Comcast blocks spam loophole Cable ISP singles out broadband Internet accounts suspected of sending mass amounts of unsolicited e-mail. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 5:25 p.m..

UCLA laptop theft exposes ID info Notebook nicked from van months ago contained data on blood donors. Officials say they only recently recognized danger. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 5:25 p.m..

The Next Step in Scholarly Communication: Is the Traditional Journal Dead? If the traditional journal is not dead, a suggested by the title of this essay, it is certainly being pressed. The author adopts a generally positive stance toward online publications and suggests that te nature of academic articles themselves will change as a result of the new medium. Thanks to Rory for sending this along. Two other articles from the Spring issue of The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship are also available. By Jeanne Galvin, E-JASL, Spring, 2004 [OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 5:25 p.m..

Online Resources Useful list of postsecondary-focused teaching and learning websites from Faculty Development Associates. Not perfect, though: my favorite website is nowhere to be found. By Richard Lyons, Faculty Development Associates, June, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 5:25 p.m..

From Classrooms to Learning Environments: A Midrange Projection of E-Learning Technologies Our experience with information and communications technologies is sufficient to allow us to identify the progression through the two phases of technological adoptation. This progression may be mapped to a continuum of technological innovations that are now becoming more familiar to researchers in the field. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, June 10, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 5:25 p.m..

The coming explosion of Amateur TV Jeff Jarvis has a long piece on the fast approaching explosion of Amateur Television. Many people have been predicting this for some time, but Jeff has some good thoughts about why TV will happen first: - TV is more exciting... From Corante: Amateur Hour on June 10, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Intel brings wireless broadband to Chinese cities Dalian and Chengdu will serve as test-beds for a technology key to chipmaker's future plans. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Oracle urges customers to patch Web apps An attacker needs just a browser and a bit of knowledge to gain access to e-commerce data. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Open Thread I'll be away from the Net for the next 12-24 hours. Your turn to discuss Reagan, Kerry, Bush, Jobs, Gates or whatever you want to talk about. Please behave. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 10, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Cisco preps new enterprise routers Security and voice features top enhancements aimed at fending off market grab from rivals; Juniper at the gates. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Adobe's PDF hitches a ride with Linux The popular format for viewing documents will be adapted for the open-source operating system--debuting in navigation systems for cars. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Jobs thinks demolish in preservation tussle Also: eWeek fumbles domain name renewal, VIPs and VPNs, and schwagging the dog and pony. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

From Conception through College: NewsForParents.org Delivers the News that Matters to Parents. Psychologist and past chair of the National Parenting Education Network, Debbie Glasser, Ph.D., announced today the launch of www.newsforparents.org, the nation's first website dedicated solely to providing news for parents. From conception through college, NewsForParents.org features the latest national and international news stories on children's health, nutrition, education and development, as well as information related to families, pregnancy and children with special needs. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Semiconductor group gives rosy sales forecast But the organization warns of a crucial need for new manufacturing techniques. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Wiki playlists for for "Rich" collaborative sounds Wow this is so cool!! How do we get the Collaborative sounds from the WIKI to move and keep their richness (images, comments, descriptions, etc. ) into services like WebJay? And then how do we get the rich sounds into an audio player and also into my blog and playlists (each time preserving the richness). Audio Wiki? RSS playlists? I love to try an experiment doing a threaded audio discussion in this WIKI! If I only had 2 other collaborators/volunteers to do the experiment with. We could talk about "Tuning RSS 2.0 for sound". All a collaborator would need is a MP3 recorder, a plac From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Broadband Usage Up 42% In The U.S. In 2003 As reported here by Reuters, broadband usage in the U.S. jumped 42 percent in 2003 as compared to 2002. As more people sign on to high-speed access, how long will it be before we start seeing the cable companies (such as Comcast) start dropping their prices to levels which compete directly with dial-up?" From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Apache, meet BitTorrent, BitTorrent, meet Apache Mod_torrent is a drop in solution for Apache servers when deploying the BitTorrent file swarming technology. With mod_torrent your visitors share the bandwidth burden when distributing large files on your web site. The module transparently makes all, or optionally only certain types of files, retrievable by any client implementing the BitTorrent protocol. From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

The Internet's Third Age I settled into a chair in the conference room of Tallent Communications here in Nashville yesterday for a presentation on a new product, but the moment Joe Moore opened his mouth, I knew it would be much more. Joe's the marketing guy (among other things) with Tallent, and his opening statement was this. "We're entering the third age of the Internet, the age of the application." What followed was a wonderful two hours of give and take about all things From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

CTCNet Conference: Seattle, Wa. June 11-13, 2004 The 13th Annual Community Technology Center Conference will be held in Seattle, June 11th - 13th, 2004. It will explore the relevance for community technology centers as they engage and connect diverse communities to effect positive change. Nearly fifty sessions and a variety of special features, networking opportunities and other events, including a June 10th Pre-Conference Day of workshops and activities. More information on conference themes &am From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Finding Sources the Home-Page Way at Boston.com Most reporters have realized for some time that the Internet is a great way to recruit interviewees for stori From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Why Not Ynet? New News From Israel From Israel comes news from Alan Abbey, who's moved from the Internet edition of the Jerusalem Post (an English-language daily) to become managing director of the upcoming English-language web edition of Israel's largest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew-language). Ynet.co.il is a 4-year-old site (in Hebrew) with an independent news reporting and editing team assigned to produce news 24/7. Abbey explains that Ynet is a "pure play" Internet brand producing 90-plus percent of its own content, and "taking only smidgens of the ne From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

A Reason to Visit Lawrence, Kansas The innovative web crew at the Lawrence Journal-World, led by the enthusiastic and tireless Rob Curley, do some amazing stuff -- especially amazing for such a small newspaper (circulation 20,000). Part of the secret has been to hire smart technologists/programmers who know journalism (or are journalists with strong tech skills). ljworld.com and sister local sites Lawrence.com and KUsports.com have won a big pile of new-media From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Englische Version von ego4u Pressemitteilung: Ab sofort stehen alle Erläuterungen auf ego4u (Englische Grammatik Online) auch komplett in englischer Sprache zur Verfügung. Dieser Service ist nicht nur für unsere deutschsprachigen Besucher gedacht, die ausschließlich auf Englisch lernen wollen, sondern vor allem auch für Englischlernende aus anderen Ländern. Mit der englischen Version wollen wir unseren Besucherkreis erweitern und längerfristig auf ego4u den Austausch in einer internationalen Community ermöglichen. From BildungsBlog on June 10, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Administration to Local Phone Monopolies: It's All Yours

BT plans universal broadband Existing networks won't handle expected growth in data services, so carrier turns to the Net. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Linkblog ideas Mark has collected several variations for adding linkblogging to WP. This is a future project, so am keeping this handy. (370.1) From Open Artifact on June 10, 2004 at 1:01 p.m..

Telenor Mobil offers unlimited SMS Telenor Mobil has launched a new subscription service - Djuice Non-stop - that allows an unlimited number of text messages for a fixed monthly fee aimed at the largest group of users of SMS in the country - young women aged between 18 and 30 - who send more than 15 text messages every day. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Nintendo Europe director attacks console-transition-obsessed Microsoft Nintendo Europe’s managing director has publicly accused Microsoft of not primarily being motivated by profit with their plans to introduce a new version of the Xbox next year. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Vodafone to sell Arcor The pan-European operator is looking to rid itself of its German fixed-line outfit, according to local press reports. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Bulgarian telecoms regulator approves awarding GSM licence to BTC The GSM licence will be officially handed over in a ceremony at the Museum of Communications in the Central Post Office today, but even this may still not be the end of the long-drawn-out saga, as analysts expect the two existing mobile operators in the country, MTel and GloBul, to challenge the regulator’s approval of the awarding of the licence to BTC in court. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Online music piracy down 30% The number of infringing music files available on peer-to-peer networks is 30 per cent down on the June 2003 peak of 1bn, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Wiki in education: usage spikes As I have mentioned elsewhere, I'm currently spending some time and effort trying to work out how to maximise the effectiveness of Wiki technology in education, using the developing features of my own Wiki implementation as a test bench. One of the most significant things I have noticed every time I have tried Wiki technology in the classroom is the usage pattern. Wiki is a web technology, provided via web servers to users via browsers and the HTTP protocol. There has been tons of analysis of internet usage patterns, From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on June 10, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..

Notes from Open Source Cybersocial Presentation Here are my follow-up notes on OSS (or "open source stuff", as Iain says), as promised. These continue from my pre-seminar notes, so you might want to look at them first. The OSS Pitch Strategic Position: Network enabled collaboration makes better software User Position: You control you own destiny Core Competencies: Understanding Internet era software development methodologies; Using free-code distribution to gain market share; and Commoditizing markets to undercut major player From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 10, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..

