self-organisation breeds an helpful environment via Traumwind: I think it is one of the great strengths of such an 'informal' meeting that self-organization does not only strech to topics and speaking-time, but also furthers social cooperation and tolerant responsibility for the fellow participants. From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

"under the blohogwalk" *shalalalaaa* via BamBlog: First of all - wow, great 1.5 days...! From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Back from BlogWalk 2.0 via langreiter.com: It's been a very good time ... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Moblogging Nürnberg via Das E-Business Weblog: Ein paar Eindrücke aus Nürnberg. From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Reflections on BlogWalk 2.0 via Das E-Business Weblog: Am Freitag fand der zweite BlogWalk in Nürnberg statt. Thema waren dieses Mal Weblogs im Kontext von selbstorganisiertem Lernen. Wieder war es ein spannendes und lehrreiches Treffen.... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Heiko @ Blogwalk via Gedanken: "Personal Anything Management" - Thank you Lilia From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

sharing by accident via Traumwind: actually one can broaden the 'by accident' theme to more information transferral via weblog writing/reading: From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Open Source MLX Good news awaits. MLX (learning object repository) will soon be open source. It’s a PHP/mySQL application, so will be wonderful way to implement similar functionality across the web. (01) Now, for the hard sell to the edu.IT folks who are afraid of open source, feel mySQL is n From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Guild for Accessible Web Designers launches GAWDS, the Guild for Accessible Web Designers is an organisation of web designers interested in promoting accessible, and responsible, website design. It is an organisation geared around mutual support and guidance, as well as recognised accreditation of skills.(01) This is a new(er) organization, designed to “both promote and protect standa From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Blogging lesson plan For the Department of Snippets: Will mentions a lesson plan useful for those introducing weblogs into the classroom environment. (01) From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Time Since plugin I made a slight modification to Rich Manalang’s a nice Time Since plugin, similar to what I’ve been using on my personal weblog, which displays the amount of time since a post was entered. Rich’s version displays the time since when the mouse is moved over a date or a time. (01) I From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

SmallPiecesLooselyJoined: NMC 2004 Alan, Brian, and D’Arcy continue the Tour de EduTools with a combination real-time chat, wiki-interface, worldwide panel of expert eduBloggers, plus a Google bomb. These are crafty fellows. (01) From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

JIME - Semantic Web for Education The web is young and still developing. It is not surprising that many educators feel that the current version of te web leaves much to be desired in its use in academic pursuits. Tim Berners-Lee’s continued vision of the web has morphed into a richer and more structured format, dubbed the “Semantic Web.” --> From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Reflecting on good college teaching What The Best College Teachers Do looks like a good read for my Summer traveling. (01) I was unable to attend any conferences this academic year which focused solely on the art of teaching; a missed goal. Spending the largest part of my development time on learning PHP for a class I deve From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Purple Numbers as granular permanent markers I just finished reading a couple of interesting articles on a method to add more granularity to web-based content. Simon Willison’s article on his plink Javascript implementation and Chris Dent’s article on Purple Numbers, using a concept referred to as TransClusion, both enable permanent markers on each paragraph of content. --> From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Purple Numbers Plugin for WP I was working on implementing the Purple Number scheme while watching the races today. Got the filtering to work just fine, but because I still don’t quite get the WP internals, I couldn’t pass int he post#, necessary to create the unique numbers (01) While reading through the WP Support forum, I happened upon a message which pointed me to --> From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..

Test Purple Edit Here’s para 1: (01) Here’s para 2: (02) Here’s para 3 (added in an edit): (03) From Open Artifact on May 31, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..

Our Food is Irrelevant Because Our Health is Irrelevant to Them I'm just reading an amazing article from Harvard Magazine, 'The Way We Eat Now' that looks at various root causes behind the obesity epidemic. It includes lots of historical and anthropological information that sheds light on the way we are genetically programmed to use food for fuel. ... From Relevancy on May 31, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..

