therefore be given the fair and balanced rea From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
IBM touts smarter mainframe database From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Updates aim to defuse Bagle ploy Antivirus companies add a new trick to their arsenal against the fast-spreading worm, introducing software that decrypts the e-mail attachments that carry it. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Macromedia to test Linux support The software maker will soon begin tweaking its development tools to run on Linux PCs, a Macromedia executive tells programmers at an annual conference. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Document shows SCO prepped lawsuit against BofA The SCO Group filed lawsuits this week against AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler, but SCO also has focused on Bank of America, a document seen by CNET News.com shows. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Big SCO-Microsoft Tie Alleged Open Source Initiative: Halloween X: Follow The Money . A hundred million funnelled from Microsoft to SCO, of which they have $68.5 million left. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new SCOsource business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail.Can this be true? If it is, the deceptions have been deeper than anyone imagined. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 4, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Record sales down, but seen as stabilizing From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
3Com touts new business-class IP phones The company announces a new handset that uses wideband audio compression to deliver better-quality voice calls over an Internet Protocol infrastructure. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
URL-Kürzungsdienst Das Thema hatten wir hier schon: http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/108196/ In Netbib wurde nun ein neues Angebot vorgestellt: http://digbig.com/ Es hat ein sog. Bookmarklet, was bedeutet, dass man es (es funktioniert bei mir auch mit Netscape 7) in die Favoritenleiste des Browsers ziehen kann und dann auf der Website mit langer Internetadresse sofort die Umwandlung vornehmen kann, wenn man auf das Symbol DigBig klickt. Beispiel: --> From Archivalia on March 4, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
The Unified Way To Video Conferencing Advancements in information technology have bridged physical distances and the world seems like a smaller place today. But, multiple standards and incompatible technologies are a major hurdle. The solution to this problem lies in unified conferencing solu From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Latest Phones Create Virtual Head Office Using an Internet connection and a headset, it enables teleworkers to talk, send instant messages, send and receive video, share text and images, and collaborate on projects in real time, all while chatting on the phone. From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Primary/secondary educators "get" weblogs Pam writes about the eduBlogging presentation she, Carol, and Skip did at a recent conference in Ohio. Standing room only! Comment: As I've been looking at weblogs and their use in education over the past year or so, I constantly am struck by the way that primary and secondary level educators "get" weblogs. I see many interesting uses of weblogs, both in individual classroooms, and as school- or district-level communication websites. I don't see this same level of use at the college/university From carvingCode on March 4, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
Where will outsourcing take us? From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
New blow to DVD copying From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Sharman's raided evidence ruled admissible Lawyers for Kazaa's parent company fail to persuade the judge to dismiss evidence that was seized in raids for the copyright infringement case. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Lindows routes OS over file-sharing networks The company takes a peer-to-peer approach with its open-source operating system, and marks down the price to boot. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Where are open source course management systems being used? One of the big "Fear Uncertainty and Doubt" questions I often get asked as someone who spends a fair bit of time looking at the course management system landscape is "But are open source systems really ready for use as enterprise systems?" (Up until recently one might have done well to ask the same questions of the commercial systems that alleged to be 'enteprise ready'!) I don't know what better way to respond than to simply point to where these systems are being used, so as some initial examples:
Internationales Urheberrecht Zwar nicht mehr ganz neu, aber dennoch hoch-informativ: Von der National Academies Press das Werk (340 S. E-Book mit Vorwort)... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
Murray Collection at Edinburgh... A Literary Treasure Trove for Scotland A unique multi-million pound treasure trove of writings from some of the greatest world figures of the past two hundred years could be on its way to the National Library of Scotland. This outstanding archive containing private letters, manuscripts and other correspondence from Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Benjamin Disraeli, Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, David Livingstone, Thomas Carlyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edith Wharton, to name a few, is being offered to the National Library at a reduced price in orde From Archivalia on March 4, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Digitalisierung ist auch für... http://www.ruedesheim.de/stadtarchiv/ Auf diesen Seiten finden Sie interessante Anekdoten und Fakten aus dem umfangreichen Stadtarchiv. Zur Zeit bieten wir Ihnen Zugriff auf folgende digitalisierte Dokumente: * Notizen aus dem Stadtarchiv * Rüdesheimer Gerichtsbuch 1582-1601 * Hausbuch Nebel schreibt Rolf Göttert (Stadtarchiv Rüdesheim) From Archivalia on March 4, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Conference in Spain -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions of Second Call: 26 March 2004 (for all contributions) -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE e-SOCIETY 2004 July 16-19, 2004 - AVILA, SPAIN ( http://www.iadis.org/es2004)... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 4, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
