Brazil research organizations support OA Participants in the Second International Symposium on Digital Libraries (Campinas, Brazil, May 17-21, 2004) and the leadership of Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT) and Ibero-American Science & Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) announced on May 21, 2004 their strong support for the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. From the Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..

The critical nature of listservs Will reminds me how important it is to have a good disseminative listserv and have people signed up to it. (good luck with the ideas too!) It's all well and good having RSS, readers, collaborative aggregators, xml renderers, IM, SMS and everything else you can get out the bag but the simple fact is people do have and do use email, increasingly so, and with increasingly the same address... if you want to hook 'em and then keep 'em informed and get 'em involved in whatever latest scheme you've got going... get t From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..

What's Wrong With Winer? / Pointless Battles I wish people would just get a hold of themselves on the Winer / weblogs.com thing... I mean all this ranting is just a waste of energy... it was a free service - it ended - stop complaining and using this as a bashing opportunity. It also pisses me off when people write about Winer and, so-bloody-often, put in this 'but if you know what he's like' type comment. Why do people think he's so bad? I've been in this sphere for 'bout a year and a half now... reading widely... and I just don't get it... Pershunally I agree with a lot of w From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..

Selecting LMSs Oliver posts a cracker over at doagb entitled Platform vs. Strategy in E-Learning. It's especially interesting (from my perspective) are his thoughts on LMS (uck) technical requirements and selection especially: "...I can't remember a case where this discussion was going beyond the question of this or that application and this or that tool. And in this sense "platform discussions" I witnessed actua From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..

Weblogs As Social Networking Catalysts A great summary of why weblogs are critical social networking tools and a bung of valuable reference links. Lilia efimova sums it up in five points: 1. Weblogs are online identities of their authors: by reading a weblog we learn... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 16, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..

New issue of JOHO I've just send out the new issue of my newsletter: Why I'm not a pacifist any more: It has nothing to do with Bin Laden. It all began in the third grade...> Pacifism and flaming: Maybe the important part of speaking truth to power is just speaking Questions too dumb to ask: How does a Voice over IP phone ring a real-world phone? Bogus Contest: If history were a movie... From Joho the Blog on June 16, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..

BlogTalk 2.0 program updates I made some considerable changes for Day 1 of BlogTalk 2.0. Please check http://blogtalk.net/program.html. Abstracts, presentations, etc. will follow shortly. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 16, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..

Once again, inspired to write bad poetry by the great Wang Wei In Shanghai, it's Plum Rain Season. Rain, rain, rain. I have to prepare Gary, arriving shortly, for  disappointment at the absence of anticipated heat. He's 50 now. Disappointments will be legion. Best to start with small ones. All the ex-pats are annoyed at the weather. Wang Wei wrote about the same season. Here's his, and my weak homage: IN MY LODGE AT WANG CHUAN AFTER A LONG RAIN by Wang Wei The woods ha From homoLudens III on June 16, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..

Where will you be in November? I know where I'll be November 7, 2004: in New York City running the ING New York City Marathon! The lottery results have been posted and for once I've gotten lucky with a lottery and I'm in. Woo hoo! Now this means my running and training must get much more serious. But that's OK because I've always wanted to run a marathon, and the NYC marathon looks to be really fun. As fun as 26 miles can be, that is. Five bridges, five boroughs, and more than two million spectators make the ING New York City Marathon a race like no other. Maybe I'll even "marablog" -- blog a From megnut on June 16, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Educational Qualifications Means Better Employment Rates The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004 'Australian Social Trends' report finds that higher education qualifications provide a substantial advantage in the labour market. Higher education graduates are less likely to be unemployed and tend to have higher incomes than those without such qualifications. Through the two decades to 2003, the unemployment rate for people aged 20-64 years with higher education qualifications was lower than that of people without such qualifications (3% and 6% respectively in May 2003). People with higher education qualifications were also less vulnerable From EdNA Online on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

California releases e-vote guidelines Built-in paper trail will help protect against fraud and make recounts more certain. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Briefly: California releases e-vote guidelines roundup Plus: California releases e-vote guidelines...Bright outlook seen for image sensors...Handspring vet named PalmOne president...Microsoft updates business software roadmap. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Piracy battle begins over digital radio Consumers, electronics companies oppose RIAA's drive to protect "un-American" radio content. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Bush wants FCC to delay phone hikes Administration pressures federal regulators to quickly set an interim policy that would last one or two years. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

CNET News.com Extra feedback Questions or comments regarding CNET News.com Extra? Please use this form to contact us. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

MT Educational Licensing Still a Bit of a Mystery More MT Licensing "If you look through the new MT Licenses, you may end up on the bottom of the Education Pricing, where you will find: 'Are you a librarian seeking to run Movable Type at your branch? We can work with you to create a custom proposal for your local or regional library system based on your needs and budget. Simply contact us to let us know how you wish to use Movable Type within your library.'--> From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Interview with Matt Mullenweg Back from the holidays with a lot of emails and rss-news. Here is my pick of the day, an interview with Matt Mullenweg the driving force behind WordPress other picks may follow as I just open my feed-reader. Interview... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 16, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Explaining the sudden appearance of 2 gigs of storage "Yahoo's Preemptive Strike against Gmail: While Google continues limited beta tests of its new Gmail service, which offers one gigabyte of online storage, Yahoo has gone the search king one ..." [MIT Technology Review]Whew. I was just about to purchase more. Kudos, Yahoo. From homoLudens III on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

