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OA discussion from the ICSTI meeting The presentations from the meeting, Technical and Economic Challenges of Scientific Information: STM Content Access, Linking and Archiving, the public portion of the otherwise private ICSTI 2004 General Assembly (London, May 17, 2004), are now online in the June 2004 issue of the ICSTI Forum. Many of them are strongly OA-related. (PS: I especially recommend Jan Velterop's presentation, Taking a Leaf out of Houdini's Book--> From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


Research implications of link rot Alan Schroeder, Jr., The Legend of Lost Links, Darwin, June 2004. Excerpt: "To most of us, inactive or incorrect URLs are nothing new, as are typographical errors within print footnotes and missing electronic documents. However, increasingly for undergraduates and professional researchers like Robert Dellavalle [who has studied this problem], websites are primary resources. For institutions receiving billions in government contracts and g From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


Interoperability between libraries and learning environments Neil McLean and Clifford Lynch, Interoperability between Library Information Services and Learning Environments - Bridging the Gaps, IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information, June 10, 2004. The final version of the white paper (previous versions blogged here on 7/2/03 and 5/24/04). Exce From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


Update to preservation and access report On June 4 CENDI and ICSTI updated their report, Digital Preservation and Permanent Access to Scientific Information: The State of the Practice (originally February 2004). Section 4.4.1 is devoted to Open Access, and 4.4.2 to Institutional Repositories. From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


More on the Elsevier archiving policy Beyond capitalism? An unsigned editorial in The Economist, June 10, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). On the application of the open-source model to "goods other than software". Excerpt: "Even where the open-source model is not adopted, however, it can still have beneficial effects. The very existence of open-source alternatives often acts as a force for greater openness and transparency. Microsoft, despite its hatred of open-source, now allows certain large customers to inspect its source code, though not to sha From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


* Temporary interruption of service * The Earlham College server, which hosts this blog, will be down for maintenance tomorrow, Saturday, June 12, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. I'm sorry for the interruption of service. From Open Access News on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


What You Need to Know About Computers You know that learning how to use a computer will help you with your studies and career; the question is, where do you start? Here's advice on deciding what you need to know, arranging computer access and getting support for... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 11, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


Oracle judge won't bar disputed witnesses Neither Oracle nor Justice Department manage to keep other's witnesses off the stand. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


NECC New Orleans... I'll be attending NECC (National Education Computing Conference) in New Orleans later this month. I'll be doing a workshop and also contributing to a group weblog: necc.edweblogs.org. Am looking forward to seeing some of the folks I met last year in Seattle...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 11, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..


This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of particular days of the year. Ans ... This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of particular days of the year. Answers here:1. What is the date of Boxing Day?2. What is the date of Independence Day in the USA?3. What name is given to 6 June 1944, the day when the Allies began the invasion of France in World War II?4. The notorious Saint Valentine's Day Massacre took place on Saint Valentine's Day - 14 February - in which year?5. 23 April is St George's Day. Which famous writer From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 11, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..


BioMedNet to close June 30 2004 ... BioMedNet to close June 30 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 11, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..


Cigarette Prohibition And The Trinity Test: How To Build A Media Myth Everyone Can Believe In "Not all governments around the world share the same problem. Japan and Greece have the highest numbers of adult cigarette smokers in the world, but the lowest incidence of lung cancer. In direct contrast to this, America, Australia, Russia, and... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 11, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..


Reusable Components For Effective User Interface Design: UI Patterns A "pattern language" is made of reusable components that resemble visual languages, in that they cover the entire vocabulary of elements used in a design. Patterns can be a description of best practices within a given design domain. They capture... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 11, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..


Holy Blog! What a Wiki! Together Holy _____! Over at Open Artifact, Randy Brown has neatly sewn together a neat package: phpWiki inside and integrated with his new WordPress blog, so it more or less operates as a cohesive site and sharing the WP database. It addresses some of the issues of trying to tie into wikis which typically have their own rather stark interface and contextually void navigation. I now have a From cogdogblog on June 11, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..


Local Community Blogging I'm sure there aren't many bloggers in my "hometown" of Flemington, N.J., famous for the Lindbergh trial and a bunch of shopping outlets. If there are any, I don't know of them. But hopefully, that may change. Jeff Jarvis and I have been talking about how we could bring his idea of hyperlocal content through Weblogs and and personal publishing to my town, and we took a step closer to potentially making that a reality today. As luck would have it, his From weblogged News on June 11, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..