News for Today, Mar 5 Today's news: Aelita Software announced Aelita Collaboration Services for (Microsoft) Exchange, which synchronizes global address lists and free/busy calendar information in multi-organization Exchange deployments. Use targets: (a) corporate mergers and acquisitions which result in multi-forest/mult... From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Lady bloggers in the Daily News There's an article about NYC women bloggers, I am woman, hear me blog in today's New York Daily News. The print edition has a big color photo of me, Liz Spiers and Blaise Kearsley but that doesn't appear to be online. As far as story goes, it's the same old stuff, but the selection of women highlighted is great. There are several women profiled From megnut on March 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
the 20% rule Edwards in CA: around 20% Khanna in the 12th: around 20% Free culture in the Supreme Court (Eldred v. Ashcroft): around 20% From Lessig Blog on March 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
wisdom from the north Thanks to Michael Geist for alerting me to this: There's an extraordinary decision (unanimous) by the Canadian Supreme Court that all looking for balance in this "war" should read: LSUC v. CCH. As Michael summarizes it: "the court now appears to be considering all copyright law interpretation through the lens of balancing user rights with creators rights." From Lessig Blog on March 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
What Bunner Means--Or Doesn't Doug Simpson of Unintended Consequences just sent me a link to his analysis of the recent decision (PDF) in DVD-CCA v. Bunner, in which he concludes that:
ICQ gets 'friendlier' with new service AOL's popular instant messaging service adds Friendster-like social networking as a new feature to boost subscriptions. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Technorati tip pingConfigurations - Technorati Developers Site Do you ever check out the technorati site to see who is linking to you and vice versa? Ever notice 'gaps' in the coverage, sites you know that have linked to you or you have linked to that don't appear in the list. Here's one small tip you might be interested in - simple instructions on how to add manually add Technorati's XML-RPC interface to your list of From EdTechPost on March 4, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
EU-Thesaurus EUROVOC ist ein mehrsprachiger Thesaurus, der sämtliche Tätigkeitsbereiche der Europäischen Gemeinschaften abdeckt und mit dessen Hilfe die Dokumente und die... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
Mehr Rechte für Opfer Der Deutsche Bundestag hat heute das Opferrechtsreformgesetz verabschiedet. Mit dem Gesetz, das Bundesjustizministerin Brigitte Zypries vorgelegt hatte, sollen die Rechte... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
Comunidad de lectores III Va la tercera entrega de descripciones de los weblogs de miembros de la comunidad de lectores y visitantes de eCuaderno en Orkut. Ver: Comunidad de lectores I y II.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 4, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..
Türkei und Europa Fit für Europa? Ganz gewiss gehört dazu, dass man eine englische Seite der nationalen Archivverwaltung schnellstmöglich realisiert: http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/ Rainer Hermann informiert in der FAZ von heute S. 38 über die Aufhebung der restriktiven Regelung des Archiv- und Bibliothekszugangs in der Türkei für Ausländer. Wer einen Mikrofilm wollte, musste dies nach dem Gesetz vom 26.9.1986 gegen horrende Gebühren beim Kulturministerium in Ankara beantragen. Das konnte dauern From Archivalia on March 4, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..
More on database bill stalemate Andy Sullivan, US database-protection bill stalls in Congress, Reuters (via Forbes.com,) 03.03.04. Sullivan's report provides a few more details, illustrating how the Energy and Commerce committee "gave a negative recommendation" to the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, while voting for its own bill. "House Republican leaders now must choose between two sharply contrasting bills, a situation that could effectively kill both of them, several lobbyists opposing the measure said." From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Rollins to be next Dell CEO Michael Dell this summer plans to turn over the job of chief executive at his namesake company to President Kevin Rollins. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Faculty Development and Learning Object Technology: Bridging the Gap The following paper begins with a story, the story of a lived experience that illustrates the mismatch between faculty and technology experts' understandings of learning object technology. It then takes a look at faculty perspectives, to show that moving from the traditional approach in content creation to developing learning objects requires a paradigm shift for faculty content developers. From Elearnopedia on March 4, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..
Ungewöhnliche Verwalterkooperation Einen in Deutschland bislang wohl einzigartigen Plan verfolgen die Insolvenzrechtler der Nürnberger Kanzlei Thorwart Zech & Partner und der Heilbronn-Dresdner... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..
HINARI overview Barbara Aronson, Improving Online Access to Medical Information for Low-Income Countries, New England Journal of Medicine, March 4, 2004. An overview of the HINARI program. Excerpt: "Over the past two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has worked with publishing partners...to improve online access to scientific resources as a way of supporting health professionals, medical researchers, and academics in developing countries. WHO helped to create the Health InterNetwork A From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..