The Chinese numbers With this item from Howard Rheingold in mind, friend Deng Jian Guo will help me shop for my first cell phone in a few days. Any suggestions?A report by In-Stat/MDR says the number of mobile subscribers in China will increase from 268.69 million in 2003 to 497.86 million by 2008,and by that time the penetration rate of mobile subscribers will reach 37.6 percent.The report also predicts 3G subscribers growing to 118.13million by 2008. - Study shows China to ha From homoLudens III on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Fraud charges cloud plan for 'wired' classrooms Congress will begin hearings on the $2.25 billion E-rate program for schools in poorer communities. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says Attackers built a "bot net" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Net threats hit servers, phones Akamai confirms an attack on its network that took down Google, Yahoo and others. Also: Smart phones draw their first worm. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

E-Learning: Challenges to the Neo-conservative Model? The author asks, "How much so called e-learning is really a proprietary VLE being used as a convenient content repository?" The rush to buy these systems, argues the author, has "created a level of conservatism and potential resistance to change that is, to understate the case, 'unfortunate' and may yet cost us dear." By Derek Morrison, Auricle, June 16, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Just Another Ant Rob Wall has started a new Ed Tech blog, confirming, he suggests, Alan Levine's suggestion that the lifespan of such entities is about one year. Present company excepted, of course. By Rob Wall, June, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Academic Weblog Ranking Schemes Some commentary from Seb, who was ignored in this list of academic blogs" and from David Brake as well, who comments, "It occurs to me once again how people seem to have internalised the inequities that result from ranking schemes like these (which also help to drive Google). How could Alex think for a moment that one way to 'maintain quality' of a list of academic weblogs was 'only allowing blogs that had been linked t From OLDaily on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Kennebunkport Live from Halifax airport, where they have fast and free wireless access... this link is to my photos of Kennebunkport, which would have left me with very pleasant memories had my pre-booked cab not been an hour and 47 minutes late this morning, causing me to miss my train and almost my flight. I guess the cab situation there is something all the hotels know about, but simply tolerate... after all, who uses cabs? Anyhow, the photos are nice. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, June 16, 2004 [OLDaily on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Towards a global people's culture The Wizards of os conference in Berlin proved a veritable feast for Creative Commoners around the world gathering to discuss the future of the digital commons last week. Creative Commons Germany was launched on Friday with an emotional tribute by filmmaker, Michael Grob, who released his full-length feature film, CH7 under a CC license. Along with presentations from author, Armin Medosch and DJ, Bjoern Hartmann, a From Creative Commons: weblog on June 16, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Broadcom to buy maker of 3G chip for phones With its purchase of Zyray, Broadcom will gain technology for adding advanced capabilities to existing handsets. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

321 Studios close to shutting down Wave of lawsuits and courtroom defeats may shutter maker of programs to copy DVDs and games. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Clarendon is the new Helvetica Like love, Clarendon is all around us. Designed in 1953 by Hermann Edienbenz, the quirky slab serif has been popping up everywhere. Its resurgence may reflect a longing for simpler, less dangerous times. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

Hack me, hack me not From "Considering the Alternative", an article by Computer Science education researcher Matt Jadud: "WebCT, Blackboard, and other e-learning and course management systems are expensive propositions. I would guess that any institution looking to deploy these systems on a large scale will be spending upwards of £15,000 or more for installation, and similar figures for support contracts. These support contracts do not cover extension of the softw From Seb's Open Research on June 16, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

Mick Cope on personal networking Mick Cope has written a book on professional networking of which two chapters are online. These chapters read without effort, but they aren't vacuous and the material is quite convincing. Useful for anyone, really. It could serve as a prelude to Phil Agre's cheesecake-heavy Networking on the Network. One key motivation for maintaining a network is captured in this From Seb's Open Research on June 16, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

First mobile phone virus created It begins... From David Davies: Edtech on June 16, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Choose License Web Integration Updates If you have a website or web-aware application where users create or contribute content, Creative Commons has a service that allows users to choose a license for their works from your site via a popup, redirect, iframe, or web contCreative Commons: weblog on June 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

CLEARly muddying the fight against terror Counterpane CTO Bruce Schneier says a congressional move to use a national database to enforce federal civil immigration laws is a boondoggle in the making. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Broadcom acquires Zyray The purchase helps the broadband chip firm expand in next-generation telecommunications. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

3,000 blogs lose their voice Software developer Dave Winer shutters Weblogs.com without notice, citing heavy traffic load. Some blogging fans blast the move. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Weblogs in education at BlogWalk2 via Coniecto: John Robb points to an excellent article by Giles Turnbull for the BBC on weblogs in education. This was a subject that came across at Blogwalk2 too. From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

Founding a City in Cyberspace via Ton's Interdependent Thoughts: Knowledgeworkers tend to be in cities, as those are the cradle of emergence. What does it take for the net to offer the same possibilities as a city. From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

Dynamic images from text An article from A List Apart on using PHP to dynamically generate images from text. ¶ From Open Artifact on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

Tips for office hours Michael Arnzen posts well thought-out and timely tips for handling office hours. ¶ From Open Artifact on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

The Practical Application of Web Standards Let’s face it: web standards are boring! Focusing discussions on them is like taking cooking lessons from a chef who only ever talks about food safety; sure they’re important, but there’s so much more involved in creating a decent meal. ¶ Simon Willison’s --> From Open Artifact on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

BBC’s “Creative Archhive” Another step toward public availability and ownership of information: the BBC has announced its Creative Archives will be released in the Fall. It will be released under a Creative Commons license. (Thanks to Scott for the heads up.) ¶ From Open Artifact on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

Security holes in Internet Explorer Four new security issues have been discovered in Microsoft's web browser. One of the flaws allows an attacker to "spoof", or in simple words - fake the address of a website, leading you to a webpage of his choice. This is achieved by putting "::/ " in front of a normal url, hiding the actual address of the website you are being redirected to. This security issue is similar to the one Microsoft discover From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

Casio's wrist watch credit card Apparently the world of technology is all about getting smaller and more powerful. The new Casio wristwatch is yet another step in this direction. Using a Sony FeliCa chip (which will be the next thing for mobile phones too) the new wristwatch completely replaces the old fashioned credit card. All you have to do is swoop your watch in front of a reader and there you have it. In the images above you c From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:15 p.m..

