Diversity Plan Shaped in Texas Is Under Attack Wealthy parents say their children are not getting a fair deal under a plan that guarantees admission to the top 10 percent of the graduating class from any high school. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
The Chaperons, Telling the Uncorsaged Truth Teenagers feel the prom's thrill. Parents feel the pride. Limousine drivers reach for the antacid. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Convergence In Coordination: Everything Socialized "In short order, we may witness a wholesale shift in many of the givens that represent the conventional notion of how we coordinate through software. Consider these examples: a) The current approach to coordinating meetings — generally involving individuals looking... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 12, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Notes from Hersh Brad DeLong runs Rick Pearlstein's notes from a talk given by Seymour Hersh. You will find no comfort in Hersh's comments. E.g, He said that after he broke Abu Ghraib people are coming out of the woodwork to tell him this stuff. He said he had seen all the Abu Ghraib pictures. He said, "You haven't begun to see evil..." then trailed off. He said, "horrible things done to children of women prisoners, as the cameras run."... From Joho the Blog on June 12, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Wink "Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation ... Wink "Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots of your software, use images that you already have, type-in explanations for each step, create a navigation sequence complete with buttons, delays, titles etc and create a highly effective tutorial for your users." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: D From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
webvideo4u Videoconference Module " ... webvideo4u Videoconference Module "The Web Video 4 U multi-user video chat module is the ideal choice for organisations wishing to coordinate activities across geographical barriers. The multi-user video chat module provides a safe and reliable means of communication, both internally and externally of an organisation. Communicate via audio, video and text. Whiteboard add-on available." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer' From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Structured Training "Structured Training ... Structured Training "Structured Training for the last 30-plus years have concentrated on providing effective, practical and quality training solutions and consultancy in the areas of management, customer service and sales, as well as interactive web-based solutions." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Includes a free to use short demonstration of e-lear From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
ILIAS "The web-based learning management ... ILIAS "The web-based learning management system ILIAS is available as open source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Universities, educational institutions and every interested person may use the system free of charge and contribute to its further development. ILIAS has a very big worldwide user and developer community. Recently, the ILIAS open source @ china has been launched. The soft From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Doggone news This dog is gone. Vancouver airport offers an $8 for an hour Internet service and Air Canada provides and hour and a quarter delay before the Shanghai departure. The iPod (Unbelievable travel amentiy!) is charging across the way and coffee sucks. (Because I did NOT drink Starbucks, Nathan!) It'll be a summer of travels. Post Shanghai, back to SF for some BAWP and BAYCAT From homoLudens III on June 12, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Team Play Learning Dynamics "UK's leading ... Team Play Learning Dynamics "UK's leading provider of Game Based Learning solutions." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Products for corporates and education PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Testing, quizzing, gaming and gameshow tools From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..
webvideo4u Video Chat Module "The Web Vid ... webvideo4u Video Chat Module "The Web Video 4 U video-voice chat module is a compact element that can be positioned anywhere on a webpage, and in any number. The user can simply and easily select to use video and voice feeds providing an easy to use and comprehensive video chat service." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: "We host the chat room on From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..
webvideo4u Whiteboard Module "The We ... webvideo4u Whiteboard Module "The Web Video 4 U whiteboard module is a unique environment where pupils and teachers can work together remotely. The whiteboard module supports mulitple video and audio feeds and allows users to edit documents as a group. Ideal for one-on-one tutoring." Added: 12 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Total package price is dependa From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 12, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..
Why Online Newspaper Subscription Models Don't Work "Why are you paying $18 per month for something online when you could get it mostly for free? It's one thing to talk about our being used to paying for printed newspapers, and to talk about it only being fair... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 12, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
Feedster Search Results For NECC/New Orleans Via RSS From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 12, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
NECC Weblog... Edweblogs.org: NECC 2004 NECC starts next weekend and again Clarity Innovations will be sponsoring a community weblog to share information about the conference and sessions. Yesterday, Steve Burt and I spent some time working on the NECC weblog and looking for NECC related posts on Feedster. Feedster has an interesting feature... you can do a search and then when the search is returned, you also get an RSS feed of that search... combined with a tool such as Feedroll... you can have a subject specific aggregator... I didn't know it did that... Here is the link to the RSS for... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 12, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
World Future Society Elects New President: Timothy C. Mack Tim Mack has succeeded Ed Cornish, the organization's founder, as president effective June 6, 2004. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..