NZ government buying journal access for 100 physicians Two New Zealand government agencies are paying for 100 NZ general practitioners to have free online access to Clinical Evidence, a priced journal from the BMJ Publishing Group. The two organizations are PHARMAC, the NZ government drug funding agency, and the Accident Compensation Corporation, the agency administering NZ's injury compensation system. The free access is a pilot program administered by the New Zealand Guidelines Grou From Joho the Blog on March 4, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Faculty Development and Learning Object Technology by Patricia Ploetz I saw this paper referenced in DistanceEducator.com's March 3, 2004 Daily News release. The author's experiences match my own; the subtitle of her paper is "Bridging the Gap." There is a very wide gap between instructional technologists' understanding and acceptance of learning objects and the understanding and acceptance that regular faculty have about the what, why, and how of learning objects. The gap is even wider in smaller institutions that have little in the way of instructional support services. One reason that I've kept the EduResources Portal and the EduResources From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on March 4, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Screen video tips Several folks wrote with questions and comments about the OS X screen video I posted the other day. I mentioned that Media Encoder was the capture tool, but didn't specify how I got from Windows Media to Flash. For that, I used Camtasia Studio. I've heard good things about Qarbon but haven't had a chance to try it yet. Chris Ryland, from Em Software, wrote to recommend SnapzPro X 2 specifically for OS X (and QuickTime From Jon's Radio on March 4, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
The Kerry Cascade Senator Kerry, Cascades and Duncan Watts From Monkeymagic on March 4, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
Weblog conversations are flows in a river delta Together with Aldo de Moor we are working on analysis of weblog conversations. These are my "thoughts in progress". In my paper on weblogs and knowledge work I distinguish between two types of weblog conversations: those in comments to a post and the ones "distributed" between weblogs. I guess in most of the cases both types are integrated into a whole, but this distinction is useful to look at mechanics of weblog conversations. Starting point: technology From Mathemagenic on March 4, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Die Folgen des StuGuG: "Exmatrikulationswelle" an der... Die Technische Universität Darmstadt ist die erste, die Zahlen der schwindenden Studierenden veröffentlicht: "Wir brechen derzeit unter der Last der Anfragen zusammen" (...) 3000 der 21 000 TUD-Studenten haben sich bereits exmatrikuliert. Das sind doppelt so viele wie sonst üblich (...) Viele, so mittlerweile die Erfahrung, wechseln zur Uni Mainz, wo noch keine Gebühren wie in Hessen erhoben werden. Die genauen Gründe für die "Flucht" der Studierenden und eine Bilanz... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on March 4, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Preserving an accessing digital science Gail Hodge and Evelyn Frangakis, Digital Preservation and Permanent Access to Scientific Information: The State of the Practice, ICSTI and CENDI, February 2004. (Non-ICSTI members will have to register to see the report.) Excerpt: "This report focuses on operational digital preservation systems specifically in science and technology (S&T). It considers the wide range of digital objects of interest to S&T, including e-journals, technical reports, e-records, project documents From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Solving the gay marriage mess Massachusetts' old-style (= corrupt) House Speaker, Thomas Finneran, no longer backs a compromise amendment to the state constitution that would permit civil unions but ban same-sex marriages. Instead, he wants two amendments. The first would say: "It being the public policy of this Commonwealth to protect the unique relationship of marriage, only the union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Massachusetts." According to the report in the Boston Globe, the second amendment "would include language saying that the Legislature 'shall establish civil un From Joho the Blog on March 4, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Ask Jeeves, Yahoo! Shift Paid Inclusion Plans Ask Jeeves discontinues its paid inclusion program just as Yahoo! expands its own. What could this mean for your small online shop? From E-Commerce Guide on March 4, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
More on applying trade embargoes to scientific editing Allan Adler and Marc Brodsky, OFAC's Interpretation of IEEPA's "Informational Materials" Exemption, AAP, January 23, 2004. An open letter analyzing the "information materials" exemption in the trade embargo statute (International Emergency Economic Powers Act or IEEPA) and arguing that editing scientific articles should fall within the exemption. (Thanks to Politech.) From FOS News on March 4, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
Claude Nougaro est mort Le décès du chanteur a été annoncé ce matin. Nougaro était gé de 74 ans. From miss-information.net on March 4, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
'I blagged my way through, reading a torn-up textbook and ad libbing' Eine amüsante Story über einen Oxford-Studenten, der über Nacht zum Experten für "Globale Finanzmärkte" wurde. Stewart Payne and Becky Barrow, Telegraph, 19 Februar 2004... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 4, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
What I Want in an RSS Tool Some other folks are thinking about how they want to customize their RSS feeds, and it looks like the ultimate answer will lie somewhere in the search to feed arena. First, i want to be able to choose to watch an entry, a topic or a person. I don't want to be forced into a person only; this unit of view is way too big. Following a person should be like now - i see everything in their feed. Following a topic means that i can specify things like "all entries by this From weblogged News on March 4, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..