XForms 1.1 Requirements Updated 2004-06-11: The XForms Working Group has updated the XForms 1.1 Requirements Working Group Note. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. Version 1.1 has enhancements for the XForms 1.0 framework, embraces SOAP, makes XForms authoring easier, and facilitates XForms use in other host languages. Visit the XForms home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on June 11, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..


Working Draft: Content Selection for Device Independence (DISelect) 1.0 2004-06-11: The Device Independence Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Content Selection for Device Independence (DISelect) 1.0. Part of a markup language supporting the creation of Web sites that can be used from diverse devices, this document provides selection between versions of materials using only modest processing power. Learn more about the W3C Device Independence Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on June 11, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..


Buying the Disability Lobby, and More

  • NY Times: The Disability Lobby and Voting. ome supporters of voter-verifiable paper trails question whether disability-rights groups have gotten too close to voting machine manufacturers. Besides the donation by Diebold to the National Federation of the Blind, there have been other gifts. According to Mr. Dickson, the American Association of People with Disabilities has received $26,000 from voting machine companies this year. The real From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 11, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..


    Sean McCown, Michael Rys, and conversational journalism Back in April, we ran a wildly ambitious story by Sean McCown. Entitled Databases Flex their XML, it compared the XML features of DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase -- and also made an excursion into Yukon territory. (My contribution was the speculative sidebar on the future of native XML database technology.) Yesterday Microsoft's Michael Rys, a database architect and a co-author of XQuery from th From Techno-News Blog on June 11, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..


    Why we Should Tax Advertising Taxes have traditionally served chiefly to raise revenue for the government. However taxes also change the behavior of businesses and consumers. Because of this, by applying taxes to activities which are harmful to society taxation can be used to improve the efficiency of the economy and to promote the wellbeing of the public. Such "taxes on bad things" are referred to by economists as Pigouvian Taxes. These taxes provide a double benefit to society, firstly they reduce the level of the harmful activity, and also they reduce the need to tax other things such as work or investment, which are From kuro5hin.org on June 11, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..


    eBay Tops for Trust Among Consumers The auction giant innovated e-business with a community-based approach, and Internet users have responded favorably. From ClickZ Stats on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    cc-community Following many requests on cc-licenses for a list with a more general charter, we've created cc-community. If you have a burning question or discussion point related to Creative Commons that doesn't seem to fit the specific description of any of our many discussion lists, hold back no longer. Subscribe to cc-community. --> From Creative Commons: weblog on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    German licenses launched We've recently flipped the switch on German Creative Commons licenses. Like the recent Brazil, Finland, and Japan licenses, in addition to the rewritten legal code that is now based on German law, the license interface is now available in German, as well as the licenses themselves. Thanks goes out to the folks at both The Insitute for Information Law at the University of Karlsruhe and Inst From Creative Commons: weblog on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    The Body Shop buys HP gear Beauty products retailer outfits itself with new servers and software, pushing aside IBM. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Briefly: The Body Shop buys HP gear roundup Plus: Torvalds leaves Silicon Valley for Portland...Microsoft files suits against spammers...HP researcher wins technology prize. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Microsoft file patent faces exam Public-interest group wants FAT file system patent yanked for the good of Linux. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Airgo wins Wi-Fi following Customers wooed with technology allowing them to hit up to 108mbps. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    HP seals open-source e-mail deal Longtime Microsoft partner "going steady" with Sendmail. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    A Model for Sustainable Student Retention The drop-out rate for online learning, note the authors, is steadily about ten or twenty percent higher than for traditional learning. It may be tempting to seek a simple explanation for this, but as they note, there is no simple explanation for drop-out rates in general. What follows is a fascinating excursion through several explanatory models of retention culled from the literature. Good overview; worth reading. By Zane L. Berge and Yi-Ping Huang, DEOS News, May, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Miquel's Pentagram Theorem Your word for today is 'concyclic' - points that lie on the same circle. I didn't know that word yesterday, but now I do, thanks to this nice contribution to the internet from Peru. By Antonio Gutierrez, Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas, June, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    VoIP in the Enterprise I have always hated telephones, and I discovered when I installed Skype onto my computer that I hate them as much online as in the traditional form. But most people like telephones, and they are looking for the ease and savings that may be obtained by transferring voice communications to the internet. This raises new issues - we have new IP telephones in our office, but unlike traditional phones, you have to take a course to learn how to use them. So now I hate telephones even more. Anyhow, all this is to introduce this round-up of articles at eWeek which will be like manna from heaven for tho From OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Review of Learning Design Tools Link to and description of A Review of Learning Design: Concept, Specifications and Tools, a report for the JISC E-learning Pedagogy Programme by Sandy Britain (MS Word doc). If you have any interest in learning design at all, or just want to learn about it, you should read this report. The first part of the article is a good overview of the nature and history of learning design. The extended second part is a review of a number of learning design tools, including some I hadn' From OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    The Wide World of Wiki: Choosing a Wiki for an Element of a Fully Online Undergraduate Course James Farmer provides a nice review of wiki software that can be used to support an online class (a wiki is essentially a website that allows any reader to chaneg the contents). Following up, he adds a Wiki wish list and links to some wiki software missed in the first article. By James Farmer, Incorporated Subversion, June 10, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    NUTN 2004: Quality in Distance Learning I am off to Kennebunkport, Maine, in a few minutes to speak at the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) annual conference. I thought going to Maine would be easy because it's just down the road - but this has turned out to be one of my more difficult trips to plan. It's one of these places where people just expect you'll drive (or fly in on your private plane, I suppose). So if you see me wandering aimlessly around the Boston bus station this evening, you'll know I missed one of my insanely tight connections. Meanwhile, I already know that my internet acces From OLDaily on June 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Plagiarist sues University From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    Logomacy From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    Blog Ecosystem From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    Korean Language SILL From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    Coffee From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    busy From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    Blogger comments From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    New blogs From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    I hate grades From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    mobile speed bump From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 11, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..


