Open Source Conference: Day 2 While everyone else on this planet was at E3, I hunkered down to Day 2 of the Open Source Conference at the University of Toronto. Today's themes were business models and technology. This day ran over 12 hours long - from 8:30am to 9pm! "Business Models Don't Matter" Bob Young, co-founder of Red Hat and Lulu.com and current owner of the Hamilton Ti-Cats, was even more pragmatic when discussing Red Hat's business model; that is, they had none. Having just been laid off from being a computer salesman, Young's goal was to feed himself. Their strategy was to listen to their cus From silentblue | Quantified on May 15, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

More LEG Jay's comments on this week's meeting of the Learning Economics Group. Jay has added to Brenda Sugrue's initial conceptual model, giving us his usual insight into this fuzzy world of learning, technology and business. I like the fact that Jay is pointing out the power relationships (e.g. Boss's Ego) as well. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Basic Unit of Learning This comment on Weblogg-ed by Alan Levine jumped out at me; It just goes to show that despite pontification about being "learner centered" or "student centered" most institutions, systems, and course management monstrosities are still stuck in the "course" being the basic unit of organization, rather than the student. It seems pretty clear; the basic unit of learning is the person. This person is indivisible. All learning activities, products and strategies must be centered around the person. We can then From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Using the blog system We have been looking at the blog as a method for our main stream highschool to add structure and functionality to their newsletters. Our schools in the past have been using programs like word and microsoft presentation to do their... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Seven principles I have run across these seven principles of effective teaching quite a few times in my surfing. Seven Principles of Effective Teaching - A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Digital Literacy Checklist I was a little concerned doing this checklist. Being an administrator at a cyber school it would not been good if I did not pass this checklist. My cyber glasses helped and I did ok...thank goodness. Digital Literacy Checklist (Created... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Technology skills test I passed this one as well...this would be a great test to send your cyber student through. Technology skills test... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections Using WebCT communication tools we set up what we call communication hubs. What is holding us back from using a lot of these is the contacts...this website might be the answer. IECC is a free teaching.com service to help teachers... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Amusement Part Physics I tried to build a roller coaster and it didn't work...I knew I didn't like physics. But it was fun so I will be passing this site on to my physics teacher. Exhibits Collection -- Amusement Park Physics... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Virtual Courseware This has been a good surfing day..another great site check it out. Virtual Courseware : Home... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

On Abu Ghraib Like most Americans, I've been in a state of shock after seeing the deplorable behavior of our soldiers who were charged with the detention of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. So many emotions have bubbled to the surface for me that it's hard to get a handle on all of them. I've been finding an awful lot of thoughtful commentary coming out of this tragedy. From Time magazine, to Leonard Pitts, the Army Times, and even (God help me) George Will, the thoughts on this national disgrace... From Brain Frieze on May 15, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Novel Writing as Paid Performance I was excited to hear that one of my classmates in a Rhetoric and Technology class has begun an interesting experiment in novel writing. The plan is to get readers to pay her as she writes her novel. The more they pay, the more likely she is to take their advice about where the story should lead. Already, she's earned over $250, which is pretty damn good for internet fiction in my opinion. She describes the process here. I really like this project and am greatly exci From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on May 15, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Genetically engineered viruses may create new class of cancer therapies A genetically engineered virus can selectively kill cancerous cells in the lung and colon while leaving healthy cells intact, according to new research published today in Cancer Research by William Wold and colleagues at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Lockheed Martin has won a $47.8 million DoD military health contract Lockheed Martin has won a $47.8 million contract to develop and integrate software applications for the Department of Defense's Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP), Block 2. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Ireland's new European health insurance card Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children has given further details of the new European Health Insurance Card. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Researchers make it possible to visualize memories Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have described how memories are made – and they have made it possible for you to see it. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Influenza vaccine does provide protection against influenza in most asthma patients taking inhaled steroids The influenza vaccine protected asthma patients who use inhaled steroids against type A flu, although its protection against type B flu was significantly reduced in those taking high doses of inhaled steroids, said a researcher from Baylor College of Medicine in a recent publication. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Poll finds alcohol and drug addiction has impacted the lives of 63 percent of Americans People in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs face widespread stigma and discrimination, according to a groundbreaking, national survey released today. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