Weblogs im Universitären Die Blogdebatte zieht langsam in die Unis Europas ein, zumeist sind die üblichen Verdächtigen involviert, bekannt von BlogTalk 1.0. Kolloquium an der Uni Utrecht Lilia Efimova vom Telematica Instituut in Enschede, Niederlande, ric... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 4, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..
Real's reality Net pioneer RealNetworks' tussle with Microsoft over streaming media player software is just one of a string of hardships it has had to face in its 10 years in business. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
The Russian revival CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that Russian companies are making advances in the tech industry. From CNET News.com on March 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Classroom layout I was reading Technology and Teaching English Language Learners I came across a this diagram (click for full size pop-up) which shows my dream classroom. I of course would want to teach in the technology enhanced language learning enviroment, but... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 4, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..
Mac-OS Auch unter Anwälten gibt es Apple-User - und die können sich jetzt auf den neuesten Stand bringen: Leser von tecCHANNEL-Premium... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
The Digital Dilemma : Intellectual Property in the Information Age The Digital Dilemma : Intellectual Property in the Information Agehttp://www.nap.edu/books/0309064996/html"The Digital Dilemma" is an electronic book which discusses the implications of the Internet on existing intellectual property laws. Key issues presented in the book are the availability of digital information that can be copied at will; ways to protect digital intellectual property; and a chapter on how the digital music revolution acted as an early indicator of extensive file sharing online. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Cybersecurity from the National Academies Reports Reports on Cybersecurity from the National Academieshttp://www.nap.edu/collections/cybersecurityThis collection of electronic books provides titles dealing with computer security. Each book is searchable. Seven books are available, addressing various topics: Cybersecurity Today and Tomorrow Cryptography Protecting Electronic Health Information. This will be added to Security Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Multiple Recipients Tend To Ignore eMail Requests Multiple Recipients Tend To Ignore eMail Requestshttp://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=3947&t=technologyEver wonder why those mass-mailed pleas for help usually fall on deaf ears? Greg Barron, the CLER Research Fellow at Harvard Business School, and his colleague Eldad Yechiam, a post-doctoral research fellow at Indiana University's psychology department, say that the more people listed as recipients of an e-mail help requests, the lower the response rate. This i From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Hot Paper Topics Hot Paper Topicshttp://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/hot/hotindex.htmO'Keefe Library's Best Information on the Net Hot Paper Topics. This listing is constantly updated and expanded with the latest hot paper topics from their resources of best information on the Internet. This has been added to Student Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004http://EducationResources.BlogSpot.com/Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide By Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. ISSN: 1538-9693 Copyright 2004 © Marcus P. Zillman 43 Pages .pdf Format - Table of Contents: IntroductionResearch Sources Reference Sources Search Engine Sources Directory and Database Sources Education Resources URLs Distance Learning Resources URLs Online Tutorial From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Almanac of Policy Issues Almanac of Policy Issueshttp://www.policyalmanac.orgThe Almanac of Policy Issues provides comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues. The policy areas include: Criminal Justice, Culture & Society, Economic, Education, Environment, Government Operations, Health, Social Welfare and World: Foreign Affairs & National Security. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Astronomy Resources Astronomy Resourceshttp://www.AstronomyResources.infoAstronomyResources is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis for astronomy. Areas inlude Astronomy, AstroPhysics, BioAstronomy, Radio Astronomy, RoboScopes, and Related Sources on the Internet. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 4, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Amazon RSS Feeds to Library I seriously don't know if my brain can handle all of the applications for RSS that schools could use. And since, as Jenny so aptly points out, I did unintentionally insult the library in my post yesterday, I did a little quick making up this morning using the Amazon feed for teen titles. It literally took two minutes to drop it into this story page on our IMC site. Now, I know that in itself is nothing earth sh From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
BlogWalk kick-off in the Netherlands Hey, we are finally pulling this off! Lilia Efimova, Ton Zijlstra and myself have set the stage for the first BlogWalk venue. BlogWalk is a series of face-to-face meetings aimed to bring together weblog researchers and practitioners for in-de From Seblogging News on March 4, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
It Wasn't So Smart After All Target pulls the plug on its Visa card with the imbedded smart chip, saying customers aren't that keen on using it. That's not what the proponents of smart-card technology want to hear. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
States Push for Net Sales Taxes Many state governments are asking taxpayers to declare their e-commerce purchases when they file tax returns. The idea is to force consumers to pay sales taxes for those items, but experts say the rules may have little effect. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Now Hear This: Beat It Because the nature of the insurgency in Iraq is to blend in, the military occupation is searching for new ways to disperse a hostile crowd without resorting to lethal force. The current weapon of choice: noise. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