Collin Brooke Summarizes the MEA Panel (Seb Paquet) The panel on weblogs took place this afternoon. Collin Brooke has a faithful write-up on his blog. Thanks Collin! The illustrated post Lilia Efimova offered yesterday on weblog networks as social ecosystems complements the picture we gave very nicely.... From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
Masters of Design: Lessons From the Masters Five ideas to help you incorporate design principles in your work -- and to better connect with customers and colleagues: 1. Design is the Differentiator 2. Those Who Write the Rules, Rule 3. Confront the Unfamiliar 4. Make It Real... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 12, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Bike question I think I know the answer to this, but, we'll see: If bicycles are so damn good, why is it that I can walk up hills that I can't bike up?... From Joho the Blog on June 12, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Why Not Let the Machines Read to Us? James Farmer has shared an interesting idea of building a collection of audio "readings" of articles, and Stephen Downes has taken the idea and ran it as an online audio jukebox. I'm not much of an avid reader of academic articles, so I let is slide into the "neat idea but no time to bother" category-- but did have the same thought Todd at Big IDEA cogdogblog on June 12, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
NECC News NECC starts a week from tomorrow in New Orleans, and blogging is in the air:
Bloglines Citations Tool I love this! Sebastien Paquet has created a toolbar link that when you click on it brings up all of the Bloglines citations about that particular page. As Lilia has shown, it seems to work better than Technorati links and other such tools. Now, if there was just a way to add that functionality to the end of each post, right next to the Trackback link... From weblogged News on June 12, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
Off to China for 4 weeks ... where I'm promised broadband, air conditioning, and more linguistic humility. Blogopoly's last two days are in the capable fingertips of David Barrios and Joel Arquillos and the rest of the crew. Sans major internet connection meltdown, success is guaranteed. I knew it yesterday when I walked into From homoLudens III on June 12, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..
Five Short-Range Wireless Standards Seen Combining - Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters Five short-range wireless connection technologies are fighting for the industry limelight, but sector specialists said on Friday that companies would eventually combine the five to make life easier. Automatic wireless connections between electronic d From Techno-News Blog on June 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Fight over electronic voting riles League of Women Voters - Rachel Konrad, Associated Press A battle over electronic voting is threatening the cohesion of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters, whose national leadership is refusing to endorse demands by hundreds of members for a paper trail to guard against fraud, hackers and malfunctions. From Techno-News Blog on June 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Mapping the New Internet - Alexandra Krasne, PC World Imagine a day when your doctor retrieves your information not from a paper file, but on an encrypted smart card. Or when an instant message alerts you that your laundry is done. Or--unbelievably--a day when you get not a single piece of spam. That's th From Techno-News Blog on June 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
IBM computer engineer volunteers in classrooms - Lisa Rathke, Associated Press In a tie-dyed lab coat, John Cohn zaps a dill pickle, sends purple jolts of electricity crackling into the air and makes a fourth grader's hair stand on end. All for the love of science. The 45-year-old IBM computer engineer has been performing in cla From Educational Technology on June 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
FCC Won't Let Schools Sell Airwaves - Yuki Noguchi, Tech News World "I think this is a victory for schools and university and church groups, and for technology, too," said Commissioner Michael J. Copps, who opposed sale of the airwaves. "This is a part of the spectrum that is specifically preserved for educational use. From Educational Technology on June 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
American Military University Graduates Gather for Unique Commencement Ceremony American Military University (AMU) graduates are gathering this Saturday for a unique commencement celebration. For the first time, graduates of this distance learning institution will meet their professors in person -- coming from as far away as the N From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Employers jumping on e-learning bandwagon - VIRGINIA GALT, Globe and Mail For software company president Mike Gardner, one of the most enjoyable aspects of e-learning is the informal brainstorming that goes on around the virtual water cooler. "All of us religiously read the water cooler," said Mr. Gardner, who is earning his From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Birmingham University sees surge in e-learning - James Mortleman, vnunet.com The University of Birmingham is preparing for a huge expansion of e-learning, following high levels of enthusiasm from students and staff. The university has been dabbling with the technology for around a decade, but has seen demand soar since 2001 fol From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
grotto-cool kerry gig If you're in a pro-Kerry mood and in SF on June 19th, then check out this Grotto event. And as I'm being hassled to get people to go, please give the lessig blog some credit for the link. From Lessig Blog on June 12, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Visual View of Global Searching If you click on the image at the left, you'll see a short video (Quicktime format) of something Google display From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 12, 2004 at 5:48 a.m..