Open Source Community The atmosphere last night at the Moncton Cybersocial seemed to be a lot more charged than previous gatherings of the IT community in Moncton. My topic of open source brought out some people who usually don't attend these events. Believe me, it was the topic, not the speaker, who brought them out, because there was a lot of expertise in the room last night. It was great to meet Nathalie, Steve and the folks from the Moncton Linu From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 10, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..

Cybersocialism Steve has some comments on last night's OSS cybersocial. It was the suits meet the geeks. Steve's two minutes, which should have been at least ten. As well a comment on getting start-up capital. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 10, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..

Open access panel at SLA conference At the Special Libraries Association Conference in Nashville on June 8, 2004, there was a forum, Open Access Publishing. Carolyn Mills, a librarian at University of Connecticut served as moderator. Three librarians gave presentations; another presenter, Julie Blixrud of SPARC, was unable to atttend due to illness. Bentham Science Publishers sponsored the program which was organized by the SLA Biomedical & Life Sciences Division. David Stern of Yale University led off with his talk "Open Archive Initiatives: underlying issues and long-term implications." His focus, he said, was "free and From Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..

Internalizing socialization (David Weinberger) In Stowe’s column, discussed by Ross, Stowe says: “…the tools that we will use to make sense of the world must be far more socialized than today’s solutions…” I believe from the context that Stowe is referring to social tools,... From Corante: Social Software on June 10, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..

A Cannibal Net I'm on my way today to NYC for a get-together discussing the "Accountable Net." I'd tell you exactly what it means but it's an idea that's just emerging and no one knows exactly what shape it will take. I can tell you, however, that when someone was talking to me about it the other day, he pronounced it quickly and I thought he was talking about "a Cannibal net," a freudian mis-hearing that represents my early ill-founded wariness.... From Joho the Blog on June 10, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Online Learning & Online Knowledge-Making: Tips OnlineLearning Summary: Robin Good notes the worth of blog and wiki in online learning situations. Mark Evans makes suggestions about interaction and study style.Seems as if one of several distinct interpretations of the nature of a class could be "small group knowledge-making effort" (or a cluster of several small-group knowledge-making efforts). [See small group km model --> From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 10, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

"Backlinks by Bloglines" bookmarklet I've whipped up a Bloglines Citations bookmarklet which should prove even more useful than the Technorati Anywhere bookmarklet. Drag the first link to your link bar, and click it while viewing a page. You'll get all the backlinks Bloglines knows about in no time flat. From Seb's Open Research on June 10, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Diminishing America's Meaning

May's Top Affiliate Programs The top 10 affiliate programs of May 2004, as ranked by Refer-it. From ClickZ Stats on June 10, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Semiconductor group ups sales forecast But the organization warns of a crucial need for new manufacturing techniques. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

ePortfolio: Does the E mean "Exploitation?" ePortfolios sound so good in theory. It's all about giving students an easy and convenient way to archive, organize, and display the work they do all throughout their liberal arts education. Maybe they could even work on revising and building on their work all during those tough four years. They always provide a nice way for educators to get a feel for a student's whole corpus of work and administrators a handy way to monitor improvement and detect unhealthy trends. Articles like Joseph C. Panettieri's on Univers From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on June 10, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

BBC Creative Archive Initiative JISC provides us with a little more news about the BBC Creative Archive Initiative which will provide us with access to potential learning material without transgressing rights. From Auricle on June 10, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Chinese bloggers also paid attentions on Reagan's ... Chinese bloggers also paid attentions on Reagan's passing awaySeveral bloggers expressed feelings in their blogs, from Grassland's crawling. From Meta on June 10, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Stowe on Social Tools (Ross Mayfield) Our Corante neighbor Stowe Boyd’s latest Darwin collumn is on The State of Social Tools. In it, he lays out his four Co’s: Communication: instant messaging, e-mail, Web conferencing, streaming video and voice tools, and other messaging solutions Coordination: calendaring,... From Corante: Social Software on June 10, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Save The World Roadmap: Second Edition Here is David Pollard's "list of forty actions -- technological, social, entrepreneurial, political -- that could create a new 'tipping point' to restore our planet's, and our, health." I find this list inspirational and of good use for those seeking... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 10, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Online security survey My researcher colleagues Scott Flinn and Dr. Joanna Lumsden of the Human Web group are seeking people who have recently used the Internet for on-line banking, on-line shopping, discussion forums, or similar activities. They're running a quick 13-question survey to "learn about how you perceive various risks, how you relate to them, and how (or if) you use the features available to help you manage them." Their goal is to From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Journal of Digital Information Management - Volume 2, Number 2, June 2004 is now available ... Journal of Digital Information Management - Volume 2, Number 2, June 2004 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Blogger gathering in Moncton Had a good time the Moncton Cybersocial yesterday. Harold Jarche gave a lively presentation on open source and the associated business models. Recent local discovery Steve Mallett climbed on the soapbox and gave a 2-minute pep talk titled "Open Source - Get on Board or Get R From Seb's Open Research on June 10, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

FixYourOwnPrinter.com My decade-old LaserJet 4 recently developed a bad case of the dreaded "accordian paper jam" syndrome. It's been a workhorse. Maybe, I thought, I should just put it out to pasture. But I had a hunch that the process of getting it fixed would be interestingly different from the last time I had to do something like this. And sure enough, it was. I found several repair kits online, but zeroed in From Jon's Radio on June 10, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Briefly: Lawmakers fight Accenture deal roundup Plus: Cisco flaw resets network hardware...Robot cars ready to rumble...Claria sues L.L.Bean. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

How commercial publishers will respond to the OA tipping point Adam Hodgkin, After the tipping point: what next? An archived copy of an article first published in Information World Review, May 14, 2004. Hodgkin focuses on how the major commercial publishers will adjust once we approach, and then pass, the tipping point in favor of OA (written before the recent Elsevier policy-change in favor of postprint archiving). Excerpt: "First, if the open access business model looks as though it could become prevalent there will be advantages in being in the field early. BMC From Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

More on DOAJ Phase 2 Katie Mantell, Finding open access articles becomes easier, SciDev.Net, June 10, 2004. Excerpt: "Researchers can now search online for more than 46,000 articles published in open access scientific journals, thanks to the launch of the second phase of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The new version of the directory, announced last week, allows users to search by article and not simply to browse journals. It now gives access to more than 1,100 open acc From Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

Dialog has announced that news reports published and broadcast by more than 200 media sources from h ... Dialog has announced that news reports published and broadcast by more than 200 media sources from hard-to-monitor countries, translated into English, have been added to the World News Connection (WNC) service From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

James Joyce's Ulysses: One Page Every Day - In honor of the 100th anniversary of the date that Ulyss ... James Joyce's Ulysses: One Page Every Day - In honor of the 100th anniversary of the date that Ulysses is set, this lauded book will be presented page by page starting with page one on Bloomsday, June 16, 2004 ending with the last page on June 14, 2006 - From Jason White of Botheration! From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Realtime Wiki I am playing around with Wiki tools. Because Zope is the platform on my current development agenda I looked into ZWiki. It offers full Plone integration and support for the ExternalEditor Extension (which means that I can click on small pens to edit pages inside my favorite text editor instead of a textarea inside the browser). But what I would like to use is a wiki-enabled editor that allows clicking CamelCase words right after they are typed (whowrede_log on June 10, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

SCO Versus the Linux World

Illegal downloads stagnated in May as interdiction firms flood P2P networks with spoof files Interdiction companies are flooding peer-to-peer media downloading networks with spoofed files, according to digital tracking and security firm BayTSP and it seems to be working, as the number of Kazaa declined slightly last month and the number of eDonkey users held steady for the second month in a row. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Nintendo talkin’ bout a Revolution Nintendo’s president announced yesterday that his company is developing a new home game console, but said it will not just be more powerful, but will offer “new ideas” about how to play games. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

UMTS Forum and Russian 3G Association to jointly promote 3G in Russian Federation With 3G licensing in Russia anticipated next year, mobile industry players in the region have signalled the importance of 3G/UMTS in providing additional network capacity and new services, particularly in dense urban regions where current cellular networks are becoming increasingly congested. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Police form international online paedo-patrol Police around the world are to start monitoring internet chatrooms in an effort to clamp down on their use by paedophiles to "groom" children for abuse. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Premios del Ministerio de Educación de España para materiales de e-learning El Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de España ha publicado en el Boletín Oficial del Estado una orden (PDF 60 KB) por la que se convocan premios a materiales educativos curriculares en soporte electrónico que puedan ser utilizados y difundidos en Internet, realizados según los estándares tecnológicos W3C. Estos premios se enmarcan en la iniciativa gubernamental Internet en la escuela. Los materiales presentados deberán correspo From MasterMind Explorer on June 10, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

Commons committee to look into e-university crash From ScotFEICT on June 10, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

News for Today, Jun 11 News in the shared spaces world: America Online linked its AOL Instant Messenger service with WebEx (for web conferencing) and Lightbridge (for telephone conferencing). Such capabilities are available to all subscribers of AIM, at about 15c per minute for audio... From Kolabora.com on June 10, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..

