Edu_Rss

Most recent update: May 6, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4)
Search Edu_RSS:

MSN and FoxSports strike portal deal Microsoft and Disney's ESPN are ending a three-year sports content deal. Microsoft will start using FoxSports.com content for its MSN Web portal in July. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

The Role of Museums in Online Teaching, Learning, and Research Considering the role of museums in online teaching, learning, and research we should also address the opportunities of creating sustainable digital resources in a shared environment. In large part this is about good cataloging. Expectations for access online have suggested we also look closely at how the resources are going to be used. This has led us to a definition of the task¬oriented user. To address this new model The J. Paul Getty Museum is introducing GettyGuide. The system, with personalization online and personal devices at the Museum, puts everything a visitor may want to know in th From Elearnopedia on May 6, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Can Technology Make the Recommendations of Learning Science Practical and Affordable? Computers, communication devices, and software are transforming the way our world works ¬ with the painful exception of education. Systems capable of transforming the way people engage ideas and works of creative expression are only beginning to be used in classrooms. Museums and libraries are free of many of the constraints faced by traditional school systems and have a unique responsibility to experiment and point the way. Many opportunities present themselves and a national effort (the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust) can provide a much needed increase in funding. From Elearnopedia on May 6, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

The Prison Blog Das "Prison Blog" beschäftigt sich überwiegend mit den US-Folterknechten im Irak,- ein zeitgeschichtliches Dokument der "besonderen Art". Dazu passt der... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Copy-Paste-Journalismus? Die Zürcher Hochschule Winterthur hat am 05.05.2004 für die BAKOM eine Studie (188 S. PDF) veröffentlicht, die die Qualifikationsanforderungen an... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

In A Changing World, Co-Workers Don't Have To Be In The Same Room Anymore For Racine County to become a leader in technology and innovation, one place to start is by changing how people think about what defines a workplace. From Kolabora.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Conference organizers are trying hard to keep young thinkers at bay I have written about this issue before but it keeps pissing me off every time I come across the registration pages of some of the fancy conference Websites. Why on earth do these conference organizers try to squeeze hundreds of Euros out off full time students that want to attend or contribute to the intellectual discourse in a certain field? How sad is this? Shouldn't the established "customers" and sponsors provide enough money to offer student slots for a symbolic price? What is going wrong her From Seblogging News on May 6, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

Cellphone client for blogger.api This should be interesting for mobile carriers and the like. MIDlog, J2ME blog posting client looks like it's got a lot of potenital for an 0.1 release [ anil dash's daily links ] From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 6, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Hawks in Cambridge? Megnut reader Joanna emailed today with a report of hawks near MIT. No, not Donald Rumsfeld-type hawks, but real live hawks, the bird kind! Someone has even set up a web cam of the hawks so that others can watch the baby hawks grow up. Outside my window at work overlooking Mass Ave in Cambridge, lives a family of red-tailed hawks - a mama hawk, a papa hawk (smaller than the mama) and two chicks, hatched on Easter Sunday...According to some online research, these chicks will fledge in about anothe From megnut on May 6, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout A researcher warns that a hybrid worm could be spun off Sasser, as companies are told to include the money spent cleaning up of such attacks in the cost of owning technology. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

VoIP, wireless could spur Baby Bell negotiations Disagreements between the Bells and competitive carriers get stickier, but competition from new technologies will likely bring the two sides together. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Consortium to push biotech, nanotech collaboration Joint Venture: Silicon Valley forms a consortium of businesses, government and education to promote nanotechnology and biotechnology by uniting the San Francisco Bay Area's many assets. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

SAP adds Adobe tech to forms application SAP's Interactive Business Forms will now use Adobe's popular Portable Document Format. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Apple plans more job cuts The layoffs are the result of a reorganization of the company's sales and marketing efforts, the Mac maker says in a regulatory filing. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

PeopleSoft-Oracle trial set for November The database giant had asked that the trial begin in midsummer 2005, but a California judge picks a date closer to the one PeopleSoft requested. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Longhorn to feature flashy interface The next version of Windows will sport some fancy, three-dimensional graphics, but for those with an older video card, Longhorn will look a lot like Windows 2000. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Iraq prison abuse images shake the Net Web logs mirror the disturbing photos and offer the rare opportunity to peruse the complete text of a secret military report describing the potentially criminal behavior of its own soldiers. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