SCO Launches Dual Legal Attacks The software company sues AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler, claiming the companies have violated copyrights and agreements related to Linux and Unix. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Snafus Aplenty in E-Voting Frozen touch-screen monitors and malfunctioning computers caused problems at a number of polling places Tuesday, but election officials say the glitches are all part of the teething process. Others fear the worst, come November. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Need Stem Cells? We Got 'Em Shucking the bonds of federal money, Harvard researchers are using private funds to develop new batches of embryonic stem cells. And they're giving them away. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Some Like It Hot OK, P2P is 'piracy.' But Hollywood, radio, cable TV and, yes, even the music industry all sprang from different forms of thievery. By Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Shocking Way to Transform Waste Penn State researchers say they've made a fuel cell that eats waste to produce electricity, potentially making water treatment a self-sustaining technology. By David Snow. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
I'm Sorry, Dave, You're Speeding Toyota shows a concept car that taps into drivers' records to adjust its performance -- less power for newbies or repeat speeders, for example. Toyota says it's just a showcase. Civil libertarians say it's creepy. Patrick Gray reports from Melbourne, Australia. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Cannibals Descend on MP3 Players Digital photographers hungry for cheaper storage grab microdrives out of the MuVo2 and get a discount to boot. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
DNA Report Revives Czar Mystery Whose bodies were discovered in Siberia? Critics charge that scientists flubbed their tests confirming the identities of Czar Nicholas II and his slain family. The accused researchers cry foul. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Senators: Hands Off Kids' Data Congress considers a bill that would make it illegal for marketers to trade information about anyone under 16. Companies would not be able to buy and sell data about children without their parents' consent. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine By Kim Zetter Imagine doing a Google search for a phone number, weather report or sports score. The results page would be filled with links to various sources of information. But what if someone typed in keywords and no results came back? That's the scenario critic From Techno-News Blog on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Schools targeted in streaming video patent claim - Corey Murray, eSchool News The rights of U.S. schools and colleges to use a powerful new tool for enhanced communication and instruction are at risk, because a little-known California company claims it owns the patent on what enables streaming video. The company has already sent From Techno-News Blog on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
IM Making Strides; Interoperability Still Needed - Colin C. Haley, Internet News During the U.S. military's campaign in the Middle East, a headquarters commander was trying to coordinate a strike against an enemy bunker. He contacted the pilot of a bomber flying over the target area and the captain of a submarine patrolling off th From Techno-News Blog on March 4, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Scaled-down laptop plan still leads schools in U.S. - MIKE WENDLAND, Detroit Free Press Despite the budget crunch that pulled all state funding from a project to provide every sixth-grader in Michigan with a free laptop computer, a stripped-down version about to get under way is still the most ambitious of its kind in the nation. "There's From Educational Technology on March 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Students get a head start in computers - Erin Ragan, Greeley Tribune When you walk into Christi Harter's computer classroom, it's nearly silent. The only sounds are students typing at their computers. That's the norm in her classes at John Evans Middle School. Students are so interested in learning about computers that From Educational Technology on March 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
E-Learning Holds the Key to Career Advancement - Maha Akeel, Arab News Over 500 teachers, educational policymakers, e-learning specialists and educational administrators in the private and public sector participated in the Second Symposium on Learning and Technology organized by Effat College. Concerns were expressed abou From Online Learning Update on March 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Justices Hear Arguments on Internet Pornography Law - JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about Internet pornography, one of the most vexing issues at the intersection of technology and First Amendment rights. Neither side got a free ride from the justices in the discussion of the Child Onli From Online Learning Update on March 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
MIT oeIt was only a matter of time, the skeptics will say. oeWe just knew this was just a publicity-seeking stunt and that eventually MIT would tip its hand. They From Online Learning Update on March 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Web Feed "The Next Big Thing" nennt Tom nicht ganz zu Unrecht einen Artikel, den er bei Yahoo! gefunden hat.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
EUpolitix EUpolitix heißt ein (zweisprachiges) Portal zur EU, das für Juristen nicht nur wegen der rechts oben angeordneten "EU-Institutions" zweckmäßig ist,... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Macromedia Breezes Through Promises - Free Trial Just A Buzzword Excited by yesterday announcement by Macromedia I headed off to their main promotion page and immediately signed up for the free trial promising one free month use of Macromedia Breeze web conferencing technology. But, for whatever reason not apparent to me, it looks like Macromedia is not going to ... From Kolabora.com on March 4, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Ideas turning into actions: BlogWalk and more It feels good then plans are turning back into reality: BlogWalk is getting more real. BlogWalk is a series of face-to-face meetings aimed to bring together weblog researchers and practitioners for in-depth conversations about their work. The intention is to complement BlogTalk with smaller scale o From Mathemagenic on March 4, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
Becker vs. FAZ Das Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht zitiert das LG München I mit den Worten, die von Becker beanstandete Werbekampagne sei... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Ein Staatsprozess Im belgischen Arlon wurde am Montag das Verfahren gegen den Kinderschänder Marc Dutroux eröffnet. Wer als Jurist den Prozess verfolgen... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