Beyond the Building: Taking the Library to Our Users - October 28, 2004 - The eighth annual October ... Beyond the Building: Taking the Library to Our Users - October 28, 2004 - The eighth annual October Conference for all New England academic librarians, sponsored by the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Endeavor Information Systems and Elsevier have announced seven months of successful testing of the i ... Endeavor Information Systems and Elsevier have announced seven months of successful testing of the integration of LinkFinderPlus, Endeavor's OpenURL-enabled link resolver with Scopus, the world's largest abstract and indexing (A&I) database From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The June 7 2004 issue of Open Access Now is now available online ... The June 7 2004 issue of Open Access Now is now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

A new project, British Newspapers 1800-1900, which will digitise in excess of one million pages of f ... A new project, British Newspapers 1800-1900, which will digitise in excess of one million pages of fully searchable texts and associated images from out-of-copyright 19th century newspapers from the British Library, has been announced by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee). The vast majority of newspapers in the British Library collections remain in print form, and are only accessible to researchers who can visit the Newspaper Library in Colindale, North Lo From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Study: Computer use a boost to young minds - Reuters Preschool children who use a computer appear to develop better learning skills than peers who lack computer savvy, researchers said Monday. In a study of 122 children aged 3 to 5, those exposed to a home or school computer either alone or with someone From Techno-News Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Google mulls RSS support - Stefanie Olsen and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com Google is considering renewing support for the popular RSS Web publishing format in some services. Along with rival Atom, RSS is a leading candidate to form the basis of an industry standard for a new style of Web publishing that lets readers easily co From Techno-News Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

FCC: Broadband Internet use up 42% in 2003 - Reuters High-speed Internet use grew 42% last year as some 8.3 million homes and businesses signed up for broadband service, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. Driven largely by new residential and small-business customers, broadband use grew From Techno-News Blog on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5107 Liz Bartell thought she would major in Spanish or another of the liberal arts when she arrived at the all-women Smith College four years ago. But she had always liked math, so, at her mother's urging, she took an introductory course in engineering her From Educational Technology on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Cyberlab: An Ally for Teaching Scientific Collaboration - Mike Calhoun, techLearning Often when a scientist, engineer, or medical practitioner makes a discovery, develops a new procedure, or invents a new device he or she writes a paper explaining what he or she has done. This paper is usually published in a scientific journal or, incr From Educational Technology on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Unofficial education center at LSA Anaconda preps troops for testing - Jessica Inigo, Stars and Stripes Get smart in Iraq " prove it in Kuwait. A fledgling education service center on Anaconda is taking the first steps to become an official education center for military troops. Currently, the center can set up troops with distance learning courses from a From Online Learning Update on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Dropouts get chance to work from home - STUART DYE, New Zealand Herald School dropouts will be given internet at home and access to mentors in a pilot scheme to get the country's most disaffected teenagers back into education. From next month 100 students in Auckland and Wellington will become involved in the $2.5 millio From Online Learning Update on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Teachers from Online Master's Program Having Greater Impact on Students, Study Shows A commissioned study released today by Walden University, an online higher education institution, shows that teachers enrolled in its distance-learning reading and literacy master's degree program significantly improved their students' reading scores o From Online Learning Update on June 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Microsoft's bounty hunter Prosecutor turned Microsoft attorney Hemanshu Nigam explains what's behind the company's decision to offer financial rewards for information leading to virus writers' capture. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

User exchanges: It's good to share Open-source idealism meet commercial software in the shrinking world of code-swapping user exchanges. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Trying a 'landmark case' Although Oracle's legal team might be outrunning the Justice Department, CNET News.com's Karen Southwick says the race is a marathon, not a sprint. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Special coverage: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft The Justice Department's attempt to stop Oracle from buying rival PeopleSoft goes to court Monday in San Francisco. Early revelations include a Microsoft-SAP stunner. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Whoosh. Apple unveils dual-2.5 GHz G5 Among Apples new Power Mac G5 desktop line, the top model, featuring two 2.5 GHz processors, the industry’s fastest front-side bus running at 1.25 GHz per processor, and advanced liquid cooling, starts at €2500. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..

Comparison of Wiki software James Farmer at "incorporated subversion" has spent some time researching Wiki implementations. I'm chuffed to report that my Wiki implementation Friki gets a nod as being "nice", but obviously slightly saddened that it doesn't make his final shortlist. I understand the reasons for his choices, and can see that Friki (in its current version, at least) would not be a particularly From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on June 10, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..

Weblogs in education Why are weblogs so successful? Apart from being very easy to use, the author claims that there are three key attributes that have contributed to its success: 1) personal point of view, 2) chronological nature and 3) byte-sized posts. Together, these three attributes help create experiences that are both engaging and memorable. In this article the author outlines a design method that incorporates these weblog attributes. This article barely scratches the surface of what a blog like system could mean to online learning. A quick look at the statistics of how many people who have surfed the net al From Shootmouth on June 10, 2004 at 7:55 a.m..

Wednesday: Collaborative E-learning For Results One of the better articles on collaboration in elearning, a topic I feel myself feeling is the correct approach to be taking. How can we design e-learning programs to overcome the connectivity/isolation paradox? A program that The Otter Group adapted for CDM from a lunch seminar and then reengineered for synchronous online delivery, demonstrates strategies for building connection, interactivity, and relationships via online learning The following design elements were incorporated into the program: Numerous case examples from participants and their co-workers A team project that asked participa From Shootmouth on June 10, 2004 at 7:55 a.m..

Learning Experience design Experience-Enabling Design: An approach to elearning design from elearningpost by L. Ravi Krishnan & Venkatesh Rajamanickam. A great article articulating the importance of experience design in eLearning and process of resolving conflicts between experience and layout. Every word of the article is quotable, no point in giving an excerpt here. My little postscripts - We evaluate everything in this world (performing arts to gossips) with two souls - one is a critic soul, and another involved soul. Critic soul always wants us to be detached and involved soul want us to be engaged, be part of the s From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

FeedBurner FeedBurner - Yummy features. Great for the Blogger users to generate RSS2/1 feed. SmartFeed is an intelligent, subscriber-aware feed service that enables you to reach the widest possible audience while publishing a single feed on your blog or site. Today, SmartFeed converts Atom feeds to RSS on-the-fly for readers that do not support Atom. In the coming weeks, SmartFeed will be getting even smarter! Via : Seb's Open Research... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

Elevator pitch for Workflow Learning A post by Jay Cross which also appeared as an article in eLearn Magazine. A buff venture capitalist in a designer suit steps into my elevator. Soon she asks, "Workflow learning? What's that?" I reply: "That's something you won't have to ask five years from now, for by then Web Services and the integrated, real-time enterprise will be commonplace. Learning will have become a core business process. It's what will connect humans to their work.... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

Wiki here and wiki there A short article on the role of wikis in corporations: Something Wiki This Way Comes. Basic, useful, introduction to Educational Wikis Via: elearnspace... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

Collaboration Supercharges Performance Jay's presentation at ASTD 2004 in Washington. Covers blogs, RSS, information overload, complexity, time acceleration, network models, value of collaboration, Emergent Learning Forum, social network software, and more.... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

Gush Gush is a free, professional grade, cross-platform, instant messenger and newsreader contained in an aesthetically pleasing environment. Gush prides itself on being secure, full featured, and yet simple. Gush uses the open-standard popular Jabber messaging protocol. With Jabber comes rich-message formatting enhanced by Gush's text-style commands, Offline messaging, and powerful presence control. Gush also introduces Split Chat, a brand new messaging technique that provides better conversation flow, organization, and response abilities. Gush also provides comprehensive conversation archivi From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