MIT's OpenCourseWare Project - 2004 Update. In 2001 we reported enthusiastically on the inception of MIT's OpenCourseWare Project. Three years down the track, major milestones have been passed, and the project is well on its way to achieving the goal of making MIT's courseware freely available to all who are able to access it. From wwwtools on May 31, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..

Nigeria y el timador burlado Todo el que lleva navegando algunos años por la interred ha recibido alguna vez un e-mail en el que un tal "BOLA SAMUEL" o quizá una tal "MRS MARIAM ABACHA", o cualquier otro nombre de resonancia africana le solicitaba ayuda para poder sacar de su país, Nigeria, varios millones de dólares (la cantidad varía según las versiones, pero suele rondar entre los 20 y los 50 millones). A cambio de la ayuda que le solicitan al incauto internauta, le prometen que podrán embolsarse entre el (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

Gedeprensa, o de cómo no se pueden poner puertas al campo El Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia español resolvió el 10 de mayo pasado no autorizar un acuerdo suscrito por cinco grandes grupos editoriales para monopolizar la comercialización de los resúmenes de prensa a través de Gedeprensa (Sociedad Gestora de Derechos de Prensa). Al igual que comenté en su momento sobre las discográficas, estamos de nuevo ante la lucha entre un modelo de negocio tradicional y una tecnología nueva y disruptiva, que multiplica hasta el infinito la (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

"When life's an open blog" ... I came across a neat article in The Star Online (A Malaysian new source) related to "new directions" in Malaysian education due to the widespread use of blogs. View the full article here: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/5/30/education/7951734&sec=education Of course, many of the identified... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

Choosing a Wiki - Article Here is a useful article from IRRODL titled "Educational Wikis: features and selection criteria". With over 200 wiki engines to choose from, any guidance is certainly good to have when choosing a wiki technology. Here, the authors have identified basic... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

File-sharing undented, Kazaa traffic plummets Looking at two ends of the same elephant. First from JD's NewMedia Musings: The threat of legal action and hefty fines has done little to stop internet users around the world trading music and video files, according to a new study of network traffic. "There's been no decli From unmediated on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

How To Convert Any Web Site Into An RSS Feed Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips: How To Convert Any Web Site Into An RSS Feed. "Creating a Generic Site-To-RSS Tool. While this is certainly not breaking news, it maybe something that you have not had the opportunity to learn more about until now. Authored by Roy Osherove this in-depth article provides you with all of the technical information, examples and references you need to taste the flavour of true site scraping. (Not for the tech-shy or RSS n From unmediated on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

The Way the Music Died The Frontline special on the music industry covered a lot of ground, perhaps too much for just an hour. The main theme of the show was that music hasn't fared too well as an industry. Media companies, including the big five record labels and the radio station chains, have lost touch with their customers, marketing what will sell instead of providing a good product. Big media blames the industry downturn on free music availability on the Internet, but as M From unmediated on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

Tom Mangan Talks About News Instablogs, His Blog "Retirement" and PR As --> From unmediated on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

Wow! Japan copyright laws worse than ours.. Japanese website closed after screenshot-related arrest - Ferrago From the story: Reports this morning inform us of the rather troubling news from Japan that the owner and Editor of popular online gaming site Gamesonline, one of Japan's most popular news sites, has been arrested for alleged breach of copyright concerning screenshots used on his website. From unmediated on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

lexisnexis and the irs... In a press release on Yahoo! today: LexisNexis(R) Technology at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Wins Knowledge Management Award. DAYTON, Ohio, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news, public records and business information services, is proud to announce that the LexisNexis database network technology solution provided to the IRS won the E-Gov Institute's 2004 Knowledg From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

of peanut butter and knowledge management... Susan Pinker of The Globe and Mail has a "Dear Susan" column. Yesterday's title for Susan's column was "Satisfaction is a moving target". And while this is not exceedingly germane to my typical 'knowledge notes' topics, it did make me chuckle to compare choosing peanut butter to choosing a career in KM. A reader, 'Just Me' asks (after a detailed explanation of her hiatus from working due to a number of reasons):< From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 31, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