High Wire High Wire von der Universität Stanford ist die größte Datenbank der Welt aller Fakultäten mit kostenlosem Online-Zugriff auf ungekürzte Texte.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Natürlicher Tod? Immer wieder versuchen Polizisten, Mediziner beim Ausfüllen des Totenscheins zu beeinflussen, ist in der heutigen Ärzte-Zeitung zu lesen (mit Kommentar!).... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Someone Is About To Take Control Of Your TV Starting in just 16 months, the Motion Picture Association of America will take a huge step toward controlling the way we can use our television sets. As of July 1, 2005, every TV sold in the United States will come equipped with an electronic circuit that will search incoming programs for a tiny electronic "flag." If the flag is present, your TV will go into a special high-security mode and lock down its high-quality digital outputs. If you want to record a flagged program, you'll have to do so on analog tape or on a special low-resolution DVD. Any recording will be limited to analog-qua From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Sierra Vista Software has released Spanish Vocabulary Add-On with Audio for Quiz-Buddy. Sierra Vista Software has released Spanish Vocabulary Add-On with Audio for Quiz-Buddy. This free add-on contains over 600 Spanish words and expressions with audio recorded by a native Spanish speaker. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Premio Computer Balances Performance and Value with New Kaypro L1000 Notebook Premio Computer introduces the new Kaypro L1000 laptop computer. The Kaypro L1000 laptop computer targets education, government and small business users who desire a value-priced notebook with solid performance and optional wireless capability. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Kerry and Bush Now Shown as Closer Cousins Rapidly spreading ancestral roots and branches digitally mapped out in the Family Forest now reveal closer family ties between Senator John Forbes Kerry and President George Walker Bush than those previously provided to AP, and subsequently reported by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the Drudge Report, MSNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS, USAToday, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Kansas City Star, and others.....calculated, according to the fully sourced ancestral history lineage-linked in the Family Forest, to be at least 9th cousins twice removed. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Don L. Rondeau Completes Homeland Security related research. Red Teaming-The Don L. Rondeau Method- Our ability to gather accurate counter terrorism intelligence and insight has been proven to be subpar at best. Not only did we fail to prevent the WTC terrorist attacks, but we may have gone to war armed with faulty premises regarding the capabilities of our enemy,weapons of mass destruction and more... I believe that my research will significantly aid our ability to proactively identify the tactics and targets of the enemy. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
A Century Ago--the Birth of a Legendary Man March 26, 2004 marks a century since the birth of Joseph Campbell, the mythologist whose name is synonmous with myths and legends. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Mary Seacole is named as the Greatest Black Briton A campaign was started October 2003 called 100 Great Black Britons to celebrate the black contribution to British culture, and to show that black people in Britain have been here for at least 1000 years. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Search Engine Optimization Skills Available To Street Level Business Business owners with no previous Web experience can enjoy learning top search engine placement skills directly through a new jargon-free program. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Spin to Win - Award Winning Wall Street Spin Board Game is Featured in "The Marketing to Kids Report" New Game Allows Kids to Play the Stock Market Safely. The board game, Wall Street Spin, allows participants to play the stock market with no real risk and little knowledge about the stock market....The final version of the humorous company names were created by Oscar-winning animation director Gene Deitch. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Business Industrial Network Offers Discount on PLC Training as a New Strategic Training Partner for the Association for Facilities Engineering Business Industrial Network offers discount and 1.6 CEUs for it's two day PLC Training course to members of the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) as a Strategic Training Partner (STP) for the organization. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2004] From PR Web on March 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Erst feuern, dann kuscheln "Trennungsberater" zeigen Chefs, wie man Leute rausschmeißt HYPHEN und Arbeitslosen, wie sie neue Jobs bekommen. Ein Bericht in der heutigen... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
News Alert Den Trend zu sog. Alerts, also den Erhalt zu vorgegebenen Themen via E-Mail, hat in Deutschland Google bekannt gemacht. Jetzt... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Lateral Report 2004 Gleich mehrere lesenswerte Artikel fallen ins Auge in der neuesten Ausgabe von Law.com. Beispiel gefällig? Dann sehen Sie sich mal... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 4, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Council Members Question Plan to Hold Back 3rd Graders City Council members questioned Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein yesterday on his new plan to hold back third graders who fail citywide tests. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Worst Rates of Graduation Are in New York, Study Says Black and Latino students in New York State are less likely to finish high school on time than their counterparts anywhere else in the nation. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Schools' Media Restrictions Draw Civil Liberties Protest The New York Civil Liberties Union charged Wednesday that a city education official improperly sought to restrict school employees from speaking with reporters. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Mooter scooter I just came across Mooter an Australian search engine that presents results visually in categories - a bit like Kartoo. This is the kind of contextual search I was talking about in a previous post on tools for mapping context. Unfortunately, like Kartoo, it doesn't really work for me yet. The categories that come up when I search for "South Africa" are office, map, africa, description, african, university, and "in south africa". Apart From ScotFEICT on March 4, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..