The Internet's Wilder Side Inter-Relay Chat, or IRC, is one of the internet's older services. At any given time, according to this article, about 500,000 people may be using it to exchange ideas or, in some cases, software, MP3s and video files. The author captures the free-for-all spirit of IRC effectively, but although he notes that it can't be stopped, the story contains overtones that suggest it should be. That might not be so easy, though. As the diagram in the right column illustrates, IRC is a distributed network of connected servers and free-floating channels. Via Corante. By Seth Schiesel, New York T From OLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Analyst: Expect a 64-Bit Desktop by 2006 Every once in a while I write about 64-bit computing, a development that is taking much longer to roll out than I expected (my prediction in my 1998 paper was 'a few years' and I have since predicted 2004 or 2005). This article suggests that we should target 2006 for the arrival of the new systems - and, of course, the massive replacement of hardware and software that will follow. But when it happens, notes the article, it will happen very swiftly. Via Corante. By Tom Mainell, PC World, May 5, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Beyond Band: Music Technology Inspires Students When I was in high school, I decided I wanted to be in the school band. Not being especially musical, I chose to play drums. The day came for band practice, and I was given a kettle drum and some sticks, put in the 'Drum Room' and told to practice, which I did, all by myself for a couple of hours. My tenure with the school band lasted through three days of this. Today's instruction in music, according to this article, is somewhat more inspiring. "Students in the high school and the junior high work with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) connections, which are in essenc From OLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Surf's Down as More Netizens Turn to RSS for Browsing The story in a nutshell: "While most Netizens still surf to Web sites to catch the latest postings, more users have found that to be a laborious, time-consuming way to browse. Instead they are installing "newsreader" software that constantly plucks feeds from Weblogs and news outlets and pulls them together onto a single screen." By J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review, May 5, 2004 [Refer][ResearchOLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

XML TV Listings in RDF This item is a bookmark for my later use when I turn my attention to events listings in RSS later this summer. By Matt Biddulph, Hack Diary, September 7, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

New Version of UK Education Metadata Profile Released A new version of the UK Learning Object Metadata core (UK LOM Core) has been released. UK LOM is an application profile of the IEEE-LOM standard (just as, say, CanCore is) for use by British educational institutions. UK LOM Core will remain a public draft until July 31st. Short article with a link. By Wilbert Kraan, CETIS, May 6, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on May 6, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Recent new voices We don't yet know what the steady state of the blogosphere is going to look like. As has been snarkily reported, lots of blogs die on the vine. Of course plenty don't, and there's also a steady influx of new voices. Here are three that have enriched my daily trawl for ideas and perspectives. ... From Jon's Radio on May 6, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

Intranets and Knowledge Sharing KM Column: Intranets and Knowledge Sharing Nice article that summarizes some key points for organizations wanting to provide a suitable environment to facilitate knowledge capture and sharing. The article looks at a number of ways in which an organization's intranet can become a "dynamic and living environment for knowledge-based activities". "Five key approaches are covered:

communities of practice and intranets

staff directories and expertise finders

collaborative environments

intranet-based knowledge tools

using the intr From e-Learning Eclectic on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..

eBay Rallies in D.C. Against Web Tax Change Meg Whitman, president and CEO of the auction giant, blasts proposed Streamlined Sales Tax Project: '...Could force thousands of businesses to shut their doors.' From E-Commerce Guide on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Study: Cell phone shipments on the rise Worldwide handset shipments grew in the first quarter of 2004 compared with the same period last year, buoyed by strong sales of camera phones and color screens, IDC says. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Study: More teens flock to the Web JupiterResearch predicts that the number of teenagers who go online in the United States will jump to 22 million in 2008. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

For hire: Google chairman Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt relinquishes his role as company chairman of the board. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Shell taps IBM and Wipro in India The oil giant, which has said it aims to cut up to 30 percent of its IT staff, signs deals with Big Blue and Wipro Technologies for IT services to be delivered from India. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

eBay Launches Small Business Financing The site's buyers, sellers, and PayPal merchants can apply for lines of credit. From E-Commerce Guide on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Creative Commons licensed journal online The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University has started applying Creative Commons licenses to its journals. Classics@ is available online at their site. It's great to see further uptake in the educational world, as the ideals of academic publishing are pretty close to the goals of Creative Commons. From Creative Commons: weblog on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Link dump Art: Pablo Picasso's painting set a new record at Sotheby's last night: $104,000,000 for the Boy with a Pipe. Politics: Single Republican - "...Despite the liberals you've been dating, there is hope out there.", which is good, considering the voting... From Ben Hammersley.com on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