    More on Storytelling Storytelling in Practice from Chris Corrigan Via : NANCY WHITE I'm just about to head to the airport so no time writing. Just wanted to post the links to the first of three parts from Chris on Story Telling. What is great about this and the subsequent two posts is how Chris grounds his thoughts in his practice. I can feel it. Storytelling is one way to communicate context, which is critical in online communications. What Chris writes about applies online as well as offline.... From soulsoup on June 11, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    Character animation HYPHEN a handy tutorial Flash animation HYPHEN recorded breeze live tutorial by Chris Georgenes, outlining the artists' tips and tricks for character design and animation. Also take a look at his website and Team Macromedia profile. Via: What Do I Know and my friend Arul... From soulsoup on June 11, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    Wish lists - consolidated James Farmer's wiki wish list: Free / Affordable & PHP & MySQL based Something we can host ourselves WYSIWYG editor or suitable formatting help Obvious page creator Email / RSS enabled Easy Attachments, Images & File Sharing Security Settings Comments Feature That Personal Touch (At its most simple users need to be able to log in, have their own page and give themselves a 'signature' so that when they edit people can see who they are and they can easily track what the have done) Flexibility of Design Lilia's dream wiki / blog tool What matters most to Lilia HYPHEN... From soulsoup on June 11, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    VeriChat 2.15b VeriChat 2.15b has been released and it now supports the exchange of files with your IM contacts. Do note that your purchase of VeriChat is actually a one year subscription. Yes, you will have to renew this every year, but it is worth every cent if you own a Palm OS device, such as the Treo 600,... From pdatrends News on June 11, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    Art Break The world would be a more attractive place if every company devoted a moment at least once a month to art and humor.... From Internet Time Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    The Big Picture on ROI Capitalworks' Jeff Kelley addressed this morning's meeting of the Learning Economics Group on the topic of Dimensions, Dynamics and Drivers of Learning: Optimizing Learning Value for Capital Effects. If you really want to get to Level 4 at the highest level, Jeff's your man. Lucky... From Internet Time Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    Push vs pull A bunch of you have written that the email pings bring you back here. Without them you forget. The ayes have it. The email notifications will continue. Since I don't want to wear out my welcome, I send out a notice for important posts, not... From Internet Time Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    First Virtual Communications Releases Click to Meet 4.0 From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Proposed regulations rile parents From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Leadership and Community Involvement Dramatically Impact Education Technology Budgets From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Directors, Coordinators of DCLs [Distance Learning Centers] meet in Accra From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Students qualify for scholarship through E-Learning Center help From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    UM [University of Miami] joins online high school From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    FCC Won't Let Schools Sell Airwaves From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Watch Former President Ronald Reagan's Funeral Service at Nat'l Cathedral From DEC Daily News on June 11, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Reproductive Health is a new online journal published by BioMed Central ... Reproductive Health is a new online journal published by BioMed Central From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..