New article! Take a look at our new article - "Fast, Faster, XP HYPHEN The Russian Link," and learn how Russian techies do it Click here to read it! From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Frodo is not the only one?! Apparently the magical ages are not in the past but rather ahead of us. Now you can buy this cloak for just 9.99 golden pieces and the moderate price of your soul. The next surprise is that our magical equipment comes from the wise Susumu Tachi, a wizard from Japan. Now who would have even thought that magicians were originally from the country of the rising sun? Among other inventions, Susumu Tachi From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Nokia with a twist The "stiff" Finish company, Nokia, finally released a line of folding phones, in an attempt to return its lost share of the mobile phones market. Images on top follow the list below (from left to right). New clamshell phones: 6260: smart phone (video recording, ema From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

AMD dual core processor CNET has come up with an article about the new dual core processor by Texas based company, AMD. The idea behind implementing two cores in one single cpu is the low power consumption. A single processor running at speeds of several gigahertz consumes more energy and performs worse. The new processor "will be sold as an Opteron chip for the server market and as an Athlon 64 chip From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Cabir, the first network worm for mobile phones Kaspersky (a Moscow based company dealing with antivirus solutions) claims to have detected the first worm that spreads via mobile networks. The worm was written by a group ("Vallez" or otherwise "29a"), which specialises in "creating proof-of-concept viruses". The worm, which is reported to be harmless, scans phonebook numbers on phone start-up and spreads to other available bluetooth devices in range. Nokia phones using Symbian OS are reported to From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Yahoo increases storage space! Yahoo increased its mail storage from 4MB to 100MB and reduced the price for paying customers almost by half. Customers will also receive a big 2 gigabyte upgrade for their inbox. Yahoo made cosmetic changes to its user interface and added a useful search bar for managing old correspondence. Yahoo is clear on the fact that its service will not scan users's inbox in order to show targeted ads. From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Firefox 0.9 Firefox is steadily on its way to version 1.0. The new version of the small client includes many bug fixes and new features. New features: [color=blue]New Default Theme An updated Default Theme now presents a uniform appearance across all three platforms - a new crisp, clear look for Windows users. Finetuning for GNOME will follow in future releases. Comprehensive Data Migration --> From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Skype 0.98 "13,981,330 downloads and counting..." For those of you, living on the dark side of the Moon: "Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes. Skype, created by the people who brought you KaZaA, uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other Skype users. If you are tir From CPUCAT - Tech News and Reviews on June 16, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..

Homeland Security is Threatened by Offshoring Information Technology Looks at major risks of outsourcing to foreign based companies, where resulting exposure of sensitive and critical information can jeopardize even American Homeland Security efforts. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on June 16, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..

Beyond the mouse: carrying files between computers with a pen Two scientists from the Sony Interaction Laboratory have demonstrated an experimental pen which allows users to physically move files from one computer to another. Users can pick upa file from one machine, using the "direction interaction" pen, and drop it on another computer simply by touching its screen with the pen. (via ACM TechNews ) From NITLE Tech News on June 16, 2004 at 4:01 p.m..

Redes de Conocimiento: la información como valor de intercambio DAVINCI celebra mañana en Barcelona el Desayuno ’Redes de Conocimiento’, en el que se tratará la Gestión del Conocimiento y el fomento de los programas de colaboración como elemento fundamental para mejorar la productividad entre los departamentos de una empresa y reducir el ciclo de desarrollo de los productos. El desayuno tendrá lugar en el hotel NH Calderón Rambla de Catalunya, 26, con la participación de Océano Digital y Madri+d. Próximamente, en una fecha aún por (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

"Dynamic Text Replacement" - A List Apart A List Apart (ALA) is certainly one of my favorite resources featuring articles related to good web design techniques, especially those conforming to web standards. Today, ALA featured an excellent article which offers a couple of useful approaches to swapping... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

dropload.com - Temporary File Storage I recently heard about dropload.com. It's a neat service that allows you to upload any type of file(s), up to 100 MB in size, and then have selected recipients download the file through a URL they receive via email. I... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

IBM, AT&T, others form anti-phishing coalition The Trusted Electronic Communications Forum - an alliance of some 12 financial, telecoms and technology firms - will work together to develop anti-phishing technology and identify the perpetrators and with governments to aid in their prosecution. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Irish government announces anti-paedo national 3G register All 3G users are to sign a national register that the Irish government hopes to have up and running before the introduction of 3G handsets to the country later this year, as part of a strategy aimed at stopping paedophiles from using the phones for the production of child pornography. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Hackers shut down major websites for two hours An attack on internet services company Akamai Technologies, which delivers DNS services to major firms such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, led to a two-hour black-out of their websites. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Russia to issue 3G licences in 2005 The country’s information and communications minister said today that the government will put no more than four licences out to tender. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Vodafone Netherlands launches commercial 3G for early adopters Vodafone is the first mobile operator in the country to offer commercial 3G services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