government, km, and the web... In the Australian version of Computerworld, Infoworld writer David L. Margulius posts: Government veers onto the Web. ...The ultimate goal of self-service government is to combine a set of time-consuming interactions into a single, seamless experience. But most agencies start with a more modest aim: putting a simple information request process or transaction online. Even this requires the successful implementation of basic technology ranging from knowledge man From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

km and remote automotive diagnostics... Europe's Largest 'Knowledge System' for Remote Diagnosis of Vehicle Faults Unveiled LONDON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vehicle mechanics across Europe will be able to share their expertise and experience of specific vehicle faults thanks to an internet-based 'knowledge system' unveiled by TRW, the world's tenth largest automotive supplier. It's the largest knowledge system of i From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

ten tips and ten steps to IP telephony... Cisco's Stephanie Carhee, in an article provided courtesy of Cisco Press to informIT, writes: Migrating to IP Telephony? Top Ten Tips for Guiding a Successful IP Telephony Implementation. Embedded in Tip 6, Follow the 80/20 Rule for Implementation are ten steps to engagement success: The fruit of managing several implementations, Cisco's "IP Telephony Steps to Success Engagement Guide" From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Reliability of Entire System Decentralized systems are generally more reliable than single, monolithic Centralized systems... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Fragmentation The nature of a decentralized system can lead to fragmentation - many different types of tools, each with its own pecularities... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

About this weblog This blog is for the purposes of the "Small Technologies Loosely Joined" presentation at the June 2004 NMC Summer Conference... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Instructions Feel free to contribute to this weblog... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Technologies Some of the various technologies that can be applied to a Decentralized approach will be described and discussed here. From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Case Studies Case studies of Decentralist solutions can be posted and discussed here. From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Duck and cover Wow, more really vague warnings of terrorist attacks. How can these alerts be constructive to the average person, I have no idea. Did you know that when the blackout of '03 occured, all the news immediately thought it was a terrorist attack? (It was, perhaps more troubling, really due to the fact the aging US energy infrastructure hasn't been properly funded or upgraded in decades.) I fear that when and if a real threat arises, the people will start ignoring the Politician Who Cried Wolf. But hey, maybe if we keep the populous scared and insecure enough, they'll consume and keep From silentblue | Quantified on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Village pillage Tomorrow will be our big Doors Open excursion, but today, we decided to poke around the neighbourhood, check out some garage sales. Saw a Macintosh Classic for $3. Not sure if it worked. I really, really wanted it. Other interesting things on sale: The Book of Mormon Holiday Inn complimentary soaps and shampoos "Spice World", on VHS A rather nice Chinese wood carving display an Ewoks lunchbag featuring Wicket and Princess Kneesa We then tottered off to High Park to see Colbourne Lodge, and see the wildlife at High Park. Despite the many warnings and signs forbidding the feeding of the animals, From silentblue | Quantified on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Noi articole in eJurnal eLearning Au fost publicate noi articole in Jurmalul eLearning, inclusiv prezentari de la Conti 2004 - http://conti.ac.utt.ro. From Timsoft on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood The Confederation Centre of the Arts on Prince Edward Island has created an impressive online learning resource entitled Narratives of Nationhood. Available in French and English, this website offers a wide array of learning activities focused on the art at the centre. There are hundreds of lesson plans available for school teachers, and a wealth of digital art displays. A lot of time and effort has gone into this resource, and it is available in a Macromedia Flash as well as an HTML version. Nice to see From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

The next killer app for education Like many technology specialists, I have been looking for the next "killer app" for quite some time. I define a killer application as a program that gives average people the capability to use technology to solve everyday problems and enrich... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

RSS for Educational Designers Stephen Downes explains it better than most...check it out. Stephen's Web ~ Papers ~ An Introduction to RSS for Educational Designers... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

RSS explained This presentation uses macromedia breeze to explain the use of rss, trackback and weblog it is very well done. Connecting Learning Objects with RSS, Trackback, and Weblogs... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