    LibraryFilters mailing list - from the introductory message: "This is a good place to talk about fil ... LibraryFilters mailing list - from the introductory message: "This is a good place to talk about filtering products, library policies, patron interaction, legal requirements, and technical tricks. We don't recommend trying to convince anyone that filters are inherently Good or inherently Evil, however, as this tends to get in the way of sharing information in an open and friendly manner." From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..


    Links to resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, June 3-June 9, are now available ... Links to resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, June 3-June 9, are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..


    Islamicate on gay marriage Islamicate writes interestingly about gay marriage: Separate marriage from legal unions, written within the context of Hobbes vs. Rosseau.... From Joho the Blog on June 11, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    Big music stores squelch download plan Mounting costs and smaller-than-hoped-for sales even at Apple's store lead retailers to pull funding. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Privacy tradeoffs and the search wars ChoiceStream CEO Steve Johnson asks whether consumer privacy is destined to become a victim of the search wars. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    What do I want in a wiki? Keeping on the wiki theme, I've had a 'mini' crack at this before but, um, I've changed my mind :o) and lordy, it's probably only fair to draw up some kind of 'criteria' for wiki-selection... before I do though can I make clear that I'm looking at Wikis for a specific purpose here: -To use in a higher education context with groups ranging from 20 to 1000 students-To use for tasks ranging from short collaborative projects to developing social dynamics to ongoing collaboratio From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 11, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..


    Capturing and Optimizing Screenshots for Print Taking screen shots of a computer application, Web site or software application is not as easy as it may appear, especially if you need those screenshots to be used in high quality inside professional print publications. This one-page tutorial provides... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 11, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..


    More on Mobile and Music, and DRM Lock-in The Guardian (via PaidContent.org) has two interesting articles up. First, an article on mobile and file-sharing.  The article seems to focus only on the sort of wireless LAN file-sharing that Ernest emphasized last week (and I basically agree with) is not the really big issue with wireless.  To me, it's that, From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 11, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..


    Starz and Real to Team Up on Movie Rental Store PaidContent.org has an exclusive on Starz teaming with Real on a new subscription service, download and streaming movie rental store.  I'll leave it to you to rehash the ownership v. rentals consumer preference + DRM issue.  Looking at it from a business perspective, I see it as another inch closer to the movie industry getting its act together in the online market.  A Copyfighter's Musings on June 11, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..


    Protect Anonymity Online and Support CA's AB 1143 Much attention has been paid to the California "True Name" bill and its potentially anonymity-threatening provisions.  Meanwhile, an important privacy bill will soon be coming before California's Senate Judiciary Committee, having already passed in the Assembly last summer.  AB 1143 would ensure that Internet users have sufficient notice, time, and information to protect their anonymity in cases where a subpoena for identif From The Shifted Librarian on June 11, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..


    Ask Me Another One A few nights ago, we decided to go out for ice cream. While driving to the ice cream shop, Brent asked, "Who invented ice cream?" I responded, "I don't know; why don't you ask the librarian at the library?" And without missing a beat, Kailee said, "Or, you could just ask jeeves." Which really floored me, because I didn't even know she knew about Ask Jeeves. So I asked how she knew about it, to which she replied that her best friend told her about it. Later that night, Kailee was playing a video game and I was s From The Shifted Librarian on June 11, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..


    Sydney IA Hour - Thursday June 17th Eric Scheid has announced the details for the next IA Hour in Sydney. I can't make this one, but the past evenings have been well worth the effort. Details as follows: Sydney IA folks are once again invited to the... From Column Two on June 11, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..