NASA and Stanford to develop technologies for physiological monitoring of humans NASA and Stanford University are launching an exciting new joint venture to develop technologies, instruments and systems to conduct physiological monitoring of humans in support of basic and applied space biology research. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Exposure to nicotine may change adolescents' brains and behavior The adolescent brain appears to be more responsive to nicotine’s rewarding effects than the adult brain, a UC Irvine Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) animal study has found. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Canada announces new HIV/AIDS funding of $84.4 million annually Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that funding for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS (CSHA) will double over the next five years to $84.4 million annually. In the first year, funding will be targeted to support community-based organizations working with populations most at risk of infection. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Glucose metabolism could be used to selectively destroy cancer cells Scientists have known for decades that cancer cells consume more glucose than normal cells. A longstanding assumption that the excess glucose metabolism was needed to make energy has not been borne out by research studies. From News-Medical News Feed on May 15, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Time to Buckle Down I've been wasting a lot of time lately playing around on the internet and with new applications for my site. Unfortunately I haven't been utilizing my time wisely. It's time to focus on the essay and the essay only. So... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 15, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

Anwaltshaftung Auch wenn ein Anwalt die von seiner Angestellten in den Fristenkalender eingetragene Frist überprüft hat, befreit ihn dies nicht davon,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Friedman-Affäre Der Chef eines Berliner Callgirlrings, durch den auch die Affäre um den Moderator Michel Friedman ins Rollen kam, muss wegen... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Töten aus Mitleid? In seinem im Reclam-Verlag neu erschienen Buch verfolgt Prof. Dr. Theo Payk die tradierten und neuesten Argumentationslinien für und gegen... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

MT 3.0-Blacklist Jay Allen schreibt im Blacklist-Weblog Folgendes: "If you're a Movable Type user (and especially an MT-Blacklist user), you should read... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

eBay-FAQ Wie verhalte ich mich bei eBay richtig und was tun bei Problemen sowie einige Antworten zu rechtlichen Fragen beim Handeln... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Int. Urheberrecht Beim GALJ ist seit gestern eine Liste jener Staaten einzusehen, die (auch) nach Ansicht des US-Außenhandelsbeauftragten das Internationale Urheberrecht gefährden.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Vergleich von Weblogsoftware Nach der jüngsten Aktualisierung von MovableType: Ein aktueller Vergleich von Blog-Software, gefunden bei Röll. Alternativ: Das Weblogs Compendium.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Oooohhh.... not another one! Well, there's quite a flap going on about 6A changing its business model and charging for different levels of licensing for Moveable Type--the engine behind this and many other blogs. Take a look at some of the postings by David... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 15, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

New File Sharing Networks Declare: Resistance Is Futile, Only The Anonymous W... Software developers are designing some new file sharing networks that will make it harder for the music and file industry to prove cases of piracy. According to Reuters, three file sharing networks are being planned which its users think will make it a lot harder for music industry to track and char... From Kolabora.com on May 15, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

International news sources From Singapore, Today Online provides English language news and links to online news radio. Then, down at the bottom of the Channel News Asia site, more links to news sources, including their world news page. I didn't spot any RSS feeds, but when searching for new perspectives you can't have everything. Some of the international reporting comes from Agence France Presse (AFP). AFP has a page introducing its approach to news syndication using NewsML. From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

Standing search on RSS may be broken I wanted to try the standing search feature at Bloglines and an email version that comes from a news service available at our library, but I guess I made a mistake: I chose a search term nobody's writing about. Let's see if either of these standing searches will find even this humble post and send it to me here at Indiana University South Bend, aka IUSB. Update, several hours later. So, nothing shows up on my Bloglines standing search for "IUSB" even though I myself used... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

Interdependence Gum arabic. Where have you heard that before? Perhaps on the list of ingredients in Coca-Cola. According to a story in today's New York Times, gum arabic is a clear, odorless tree sap... used as an emulsifier, the sap keeps ingredients in carbonated beverages... From Internet Time Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

Employee Training: Win-Win Employee training leads to more efficient, effective, and LOYAL employees, according to Sarah Tinsley.... From Adult/Continuing Education on May 15, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