First nations, Metis and Inuit map The Atlas of Canada has produced distinct maps showing the distribution of First Nations, Métis and Inuit populations. On top of that, a series of maps on Aboriginal languages illustrates the present day state of Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

E-Learning gets top marks. Employees have given top marks to electronic learning, with more than nine out of ten saying it is an enjoyable and effective way to acquire knowledge and skills. E-learning gets top marks... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

EVALUATING ONLINE DISCUSSIONS: FOUR DIFFERENT FRAMES OF ANALYSIS This study uses four different "frames" to analyze 17 online discussions that occurred in two doctoral-level classes in educational leadership. Two of the frames were developmental models: King and Kitchener's Reflective Judgment Model and Perry's model of intellectual and ethical... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Comparative Analysis of Face-to-Face and Online Course Offerings Quality of instruction can be improved by a variety of means. In this study, traditional classroom courses in computer science were the baseline for comparison with online learning (5 semester-pairs). In four of five semester pairs, superior results were obtained... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Building the School of the Future Microsoft and the School District of Philadelphia have teamed up to build the "School of the Future". Learn about the goals of the project and find ways to get involved. Building the School of the Future... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Red Mars: a very belated appreciation (Boing Boing) In one of those "oooh...spooky" kinds of things I just read Cory Doctorow's post at Boing Boing about the Sci-Fi novel Red Mars. I also just finished reading this terrific book and find Cory's estimation to be right on the mark. It is one of the richest literary works I have had the pleasure to read in a long time. One of the interesting nuggets buried by the author--and there are literally hundreds of these moments--was a brief discussion of how the democratic process in... From Brain Frieze on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Designing e-Learning for the Experience A very interesting examination of the value of a learner's experience is provided by Ravi Krishnan and Venkatesh Rajamanickam from Singapore Polytechnic. In a lenghty article titled Experience-Enabling Design: An approach to elearning design published at eLearningPost.com, they detail how essential it is to think not only in terms of what people will learn, but also the overall experience they will have while learning. Layout decisions like the course structure, navigation, media,... From Brain Frieze on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Ten Things I Need To Do Better as a Teacher Yesterday was the last day of school. All the handshakes and hugs have been dispensed, all the grades have been entered, and teachers and kids alike are out of the building in gleeful bursts of enthusiasm. As I look back on the year I feel the need to detail some of the things that I hope to improve on for next year. 1. Finish the curriculum mapping of my courses. I really need to have a better idea of the learning outcomes I want my students to achieve before the school year... From Brain Frieze on May 31, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Seminal Ideas In his book, A Way of Being (1980), Carl Rogers writes: My psychoanalyst friend, Paul Bergman, wrote that no person has more than one seminal idea in his or her lifetime; all writings by that person are simply further explications of that one theme. I agree. (p79) I don't know whether I agree with this, but the statement does resonate with me. This seminal idea is somehow related to 'the call&apo From apcampbell News on May 31, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

A bit of BlogWalk 2.0 reflections BlogWalk 2.0&nbsp;was a great company of people, beautiful city, sunshine walking and creative conversations. I was expecting some language problems as the majority of BlogWalk participants speak (or at least understand) German and I don't. Thanks to everyone for making effort of speaking English (and writing too&nbsp;:)-- From Mathemagenic on May 31, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

Journal of Interactive Media in Education: la web semántica y la educación El Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) publica un número especial sobre las implicaciones educativas de la web semántica. Editado por Anderson y Whitelock y titulado "The Educational Semantic Web: Visioning and Practicing the Future of Education" contiene artículos de Anderson y Whitelock, Betty Collis, Stephen Downes, Diana Oblinger, Rob Koper y otros especialistas. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on May 31, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

ATutor 1.4 Está disponible la nueva versión 1.4 de ATutor. Entre las novedades más destacables figuran las siguientes: - Un sistema de roles y niveles que permite asignar varios profesores o ayudantes en cada curso. - Un nuevo editor visual de contenidos. - El módulo de tests puede puntuar automáticamente los ejercicios de los alumnos. - Integración de ATutor con el repositorio de objetos de aprendizaje TILE, de modo que es posible importar contenidos de TILE en un curso de ATutor y exportar a TIL From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on May 31, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