Internet Protocol Over Satellite Standard Will Drive Satellite Services Growth From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
All-day Webcast: Technology and Persons with Disabilities From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
The Consortium for School Networking Presents its Annual Awards; Honorees Reflect Progress in Technology and Education Integration From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Learning Established From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
NASA Takes-Off with eLearning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
Elearning scheme to undergo review From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
Focus On Stakeholders: What does it take to create a successful e-learning system that meets the needs of all stakeholders? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
PsychLab On-Line: Virtual Experiments for Psychology Students From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
Athabasca University recognized by ICDE for its contributions to open and distance learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
The Wireless Future and The Impact on Learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 4, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
Digital Music Forum: What the Industry Players Do and Don't Get The Digital Music Forum featured many people who "get it." It also featured many who clearly do not. (For a good discussion of the conference, see this radio program.) There were online music vendors who understand that they must meet many different consumer types and provide a variety of options. While the vendors debated the merits of a la carte v. download subscription services, they made the more general point that they should not tr From A Copyfighter's Musings on March 4, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..
Waiting for SyndiCon I So BloggerCon II is scheduled to take place on April 17 this year, again in Boston at Harvard. Happy: there will be a session on weblogs and libraries!Sad: I have no budget to attend (although I'm really pushing Steven to go). I'm glad there's a follow-up and that these folks will continue exploring the impact and potential of blogging, but I'm also ready for SyndiCon (o From The Shifted Librarian on March 4, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Administration Proposes Same-Sex-School Option The Bush administration has proposed regulations giving public school districts new freedom to create same-sex classes and schools. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Ex-PTA President Accused of Theft A former Parent-Teachers Association president from a Queens elementary school took thousands of dollars in association funds painstakingly raised through bake sales, book fairs and Mother's Day gift sales, prosecutors said yesterday. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
City Plans to Eliminate Most Middle Schools Education officials plan to eliminate many of the city's middle schools as part of an effort to improve schooling for young adolescents. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Court Says States Need Not Finance Divinity Studies The decision was a setback for advocates of using publicly financed vouchers to pay for religious school tuition. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Decline Seen in Science Applications From Overseas Bucking a trend that dates to the end of World War II, the number of foreign students applying to graduate and doctoral programs in science at American universities is declining. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Critical of Public Schools, and Poised to Take Action As the education director for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Tom Vander Ark is shaping what is easily the most aggressive infusion of private money into the nation's public schools today. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Panel Seeks More Time to Figure Education Cost On Tuesday, the chairman of the education commission, Frank Zarb, asked for two more weeks to calculate how much it would cost to provide every schoolchild in the city with a basic education. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..
Council Speaker Taking Aim at School Safety The City Council speaker, Gifford Miller, said in his address Tuesday that he plans to improve school safety and give money to teachers for classroom supplies. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Chancellor Offers Wiggle Room on Promotion of Third Graders Offering some flexibility on the city's strict new promotion requirements for third graders, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said yesterday that he would create an appeals process based on teacher evaluations of students' work. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Union Urges Bush to Replace Education Chief Over Remark Education Secretary Rod Paige compared the nation's largest teachers union to a "terrorist organization" because of its criticism of President Bush's education law. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Help Wanted: Chef to Oversee 800,000 Meals a Day That Students Will Want to Eat The Department of Education needs a culinary wizard who can get creative about menu-writing, and concoct tasty, nutritious meals for under $2. From New York Times: Education on March 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Worb Umfangreiche Dokumente zur Ortsgeschichte von Worb aus dem Staatsarchiv Bern hat als Scans Heinrich Schmidt bereitgestellt: http://www.hist.unibe.ch/schmidt/archivworb/index.htm From Archivalia on March 4, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
Blogbinders.com Anne shares another great link she found on Peter Ford's weblog. Blogbinders.com creates a bound book right from your blog. Peter notes the importance this could play in the educational field: This could have great implications for education. Imagine a poetry weblog or a student's personal weblog being able to be printed on demand. Having a hard copy of all that cyber work would really reinforce the student From Edublog News on March 4, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..