This time it's personal new value by One Design Philips uses personas to enhance the design process. Meet Henrik. He's 15 years old and lives in a suburb of Stockholm. He loves hip-hop and skateboarding, doesn't get on particularly well with his dad, and thinks vegetables are for freaks. He has a mobile phone, a Discman, plus a micro hi-fi system in his bedroom. He wants to be a DJ. Or a geologist. Or a truck driver. One other interesting detail: he doesn't exist. Welcome to the world of personas, where fictional characters - based on real-life stories and research data - are created... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Institutionalized instruction As a postscript of BlogWalk 2.0 Sebastian posted -"Is self-organization in learning always the problem of somebody else?" and continued a great reflection in "In the land of confusion". "..many of the folks who quickly jump up to the defense of the ultimate necessity of formal, institutionalized instruction (and we are talking about young adults here... not toddlers or primary school children) as we know it, hardly engage in any educational events that would follow the traditional formats if they want to explore a new field of interest or update their knowledge in a particular area. They remai From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Presentation vs Connection Last Friday I picked up a book called "How to Move Minds & Influence People" by Iain Carruthers from someone's desk of our office. I am not a big fan of how to books (I am planning to write a book named "how to avoid how-to books" in not-so-near-future), and "influence people" comes to me as negative connotation (manipulation!). Ok! Ok! Long prelude, let me come straight to the point. It's a wonderful book about corporate and personal storytelling. Some of the quotable quotes HYPHEN Since we were little, communicating has been about responding to one another. I say to... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Blogs to create engaging learning experiences Maish's article in Australian Flexible Learning Community on How to use weblogs to create engaging learning experiences. According to Maish HYPHEN There are three important factors that make blogs so engaging 1. A personal point of view. 2. Chronological nature. 3. Byte-sized posts. Why ivory tower of academia still neglecting blogs as an education tool HYPHEN 1. Training is still considered to be formal with specific start and end dates, and 2. Training is still perceived from a product standpoint and not from a relationship standpoint. Simple three-step design methodology for edublogs 1 From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

MT Weblogs for Project Management After many theoretical echoes on Plogs a practical how to guide on Managing Projects with Movable Type HYPHEN from Inspired Nonsense. "Basically, I've put together a system of weblogs that organizes entries according to project milestones. Also, with a little extra work I've devised a way to use MT to show files attached to each milestone (e.g. Design Documents, Diagrams, etc.) and date them for versioning. To tie it all together, I created an index file that grabs the data directly out of the MT SQL table and shows the link as well as the date of the last entry.... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Color of learning An excellent example of visual communication. A Flashforward NY 2004 finalist. Although I am not too sure why in application category, it should be placed under "educational".... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

My GMail Account I received an GMail invitation from Asuthosh and I am not going to pay it forward! In fact I already registered myself as soulsoup@gmail.com. After 6+ years of being a loyal user I am getting rid of my hotmail account. I am fed up with the storage limitation, attachment limitation; and more than anything I am petrified by the increasing number of the junk mails clogging my inbox everyday. For the people with greater inertia (most of my friends are!) I will still check my hotmail for another couple of months, but that's it. You can also catch me at... From soulsoup on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Fresh, Stylish PDA Cases Available Online at PilgrimDesigns.com Lexington, VA (PRWEB) June 10, 2004 -- Pilgrim Designs, known for personalized handcrafted handbags, has introduced a new line of colorful PDA cases at PilgrimDesigns.com. Each PDA case is custom made from Pilgrim's collection of richly colored fabrics. A Pilgrim PDA case makes a stylish statement... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Knowledge sharing at the World Bank The World Bank has always been very well known for their knowledge sharing initiatives, and these are explored on their very interesting website. To quote: Knowledge sharing at the World Bank has evolved over time. From an early emphasis on... From Column Two on June 10, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

Apple Touts Super-Cooled G5s Apple unveils 'the world's coolest personal computer' -- a new liquid-cooled, dual-processor G5. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Embryos Yield New Stem Cell Lines Scientists at a Chicago fertility clinic isolate 12 new lines from genetically flawed human embryos. The research could lead to increased understanding of genetic diseases. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

TiVo Breaks Into Home Networks TiVo wants to be more than a digital video recorder. Now subscribers can hook their box to the Net and download content. The company wants to give its service an edge over cable and satellite providers, analysts say. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

You'll Never Get Cable a la Carte Cable TV is like a crappy pizza joint: You can order a small, medium or large pie, but you can't design your own -- and no slices. Wired magazine asked Time Warner Cable's Glenn Britt to get in front of any regulation and give his customers the option now. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Food Makers Changing Genes Better flavor and genetically altered livestock are on the agenda at the BIO conference. Also: Protestors drop in.... Personalized medicine not dead yet.... Do-it-yourself DNA extraction. Wired News reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Gmail Invitation Prices Crash Not too long ago, people were willing to pay top dollar to snag an invitation to set up an account on Google's Gmail Web e-mail service. But Google seems to have become more generous with the invitations. Demand, meet supply. By Chris Ulbrich. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Nintendo Changing Game Plans? The president of the Japanese video-game console maker says it's not enough to dazzle gamers with badass graphics anymore, so the company will try something different with its next generation of machines. By Cydney Gillis. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

A Jet-Powered PDA for Astronauts NASA engineers are working on a robotic sphere that would propel itself around the space station, check the quality of the air and relay handy information to astronauts. Think of it as a cross between a tricorder and a lightsaber training droid. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on June 10, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

CME Cruises, Alaska in August & Hawaii, Sept-Dec. CME & CLE Cruises aboard luxury cruise ships, in Alaska & Hawaii for 2004, revised schedule & topics announced. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Video wall en las estaciones del 11M Los mensajes de solidaridad para con las víctimas y familiares de la masacre del 11M pueden hacerse llegar hasta las estaciones de Atocha, El Pozo y Santa Eugenia mediante la web Más Cercanos: "espacio solidario destinado a todas aquellas personas... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 10, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

ACFS Launches Internship Program Six interns began the training program at ACFS [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

"Not All Plagiarists Are Bad People", says Developer of PowerResearcher Software. Basically, there are three broad types of plagiarists: the 'accidental', the 'opportunistic' and the 'committed'. PowerResearcher helps the accidental and opportunistic to produce honest results. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

The Oxford Princeton Programme Develops a Unique Refining, Trading and Supply Course: Bringing together the principles of refinery economics and international oil trading, this course is the first of its kind to be offered by any training organization [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Access to Online Programs Significantly Expanded Through More Convenient and Timely Access to Title IV Federal Grants & Loans through Alliance with Global Financial Aid Services and Embanet Embanet Corporation and Global Financial Aid Service Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to offer turnkey access to federal funding, e-learning hosting and consulting services to online learners. The alliance combines the expertise of Embanet, one of the founding companies in the e-learning industry, and Global Financial Aid Services, one of the founding companies in providing online access to Title IV financial aid processing, to offer a full end-to-end solution for online programs. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

BPTech adopts IntraLearn LSP to extend customer offerings.Move enables customers to sell courses developed by BPTech on their own branded LMS IntraLearn Software Corporation, the leading supplier of configurable e-learning software applications to the mid-market, announced today that Business Performance Technology (BPTech), a leading e-learning company, has chosen the IntraLearn LSP e-learning platform. BPTech needed a learning management system with integrated e-commerce that could be managed and controlled by its customers who required a private-label platform to sell courses produced for them by BPTech. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Scala Adds Support for Streaming Video and HDTV Playback With Release 7.1 of InfoChannel 3 for Digital Signage Scala, Inc., the leading provider of digital signage control software, today strengthens its position with the release of version 7.1 of the InfoChannel 3 suite of products. This new release builds upon the already strong digital signage platform, adding support for Microsoft Streaming Media and High Definition (HDTV) playback. Release 7.1 also adds support for Unicode, setting the stage for supporting a broad array of Asian character sets including Japanese, Chinese and Korean. These features open the door to a host of new potential digital signage applications and markets, making the Scala d From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Summertime: Kids & Pedophiles Favorite Season of the Year School is out, kids have lots of free time to hang out and chat, and oh yes,the online pedophiles are experiencing their busiest season of the year!More kids are victimized during the summer than during any other time of theyear. A NY Cyber expert/attorney offers tips to keep kids safe this summer. [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004] From PR Web on June 10, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

BlogWalk 2.0 again via HIRSCHgarden: Thema was ja: The role of personal Webpublishing for self-organized and informal learning A - associations, abc, all others - not me, archive, B - blogging, bio, blogosphere C - calendar, comments, From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 10, 2004 at 4:03 a.m..