GSM operators, TD-SCDMA form global 3G alliance The GSM Association and the TD-SCDMA Forum - which represents the interests of the separate Chinese 3G standard - have signed an agreement to co-ordinate interoperability and roaming between TD-SCDMA and WCDMA technologies. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Bluetooth worm world’s first mobile virus Russian computer security experts have detected what is believed to be the first computer virus aimed at mobile phones. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Collaborative, open textbook OpenTextBook.org is a collaborative project wherein university students (and others) can turn their course notes into a giant, open textbook. You need to know how to use CVS to contribute and edit the book, but there's a daily PDF snapshot of the state of the project, which is looking pretty good! Link (Thanks, Steve!) From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Roll your own pirate radio station with an iPod BoingBoing reader Philip says, "After playing around with the new iTrip mini, the FM broadcasting accessory for the iPod our little minds got working on some ideas. We thought we might be able to make the range of Griffin's iTrip mini a little better if took it apart and exposed the antenna, turns out we could. And then we thought, hey -- we could use a couple iPods to broadcast something we wanted to get out there. Perhaps not 'should' that is, but could. Here's From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Open Source Cinema Brett Gaylor is a documentary filmmaker based in Montr&ampeacute;al, Quebec, Canada. He plans to put online all the source materials for his next movie, BASEMENT TAPES. He says that It will be available for anyone to download, and that he plans to have certain sections of the film specifically left in the hands of open-source filmmakers, to test out the idea. [Fourthwall Weblog] From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

LimSee2 A free, open-source SMIL 1.0 and 2.0 authoring application, written in Java. From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Contrary to Reports, RSS Feeds Can Be Searched MediaPost today has an article on ShadowTV. The service provides video clips of TV programming for businesses and consumers through a searchable database made possible by the closed-caption transcripts of each television program. Their primary business serves PR agencies, advertisers, and advertising agencies. This quote from the story jumped out at me... ShadowTV is similar to RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) in that RSS feeders fil From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Make Your Own Damn Movie! by Lloyd Kaufmann Lloyd Kaufmann, of TOXIC AVENGEr fame (or infamy), wrote a book called "Make Your Own Damn Movie!" with a lot of very practical tips for indie/guerilla filmmakers, such as keep a copy of the script with no sex or foul language for city permit people, neighborhood groups, etc. to see. [HD Forunmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Outloud: Upload video from the internet to television in Amsterdam A system for uploading clips to be viewed on public access cable in Holland. My loose translation of a babelfish translation: With Outloud it becomes possible for everyone to show their own video clips on television. The Crossmedia jukebox offers a platform for media makers to show their films on TV. Upload short clips via the internet From unmediated on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Starting a new track I'm not sure if the start of this blog is confirmation or denial of Alan Levine's observation that edu-blogs seem to have a lifespan of about one year. It does represent, to me, that my interests have changed sufficiently that... From Just Another Ant on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Antwork, Complexity and Convergence (NMC 2004) I've been watching students in two of my classes engaged in a fascinating process over the past few days, and I can best describe the process as antwork. They have been working on a project on Agricultural Practices in Saskatchewan... From Just Another Ant on June 16, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Lazy days of summer reading! Since I'm not taking ... Lazy days of summer reading! Since I'm not taking a class this quarter, I'm off to seek out new reads for the brief few months before serious academic thinking commences.I am a voracious reader - I probably read too quickly (thus I read many books twice to catch more subtle nuances). I confess to reading the end first, because if it seems like an obvious ending, I'm less likely to stay interested. Its not they get to the end that intrigues me. I also tend to read several books by the same author or topic at the same time. Lately I'm finding myself drawn From blog.IT on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Decentralists win long term aka I am an NMC 2004 Fencesitter See my post at: Decentralists_ Rule in 10_years or_so AKA I am an NMC 2004 fencesitter for why From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Lessons learned from Weblogs.com fiasco Here are some lessons that I learned from the whole Dave Winer weblogs... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Whoosh Rather busy these days - I've signed up for a night course at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto entitled "MBA Essentials for Managers". So far, it's been an enriching course, although it is only a sampler for the UofT Executive MBA program, available for a sum that could otherwise get you a fully-loaded BMW M5. During the weekends, I borrow my dad's car (which sadly is not an M5) to practice driving for my driving exam coming up next week. It's strange; I'm usually not phased by impending events or deadlines until they are just about to break From silentblue | Quantified on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Web Credibility: Speak for Yourself BEFORE the Media Speaks for You Here's one interesting way the Internet has altered my perception of legitimacy: As far as I'm concerned, credible, serious organizations have Web sites that explain who they are and offer all of their current information and news, and that provide a means of direct contact. I expect any organization which is serious about communicating on any issue to IMMEDIATELY publish a Web site in order to communicate directly with the public – before they start calling reporters. If a group doesn't publish a Web site right from day one, if they attempt to speak s From Contentious Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Consensus Building from the Oneida Nation In the book Systems Thinking: Managing chaos and complexity by J. Gharajedaghi (ISBN 0750671637), there are many concepts and examples of systems thinking. This is a book to read many times. One of the examples that Gharajedaghi provides is of the Oneida Nation. Their process used to solve problems is one that could be used for online communities, with three distinct roles to be performed in achieving consensus.Using different attributes and characteristics for each of the three symbols of turtle, wolf and bear, the culture, to From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Preventing Death by Powerpoint Someone must have been subconciously listening to my rant about PPT yesterday, as Cutting Through has this post on a new site, Beyond Bullets, that tries to address our dependence on this horribly limiting technology. Another classic resource is the essay on The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, by EdwardTufte. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Staffing for the next school year. We are just about finished the staffing for the next school year. With the new courses that we want to develop we are adding 4 new people to the pod. Our counsellor has moved on to administration and is taking... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.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: apcampbell :The Person of Tomorrow... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN SCHOOLS SURVEY, 2003-2004 An analytical report on the Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey (ICTSS), 2003-2004 was released on Thursday, June 10, 2004 in the Statistics Canada Daily. The Daily can be downloaded at no charge from the Statistics Canada website Rick's... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Suddenly, Some Blog Requests So here's a bit of a bright spot...teachers are actually coming to me requesting blogspace over the summer. And the core group of users that I had this year are letting me know they don't want their sites taken down... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Is English the blog language? Onde anda su? picked up on some of my recent commentaries and wrote a small post on them. I will assume it is in Portuguese, though my Spanish is so bad that it might as well be in Spanish... I can read it only because I speak French and ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