free culture source material TheBots have released an archive of George Bush Audio. From Lessig Blog on June 12, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
New Web-based Learning system incorporates Media Broadcast System using Television-Like Browser Solution offers an extensive inventory of generic top quality training systems and content which Companies can securely Deploy to Manage their web-based and blended learning requirements. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
"Today's Family" to feature Solexico Language and Culture Centers For nearly seven years, Solexico has been providing quality instruction in Spanish as a second language, as well as lessons in Mexican culture. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Tasa Wins Publishing Award Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc., publisher and producer of The Theory of Plate Tectonics CD-ROM is honored to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing from the Association for Educational Publishers (AEP). The program won the Educational Science Software award in the Technology category. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Futurist Sees Sex in America 2025 with Less Guilt, Less Disease, More Part of Healthy Aging World Future Society National Capital Chapter presents on June 17 in Washington D.C. a futuristic analysis of "The Future of Sex in America in 2025," based on the upcoming book by professional futurist Eric Garland. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Best-Selling Author, "Superdad" Armin Brott, Available to Discuss Father's Day Activities Fatherhood expert Armin Brott suggests unique ways for dads and kids to connect this Father's Day [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
New Book Gives Men the Tools and Support They Need to Be the Best Dads Ever Announcing the release of the essential resource for new dads. This new book gives dads the tools, support, and encouragement they need to be the best dads possible. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
UK Trader Brings Currency Trading (Forex) to the "Home Trader" at an Affordable Price Ten years ago, the closest that most private individuals came to trading foreign exchange was a visit to the Bureau de Change at the airport before flying off for their holidays. Now, however, the invitation is open for every active trader, investor and portfolio builder to participate in a market that has become both accessible and extremely profitable. Foreign exchange trading has arrived, and the doors are wide-open to the largest financial market in the world. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004] From PR Web on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Mystery Ends as SAT's Turn Up in a Westchester Village The SAT exams that mysteriously disappeared from public schools in Ardsley, N.Y., were found on Friday, when a man admitted to mistakenly taking them home. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
L.I. Seniors Play Pranks, but Hilarity Doesn't Ensue On Long Island, a prank went awry, and twenty high school seniors and an alumnus were arrested on charges of vandalism. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
State Leaders, Under Pressure to Fix City Schools, Consider a One-Year Plan Stymied by lack of progress on a multiyear plan to fix New York's neediest schools, the state's top leaders are trying to agree on a one-year plan. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
School Chief and Clerk on Leave as Inquiry Widens in Roslyn A scandal at the school district in the Long Island community of Roslyn widened Friday with the suspension of the superintendent and the niece of a former assistant superintendent. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Westchester Teacher Accused in Online Indecency Inquiry A Bronxville High School teacher has been charged as part of an Internet sex sting after he tried to arrange a meeting with an investigator posing as a 15-year-old girl. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Reschedule Girls' Soccer, 2 Schools Are Ordered Two Westchester high schools were ordered to reschedule their girls' soccer season so that the team would have the same chance as the boys' to compete in regional and state championships. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
City Creates New Paths to a Diploma The New York City Department of Education is moving to expand or create alternative high school programs for students who are behind in their credits. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Search Turns Up CD Player of Murdered Juilliard Student A pink compact disc player belonging to the murdered Juilliard School student Sarah Fox was discovered late Thursday close to where her body was found. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
School District Lawyer Says She Advised Reporting Theft A lawyer for the Roslyn School District in Long Island said on Friday that she had advised school officials to report the embezzlement of $250,000 to the Nassau County district attorney. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Proposal to Adopt a Palestinian City as a 'Sister' Creates a Family Feud for Madison A proposal for Madison to form a sister-city relationship with the city of Rafah has divided Jews and others in this college town and prompted accusations of anti-Semitism. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
In the Bronx, a Graduation With Honor Waiting to receive a degree, Kathleen Mercante did not fidget or share whispers with the other graduates. From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
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