Nuevas tecnologías y bienestar Informaba recientemente Europa Press de un estudio de TNS-Demoscopia del que se podía concluir que la inmensa mayoría de los españoles (cuatro quintas partes) creen que las nuevas tecnologías han mejorado el bienestar social. Claro que habría que ver qué se entiende por "nuevas tecnologías" (según el estudio, se asocia este concepto al de ordenador) y, sobre todo, habría que determinar qué se entiende por "bienestar social". Y esto sin olvidar que la Estadística es la forma más (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Case study: CampusNet Online Workshop A new article in THE describes the University of Houston's CampusNet Online Workshop, a successful faculty training workshop. The article describes gains in achieving a productive atmosphere for: ...a light and fun atmosphere to the serious task of acquainting faculty... From MANE IT Network on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Teaching writing and literacy with blogs A new First Monday article, "The educated blogger: Using Weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom", describes using weblogs to improve writing and literacy. Storytelling is one key blog feature in this view.... From MANE IT Network on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

TinyUrl.com I just found this great little utility that allows you to turn/redirect a relatively long URL link such as this: http://www.educationaltechnology.ca/opensource/apps.html almost instantly into a much more manageable sized link, such as this: http://tinyurl.com/yrd8a... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

All Telecom signs up to T-Systems' WiFi Roaming Platform The agreement between T-Systems and All Telecom means that WiFi users subscribed to providers who are also connected to T-Systems' platform will not have to purchase pre-paid cards to use All Telecom's hotspots and will be able to use their home provider login and password to do this. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

TeliaSonera signs Portuguese wi-fi roaming agreement TeliaSonera has signed a roaming agreement for wireless broadband with PT Wi-Fi and TMN. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Nokia supplies MegaFon network expansion Nokia is supplying GSM/GPRS equipment for the expansion of MegaFon's GSM network, enabling advanced mobile data services, as part of the recently announced €285m deal. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

AT&T trials global VoIP telework service The trials are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The service is built upon the capabilities of AT&T's existing CallVantage VoIP Service, launched in March of this year and currently being rolled-out across the United States. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

NTT DoCoMo 4G trials produce data rates of 300Mbps However, a company spokesperson cautioned that thr top speed of 300Mbps was only temporarily available and in a very limited environment. Ultimately the company is aiming for a data rate of 100Mbps for its 4G phones. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Macromedia, Speedera deliver Flash video streaming The Streaming Service powered by Speedera will enable companies to deliver the streaming of Flash video to web users without having to install and maintain their own streaming video servers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

BT begins switchover from PTSN to IP-based network The company will begin transferring customers to the new network in two years' time, with the bulk of the transfer to be completed by 2009. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Advertising to drive online gaming to €3.25bn market - report A new report suggests that online gaming has the potential to tap the revenue opportunities that advertising has historically bestowed upon TV networks, and that this will expand the market to be worth some €3.25bn by 2008, up from around €800m in 2003. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 10, 2004 at 4:01 a.m..

Monolith and digital copyright BoingBoing reader Jason Rohrer created an app called Monolith, which "munges" together two arbitrarily-selected binary files (called a Basis file and an Element file) to produce a Mono binary file (with a .mono extension). Jason says the resulting Mono file will not be statistically related to either file, hence becoming an interesting tool for exploring the boundaries of digital copyright (what is the copyright status of the resulting .mono file?) Things get interesting when you ap From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Explode your TV TV is about to explode, just as publishing is exploding thanks to the web and weblogs. Many elements are coming together that will mean the barrier to entry to TV is dropped to the ground. Anybody can produce TV. Anybody can distribute TV. And TV will thus be able to serve any interest. Just as you no longer need a printing press to publish, you no longer need a tower (or cable or satellite) to broadcast. Of course, that's hardly a new prognostication. Many smart folks, like Adam Curry and Ernie --> From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Fifteen-second film contest encourages mobile phone movies Director Mike Figgis supports a contest where film-makers must show their talent in just 15 seconds. Entrants to the Nokia Shorts contest will have to submit a 15-second digital film, encouraging the making of movies for mobile phones. The winner will get to make a longer film, while finalists will have theirs shown at London's Raindance festival. [-- From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Torrent RSS Here is a list of some interesting Torrent/RSS things. Buttress automatically downloads bittorrent files from rss feeds. Nucleus Nucleus will download a specified RSS file, and look for .torrent files that match any of the specified keywords. Radio Bittorrent is for Radio Userland. Broadcatching with Bittorrent --> From unmediated on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

what's in the pipe? As I was coming home from college this afternoon, I walked past a van from a gas company and some workmen who had dug a big hole in the road. One side of the workings smelled strongly of sewage, and the other side smelled of gas. I hurried past, but somehow the incident set me thinking about the history of providing services to urban buildings. This side of town has been in constant habitation since the mid-1800s. In Victorian times it was popular to be proud of each completed job, and many of the houses have names and dates carved into a lintel or large stone brick at the front. M From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Preguntale a NOAH sobre la Medicin a Complementaria y Alternativa The Spanish language version of NOAH's site providing basic information and resources on alternative therapies. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

National Council Against Health Fraud The website of this private nonprofit group is devoted to providing information about health fraud through, position papers on various therapies, news on legal matters and links to other consumer protection information on the web. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database This is an extensive resource providing citations to scientific articles on all kinds of dietary supplements. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Ask NOAH about Complementary and Alternative Medicine Basic information and links to resources on many alternative therapies in an accessable format. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Alternative Medicine Produced by the McMaster University in Canada, this international list of resources for alternative medicine contains databases, dictionaries, on-line experts, research reports from many types of organizations. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Alternative Medicine Page References to databases, websites, directories of practitioners, governmental resources, & discussion groups are provided on this award winning site. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 10, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..

Custom Keyword Search Webfeeds for Yahoo News Here's a cool tool. It's been around since last October, and it appears to work pretty well. Famed blogger Jeremy Zawodny created and has made available, for free, a tool that allows you to create custom webfeeds (RSS format) based on keyword searches of Yahoo News. So what?... (Read more...) From Contentious Weblog on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

Why can't a newspaper be more like a blog?(MediaSavvy) As a n avid consumer of on-line news I'm always interested in the inner workings (and thinking) of the folks who are publishing news on-line. One thing that escapes me is why more on-line newspapers aren't taking advantage of the powwer orf RSS to deliver news headlines. Barry Parr writes at [http://mediasavvy.com/archives/000475.shtml]Media Savvy[/url] on the resistance on-line publishers have to using RSS for delivering content. He's dead on the money in his evaluation of RSS and blogging... From Brain Frieze on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

Google, My Swiss Army Knife I seem to be tying more and more of my life to Google these days. An increasing number of my critical tasks are handled by it. For instance: A computer failure resulted in the corruption of more than half the addresses in my rolodex-software database a while back. (Yes, I use a backup service; the backup was corrupted, too. I don't want to think about it, but it was probably my fault!) So, rather than recreate what was lost, I simply use my e-mail archive to find addresses and phone numbers. That works like a charm, now that I've begun (...) From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

A 'Thumbs Up' for This One? Roger Ebert, the "thumbs up, thumbs down" movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, will now be popping up in windows on mobile phones. Crain's Chicago Business reports that the service will offer reviews of current and classic movies. It will be available through U.S. Cellular, which will offer "Now playing," "Great movies," "Search movies and rentals," "Browse by genre," and "Weekly top 10" categories. "The idea that moviegoers and movie renters can access my reviews on their mobile phones is mind-b From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

My TV, When I Want It Although Steve Outing (editor of this blog) has extolled the merits of TiVo here for quite some time, it took me a while to catch on to what he was so excited about. Now, I wonder how I lived without the digital video recorder and with videotape for so long (as I continue to watch and re-watch my digital-quality recording of Tampa Bay Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk lifting hockey's Stanley Cup). And now, it appears that TiVo has other delights planned for us: bypassing traditional cable and satellite services, according to --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

Promising Ad Trends for Dutch Internet Media Coming in at 4.47 billion, 2003 advertising revenues for the Dutch media sector were 4.1 percent below 2002, the largest drop ever. As reported by research company BBC De Media en Reclamebank, which tracks media spending of 145,000 advertisers at 1,000 media properties, the combined print sector was hurt particularly badly with a 7.8 percent drop, down 194 million from 2002. But not all media lost out. Radio reported 9.1 percent growth in advertising revenue, billboards 11 percent, and television 2.2 percent. The absolute winner was the Internet, with 25 pe From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

The Interactive Summer Olympics Lost Remote has a great interview with Rex Sorgatz, interactive director for Internet Broadcasting Systems and the guy heading up production of NBCOlympics.com, the official NBC website for the Summer Olympics. What Sorgatz and crew are attempting to pull off indeed does sound Herculean. We can forgive him for abandoning his long-running Fimoculous weblog and devoting nearly every waking hour to the Olym From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

Web KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) I've been disturbed for some time by the cluttered home pages of many news websites. Jeff Jarvis has posted a short but important item on his blog about Yahoo!'s proposed home-page design, and how it compares to Google's. Look at the proposed new Yahoo! (and the old one). Now Google. It's no wonder Google is supreme in that match-up. I would suggest that From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 10, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..