OpenTextBook Here's a cool project: OpenTextBook. When I was at Acadia, we often wondered why students had to pay CAN$80 for a Calculus textbook when it was obvious that all such textbooks are the same, they have to be, and all of the content has been known for quite some time. What ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Got any non-reusable Learning Object? Here's an interesting post by viral-learning about Learning Object reuse. One of the defining factor for Learning Objects ought to be reusability, you'd think. However, Downes once correctly pointed out to me that reusability is not really a defining factor... indeed, can you point out to a non-reusable learning ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Two new cool songs on inDiscover Sites like inDiscover are powerful because they can routinely exceed your expectations. Today, I found two new cool songs by a band called Slippery Space Pods. It is just a bunch of guys playing music. Is it? You don't know, they might be the next big thing. Try these songs (assuming ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

A European Newsplex Today at the joint "Zeitung Online" (newpapers online) conference of the German publishers Association BDZV and ifra in Berlin, IFRA's CEO Rainer Mittelbach announced that IFRA is going to build an European version of Newsplex, the so-called "micro newsroom of the future." The new newsplex will be built in Darmstadt, Germany. However, no fancy building for converged newsrooms will be built. It's all more about using the technology and training of co-ope From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

For Credibility's Sake, Post Your Site Before Calling the Press A new organization called Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change (DMCC) grabbed headlines in major news outlets across North America yesterday when the coalition of retired senior military officers and diplomats called for an ouster of President Bush in the November election on the grounds that his policies in Iraq and elsewhere have significantly undermined national security and international relations. Weighty stuff. As soon as these headlines caught my attention, my first tho From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Taking Top Jobs to Retail One of the biggest reasons so many newspapers are turning big profits on the Internet this year is Top Jobs, a program originated at SFGate that promotes help-wanted ads onto regular content pages -- for a hefty fee. If we'd all listened and acted when Bob Cauthorn first proselytized the concept, we'd all have been profitable a lot earlier. Now Beverly Best, SFGate's ad manager, is trying to apply the same idea -- indeed, the same tools -- to retail advertising. We should all watch closely and learn. --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

ABC-UK to Count Online Readers The UK Audit Bureau of Circulations announced recently that, as of July 1, publishers there will be able to report readership figures for digital editions alongside print circulation. Four new rules will govern the audit:

Why Shortages are Good News A lot of attention has been given to the fact that the Internet creates surpluses -- too much information, which overwhelms consumers and undermines "paid content" strategies, and too much ad inventory, which drives prices down so low that many sites can't make a profit with advertising. It's basic economics, supply versus demand. But last week I attended the Tacoda audience management user group meeting in New York, where much of the talk among the 70 or so newspaper, broadcasting and dotcom attendees was about shortages. If you're a From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Weblogs.com Blogs Closed Down Dave Winer has unexpectedly pulled thousands of weblogs hosted at weblogs.com, stating his reasons in an audio post. Part of the link roundup:

Open TextBook Corante's Copyfight and Slashdot have both both posted about Open TextBook, a collaborative textbook writing project which draws on the open source development model: Hi. OpenTextBook.org is an effort to create a free textbook using methods developed by the F/OSS community. By open, we mean under the terms of the Gnu Free Documentation License. Currently we only have subversion acce From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on June 16, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

BBC's Creative Archive Wired News reports that the long awaited BBC Creative Archive will go online sometime this fall. The BBC's press release notes the material will be available under a Creative Commons licensing model. Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC clearly sees the Creative Archive as a cha From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Feed2RSS Available I just finished getting what I think is a working setup of Feed2RSS, provided by Alan Levine. Just paste in the URL of a feed and it generates the javascript code you need to add the headlines to your Web page. A couple of issues I have noticed: from my ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Free Software to the Rescue (Again) Unfortunately I've been working on a laptop for the last several months and it has started taking it's toll on my body (RSI). So, I wanted to set something up that would let me work on any computer here in the lab, move files to my personal home directory on ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

testing date talk amongst yourselves. From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

If only I had the money: 4GB Compact Flash card for about half the price of a 2GB card From t-break comes this great tip for getting a 4GB Compact Flash card on the cheap. First you buy a Creative MuVo MP3 player for about $250; take it apart and you've got yourself a 4GB Compact Flash card. The cost of a 2GB card? About $450. So, save yourself ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

USB Drive Roundup If you thought all of those USB drives (thumb, pen, flash, or the nom du jour) were created equal, think again. See Ars Technica for a comprehensive review of the varying features. Thanks to Tuttle SVC for the heads up. From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

If it can read a Web page, why not a journal article? File this under "I can do it, but do I really want to?". James Farmer has made available an audio recording of a journal article. The idea, then, would be to have several people record themselves reading journal articles and making those recordings available to the public. Burn a ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Audio Part II I created another audio file using the same article from yesterday but used another voice. This one is much better, though it runs a little longer. There are some awkward pauses here and there which I can apparently influence by editing some obscure file using some mathematical formula. I'll post ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