U.S. hit by rise in phishing attacks About 57 million Americans were likely targets of the Internet scam in the past year as the popularity of online banking and shopping rose, according to Gartner. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Porn gets spammers past Hotmail, Yahoo barriers Junk e-mailers set up porn sites and use visitors to bypass defenses used by Hotmail and Yahoo to stop bot software from automatically opening e-mail accounts. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Liberal Net rules spawn political attack ads Online exceptions for political advertising open the door for campaign activities that would be illegal anywhere else. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Game Boy to handle text messaging A new add-on will enable Nintendo's popular Game Boy Advance to handle text messaging, much like mobile phones. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Blog sobre Jornadas de Posicionamiento Josep Manuel Martínez Polo de boo1973 está asistiendo a las Jornadas Posicionamiento.es y me cuenta que ha creado un blog en el que recoge sus impresiones: Posicionamiento.es.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 6, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

soople.com I think you'll like this. Brenda Mergel sent along this nifty site for using advanced Google features. Brenda says... Here's a new site that helps to access all the things that Google web search engine is set up to do...... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 6, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

How VoIP Works For those who care about the technology that makes VoIP work Computerworld has a nice primer.... From Kolabora.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Verizon to Pusk VoIP Verizon, who I always consider a follower, not the leader--even if they become the giant, has announced a major push into VoIP. They also are pushing higher speed DSL rates in order to compete with the cable companies...oh can you... From Kolabora.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Click4Talk Offers Web Friendly VoIP Based Customer Service Click4Talk has released a web browser and banner ad friendly applet that enables VoIP on a Click and talk basis. While the concept has been around for a few years, Hilton Hotels has used it for a long time, the... From Kolabora.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Bill Burnham's automated software stock spreadsheet (Windows only) As I suspected the automatic Excel stock price toolbar only works on Windows. I bet the same thing could be done with RSS in a more elegant and cross platform way. LazyWeb? From BurnhamsBeat: Updated Software Stock Spreadsheet: QUOTEAttached is an updated version of my Software Stock Excel Spreadsheet with prices for 255 public software companies as of 4/30/04. It’s a pretty exhaustive list, so if you are looking for a way to track the stock prices From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 6, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Global usefulness of OA EPA database Kristian W. Fried and Dieter Lenoir, EPA Environmental Science Database: Not Only for Americans, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43(20), 2597 (2004). (Accessible only to subscribers.) Fried and Lenoir review the EPA Science Inventory database, freely accessible to the public since November 2003. (See earlier blog posting.) They also point out the interconnectivity between the EPA site and other U.S. go From FOS News on May 6, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..

Another way to fill OA archives Michael Leach started a good thread on the DSpace-General list by asking whether anyone had written an authoring module for DSpace that would let the author click a button in order to submit a finished preprint to given journal (whose submission specs were already coded into the system) --and click another button in order to deposit the preprint in the institutional or disciplinary repository. Leach works for the Harvard Science Libraries and sugges From FOS News on May 6, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..

Promotion approved: joy and surprise I received notification today that my application for promotion has been approved. I'm happy. I'm surprised. It's not that I don't feel I deserve it; I have contributed quite a lot to the college and my department over the past several years, and generally, students report that they learn more in my sections than in other sections of the same course(s). My contributions include jump-starting our department's distance learning offerings. Prior to me joining the department, there were no distance offerings. Within the first year here, I From carvingCode on May 6, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

DRUMS, a new P2P idea Scott Matthews, of turnstyle web mp3 player fame, has launched a new project called DRUMS. It's slighty inspired by Creative Commons and the goal is to create a P2P network that is fair to both copyright owners and folks seeking content. If you have something to add to his proposal, pop on over and drop Scott a line. From Creative Commons: weblog on May 6, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Online music selling like hotcakes Apple just announced they sold 3.3 million songs in 7 days on the iTunes Music Store. To put this in perspective, the entire top ten of the Billboard music chart is tracking just over 2 million units. If anyone in the music industry doubted that people would ever want to pay for music online, Apple's recent sales explosion clearly points out that it's here to stay. From Creative Commons: weblog on May 6, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

NaviSite buys out rival Surebridge The acquisition, the sixth in fewer than two years, makes NaviSite a $125 million technology services firm with more than 1,200 customers. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Game handhelds to take spotlight at E3 Upcoming portable game players from Sony and Nintendo and a widely expected price cut for Sony's PlayStation 2 console top the agenda for the game industry's annual trade show. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

FTC testimony highlights file-sharing dangers The FTC tells Congress that peer-to-peer computing can expose consumers, including children, to unsolicited content such as pornography, as well as provide a vehicle for proliferating criminal material such as child pornography. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

America Shrugged - The Case for a New Isolationism Recent news from Iraq about the brutality of a few American soldiers has added to the growing fire of anti-Americanism around the world. This is not a new phenomenon, though it has been much more pronounced after 9-11, and since the "war on terror" began. In fact, anti-Americanism has become the subject of a book by J. F. Revel . Revel's book argues that "the daily denunciations (against Americans) exceed the bounds of reasonable criticism. He attributes such inconsistencies to Europeans' desperate desire to project our faults onto America so as to From kuro5hin.org on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Novell launches test of open-source project The company unveils a test release of Mono, an open-source version of Microsoft's .Net programming framework and tools that's designed for Linux and Unix. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