C&W Weblog: Post, You! Computers & Writing starts tomorrow, so I expect to see some posts on the conference weblog! (glowers) As I said earlier, I enabled the Drupal module, so you'll be able to login using your Kairosnews username with "@kairosnews.org" after it. As long as I'm posting about the conference weblog, I'll go ahead and add that I've never thought it was a good idea to have a separate weblog for each year of the conferenc From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on June 10, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

Tungsten T3 Screws: Found Replacements This is just a brief PSA... many owners of Palm Tungsten T3s have had problems with the screws that hold the lower body. My local hardware store had replacement screws that fit perfectly. I posted details on my blog: Unscrewed: Finding Replacement Screws for Palm Tungsten T3 From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on June 10, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

The Person of Tomorrow For a healthy society, Carl Rogers (1980) offers us a vision of the qualities that the person of tomorrow will possess:Openness Desire for authenticity Skepticism regarding science and technology Desire for wholeness The wish for intimacy Process-oriented Caring Sympathetic attitude toward nature Anti-institutional Authority lies within Recognition of the unimportance of material things A yearning for the SpiritualHe argues that a person needs the 'awareness of self as From apcampbell News on June 10, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

Parliamentary committee to investigate UKeU According to a couple of articles in yesterday's Education Guardian a UK Parliamentary Committee is to investigate the demise of UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU). There's more, so if you're interested read on! From Auricle on June 10, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

Reusable Learning site from NSDL/Eduworks http://www.reusablelearning.org/index.asp?id=26 Based on a reference in a recent intro to learning objects I went back to a site I thought I new, but instead found this newly developed resource that the Eduworks folks produced for the NSDL. It is really worth spending some time on, for both newbies and old hands alike. The section on "Fostering Reusability in the NSDL" is very helpful, and the Re From EdTechPost on June 10, 2004 at 3:57 a.m..

I hate grades From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 10, 2004 at 3:57 a.m..

RSS: Grassroots Support Leads to Mass Appeal The benefits of RSS have not been lost on educational technologists, with the result that some early work has been done to adapt the format to educational use. This article described the history of RSS technology and its possible future. From eLearnopedia on June 10, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Beiträge der Balanced Scorecard für ein nachhaltiges E-Learning im Unternehmen Die Autorinnen wollen nichts weniger als eine Antwort auf die Frage geben, "wie der Beitrag von E-Learning auf den Geschäftserfolg gemessen werden kann". Vor diesem Hintergrund geben sie einen guten Überblick über die Ziele des Bildungscontrollings, die Rolle von Kennzahlen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 10, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Google: Let Me Mix My RSS AdFeeds Monetize my RSS feeds? Thanks, but no thanks. That is what I have been answering so far to those who very kindly have approached me to suggest in a way or another to introduce some good text ads inside my RSS feeds. The issue is not that I don't like the money. The issue is that we need to stop imposing old models on new technologies and ways of operating. In my view information must be free. Like air or water.... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on June 10, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Hochschulrektoren fordern Studiengebühren Zu Zeiten der Studierenden-Streiks letzten Herbst haben sich ob der Gunst der Stunde noch viele Unis selbst gegen Studiengebühren ausgesprochen. Nun, wo 'allgemeine Verwaltungsgebühren' und Studiengebühren für LangzeitstudentInnen erfolgreich etabliert wurden und in einigen unionsgeführten Ländern bereits Klagen gegen das Verbot allgemeiner Studiengebühren laufen, wendet sich die Fahne im Wind: Berlin (rpo). Die deutschen Hochschulrektoren fordern die Einführung von Studiengebühren, mit denen sie die Qualität der Ausbildung sich From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on June 10, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Hochschulrektoren fordern... Berlin (rpo). Die deutschen Hochschulrektoren fordern die Einführung von Studiengebühren, mit denen sie die Qualität der Ausbildung sichern wollen. "Einen Studienbeitrag von bis zu 500 Euro pro Semester halten wir für zumutbar", sagte HRK-Präsident Peter Gaehtgens am Mittwoch in Berlin. Die Studiengebühren habe die HRK auf ihrem Treffen am Dienstag in Bonn mit großer Mehrheit beschlossen. Noch in diesem Jahr werde die Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zur Aufhebung des Verbots von Studiengebühren erwartet. [...] From BildungsBlog on June 10, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Unterrichtsfilme übers... Lehrer in Nordrhein-Westfalen können sich ab sofort Unterrichtsfilme direkt aus dem Internet ins Klassenzimmer holen. Die Leiter der Landesmedienzentren Westfalen und Rheinland in Bergkamen (Kreis Unna) gaben den Startschuss für die breite Verfügbarkeit des Projekts EDMOND (Elektronische Distribution von Bildungsmedien on Demand). Fast flächendeckend stehe damit den Schulen ein Paket von zunächst rund 350 Medien online zur Verfügung, hieß es. Für den Download muss die Schule über einen Breitbandzugang v From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Archivpflege in Westfalen... PDF-Download über http://www.lwl.org/waa/archivpflege/heft60/index.html Inhalt: * Norbert Reimann: Archivgut als Kulturgut (2) * Hans-Jürgen Höötmann: Grundzüge eines standardisierten Klassifikationsschemas für Nachlässe (4) * Detlef Briesen, Rose Scholl, Maren Braedt, Daniel Buck, Kristin Fichtler: "Arbeiten mit Quellen in Archiven". Ein Beitrag zur Diskussion über die Vermittlung von Berufspraxis innerhalb des Faches Geschichte zw From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Ingenious http://www.ingenious.org.uk/ Ingenious.org.uk is a new online resource including over 30,000 objects and pictures taken from the Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television and the National Railway Museum. Via Ten Thousand Year Blog http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/index.php/archives/2004/06/08/532/ From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Internetvisionär Die "Presse" sprach mit Brewster Kahle, der in seinem "Internet Archive" alle Informations-Schätze der Welt vereinigen will. http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=h&ressort=ho&id=425989 From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Jobs im Archivar 2004/2 S. 191 Stadtarchiv Braunschweig, Dipl.-Archivar/in (FH), befristet, bewerben bis 20.6. Stadtarchiv Neuss, Diplom-Archivar/in, A 10, bis 31.8. Stadtarchiv Pirmasens, Archivassistent/in, befristet auf 1 Jahr, 3 Wochen nach Erscheinen S. 192 Landesarchiv Berlin, Landesarchivinspektoranwärter/in, bis 15.8. From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Direktorin des Stadtarchivs... Nachdem Evelyn Brockhoff bereits seit Herbst 2003 das Amt kommissarisch geführt hatte, ist sie nunmehr zur neuen Direktorin des Frankfurter Instituts für Stadtgeschichte gewählt worden. Die promovierte Kunsthistorikerin ist die erste Frau an der Spitze des 1436 eingerichteten Archivs, dessen stellvertretende Leiterin sie seit 1996 war. Mehr in Archiv.net Zu Frankfurter Schweinereie From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Gutsarchive in Gefahr Werner Heegewaldt, Vom Volkseigentum zum Depositum - Zur Situation der Gutsarchive im Brandenburgischen Landeshauptarchiv, in: Der Archivar 57 (2004) H. 2, S. 119-123 schildert die unkomfortable Lage der brandenburgischen Archivverwaltung durch das EALG (für mich ein Unrechts-Gesetz). Die Eigentümer bestreiten z.B., dass es sich um "Kulturgut" handelt (S. 121). H.s "positive Zwischenbilanz" ist für mich wie Pfeifen im Walde - er erörtert auch nicht, inwieweit staatliche Schutzmassnahmen (Eintragung in die Liste national wertvollen Kulturguts, Denkmalschutzrecht) die Erhalt From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Verwaltungsreform - New Public... Walter Schuster, Die Anforderungen an Kommunen und Archive in Zeiten des New Public Management, in: Der Archivar 57 (2004) H. 2, S. 108-114 beleuchtet die Problematik vor allem aus österreichischer Sicht. Eine exzellente Einführung bietet im WWW das Online-Verwaltungslexikon (Stand 2004) http://www.olev.de/n/nsm.htm Ein kritischer Standpunkt zum NPM in der Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Public_Management From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

BW: Archivnachrichten Archivnachrichten Baden-Württemberg Mai 2004 http://www.lad-bw.de/aktneu/archnach/Archiv_Nachr_28.pdf Wenn der Server wieder funktioniert, wird auch etwas zum Inhalt gesagt! From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Langzeitarchivierung digital... Aufgrund rechtlicher Unsicherheiten, fehlender Referenzinstallationen sowie nicht vorhandener organisatorischer und technischer Empfehlungen zeigen viele Institutionen derzeit keine Bereitschaft zur Einführung der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung. Digitale Signaturen bieten die Möglichkeit, die Integrität und Authentizität digitaler Daten zu sichern. Bisher liegen im Gesundheitswesen, in öffentlichen Verwaltungen und anderen Branchen jedoch kaum Erfahrungen mit einer benutzer- und prozessgerechten performanten und kostengünstigen Integration digitale From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Digital Archiving in Flemish... http://www.antwerpen.be/david/website/eng/index2.htm The DAVID-website is the webspot of the first research project in Flanders about digital durability in a governmental environment. DAVID, Digital Archiving in Flemish Institutions and Administrations, is a project of the Foundation for Scientific Research within the scope of the Max Wildiers Foundation and is a cooperation between Antwerp City Archives and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Informatics of the K.U.Leuven. The goal of this project was to From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Webarchivieren: Konferenz... Matthias Weber berichtet im Archivar 2004 S. 155f. vom Symposium der NL-Archiefschool Amsterdam vom 12. Juni 2003, dessen PPT-Präsentationen unter http://www.archiefschool.nl/onderzoek/lezingen.htm eingesehen werden können. From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Gebührenwucher Aus den neuen gesetzlichen Vorschriften abgedruckt im Archivar 2004 S. 176ff. Gebühren zur Nutzung von Reproduktionen von Archivgut im Internet Kosten der Landesarchive MV (ebd., S. 179) Internetveröffentlichung 255,50 Euro (bei Wissenschaft und Kultur kann davon abgesehen werden) Niedersachsen (S. 185) Bei gewerblicher Nutzung je Jahr 150 Euro Rheinland-Pfalz (S. 187) je Jahr 200 Euro (im Einzelfall Gebührenermässigung oder -befreiung möglich) Eine gerichtliche Klärung wäre wünschensw From Archivalia on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning The 20th annual conference on Distance Teaching & Leaerning will be held August 4-6, 2004 in Madison, Wisconsin. Looks like an excellent conference with keyonotes by Carol Twigg, Nigel Paine and Chris Dede. Conference information is available at http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