If you’re on a mailing list, don’t do this I was having trouble getting the speech rate speeded up in Festival so I joined the mailing list to ask a question. A little bit later I got an email with the subject "I received your email," which made me immediately think it was spam. The body: Since this is the ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Reinventing the wheel: Intro to RSS Despite the quality introductions to RSS that are already published on the Web, I took it upon myself to write yet one more. This, Countdown to RSS, the Gateway Technology, is supposed to introduce the casual Web-using instructor to RSS in 15 minutes or less. I haven't tested it out ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Notice: Update your feed URL’s Well, we're no longer Muskingum Area Technical College. The college name change is official as of Monday, 6/14: we're now Zane State College. (Do I need to start putting "Zane State College -- formerly known as Muskingum Tech" in my email signature now?) Apparently domain name pointers will be valid for ... From Big IDEA on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

E-Learning: challenges to the neo-conservative model? If you're working in the learning technology arena and feel pretty satisfied that you've got things pretty well bedded down in your institutions, based on a good well established relationship with your VLE vendors, then you certainly don't want to read this. From Auricle on June 16, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Everything's Fine? Just learned of a new "Pedablogue" site by Harvest Bird with the marvelous subtitle, "Teaching Beyond Tips and Techniques." I like its approach a lot. In fact, I like that other pedagogy-oriented blogs are calling themselves "pedablogs" but I get a little twinge of identity crisis when I come across... From PEDABLOGUE on June 16, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..

Journals and their discontents Lance Fortnow, Special Issues, My Computational Complexity Web Log, June 15, 2004. Fortnow, reporting from the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), tells us that the symposium is considering switching the publication of its conference papers from the Elsevier-owned Journal of Computer and System Sciences to SIAM Journal on Computing (SICOMP). Many involved with the symposium see the change as a panacea, but Fortnow writes: "My concern, which I expressed at the meeting, is that we already have a culture where to From Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Tim Berners-Lee honored Erika Jonietz, Web Inventor Rewarded At Last, Technology Review Weblog, 6/14/04. Joneitz reports that Tim Berners-Lee received the Millennium Technology Prize for his work inventing the web. Excerpt: "Rather than patenting his idea for the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee and colleague Robert Cailliau, working at CERN (the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva), insisted on a license-free technology. If they hadn't, Berners-Lee says, the Web wouldn't be the interoperable linkup that it is. 'The From Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Are Blogs Ready For Prime-Time? Blogads Speaks "A Blogads survey claims that blog readers are more mature and affluent than expected and more prone to click on ads and buy online. Many advertisers think bloggers—and blog readers—inhabit some kind of cyber backwater, full of stagnant, egotistical, overwritten... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 16, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..

Webfeeds are opt-in authenticated email Great quote found on Doc Searls' blog (via danah): "RSS is opt-in authenticated email." It can be other things too, but this is one key facet, very economically summed up. I'd be tempted to append "with permanent links". That would make the picture a bit harder to grasp, though. From Seb's Open Research on June 16, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Links and citations David Brake raises interesting questions about academic weblog ranking schemes, some of which readily generalize in one direction to PageRank and related web ranking schemes, and in the other to citation analysis in academic publishing. What do citation tallies indicate, really? Value? Perceived value? Inbound attention? Are they taken seriously? What happens when they are? A few years back, Jean-Claude Guédon wrote -- From Seb's Open Research on June 16, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Hiding Our Eyes from the Truth of Torture Policy Anne Applebaum connects some dots in her Washington Post column, saying America could get the full truth of its new torture policy if anyone wanted to do so. But the White House won't tell, for obvious reasons. Congress' Republican majority apparently endorses this moral and legal corruption. The media can only get so much information. Which leaves the American people. Are we collectively so fearful that we will allow our government to make torture the law of the land? Will we demand some answers -- From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 16, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

U.S. Web Usage and Traffic, May 2004 Nielsen//NetRatings examined where U.S. Internet users were going and how long they were staying during May 2004. From ClickZ Stats on June 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists The Justice Department wants to impose wiretapping requirements on Internet phone calls. But Congress isn't so sure. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Bright outlook seen for image sensors Research company iSuppli projects that the worldwide image-sensor market will ship 733 million units in 2008, up from 253 million in 2003. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Briefly: Bright outlook seen for image sensors roundup Plus: Handspring vet named PalmOne president...Microsoft updates business software roadmap...PalmSource repays TI investment. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Tablets take their time A new report says tablet PCs are catching on in some areas but haven't yet made it with general businesses or consumers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Motorola to buy Force Computers Maker of embedded products for telecom and medical imaging equipment will be integrated with similar Motorola unit. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Microsoft updates business software roadmap The firm's Business Solutions Unit has yet to be profitable, but several upcoming releases are intended to change that. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

OnStar steering toward cell phones? Partnership with Verizon Wireless hints at in-car help provider's move to expand beyond the vehicle. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Briefly: Handspring vet named PalmOne president roundup Plus: Microsoft updates business software roadmap...PalmSource repays TI investment...Motorola to buy Force Computers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

IDC offers sunny forecast for servers The researcher predicts the market will grow by 5 percent in 2004. Blade servers will be among the top sellers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Joel Spolsky - Microsoft is losing developers because of the web and because it lost backwards compatibility Joel totally nails it. Why should developers learn proprietary Microsoft (or Apple ) APIs when they can write web apps with free tools like PHP,Perl, Python, MySQL, Apache, etc that are "good enough" for most people and work with all clients and all platforms. Especially when the Microsoft APIs keep changing and it's not clear which one to use. From Joel on Software - How Microsoft Lost the API War: QUOTEMicrosoft Lost the Backwards Compatibility Religion Inside M From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

PeopleSoft Lawyer Writing Web Columns About Antitrust Trial My colleague John Paczkowski alerts me to an interesting development in the Bush administration's efforts to prevent Oracle from buying PeopleSoft. Gary Reback, a lawyer for PeopleSoft, is posting daily write-ups of the antitrust trial that's taking place in San Francisco. This is a smart PR move for PeopleSoft. Reback is a well-known antitrust From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 16, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Expensing's Seven Lives