CA foresees no revenue surprises But the company delays its final report by two weeks because of a recent management shake-up related to its accounting troubles. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

My Life as a Knowledge Worker Ein schönes Fundstück: Peter F. Drucker beschreibt sieben persönliche Erfahrungen - Lernerfahrungen -, die sein Leben und seine Karriere bestimmt haben. Sie zeugen von einem hohen Grad an Selbstreflexion und Selbstdisziplin, und ich denke, wenn man nur ein oder zwei... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

What Is Social Capital What is Social Capital? Here is a valuable compilation offered by Bala Pillai on the possible definitions of Social Capital. The list is an open-ended starting point that facilitates and stimulates better understanding of where and how the social capital component can be made to become an acknowledged and nurtured asset of the modern modular, decentralized and individual-centered community/enterprise.... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Juristischer Vorbereitungsdienst Das Niedersäschische OVG hat die Frage verneint, ob einem Zollinspektor Urlaub "unter Wegfall der Besoldung für die Dauer von zwei... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Blog-Übersicht Eine "Übersicht" über Blogs, die nicht nur ihren Namen verdient hat, sondern auch gut ist, ist bei Kalsey zu finden.ThanX,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Faces of the Fallen Die Washington Post hat die Seite "Faces of the Fallen" ins Netz gestellt, wo man sich (traurige) Gewissheit verschaffen kann:... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

KnowItAll Oren Etzioni arbeitet mit "KnowItAll" an der Universität Washington an einer neuen Generation von Suchmaschinen, teilt Golem mit. Diese soll... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Strafsache Martha Stewart Martha Stewart's Antrag und der ihres Börsenmaklers auf ein neues Strafverfahren wegen Voreingenommenheit eines Mitglieds der Geschworenen wurde jetzt abgelehnt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Die wahren Gehälter der Juristen Über Geld spricht man nicht? Von wegen - zum Auftakt einer neuen SPIEGEL ONLINE-Serie zeigt eine Gehaltsanalyse, was Juristen in... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Forschungsstelle für Notarrecht Die Forschungsstelle für Notarrecht initiiert und betreut Forschungsprojekte aus den Schwerpunktbereichen notarieller Tätigkeit, notariellen Verfahrens und der Geschichte des Notariats.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Cómo se hace una tesis doctoral Referencias en línea y ejercicios para el curso de doctorado: Metodología de la Investigación en Comunicación: Biblioteca de la Universidad de Navarra: Bases de Datos en Red Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes: Información sobre Tesis doctorales Blogzine: Weblogs y educación eCuaderno: Blogs... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 6, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Archive der Vergangenheit -citat- Archive der Vergangenheit. Wissenstransfers zwischen Archäologie, Philosophie und Künsten Das transdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt "Archive der Vergangenheit" hat die Aufgabe, die vielfältigen Wissenstransfers zu rekonstruieren, die zwischen den Disziplinen Archäologie, Philosophie und Künsten ab dem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts stattgefunden haben. In den letzten Jahren ist die Archäologie oder das Archäologische gleichermaßen zum Schlüsselbe From Archivalia on May 6, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Social Capital? A short but handy compilation offered by Bala Pillai on the possible definitions of Social Capital. The list is an open-ended starting point that facilitates and stimulates better understanding of where and how the social capital component can be made... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 6, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Gerrymandering I'm catching up on my reading, and I see in the January / February 2004 issue of Atlantic that Don Peck and Caitlin Casey offer a very nice two-page article on the current science of gerrymandering (50-51). They introduce three key techniques used in modern gerrymandering, mention the computer software that makes it all possible (GIS), show two major examples, and chart the increasing number of House seats that have been locked up by the two parties over the last forty years this way. It's... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 6, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Library blog X 4 Jenny Levine points to the Moraine Valley Community College Library, where they've set up not one, not two, not three, but four library weblogs, along with a page that aggregates the lot of them. Two are probably temporary -- one covers the progress of remodeling there, and another addresses a visiting exhibit -- but they've got the blogging spirit and don't look like they'll be harmed by a rising or falling tide of blogging. And maybe the real point here is that it is possible to... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 6, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Picasso Sold for $104.2 Mln Is World's Most Expens ... Picasso Sold for $104.2 Mln Is World's Most Expensive PaintingBloomberg, "Pablo Picasso's 1905 ``Garcon a la Pipe'' became the world's most expensive artwork ever sold at auction last night when an anonymous bidder paid $104.2 million for the painting at Sotheby's Holdings Inc. in New York." Picasso's Boy with a Pipe(Reuters) From on May 6, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