SnapperMail Enterprise Edition 2.0 Public Beta It's here! SnapperMail Enterprise Edition 2.0 Public Beta. Take a 60 day test drive of our upcoming new and improved wireless email app... Due to customer demand, we've decided to open up our upcoming SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.0 for public evaluation. This download is a full unrestricted... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Solar-Powered Gadgets on the Move LOS ANGELES -- Gadget lovers are using solar panels to power their toys in the remotest places -- like Mt. Everest, altitude 29,029 feet. "The sun was so bright at 18,000 feet that it wasn't a problem at all," said Sean Burch, who climbed the world's highest peak alone last year, the 50th... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Pocket Loox 700 Coming In August FirstLoox is reporting some specifications on the upcoming Pocket Loox 700. There is also a link to a <a href="http://mobile-review.com/pda/articles/loox700.shtml">russian site</a> with pictures. Further to our report on 01 June we've received more information (from several sources) about the... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Upcoming Asus A730 PPC and P505 PPC Smartphone Mobile 01, a chinese mobile devices forum, has got pictures and details of the upcoming Asus A730 PPC and P505 PPC Smartphone. As far as I can tell, the A730 has a 3.7" VGA 640x480 TFT display, runs on a PXA270 520MHZ CPU, has a 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and supports both CompactFlash and SD cards.... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

TealScript 3.52 TealScript 3.52 has been released with the added option to turn off custom Graffiti indicator drawing (for Sony UX-50). Replace Graffiti 1 or Graffiti 2 with TealScript, the text recognition system you can customize. Unlike Graffiti or other systems, TealScript lets you make or change your own... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

TealDoc 6.30 TealDoc 6.30 has been released with the addition of a optional bottom scroll bar, updates compatibility with complex documents/links, and fixes cursor movement on editing screen. Read, edit, and browse documents, Doc files, e-books and text files with TealDoc, the enhanced doc reader. With... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Review of HP iPAQ h6310 HP iPAQ H6310 is getting closer! jpmihalk from pdaPhoneHome has the chance to spend an hour with a pre-production version of the HP iPAQ h6310. Let's see what he feel. SOURCE: <a href="http://www.slashphone.com/71/556.html">SlashPhone</a> ... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Mobile Users In Singapore Make New Friends With Bedd BEDD is a new Bluetooth-enabled mobile social medium that allows people to meet, interact and communicate in a new way, letting their mobile phones do all the work as they go through their day. BEDD had its worldwide launch in Singapore on 22/23 May 2004. The founder of BEDD, CEO Stephen Carlton... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Energy Dimmer 2.10 Energy Dimmer 2.10 has been released with support for Sony Clie TJ27 and TJ37, and support for Treo 600 navigation. PalmOS devices with colour screens consume a lot of energy and therefore they won't usually run as long as devices with a monochrome screen. On devices that allow to change the... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Pocket MSN for Windows Mobile^TM 2003 Pocket PC and Smartphone devices Be among the first to try Pocket MSN! You get mobile access to popular MSN services plus a richer experience with these new features: Familiar & Integrated MSN Experience - Enjoy one-click access to MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, MSN Alerts, and browse MSN sites including Maps & Directions**. With... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

palmOne to Present at Bear Stearns 15th Annual Technology Conference MILPITAS, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- palmOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLMO) today announced that Todd Bradley, palmOne president and chief executive officer, will present at the Bear Stearns 15th Annual Technology Conference in New York on Monday, June 14, at 3:25 p.m. EDT (12:25 p.m. PDT). A... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

HP Confirms the End of Sleeves and the iPAQ h5500 Several weeks ago, a source leaked to Brighthand that HP had decided to stop releasing devices that can use the expansion packs that were a hallmark of the iPAQ line since its inception. HP has now confirmed this. HP regularly sends its developers an email newsletter to keep them informed of... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Gaxian Tri Ball for Palm 1.01 Gaxian Tri Ball for Palm 1.01 is game in which you control the Tri Ball with Magnets The Gaxian Tri Ball Tri Ball is a system of three magnetic balls, connected together with elastic strings. Each string can have a different elasticity that gives a variety of possible Tri Ball systems, each with... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Live! for Treo600 2.1 Live! for Treo600 2.1 has been released with the ability the record sound and a new sound preference setting. Live! is specifically designed for the Treo600 to take motion videos with and without sound. Recording sound is not possible with the first generation of Treo600. Video can be recorded to... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Seagate to introduce 5 GB HDD CF Seagate has announced it is to produce a 5 GB HDD in the CF Type II form factor, although they can't use the name 'Microdrive' that is essentially what this device is. Details at this point are a little thin on the ground, the metal cased device will be available in 2.5 GB and 5 GB capacities, it... From pdatrends News on June 10, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

News for Today, Jun 10 News in the shared spaces world: Redux re Canalys on the PDA/smartphone market: Nokia's rise in standings comes on the back of sales of smartphones, with such devices being most popular in Europe and Asia. ecommercetimes.com Adobe announced its Intelligent... From Kolabora.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

Alexandrian Public Library One of the dozen blogging librarians at Saint Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, Indiana, told me today of good weblog from a smallish library, Alexandrian Public Library, in Mount Vernon, Indiana. Dig the cool background, but most of all dig the way the writers are trying out ways to serve their community. Complete with an Atom feed! From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

The spirit of the war The Naval Historical Center has a web exhibit of paintings and drawings made by soldiers present during the Normandy invasion. I go looking there for hints about the experience, ways to get beyond the too easy and finally disrespectful tourist customs we sometimes bring when we take a look at the war. I would like to see the works in person, but even on the web some things come across. Soldiers resting a few days into the invasion show weariness and shock that borders on horror --... From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

TDF Finale Training Directors Forum wrapped up midday. I am an exhausted but happy camper. Phil Jones told me 475 people attended (including 83 faculty and about 40 sponsor reps). I felt much more intimate. Talking with vendors and with friends, everyone agreed that small is beautiful.... From Internet Time Blog on June 10, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

Eprints and the transition to OA Frank Havemann, Eprints in der wissenschaftlichen Kommunikation, text of a June 1 lecture at Humboldt University's Institut für Bibliothekswissenschaft. Havemann argues that eprints and eprint archiving can accelerate progress toward OA. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) From Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Oxford launches a new OA journal Oxford University Press has launched Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal. Quoting the press release: "The 'open access' (OA) publishing model for eCAM will be the third OA initiative from OUP Journals Division, all designed to gain a better understanding of how different open access models could work in different markets and academic disciplines. Nucleic Acids Research is exploring a mandatory author-pays m From Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

OA thread on Slashdot A discussion of open access has emerged on Slashdot, triggered by the Nature OA debate. The good news is that there are a lot of postings pro and con, and the pro postings show a lot of enthusiasm. The bad news is that many of the postings are by people new to the concept who are repeating old misunderstandings. No one will have time to correct them all, so I settled for Open Access News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

GeoLearning to Host Webinar: The What, How & When of Blended Learning From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

New Material to be Added to ieltshelpnow.com From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Questionmark Releases Sharepoint Portal Connector From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Collège Boréal hailed as leader in innovation in distance education From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

E-Learning on the Job From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Columbus district to develop online H.S. From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

District to build virtual high school as alternative to charter schools From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

'Betty' Craft made technology palatable at ASU From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Defining and Measuring Quality in Online Discussions From DEC Daily News on June 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

The Wide World of Wiki: Choosing a wiki for an element of a fully online undergraduate course Following up on my recent wiki investigations I thought I'd do a run down of the wikis I've looked at, thought about and played with and my 'conclusions' at this stage. Probably worth noting before starting is that there really is no 'best' solution... my thoughts are very much influenced by my personal preferences and pedagogy, I have no rubric (nor would I like any ;o) and I will probably change my mind down the track... so that said, here goes: Task: Choose a wiki system to From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 10, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Scaling Down Your Childhood I've been too busy to post so far tonight because I've been playing with these cut-and-fold paper vintage video-game cabinets. Too cool, especially the fact that Tempest is one of the games included! [via Boing Boing] From The Shifted Librarian on June 10, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