MIT OpenCourseWare en wwwtools El boletín wwwtools for education recopila toda la información sobre el proyecto OpenCourseWare del MIT, incluyendo reseñas y evaluaciones: «MIT's OpenCourseWare Project - 2004 Update». From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on May 31, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

No Child Left Behind Is the No Child Left Behind Act creating a hierarchy of "haves" and "have nots" even before any sanctions are placed on schools that don't meet assessment standards? In "School Pushes Reading, Writing, Reform" by Linda Perlstein in today's Washington Post, we learn that some schools, primarily, schools "that have... From PEDABLOGUE on May 31, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

transcription of interview From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Korean blogger in English From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Transcription complete From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

The second book review From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Online E-learning article From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

TAK-TAK From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Lisa in many langages From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

My blogging experiment From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Asian TEFL From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

ESL EFL blogging From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

The Nine Myths of E-Learning Implementation Das kleine Papier zieht gerade durch die e-Learning-Community (Merke: "Myths" im Titel funktioniert immer, auch bei mir!). Es richtet sich an e-Learning-Projektmanager in Unternehmen und gibt eine Reihe ganz praktischer Tipps, verpackt hinter Statements wie z.B.: Myth 1: Everyone knows... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

E-Learning Strategies - Embrace or Eschew? Es ist vor allem die Einleitung, die meine Aufmerksamkeit geweckt hat: "As part of the groundwork, I've started by asking myself is e-learning really so special and different from what we know about pedagogy and student learning that, instead of... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Weblogs have the potential to revolutionize education Warum werden offensichtlich an mehr und mehr prominenten amerikanischen Universitäten (Stanford, Harvard, Minnesota) Weblogs eingeführt, und warum tun sich deutsche Universitäten so schwer? Peter Baumgartner von der FernUniversität Hagen hat vor einigen Tagen zur laufenden Diskussion Stellung genommen. Nicht Unkenntnis... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Dead Internet Marketing Techniques http://forums.smallbusinesscomputing.com/showthread.php?s=a0e23fa75bd217b09becfdfc15310cfe&threadid=330 From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on May 31, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

Víctimas del terrorismo: manual de autoayuda La Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo ha presentado el libro Manual de autoayuda para víctimas de atentados terroristas, disponible tambíén en versión PDF. El texto procura sistematizar los trámites legales, burocráticos y administrativos a los que deben enfrentarse los familiares... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

SUNY online enrollment hits record 70,669 From ScotFEICT on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Calls for proposals - eLearning Programme From ScotFEICT on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Técnicos del proyecto Siega comparten en Budapest su experiencia con expertos en TIC de todo el mundo El Proyecto de Sistemas de Información de la Educación Gallega (Siega) se presentó estos días en el "EMEA Higher Education Summit" (Cumbre Europea de Educa... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

SEDIC organiza un curso online sobre diseño y gestión de intranets La Sociedad Española de Documentación e Información Científica (SEDIC) ofrecerá entre los próximos días 1 a 25 de Junio un --> From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

DCOP conference to be blogged There is a Distributed Community of Practice conference happening in Saskatoon, with Stephen Downes as a keynote speaker. Rob Wall has indicated that he'll be blogging the sessions he attends, so keep an eye on http://omegageek.typepad.com/technica/.... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