IBM teams with software makers on grid New software applications could move grid out of the esoteric realm and into mainstream business. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Sprint to cut 1,100 workers Citing increased competition in the long-distance market, the company says its will begin laying off employees in July. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Metro Ethernet cruises toward mainstream New standards should help phone carriers and ISPs offer Ethernet services over existing networks. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Nueva versión Pequelin 0.6 Esta semana se ha anunciado la nueva versión 0.6 de Pequelin, la «Metadistribución del Sistema Operativo GNU/Linux dedicada especialmente a los niños, los jóvenes y la educación», disponible ya en el área de descargas. Pequelin es una distribución del tipo Live-CD: es decir, que se puede iniciar el sistema directamente desde el CD-ROM, sin necesidad de instalar previamente el software en el ordenador ni reemplazar un sistema operativo ya instalado. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on June 16, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Informe sobre integración de las TIC en las universidades europeas Elearningeuropa.info resume las conclusiones de un estudio sobre integración de las TIC encargado por la Comisión Europea a la consultora Rambøll Management: «Modelos virtuales de las universidades europeas». Según este estudio, aunque la mayoría de las universidades europeas ya disponen de la infraestructura básica necesaria para el uso de las nuevas tecnologías (ordenadores, Internet, cuentas de correo), la integración efectiva de éstas en la educación requerirá la implicación activa de los equipos di From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on June 16, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

finished Grading From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Online Coursepacks Through a Campus Bookstore: A Test Study This month's of DEOSNEWS offers results of a test to measure the level of usage of online course packets offered in support of a blended course. Although the test course was not an online course, the lessons learned in this study are applicable to both online and blended programs and services, particularly as they relate to the need for "problem free" technology that makes services transparent to students. From eLearnopedia on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Organisatorische Einbettung von E-Learning an deutschen Hochschulen Was haben Unternehmen und Hochschulen gemeinsam? Beide stehen vor der Herausforderung, e-Learning "nachhaltig" - wie es so schön heisst - in ihre Prozesse und Strukturen zu integrieren. Was aber unterscheidet Hochschulen von Unternehmen? Nun, die Autoren beschreiben die typische Hochschule... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Quality in E-Learning From a Learner's Perspective Stephen Downes hat kürzlich noch einmal anschaulich gemacht, wie schwierig es ist, sich über etwas wie "Qualität" zu verständigen. Seine "Quality Paradoxes": - Doing the right thing does not ensure success ... (The operation was a success, but the patient... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

'Shameful waste' on e-university 62 Mill. englische Pfund wurden von 12 Universitäten und weiteren privaten Unternehmen in die UK's e-university (UKeU) investiert. Die UKeU sollte die Online-Degrees britischer Universitäten vermarkten, aber die vermarkteten sich lieber selbst. So endete das Ganze als kostspieliger Flop mit... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Erste "echte" Corporate University Deutschlands Ich hatte das Thema "Corporate University" bereits abgehakt: In den letzten 12 Monaten war es hierzulande der AutoUni in Wolfsburg vorbehalten, das Thema noch einmal in die Öffentlichkeit zu bringen. Ansonsten verzichtet man auf Unternehmensseite derzeit gerne auf derartige Marketing-Aktivitäten;... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 16, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

17. Sozialerhebung des DSW:... Zum 17. Mal seit 1951 gab das Deutsche Studentenwerk (DSW) heute die Ergebnisse der Sozialerhebung zur wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Lage der Studierenden in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bekannt. "In Zeiten der steigenden Bedeutung der empirischen Bildungsforschung ist die Sozialerhebung des DSW ein auf Kontinuität angelegtes, langjähriges Beispiel für fundierte Politikberatung", sagte der Präsident des DSW, Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Rinkens. Die Ergebnisse dokumentierten die Notwendigkeit grundlegender Bildungsreformen. --> From BildungsBlog on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Google: manual y mapa O'Reilly publica Google: The Missing Manual de Sarah Milstein y Rael Dornfest. Puede descargarse en PDF el capítulo 3: Googling Further: Images, News, and the Directory. En Cal Solache descubro este práctico Google Site Map, que no conocía. Ver también:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Blogs y Música En el marco de la iniciativa francesa CYBERFETE 2004 (une opération d'intérêt général, soutenue par l'industrie musicale, les pouvoirs publics et les principaux acteurs de l'internet en France, pour promouvoir un internet libre et responsable) se ha puesto en marcha... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Pringles Prints: patatas fritas con publicidad impresa "Cuando haces pop ya no hay stop" dicen los de Pringles, que después de reinventar las patatas fritas se lanzan al spam comestible. Comenzarán en agosto con 2.400 preguntas del Trivial Pursuit Junior impresas en colores (comestibles). Ver: Eat Pringles,... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

eMacs drive student achievement From ScotFEICT on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

e-Urheberrecht für österreichische... http://www.oeaw.ac.at/personalwesen/e-urh_FAQ/ e-Urheberrecht für die Praxis der Wissenschaft Die Seite der Öst. Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) informiert - stockkonservativ - über das Urheberrecht, wobei man wissen sollte, dass die ÖAW alles andere als eine Vorkämpferin von Open Access ist (siehe die Kommerz-Online-Angebote ihres Verlags, wobei ich mich wirklich frage, wer privat 29 Euro im Jahr dafür berappen möchte, den überflüssigen "Anzeiger" online z From Archivalia on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Link to your roots http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/06/15/307035.html 2,2 Millionen USA-Auswanderer sind digital erfasst Staatsarchiv: Senatorin Karin von Welck besuchte das Projekt "Link to Your Roots". [...] Nochem Dowid Goldfarb ist der zweimillionste Auswanderer, den das Staatsarchiv aus den alten Passagierlisten digital fürs Internet erfasst hat. Kultursenatorin Karin von Welck hat sich das Projekt gestern im Staatsarchiv angesehen. "Unglaublich eindrucksvoll. Man merkt, dass an dieser Arbeit das H From Archivalia on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Finding Blogs, Blog Posts,... http://library.usask.ca/~fichter/weblog/ Blog Search Engines http://www.aripaparo.com/archive/000632.html http://www.aripaparo.com/archive/000654.html From Archivalia on June 16, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