No-brainer SMS Imagine this, except with options like "Due dates for items checked out" and "New releases" and "Upcoming events" (ideally narrowed by keyword). [via textually.org] Side note: no Sprint?! From The Shifted Librarian on June 10, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

None of which Could *Possibly* Apply to Libraries, Too The Internet Search on Mobile Race "IDC analyst Mr Keith Wayras expects 30 million people, or 17 per cent of US mobile subscribers, to use the web on phones in 2006,while currently in Japan about 44.8 million people, or 58 per cent of internet users, access the web on their mobile phones.Internet access will be available on most of the approx 600 million mobile phones expected to be sold worldwide this year.While it is already possible to run a Google search on phones, it is not always From The Shifted Librarian on June 10, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

So How Would You Prove You're a Person? pretty as a picture "We've been available through AIM for 2.5 months now. I've handed out cards to YAs (and a few adults) and have them around the library for people to take. I had the chance to speak to 75 freshman and gave told them about it. (They were pretty amazed). Anywho, this has resulted in over 50 questions from about 35 patrons. (And no, I'm not counting the questions asking if I was a robot or a person). Not a bad ROI." [--> From The Shifted Librarian on June 10, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Mashing Books and Aggregators If you like the idea of reading Da Vinci's Notebooks via RSS, then you might also enjoy James Joyce's Ulysses, as syndicated by Jason White. The fun starts on June 16, which Jason notes is the hundredth anniversary of the date that Ulysses is set. Offer good through June 14, 2006.  ;-) From The Shifted Librarian on June 10, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Apples and Oranges Nice article outlining the roles and responsibilities of user researchers and designers. Sometimes these roles and responsibilities overlap, causing much confusion and bitterness in the process. The solution lies not in listing down and enforcing who does what, but in building a shared understanding of each other's areas of expertise. From elearningpost on June 10, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

The Ethnographic Observations Have Begun Nice to see ethnographic studies being done for online learning projects. The practice-oriented methods of search-inquire-observe (from Garvin's Learning in Action) really do help in uncovering real world issues that are usually missed out in traditional forms of training needs analyses. It's just that the scope, budget, time and resource constraints don't always allow the use of these methods. From elearningpost on June 10, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Casting the digital dice If Murphy allows all to go well, and he won't, 19 (yikes!) teachers will play the first round of Blogopoly tomorrow in the newly redesigned Galileo Li-Blog-ary.  That's 13 more than I anticipated. Many are doing this without compensation. I work with the best educators in the Emerald City. From homoLudens III on June 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Study Finds Senior Exams Are Too Basic A study of high school graduation exams shows that they largely test material taught in the ninth and tenth grades. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Democrats Seek Bigger Aid Rise to City Schools New York State Democrats presented their plan to improve New York City's schools, calling for the state to increase spending by $6 billion over the next five years. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Former Auditor of Roslyn, L.I., School District Questions $7 Million in Transactions The questionable transactions have yet to be reviewed in a detailed audit, the school board's president said, and some could prove to be legitimate. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Taking Candy From Pupils? School Vending Bill Says Yes The State Assembly has passed a bill that would severely limit what could be sold in school vending machines. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

City to Help Curb Harassment of Asian Students at High School After reports that students at a high school in Brooklyn were harassed by fellow students, the city has agreed to enhance services for non-English-speakers at the school. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Money Trouble and Shooting Shut a School Drake Business School, which opened in New York City 131 years ago, will close permanently because of financial hardship. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Combining Coursework and Views of Emus Millbrook School is a community of 240 students, 100 faculty and staff members and 150 wild animals. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Ex-Long Island School Official Pleads Not Guilty in Larceny Case A former Long Island school official pleaded not guilty to first-degree grand larceny charges, almost two years after she resigned when $250,000 in school funds went missing. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Study Faults Colleges on Graduation Rates Only 63 percent of full-time college students at four-year colleges graduate within six years - a common yardstick for measuring graduation rates. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

For Shining Light at Juilliard, a Tragic End in a Remote Spot Sarah Fox, the Juilliard student whose body was found Tuesday, was a radiant young woman imbued with talent, her friends say. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

As Cars Become More Intricate, Automotive Tech Class Is Junked A program that for a long time has led John F. Kennedy High School students into skilled jobs with dealerships and service centers could soon be shut down. From New York Times: Education on June 10, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Nature on open access publishing One of the kings of scientific publishing, the journal Nature, has recently launched a forum to bring together articles and information about open access publishing. They've even got an RSS feed for updates to the forum. It's great to see a top journal open a dialogue about a somewhat controversial issue in the scientific publishing industry. In an age of ever increasing journal subscription costs and shri From Creative Commons: weblog on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Xandros debuts free Linux version Start-up revisits the no-cost Linux idea--but at the expense of features. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Bush administration won't appeal phone decision Administration's move leads an FCC commissioner to say he will not seek a Supreme Court appeal. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Cisco flaw resets network hardware A flaw in the operating system for Cisco Systems' Catalyst switches could be used to shut down and reset the hardware, the network device maker says. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Lawmakers fight Accenture 'corporate expat' deal A House committee passes a measure aimed at blocking a major homeland security contract awarded to Bermuda-based Accenture. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Briefly: Lawmakers fight Accenture 'corporate expat' deal roundup Plus: Cisco flaw resets network hardware...Robot cars ready to rumble...Claria sues L.L.Bean. From CNET News.com on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

More reusability.org problems Ok. I feel really awful interrupting everyone’s service with my personal problems. This guilt for blog-down-time, added to Movable Type licensing stupidity, has led me to an unpleasant decision — shutting down the blog service on reusability.org. I feel really bad… I’ve loved providing this little service to several of my close friends. Anyway, if you have a blog on reusability.org, please look into alternate hosting. I’ll wait to actually “pull the plug” until everyone confirms that they have found another home. I’ll be finding From autounfocus on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

reusability.org blog problems Ok. More downtime for reusability.org over the last few days. This is ridiculous. I feel really bad about my friends’ blogs being down. This guilt, combined with recent Movable Type license stupidity, has led me to decide to shut down the blog service on reusability.org. I just don’t have the time to manage this service anymore. Apologies all around. Once we’ve all found new services and migrated our data over, I will be pulling the plug once and for all on reusability.org. Darn it. From autounfocus on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Freely Available Scholarly Educational Technology Journals - for Higher Education James Farmer is compiling this list, which he is storing on his (slightly malfunctioning) Wiki. Now, if only we had RSS feeds from each of these. By James Farmer, Incorporated Subversion, June 9, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Who Needs Multimedia? Article defending the use of multimedia in e-learning. While I am supportive, I don't think this is well argued. I think that audio, to be effective, does require broadband and does require a player - Java won't do the job. I think that multimedia, even audio, is time-consuming to produce. All of that said, I still think it's worth the effort - not as your primary content, but as another layer of content. Via ERN. By Steve Olenick, LTI Magazine, June 2, 2004 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

SkillSoft as Buyout Bait Good earning but soft bookings for SkillSoft leads this writer at Motley Fool to suggest it is ripe for acquisition, naming several potential purchasers, including the University of Phoenix. By Tom Taulli, Motley Fool, June 7, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

An Exploratory Study to Examine the Feasibility of Measuring Problem- Solving Processes I'm not really into online assessment, but for those who are, the Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment will prove useful - and all articles are available for free online, which makes me happy. Even so, I lingered on the site for a while and found this item worth a mention - it deals with the capture and interpretation of 'clickstream data' in assessment and suggests that the same technique can be used to personalize instruction. "the act of clicking reflects the result of participants From OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

The Role Of Learning Technology Practitioners And Researchers In Understanding Networked Learning This is a neat paper that captures an issue close to my heart, describing the "divide between learning technologists which have a practical, practitioner support focus and those with more of a research orientation." The author asks, "How can we ensure that the research does inform practice and vice verse?" Well, speaking from the practical, practitioner side, I can offer one suggestion: speed up the research process. yes, I know that research takes time, but the two year lag publishing results is a real problem. Research that describes the impact of three or four year old technology is not use From OLDaily on June 10, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Networked Learning and Networked Information This paper contains an important message, that "integration between different environments, including those delivering information and those supporting learning, is the key requirement." The idea is that "information environments need to be closely integrated with the environments in which their users undertake their mainstream tasks and activities." These observations were reached during the course of the Evaluation of the Distributed National Electronic Resource (EDNER) project described in this paper. Some of the issues raised won't be resolved as simply as the author seems to suggest