The Library of Congress has opened an exhibition entitled 'With an Even Hand:' Brown v. Board at Fif ... The Library of Congress has opened an exhibition entitled 'With an Even Hand:' Brown v. Board at Fifty - On May 17, l954, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, declaring that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This decision was pivotal to the struggle for racial desegregation in the United States. This exhibition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of this landmark judicial case From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians - The ALA Public Programs Offi ... Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians - The ALA Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, has announced a tour to 40 libraries of a new traveling exhibition celebrating the lives and achievements of women in medicine since they first gained admission to American medical schools 150 years ago From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

Presentations from The CNI Spring 2004 Task Force Meeting - April 15-16, 2004 - Alexandria, Virginia ... Presentations from The CNI Spring 2004 Task Force Meeting - April 15-16, 2004 - Alexandria, Virginia - are now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

Presentations from The VALA2004 12th Biennial Conference and Exhibition - 3-5 February, 2004 - Melbo ... Presentations from The VALA2004 12th Biennial Conference and Exhibition - 3-5 February, 2004 - Melbourne Convention Centre - are now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

The Journal of Virology backfile project has been completed. All issues from Volume One to date are ... The Journal of Virology backfile project has been completed. All issues from Volume One to date are now available at PubMed Central From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

openDemocracy, Ltd., of London, and Alexander Street Press, have unveiled a new project, Global View ... openDemocracy, Ltd., of London, and Alexander Street Press, have unveiled a new project, Global Views and Voices and invited users to preview it with free and open access until June 4, 2004. It contains over 1,000 unique, full-text articles, 2,000 links to full-text articles, and more than 5,000 postings from a community of some 1,200 individuals from around the world From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's ... Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. Free trial available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 15, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Build analytics into your CMS John Girard has written an article on incorporating usage statistics into CMS products. To quote: In the end, bundling related Web site functions like analytics into Web content management applications is about options. If a website has modest reporting needs,... From Column Two on May 15, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Wordpress I'll likely migrate the rest of our weblogs over to WordPress sometime in the future - it imports MovableType blogs (apparently), and has group blog features that aren't appropriate for Blosxom. I'll still use Blosxom for my own blog, because I like it, but it's looking like WordPress for the rest of the Learning Commons weblogs. I'll do some test imports next week to see if it's viable. Here&ap From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Comments on I finally managed to add a rudimentary comment feature. It needs a lot more tweaking. From owrede_log on May 15, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Experimental Wiki Integration With CAREO I've just added some potentially cool functionality to CAREO. Every object in the repository now has a link to its own Wiki page, where a freeform discussion or whatever can take place. I'm not sure if people would actually use it. I think it's different enough from a traditional threaded discussion to warrant inclusion of both solutions. In my head, I'm picturing the Wiki pages becoming more teaching-oriented than a threaded discussion could. Something more like the W From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Problems migrating MovableType from BerkeleyDB to MySQL I've been wanting to migrate my MovableType installation from the default BerkeleyDB to MySQL, in order to better facilitate backup/restore and data editing, as well as allowing the MT plugin to automatically close comments on posts after X many days. I've been trying this in fits and starts for a couple of weeks, and keep getting bitten by what appears to be corrupt data in the BerkeleyDB database. The import process (mt-db2sql.cgi) barfs on the Comments, Entry, and Theme tables. The import is rather useless without these three types of data... Anyone out there h From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Client side flex/MXML? Just came across this link from John Dowdell. I'm adding it here so I remember to check it out. Looks like someone has experimented with rendering MXML into a UI on the client side, emulating Flex, without the server. Sounds like something that could be useful for Pachyderm... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Windows Sucks Much Ass Grrr. I've been installing WinXP Pro for most of the day now. After switching back to the "classic" UI so my retinas stopped bleeding, I've been working through installing firewall, virus protection, SQL Server, IIS, etc... Holy crap. They must lock their engineers into a room and tell them to figure out the most annoying, non-intuitive ways of doing things (and presenting info to the user). This started as a rant on our Mantis bugtracker, but it's just gotten worse since I wrote this: Still installing and updating From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Pachyderm progress Josh and I have been slogging through the Pachyderm installation/configuration process. It's been a whole lot of one-step-forward, two-steps-back, but sometimes things just kinda work. The commons thread we've come across is basically a version of "never, EVER use Windows on a server. Or, on a desktop, if it can be avoided." Anyway, we've got it mostly working, thanks mostly to Josh's fancy PHP scripts to import data from the Pachyderm Filemaker database into the SQL Server database. That part works like a charm. The rest feels decidedly duct-tape From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