HowTo play AVI files on Mac OS X Great HOWTO! Executive Summary: Use VLC! From Playing AVI and DivX Files: QUOTEThis chapter from our book Troubleshooting Mac OS X discusses why some Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) multimedia files do not play in QuickTime and provides methods for playing AVIs on Mac OS X. About AVIs There has been confusion over AVI files since QuickTime® added support for such. AVI is a media container very similar to QuickTime, but with a unique d From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 6, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Magicbike... a mobile WiFi hotspot Magicbike is a mobile WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked. By turning a common bicycle into a wireless hotspot, Magicbike explores new delivery and use strategies for wireless networks and modern-day urbanites. Wireless bicycles disappear into the urban fabric and bring Internet to yet unserved spaces and communities. Mixing public art with techno-activism, Magicbikes are perfect for setting up adhoc Internet connectivity for art and culture events, emergency access, public demonstrations, and communities on the st From Seblogging News on May 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Exploring the Deep Web - The Internet is rich in resources but finding your way around can be diffic ... Exploring the Deep Web - The Internet is rich in resources but finding your way around can be difficult even for trained Information professionals. Recently there has also been a lot of interest in the 'deep' or 'invisible' web - the part which is hidden from search engines. This course is aimed at anyone who has a basic knowledge of using the Internet but would like to know more - Kinson Library, Bournemouth - 12 May 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

tech connections 5 - secure and defend the WILD side of technology - Ohio's premier library technolo ... tech connections 5 - secure and defend the WILD side of technology - Ohio's premier library technology conference for IT and management staff - Fawcett Conference Center, OSU, Columbus, Ohio - June 7-8, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

The Spring 2004 OASIS newsletter is now available from LACASIS ... The Spring 2004 OASIS newsletter is now available from LACASIS From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Michael Gorman, dean of Library Services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, F ... Michael Gorman, dean of Library Services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno, has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2005-06 term, defeating Barbara Stripling, director of Library Programs at New Visions for Public Schools in New York City From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

The World Almanac E-Newsletter - Volume 4, Number 5 - May 2004 now available ... The World Almanac E-Newsletter - Volume 4, Number 5 - May 2004 now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Guardian editorial endorses OA A toenail in the door, an unsigned editorial in The Guardian, May 6, 2004. Excerpt: "There's a touch of Through the Looking Glass about scientific publishing. In this topsy-turvy world, publishers obtain research results for nothing, have them refereed for nothing, print them in their journal and then - and this is sheer genius - sell the journal (for an arm and a leg) to the institution where the research took place. Make that several legs. The taxpayer or charity donor who footed the research bill can From Joho the Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Seeking miiddle ground on torture The left sees in the photos what we are afraid our country has become. The right sees in the photos some "fratboy hazing" (Rush Limbaugh's basic message) and fairplay against people who want to kill our children. Is torture going to be the final breaking point between the two sides in this country? Is it the issue that will in fact solidify our national sensibilities into two and only two sides: You hate torture or you think it's great that we're finally getting tough on the bad guys? I despair of finding middle ground. Here's the best I can do:... From Joho the Blog on May 6, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

NY Times Discovers IRC, Freaks Out The New York Times, in a story today entitled "The Internet's Wilder Side," gives comfort to those in law enforcement and other nannyish places who will want to regulate Internet Relay Chat. The story luridly touts IRC's evils with almost no recognition of its manifest benefits. Oh, there's the deep-in-the-story quote from someone pointing out the free-speech part of this, and a note that there are completely legitimate uses, From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

A Webquest - Blogs and RSS This is one of those mornings where I'm finding so much good stuff that I know I won't have time to write about it all, but this Webquest created by Trevor Ettenborough for the Arizona Technology in Education Alliance conference this weekend takes top honors. Your task has four steps: First, with a small group you will examine several different web sites, looking at common characteristics of blogs. You will report back From weblogged News on May 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Information Ecology I'm on citation mode - means I'm reading more than thinking about it, the latter will follow shortly ;-)We define an information ecology to be a system of people, practices, values, and technologies in a particular loc... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Adobe Designer 6.0 preview A more descriptive name for Adobe Designer 6.0 might be "InfoPath for PDF." The concept is brilliant: exploit Microsoft's failure to make InfoPath ubiquitous by putting interactivity and XML smarts into Adobe's free PDF viewer, and by offering a forms builder that targets both Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Announced last summer, in beta now, and scheduled for release this summer, Adobe Designer is that forms builder. From Jon's Radio on May 6, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Britain's biometric ID cards postponed Technical problems have delayed the British government's trials for biometric ID cards by three months. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Buy Your Way to Legitimacy Software that puts e-mail marketers through the sieve in order to separate 'legitimate selling' from mass spamming gets Microsoft's blessing. You can be on this so-called whitelist, but it'll cost you. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Insulin-Making Cells Regenerate Cells in the pancreas that produce insulin can regenerate themselves, a new study shows, hinting at possible treatments for diabetes. The research found no indication that adult stem cells play a role in the regeneration, but other scientists are not convinced. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