What Is RSS-Blog-Furl High School Missing? Morning at RSS-Blog-Furl High School "English teacher Tom McHale sets down his cup of coffee and boots up the computer at his classroom desk. It’s 6:50 in the morning. After logging in, he opens up his personal page on the school Intrablog. There, he does a quick scan of the New York Times front page headlines and clicks through one of the links to read a story about war reporting that he thinks his student journalists might be interested in. With a quick click, Tom uses the & From The Shifted Librarian on March 4, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
But They Will Want It All Someday, Even if They Don't Know It Yet Consumers Don't Want It All, and They Don't Want It Now "Many consumers are not interested in handheld devices that offer multiple functions beyond making phone calls or holding data, according to a survey by Guideline Research, a custom market research firm. The survey of a representative group of online consumers also found that 25% of consumers think these multifunctional devices have limited functionality. As the market for electronic handheld devices has be From The Shifted Librarian on March 4, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
31 Vanillas This will likely be a first and last blog entry referencing politics. I might be judged as apathetic, but I do my research quietly, make my decisions, and vote, without foaming at the mouth or making it an obsession. However, after some hasty mulling, I decided to share my summary of the political scene. We are in blandville. It is like going for ice cream and finding the 31 flavors are slight variations of vanilla. it is like a small town bar where they boast, "we have both kinds of music- 'Country' AND 'Western'". I feel like I am Char From cogdogblog on March 4, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
Meta-Data Yeti-Data My position have been made too many times regarding the apparent over-obsession with learning object meta-data, 4 words guaranteed used together will put most ordinary humans into a mild coma. I've given thought to meta-data and our Maricopa Learning eXchange, where the "M-D" words will never appear, but certainly lurk under the cover of our "packing slip" metaphor. Like Bigfoot, Nessie--> From cogdogblog on March 4, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
Untitled Digital 'Ghosts' To Guide Students On Campus "The students at Copenhagen's new IT University will soon be guided by invisible, but talkative digital agents, known as ghosts or Disembodied Location-specific Conversational Agents. The ghosts are to compete amongst themselves for privileges such as better vocabulary or the ability to clone themselves. Ignored ghosts can die out completely. This From The Shifted Librarian on March 4, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
Australian Film Commission Screensound Integration Australian Film Commission [last updated: 4 March 2004] From ALIA inquiry watch on March 3, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
Wow... A Standing Room Crowd! Skip, Carol and I presented "Weblogs in Education" today to a full house. I did a body count about five minutes before presentation time and it was already at the 100 mark. By the time the doors actually closed it was standing room only along the walls. I was totally amazed at the turn out. My first thought when I saw all those people?...well, I won't tell you my first thought...remember this WAS my FIRST, big, blogging road show adventure...I admit I had a few butterflies dancing around. Honestly, I didn't expect such a b From Edublog News on March 3, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..
An Innovative Request "Huge RSS support from Amazon. It just keeps growing." [Scripting News] Dear Innovative Interfaces, I want a list like this for my online catalog. Now. Thanks. Sincerely,Jenny Levine P.S. Please be prepared to respond to this request when I visit your booth at next week's --> From The Shifted Librarian on March 3, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Global Education March newsletter New content from the Global Education website is now available for use in the classroom or as a basis for whole-school activities. New issues and country profiles can be found on the site. From EdNA Online on March 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Standards Matter - March issue available The March issue of Standards Matter, the newsletter of the AICTEC Standards Interoperability Committee, provides information about interoperability projects in education and about demonstrated examples of tools and services developed using interoperable standards. From EdNA Online on March 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Supporting disadvantaged students in higher education The report, Analysis of Equity Groups in Higher Education 1991-2002, conducted by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of Melbourne, reviews the equity groups used for the Australian Government's Higher Education Equity Program (HEEP). This review was an initiative of the Government’s reforms to higher education, Our Universities: Backing Australia’s Future. From EdNA Online on March 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
National Broadband Adviser For Education Appointed Mr Peter Nissen has been appointed the first National Broadband Adviser for the education sector. As National Broadband Adviser, Mr Nissen will work with stakeholders across the whole education sector, including schools, vocational education and training and higher education. The National Broadband Advisers will be key enablers of the National Broadband Strategy, released today by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. From EdNA Online on March 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by SCO suit The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sends ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear. From CNET News.com on March 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
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