The Pachyderm Has a Pulse! Josh and I have been poking at the Pachyderm for the last few days, and have finally convinced it to do something other than stare blankly at us. Josh wrote some PHP script mojo to suck the Filemaker database (used to manage assets) into the SQL Server DB (used to author presentations). Works like a charm, once you know where the hidden landmines are. Like, say a field name has the wrong case. Or, say, records in one (and only one) table aren't actually saved when the rest of the database is (so they have to be manually re-entered every time the database is opened. No hassle th From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Collaboration at a Distance Michelle made a good point in an email. I'd overlooked the value of collaboration at a distance, because I really take it for granted now. I've been working with folks over the 'net for years, but much more intensely over the past year. The Learning Object Syndication with RSS presentation(s) (here and here) wouldn't have been possible without iChatAV, wikis, and weblogs. And the Pachyderm install would have cost a few From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

WODev: WebObjects Wiki Engine I just got an email from someone asking about the wiki engine I used for the CAREO wiki stuff. He was wondering if there were any WebObjects wiki engines out there. I thought I'd seen one, a long time ago, so I did a quick Google for it. After filtering the usual noise (some from my own blog. doh.) I found a page by Pierre Bernard, with a link to WODev. --> From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Flash Slideshow Template (xml config) Zeldman links to a page describing a Flash actionscript template that reads in XML and links .jpg files as described in the XML. A demo is available, as well as source code. Sounds like a modernized version of the Pachyderm templates. Going to have to take a closer look. From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

ImageMagick Script to Generate Pachyderm Images I've written a simple ImageMagick shell script to batch convert a bunch of images into the various sizes required by Pachyderm. Man, ImageMagick is pretty sweet. Installed in a few minutes using Fink, the I was off and running. I call this script to generate the images, which can then be fed to Generator to create the .swf files used by Pachyderm: #!/bin/sh for img in `ls *.jpg` do convert -sample 46x36 ../11/ convert -sample 56x56 ../12/ convert -sample 72x72 ../13/ convert -sample 160x160 ../14/ convert -sample 280x200 ../15/ convert -sample 300x260 ../ From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Using SubEthaEdit for shared notes in Pachyderm Training I've opened up a SubEthaEdit document to serve as a shared workspace for the Pachyderm training session today. Not sure if anyone's going to use it, but it might be a cool way to get a rough draft of documentation, on the fly (especially since most Pachydermers are in San Francisco, and there are a few stragglers - myself included - scattered around the continent). The direct link to the shared document is here, and the SubEtha From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Searching PDF with ht://Dig I've just enabled indexing and searching of .pdf documents on the Learning Commons website. We're using ht:/Dig as our search engine, and it's quite flexible. It can take external parsers to teach it to read non-text-only file formats. There are libraries available that can teach it to read .rtf, .pdf, .ps, .doc, .swf, .xls, and even .ppt files. For now, I've only added the .pdf parser, using the Xpdf library. There was no binary availab From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

ImageMagick Script to Generate Pachyderm Images 1.0 I've updated the ImageMagick shell script I use to generate the various image sizes used by Pachyderm. The new version is a bit cleaner, and optionally takes parameters on the command line OR runs in interactive mode to determine source and destination directories. It also provides a little more feedback now, so you know WTF is going on. Here's a link to the script. From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Wil Wheaton vs. Comment Spammers Wow. Wil Wheaton just posted a bounty on the rat bastards that are crapflooding his weblog. Yes. That Wil Wheaton. Actor. Author. Spamhunter. The refugees from humanity decided to post kiddie porn in the comments section of his weblog. Not Nice. And he's had enough. He's posted a $1000 bounty, to be rewarded to anyone providing info leading to the arrest and successful convict From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