The Dream Gadgets of 2014 They're as small as your cell phone, more powerful than your desktop and packed with 10 years of future tech. Five design giants build the supergadgets of the future, from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

E-Voting Commission Gets Earful In a tiny room packed with activists, reporters and concerned citizens, the Election Assistance Commission hears testimony from makers of e-voting machines and the people who oppose them. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

The Scorpions Taste Kinda Fishy But the tarantulas are just divine! Brave participants at the American Museum of Natural History dine on crickets, ants and other small creatures at an event aptly called Adventures in the Global Kitchen. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

After the Beep, Exit the Premises From cops to customs officers, law enforcement types across the nation are carrying special pagers designed to detect 'dirty' bombs. But plenty of things set off the devices, even radioactive kitty litter, and some experts doubt an attack is near. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Game Makers' Hand-to-Hand Combat Nintendo is in danger of getting slapped silly by Sony twice in a decade. As Sony preps a new whiz-bang handheld video-game machine, Nintendo will answer with the upcoming DS. If the DS flops, Nintendo is in big trouble. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Canada's Phone Giants Face Internet Threat - BERNARD SIMON, New York Times For the first time since regulators opened Canada's telephone services to competition more than a decade ago, the giants of the industry are confronting a serious threat to their long-entrenched dominance.The threat comes chiefly from rivals offering t From Techno-News Blog on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Sun Microsystems Opens Smart-Tag Plant - DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press Sun Microsystems Inc. is opening a Dallas-area facility on Wednesday to test radio tags for tracking consumer products and improving inventory control in stores. Sun is trying to help manufacturers who must meet a deadline set by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., From Techno-News Blog on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Just Two Words: Plastic Chips - Otis Port, Business Week It's called the seduction room. Eastman Kodak Co. (EK ) uses it to woo visitors with the vivid colors that light up new-breed video screens. They're made from organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs. And in the room's side-by-side comparisons with ordi From Techno-News Blog on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Choices in education: Distance Learning Labs offer alternative learning - Pat Sellon, Monroe Times The walls are virtually disappearing from area schools. At least they are in the sense that students are no longer confined to just the classes and teachers offered in their own school buildings. Distance Learning Labs (DLL), now possible through comp From Educational Technology on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Florence students engage in debate with Virginians - MARK COWLING, Tri-Valley Dispatch "The kids asked each other what seniors anywhere ask each other," Veilleux said. But when they met for the second time last week, the mood was more businesslike and the questions and comments somewhat thornier. A girl wearing a greenish-yellow "Woods From Educational Technology on May 6, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

The Ads Don't Stop On Monday I stopped into the post office. The United States Postal Service office. Federally-run. You know. The red-white-and-blue shipping company. I was stunned to see Shrek 2 cross-marketing everywhere. A huge orange poster describing April as national "write-a-letter" month featured Princess Fiona swooning over a love letter from Shrek. The jive-talking donkey winked at me from the shipping rates/times table above the counter, which featured the quip: 'we haul it fast.' [hoho!] I guess it's an inevitable consequence of the Postal Service being spun off as an independen From kuro5hin.org on May 6, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Offshoring: How India is handling the backlash Digital Agenda In contrast to the heated reaction from some U.S. workers, the country most associated with offshoring is subdued and puzzled by the opposition that has arisen. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

RFID: Is it soup yet? Taking charge of MIT-developed technology, Tom Laffey of the EPCglobal consortium says real standards are about to emerge to govern radio frequency identification technology. From CNET News.com on May 6, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

"Wikipedia" im mobilen Test Die Enzyklopädie "Wikipedia" wird in der aktuellen Version des "Pocket PC Magazins" einem ausführlichen Test unter mobilen Gesichtspunkten unterzogen. Fazit:... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

Studie des Amsterdam-Instituts Das "Amsterdam-Institut" hat soeben eine Studie (74 S. PDF) fertiggestellt über die Auswirkung(en) der europäischen Datenschutzrichtlinie (11 S. PDF); Näheres... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

Grünbuch "Unterhaltspflichten" Wie das Brüsseler Büro der BRAK mitteilt, hat die Europäische Kommission am 15.04.2004 ein Grünbuch "Unterhaltspflichten" (59 S. PDF) vorgelegt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 6, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