    Murphy's mercy Nothing went too wrong with the Blogopoly training today. People laughed alot. Very cool to watch 10 teachers open their new G4 iBooks while more digitally experienced folks with older, weaker Powerbooks looked on with envy. So it should be: The non-pioneering prodigals shall have first seat at the well-wired table. It's not about the tech. It& From homoLudens III on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Dogs Understand Human Language A bright border collie exhibits the ability to learn the meaning of words, mimicking the 'fast mapping' process seen in children as they begin to speak, researchers say. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    New Nuclear Program Sidelined A key congressman moves to withhold funding for the development of new atomic arms, in a blow to the Bush administration. But the programs won't go away without a fight. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Half-Life Code Thieves Nabbed Game developer Valve Software says authorities have arrested multiple suspects in connection with the Half-Life 2 code theft. The game code was stolen and posted online last year. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Antitrust Smackdown Europe's swat only amplifies the fact that Microsoft needs to solve its antitrust problems, and soon. By Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    German Spam Floods Inboxes German nationalists have found the perfect way to blast their propaganda to the masses: spam. Technologists say it's just a sign of things to come. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Riddick Riddled With Silliness As an action flick, The Chronicles of Riddick has it all -- cool graphics, eye-bending effects and decent fight scenes. But it sinks under the weight of its silliness and self-importance. A review by Jason Silverman. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Car Dealers Feel Net Effect Auto dealers have been forced to deal with a new animal -- the Web shopper -- and are changing their sales strategies to compete. By John Gartner. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Smut Sites Fear Credit Crackdown Thanks to skittish companies, it's getting harder than ever to charge users for all those $19.95 monthly memberships. Webmasters fear Visa could be the next to cry uncle. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on June 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..