XStreamDB Application Running I just "released" my first web application using XStreamDB today. The part that has to talk to XStreamDB took less than an hour to write, and was really quite simple to do. The app is an interface to a database of 641 (and counting) teaching resources, to be used by faculty, grad students, students, etc. to find solutions to problems facing them in the practice of teaching and learning. The app works really really well right now, and it's completely unoptimized. Page queries returning hundreds of results are spit From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

This is a test... of the WikiEditish Plugin, which allows you to add/edit blog posts from the browser. If it works, it's pretty darned cool! IT WORKS! Hey, now. This could be pretty handy. This JUST MIGHT replace MT3.0... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Trying out Blosxom 2.0 Trying out Blosxom 2.0 to see if it can replace MovableType It looks like it's grown up a LOT since the pre-1.0-beta days. Quite fully featured. I'm hoping that I can script a modification of the timestamp of blog entries, to the values saved by a handy-dandy movabletype-to-blosxom export tip. If I can do that, and if it can handle multiple blogs and multiple authors, then we're good to go. Well, dang. It sure is easy to edit stuff in Blosxom... Now, to figure out how to have multiple authors and multiple blogs, or any combination thereof...--> From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Test Post from Blapp This is a test post, entered into Blosxom via Blapp on my TiBook. It should then automatically rsync the entry to the commons webserver, so blosxom can display it. Dang. Can't seem to figure out how to get rsync working. All of the docs point to a page at http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/security/quick-ssh.html - but that page is missing now. Doh. Hey, cool! The links window in Blapp freaking rocks! From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Blosxom 3.0 Alpha is out Good to see Rael is still hard at work hacking on Blosxom. 2.0 is pretty solid, but some of the stuff going into 3.0 sound like it will be easier for multiple authors/blogs (like having config outside of the main .cgi, for one...) From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Trying a full switch to Blosxom Just threw the switch, and now this weblog is managed by Blosxom 2.0. I tweaked the HTML so it should be almost valid XHTML/CSS (mimicking the MT templates I was using before) - except for one minor bug where anchors include spaces, making this page technically invalid XHTML Transitional. Not a big deal for now. There may be some minor hiccoughs, like completely different URLs for post pages (but nobody bookmarked those, probably...). Both the .rss and .rdf feeds are present (althrough the .rdf feed is just a copy of the .rss feed for now - most From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 15, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Welfare Economics of FairPlay and DRM Lock-in This week I got a veritable hit parade from my rant on Sony's DRM and format lock-in.  There, I considered the lock-in in terms of whether it was good or bad for Sony; I've similarly examined Apple's FairPlay DRM as well as whether the lock-in is good for the music industry itself.  These considerations are important, but, to really understand lock-in's impact, we must put it in a broader normative perspective.  One can rather loosely do so under the label of "consumer From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 15, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Room 209 (via David Weinberger) Hi we are room 209. We are students in the Chicago Public Schools and we maintain this blog. This blog is a way of asking questions, writing about the things we are learning, discussing ideas from many sources, (books, blogs, letters, interviews) and reflecting on those ideas. And the kids want our opinions on "Who is king of the jungle?" Another great example of an easy way to expand the classroom to include a variety of voices. From weblogged News on May 15, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Which actor plays which professor in iLaw, The Movie? Last night at the Food For Thought dinner for bloggers at iLaw, we talked about trivial subjects about how blogs are relevant in academia, issues of copyright, and other stuff. Then we finally got around to the most weighty subject of our day -- which actor, living or dead, would play which professior in iLaw, The Movie. I promised to put up an interactive version of the discussion, with pictures of the profs. If you have an idea of who should play which prof, post a comment here. So far the only sure thing w From Weblogs At Harvard on May 15, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

Spring rain and peaceful day Watching The Last Samuri and a nice Spring rain fall: complimentary. From carvingCode on May 15, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

Decrease the risk of dog bites in children!Support Education! Each year there is estimated over 5 Million dog bites! Children are the most common victims with the injury happening in their own home by their dog or familiar dog. Why is this? What can be done? Education! We must bring effective, educational and fun dog bite prevention education to our communities. [PRWEB May 13, 2004] From PR Web on May 15, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..

Buying the White House