New deadline for CELDA 2004 conference Deadline for submissions extended: 12 June 2004 (for all contributions)  IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2004) 15-17 December 2004  -  Lisbon, PORTUGAL... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Cell phones at grad Insight... Something like 3500 students participated in my son's graduation ceremonies at San Francisco State University's football stadium yesterday. All of them, I think, had cell phones. So did their parents. There was a major event happening all afternoon where... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Groove Event in Laval, France on 22 June Our value-added reseller in France, Hommes&amp;Process, the Laval Chamber of Commerce and Clarte are planning a Groove seminar on 22 June 2004 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Laval.  The event will include presentations by Groove Networks French customers, who will discuss the business benefits they're der... From Kolabora.com on May 31, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Sontag & Kael & the liberal arts In today's NYT Book Review, Michael Wood reviews a new book by Craig Seligman called Sontag & Kael: Opposites Attract Me. I'm interested in both of Seligman's writers and still miss Kael's movie reviews, but I want to say a few words about Wood's book review. To help clarify, I'll refer to Seligman as the author, Wood as the reviewer, and Kael and Sontag as the critics. Wood begins with three paragraphs that resist Seligman's opening moves, where, judging by the review, the author... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 31, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..

A model site I was trying to understand a particular line from one of Shakespeare's sonnets when I came across the Shakespeare's Sonnets website. This site offers original and modernized texts for all the sonnets, general and background information, and a line-by-line commentary on each sonnet. There are also good period illustrations of objects, plants, and animals mentioned in the poems. The site shows ways that an individual or group can produce a substantial body of information on a topic... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 31, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..

HeinOnline has recently added 500,000 new pages to its collection of legal material ... HeinOnline has recently added 500,000 new pages to its collection of legal material From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 31, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

The Learner Of The Future Is A Critical Thinker &quot;&quot;...it is possible to rely too heavily on experts and this approach to learning and knowledge tends to encourage passivity and receptiveness rather than inventiveness and imagination&amphellip; [one objective of this essay is]&amphellip; to impress on the reader what a... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

RSS To PowerPoint RSS is becoming a highly pervasive information distribution channel in our rapidly expanding universe. Here is a new tool that allows PowerPoint presentations to easily integrate RSS feeds and news headlines. The Take-off RSS news reader from DataPoint gathers RSS... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

The Web As An Alternative Source Of News Judgement Web has evolved into an alternative source for news judgment. &quot;It's as if people let the news sink in, paused to register what beheading of an American, video-taped and broadcast... really means, and then said: Okay, now I want to... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

One gun smoking, the other gun holstered Smoking gun: Time reports on a Pentagon email (from Douglas "Chicken Hawk" Feith) that says that Dick Cheney's office "coordinated" the awarding of a multi-billion dollar contract in Iraq for the company he formerly headed, Halliburton. (Reuters) Holstered gun: The Boston Globe's Wayne Washington reports that Bush no longer mentions the prescription drug bill he rammed through Congress: A Globe survey of Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks indicate 22 mentions in December and January, four in February, five in March, one in April, and three in May. The reason se From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

Trying SpamBayes I've been happily using PopFile to filter my spam in a Bayesian way. But it's inconvenient to train it because it's not integrated into my mail client (Outlook, ulp). I tried Outclass, but it was over-featured and under-explained. So, I'm trying out SpamBayes, another free Bayesian filter with seemingly good integration into Outlook. It doesn't filter into all the buckets that PopFile does, but it's easy to batch-train it against your existing junk and inbox folders. I was motivated to try new filters by the elegant way Thunderbird integrates spam filtering into t From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

Dave's Definitive RSS Abbreviation The URL declares what RSS stands for? http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/ peeked open just recently, Dave Winer's effort (I llike the initial tone) to have a place to talk more about what RSS can do rather than what it stands for or the intracacies of XML. The revolution of RSS is what people are doing with it, what it enables, the way it works for people who use technology, the freedom it offers, and the way it makes timely information, that used to be expensive and for the select-few so inexpensive and broadly From cogdogblog on May 31, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

Learning by accident...? Martin Spernau's comment on "accidental learning/teaching/sharing" got my attention. There is are lot of "non-intentional" aspects in communication and we tend to discuss and regard only the "intentional" aspects (just think of body language for example). But "by accident" is not a strategy. You can't do anything willingly "by accident". So I'd rather think of it as "secondary effects" of the weblog activity. From owrede_log on May 31, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

HP Moving Closer to Open Source