Latest release of new NLN Materials now online From ScotFEICT on May 6, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

How To Stop Being Manipulated! "Supposedly the job of the facilitator is to be a neutral, non-directing helper to see that the meeting flows smoothly. Actually, he or she is there for exactly the opposite reason: to see that the conclusions reached during the meeting... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Some photos shared on fotopagesFotopages is cool t ... Some photos shared on fotopagesFotopages is cool to share either thumbnail photos or wallpaper-sized photos, so i pick up some of the photos in this trip to Berkeley there. From Meta on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Mary Hodder's blogMary is so kind to arrange a goo ... Mary Hodder's blogMary is so kind to arrange a good meeting with Technorati guys and drive me to SFO yesterday. I'm now reading her words on "China's Digital Future" conference. Thanks, Mary, looking forward to see you again somewhere. I'm adding her blog to my blogrolling.... From Meta on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

You are not a real software developer until you realize you can never really know what it takes to develop software So true. This book sounds like another must read. The people who think they know everything to know about software development are usually the ones who know nothing. Too Zen for you? Maybe but it's absolutely true! From Joel on Software - Mike Gunderloy's Coder to Developer: QUOTEAt every point in the learning cycle, I was completely convinced that I knew everything there was to know about software development. "Maybe you’re just an arrogant From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Simon Woodside's Semacode bar code to URLs for Symbian camera phones Great idea! From Reiter's Camera Phone Report: Simon Woodside releases semacode URL software for Symbian camera phones: QUOTEComputer programmer Simon Woodside has released version 1.0 of his semacode software for Symbian/Series 60 camera phones that, in essence, incorporates a URL within a barcode. You snap a photo of the semacode graphic (left), the URL is displayed and you can click on it to access a Web page without having to laboriously enter the URL o From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

I want a big fat mobile pipe, not p*rn C'mon, give us a fat pipe, not bogus content like p*rn. I want barebones broadband on my mobile phone not p*rn or any other bundled crappy content! From antoin@eire.com: Vodafone and P*rn - It'll end in Tears: QUOTESo what should the mobile operators do? Well, if I were Vodafone or Orange, I would stick to the business of providing data services, and facilitating content providers by inte From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 6, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

eCollege(SM) Announces Quarterly Revenue of $19.6 Million and Increases Revenue Guidance for Year From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Long distance learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Florence students engage in debate with Virginians From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Choices in education: Distance Learning Labs offer alternative learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

E-learning the way of the future - academics From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Aetna Successfully Trains 1,550 Physicians and Nurses Using Quality Interactions From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

OpenCourseWare spreading worldwide From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Broadband: A Solution for Rural e-Learning? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Teacher Rating Site Passes 5 Million Mark RateMyTeachers, the world's largest online rating site for middle / high school teachers has passed the 5,000,000 rating mark. This milestone shows the level of interest students have in their education and cannot be ignored by the education community. [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Top Pop and Country Music Stars Answer the Question "Why Music?" in PSA Series Produced by MENC: The National Association for Music Education Award-Winning Series, Supported by Gibson Guitar and Baldwin Piano, Reached Record Number of Listeners During Music In Our Schools Month® 2004 [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Professional Organizers - Explosive Growth Out of the Need for Individuals To Get Organized Organization is a booming practice, and an essential factor to keeping any home or office running smoothly. Professional Organizers spawned out of the need to help people get better organized, and this demand has grown exponentially since 1995 when the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) was founded. [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