    Intel brings wireless broadband to Chinese cities - CNET News.com Intel on Thursday said it has signed agreements with Chinese government officials in Dalian and Chengdu to develop networks in the cities for wireless broadband. Intel will use WiMax, an emerging "last mile" wireless technology based on From Techno-News Blog on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    Instant communication causes Stress, Anger and Distraction - Public Technology New research from The University of Surrey has highlighted the impact of modern communications on acceptable business behaviour and its effect on office workers. The research was led by the Digital World Research Centre, with fieldwork undertaken by SS From Techno-News Blog on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    A Linux Desktop Bonanza - Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News Linux desktop vendors Xandros and Linspire (also known as Lindows) are offering more desktop software for less, and, in the case of Xandros, for nothing. Xandros is giving away a version of its Linux Desktop Operating System for free. "Our principal From Techno-News Blog on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    Local Leaders Recognize Innovative New York City Schoolchildren At Thinkquest New York City's Second Annual Awards Event ThinkQuest New York City, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Internet technology to local schoolchildren, announced the winners of its annual Internet Challenge at its Team Awards and Recognition Event at the Puck Building on June 8th. Thi From Educational Technology on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    British National Gallery relaunches website for primary teachers - Public Technology http://www.takeonepicture.org.uk is a web resource provided by the National Gallery, London for UK primary school teachers. The website has now been enhanced and expanded in response to the overwhelming success of the National Gallery's From Educational Technology on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    ECC approved for distance learning program Erie Community College has been approved by the State Education Department as a provider of distance learning for a five-year period, making it one of only 15 two-year colleges in the state permitted to provide degree programs from a distance. The end From Online Learning Update on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    UK Newspaper archive planned for the web - Public Technology A new project, 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). From Online Learning Update on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    SUMMER 2004 Sloan-C Online Learning Research Workshop Sloan-C announces an interactive online research workshop beginning in July 2004. Developed with 40 of the most influential researchers in the field of online learning, and brought directly to your computer, this workshop will provide you with critica From Online Learning Update on June 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    A SMART ASSET! Social Security-GOING AWAY. Faith in Stock Market-GONE. What do you, your children do? Plan=Quality of Life, builds AMERICAN economy, details wealth building, provides TAX-FREE INCOME & PAYS 100% RETIREMENT for life. 35 years of financial analysis is evident in A SMART ASSET the book (or CD). It details an easy-to-understand plan for individuals to take control of their financial and emotional future, and profit from cultivating the most secure investment of all. In fact, this plan guarantees tax-free income for life and pays 100% of retirement. [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004] From PR Web on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Dr. Toy Selects Pocket Snails Soaring Star Productions today announced that its multi-award winning children's developmental DVD, Pocket Snails Letter Adventure, has received a "Best Children's Vacation Product for 2004" award from Dr. Toy. [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004] From PR Web on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    SAT May Offer a Do-Over Exam After Answer Sheets Are Lost Officials of the Ardsley public schools told 123 high school students on Thursday that the SAT exams they took on Saturday had disappeared from the district office. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Roslyn Schools Chief Quits Amid Inquiry on Spending The school board announced that it had accepted the resignation of Frank Tassone, the district superintendent, and alerted state officials to possible misconduct. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Some Alumni Balk Over Harvard's Pay to Money Managers An alumnus of the university wants Harvard to put management of its $19.3 billion endowment up for competitive bid. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    3rd-Grade Reading Scores Indicate Number Held Back Will Double As many as 10,000 third graders, twice as many as last year, are expected to be held back this year under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's tough new promotion policy. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Low Scores Bar Many Admitted to CUNY Thousands of students admitted to the bachelor's degree programs at the City University of New York cannot enroll because they are scoring too low on tests the university uses to determine college readiness. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Pataki Urges $6.5 Billion More in School Aid Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday released details of his plan to improve education in New York City, calling for spending $6.5 billion more on school aid. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    In Utah, 12-Hour School Days (Four on the Bus) With school districts closing down thousands of small country schools across the nation, the bus rides taken by poor rural students are getting longer and rougher. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Inventing a Menu to Provide Food for Thought Chef Jorge's cuisine once drew the high-ticket lunch crowd. Now, as executive chef for New York's public schools, he considers the pluses and minuses of bologna and cheese sandwiches. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Investigators Are Uncertain if Woman Knew Her Killer The missing drama student whose badly decomposed body was found on Tuesday lying naked on a bed of damp leaves in Inwood Hill Park had been strangled, and tulip tree petals had been placed around the body, the authorities said. From New York Times: Education on June 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Evaluation of the Career and Transition (CAT) Pilot An independent evaluation report prepared by Miles Morgan Australia Pty Ltd has found that the CAT Pilot has had a significant and immediate impact on a large number of students, on several school communities, and on many parents keen to support their children's career and transition development. From EdNA Online on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    An Additional $1.3 Million to Expand 'Boys Education Lighthouse Schools' In response to the overwhelming need and interest in the important area of boys' education, an additional thirteen schools will now receive funding of up to $100,000 each, under the Howard Government's Boys' Education Lighthouse Schools (BELS) initiative. This is the second stage of the BELS initiative. Australian Government grants to schools now total about $5.1 million, bringing total funding for the boys' education package by the Howard Government to around $8 million. DEST Media release, 10 June, 2004 From EdNA Online on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    LETA 2004: Sustainable Learning for a Sustainable Future, 29-31 August 2004 This conference is being held by Learning Environment Technology Australia (LETA), in association with the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (SA) and the Council for Educational Facility Planners International (Australia). Conference strands include 'Sustainable Innovative Learning' (the brain and learning, ICT and learning, student retention and engagement); 'Creating and Sustaining Communities' (schools in communities, optimising the benefits of sharing, upgrading shared facilities); 'Sustainable Redevelopments' (innovative new modular facilities, redev From EdNA Online on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    ICET 2004: International Conference on Educational Technology, 9-10 September 2004, Singapore The theme is 'Evolving Technologies in Education: Enhancing teaching & learning'. The theme highlights the importance of teaching and learning issues when considering the use of technologies in education. Three sub-themes help us focus our collective consideration of this set of pertinent issues: International Best Practices of Educational Technology, Research, Development and Theory in Educational Technology and The Role of Educational Technology in Changing Worlds. From EdNA Online on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    education.au National Seminar: Transforming Teaching and Learning through ICT education.au limited, is pleased to announced the education.au National Seminar: Transforming Teaching and Learning through ICT. This is a premier event for education leaders and decision makers on technology and learning through the use of the Internet. Mr Andrew Cappie-Wood, Director-General of the NSW Department of Education and Training is launching the event. The keynote speaker is Professor David Hargreaves. Professor Hargreaves is the Chairman of the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BeCTA) and is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is one of the world&apo From EdNA Online on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    Market definition unclear in Oracle trial special coverage The judge overseeing the case to block Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft still grapples with issue of market definition. Also: Where the risks are. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


    Ring tones not making ka-ching tones Verizon Wireless and Sprint say more U.S. cell phone users are tapping Net-based services such as tone downloads. But revenue still has hang-ups. From CNET News.com on June 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..


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