CarDonors.com launches first nationwide directory of auto-donation programs Site helps consumers avoid fraud, save tax dollars [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Compass Bank Charged Research Fee after Customer Alerted to a $500 Bank Error in her Favor When Atlanta based Compass Bank (Compass Bancshares) credited Christine Baker's checking account with $700 instead of the $200 cash deposit, she called the branch to let them know that they made a $500 mistake. Not only did Compass Bank debit Ms. Baker's account with the $500, but they also charged a $6 "research fee." They refused to issue a credit for the fee. Is this the reward for honest customers? [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Celebrities Turn to Professional Organizers for Help More and more celebrities are reaching for the special services of a professional organizer. Organization is booming practice, and an essential factor to keeping any home or office running smoothly. And while celebrity assistants provide help with agendas and personalized care, they often falter at creating the kind of organization necessary to have things run smoothly. [PRWEB May 6, 2004] From PR Web on May 6, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Submission Request - Senate Inquiry on Lifelong Learning Submissions are requested by 18 June for a new senate inquiry into lifelong learning, with a particular focus on the needs of an aging population, the impact of technology and training in rural areas. For details of how to make a submission to the inquiry, and the full terms of reference, visit the Parliament Website. From EdNA Online on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Non-Completion of Year 12 Schooling: Incidence, Reasons, Impacts and Programs This briefing paper from the Anglicare Research and Planning Unit looks at the problem of young Australians not completing 12 years of education. The extent of the problem is gauged by considering the incidence of the number of young people staying on at school and also those who are not completing school. The importance of the problem is stressed by looking at some of the reasons that have been identified in prior research along with the impacts that this lack of education has had on young people. Finally the way forward is examined by looking at existing programs and the critical factors ari From EdNA Online on May 6, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Pay attention to content deployment Darren Guarnaccia writes an article about content deployment. To quote: So you are putting a new website or new area of your site under content management. The templates have been built, content has been entered, but theres just one last... From Column Two on May 6, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Teaching Wiki (Now there's the beef!) Joe Moxley, English faculty at the University of South Florida created Teaching Wiki, rolling with a good set of examples and specific ideas of how teachers and students might (and are) using wikis: Teaching Wiki aspires to be a community for college-level faculty. We imagine our primary audience to be faculty who are interested in writing instruction, perhaps technorhetorians but (as we invoke the wiki way here), we invite all college faculty and instructors to be wikiteachers with us. Whizzing qui From cogdogblog on May 6, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

How governments should support OA Sarah Hall, Research boss wary over web publishing, The Guardian, May 6, 2004. Excerpt: "The government would have to be 'pretty brave' to demand open access publishing for all publicly funded scientific research journals, a government adviser said yesterday. Professor Sir Keith O'Nions, the director-general of the Research Councils, yesterday said that it would be 'unwise' for ministers to demand that government-funded journals should be available without charge over the internet." (PS: From FOS News on May 6, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Grab Book Page 23 Sentence 5 Meme Spreading to a blog near you: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Okay, here goes. I have a copy of Clifford Stoll's Silicon Snake Oil that I picked up for $1 at a thrift store in Payson, Arizona. I find it comical. Following the instructions to the letter, I get: A neighborhood game of soccer is far healthier than anything on the scree From cogdogblog on May 6, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Smartys Best of What's Next 2004 - This PDA Is a Real Pocket PC "Call it the smart communicator. In a few years, the functions in today's personal digital assistant (PDA)--notebook, to-do list, calendar, contacts--will be the least of it. Thanks to a variant of Moore's Law that says data-storage density doubles every 18 months, tomorrow's smart communicator will hold 250GB--enough to store 55 movies. Indeed, video--both viewing and re From The Shifted Librarian on May 6, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Intranets and knowledge sharing My KM Column article for this month is on intranets and knowledge sharing. To quote: Much has been made of the emphasis on people and process in knowledge management. While it is certainly true that knowledge management is not a... From Column Two on May 6, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Evaluating Caloundra City Council's EDMS classification Tina Calabria has written our second article for this month, a case study on applying usability an an EDMS classification. To quote: Caloundra City Council recently selected an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) to meet their document and records management... From Column Two on May 6, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

The FCC's Crusade Against (Some) 'Indecency' Do not miss Jeff Jarvis' cover story in the Nation, "F*cked by the F*CC" -- a detailed account of the federal government's attempts to silence Howard Stern -- and then do not fail to get political about the neo-bluenose movement in America. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 6, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

CUNY Preparing to Open Journalism Graduate School The City University of New York is preparing to open a graduate school of journalism in the summer of 2005 with an emphasis on urban affairs. From New York Times: Education on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

34% Got Their First City High School Choice The City Department of Education said Wednesday that 33.6 percent of students who applied to public high schools this year were admitted to their top choice. From New York Times: Education on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Sex Offender Arrested After Entering School on Ruse A convicted sex offender posing as a Department of Education official entered a school in Queens on Tuesday and managed to look at the files of two students. From New York Times: Education on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

In Class, the Audience Weighs In Professors equipping their students with wireless keypads for classroom give-and-take say they make classes come alive. From New York Times: Education on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

An A for Effort to Restore Meaning to the Grade The rising tide of A's long unsettled Dean Malkiel, the head of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at Princeton University. From New York Times: Education on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

$700,000 invested in 2004 New Practices in Flexible Learning projects A total of 10 training providers from a range of states and territories will each receive AUD$70,000 to turn their creative ideas about flexible learning into reality, after successfully applying for a share of the AUD$700,000 funding offered through the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's 2004 New Practices in Flexible Learning project. New Practices in Flexible Learning Project Leader, Ms Melanie Sorensen said 82 applications were received from all of parts of vocational education and training (VET) sector including TAFEs, private training providers, industry and enterprises. From EdNA Online on May 6, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

[List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]