US: Weinstein head of National... President Bush has nominated Allen Weinstein to be head of the National Archives. Whereas the former national archivist is an ex-governor, this time the custodian of America's key documents would be a true scholar, experienced not only in rummaging around in primary texts but in running a Washington agency. Weinstein, a noted historian, is currently the dirrector of the Center for Democracy, which has helped bring election reform to nations around the world. But his nomination is being opposed by the Society of American Archivists, the Organization of American Historians, editorialists From soulsoup on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Dave Winer closed the (free) shop Via: Slashdot "Citing the high costs of running the free service, performance concerns, and health problems, Dave Winer closed down the weblogs.com hosting service without any prior notice. As many as 3000 sites are now inacessible, and the users who want to transfer their data elsewhere have to ask (politely) for it to be exported."... From soulsoup on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

PowerPoint for Storyboarding It's not the gun that kills, bullets do. Whatever said and done there is actually no demon in that tool, it all in how you use it. Yesterday Robert Scoble pointed out a blog for PowerPoint HYPHEN Beyond Bullets. Specially liked this post - The Future Story(board) of PowerPoint "When a friend recently told me that her team at Walt Disney Feature Animation was using PowerPoint as a tool for storyboarding, I really wasn't surprised. After all, who would be more likely to instinctively see the true potential of PowerPoint, than one of our planet's most influential storytellers?" .. From soulsoup on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Bliki, Bloki etc. Thanks to James, these are creating big ripples in the blogosphere. Summary: Blog + Wiki A bliki is a weblog with wiki support. Which means that after (or before) an article is posted to the blog, it can be edited, either by anyone or by some some group of authorized users. This combination of the two Internet technologies was conceived with the purpose of making the popular "blogging" experience more interactive. Another possible effect (especially for news blogs) is the improvement of the quality and accuracy of the articles posted by giving more people the abillity to edit them. However,... From soulsoup on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Smart-phone worm has a hang-up A recently created "concept virus" designed to show that a worm could spread between smart phones won't get very far in the real world, antivirus companies said Tuesday. As previously reported, the so-called Cabir worm is written for the Symbian operating system, the OS used in a majority of... From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Beyond Contacts 3.005 Beyond Contacts 3.005 has been released with the following new features: Hi-Res Landscape and Portrait Support Enhanced Lookup for Contacts New Integration with the built-in Contacts/Address Book Full 5-way optimization for the Treo 600 Beyond Contacts provides everything you need in one package... From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

SpamKiller For Series 60 Smart Phones Be protected against SPAM and unwanted persons! Learn how to stop junk SMS messages on your phone. SpamKiller is the easiest way to manage your messages and effectively eliminate spam. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted messages that get to your smartphone. It can even be used as an excellent... From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Stowaway 50% Discount Stowaway is running a promotion with up to 50% discounts on a number of their products. Go grab it now. The deal on their XT keyboard is sweet. http://www.pdatrends.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=320 From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

MetrO 5.2.2 MetrO 5.2.2 has been released with Major city changes for Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Graz, Philadelphia Porto, San Diego, Zürich, and other changes for Dresden, Frankfurt, Genova, London, Lyon, München, Philadelphia, San Francisco, São Paulo, Tokyo, Washington. ... From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Flux Challenge Flux Challenge Alpha Demo v0.3 is now available. Flux Challenge is our upcoming 3D racing game. This unique racer revolves around a world of magnetic-levitation tunnels. While originally designed for mass transportation, it soon spawned many underground ship-racing circuits and eventually became... From pdatrends News on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

News for Today, Jun 16 A run down of current news in the shared spaces world: New customer for SiteScape's Enterprise Forum web-based team workspace collaboration platform: the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. SiteScape LAN 2 LAN launched .ROAM for IBM Lotus Domino, which... From Kolabora.com on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Reviewers Sign-Up: Robin Good Showcases A Breathrough Virtual Collaboration S... I have no words to describe what I have seen today but I can tell you that this something unlike any other collaboration technology I have seen before. This is a breakthrough meeting and collaboration solution that opens up the eyes of everyone into understanding what really is in store for us in th... From Kolabora.com on June 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

EU launches study of OA EU investigates open access scientific publication, an unsigned news story in the June 15 News-Medical.Net.  Excerpt:  "The EU Commission has launched a study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe, the results of which will be available in 2005. The objective is to determine the conditions required for optimum operation of the sector and to assess the extent to which the Commission can help to meet those conditions. The study From Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Forthcoming OA journal from CSA and NBII Mark Chillingworth, CSA embraces green open access policy, Information World Review, June 16, 2004.  Excerpt:  "Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) is to embrace a form of open access publishing, following an agreement with the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), a department of the US Department of the Interior. In November, CSA will launch Sustainability Science: Practice & Policy, a peer-reviewed e-journal aimed at users researching sustainable environmental policies.  'In this From Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Recommended access policies for US government web sites On June 9, the US Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI) publicly released its Recommended Policies and Guidelines for Federal Public Websites and submitted them to the OMB for approval.  The ICGI does not recommend open access anywhere that open access is not already required by law.  But it does recommend (pp. 35-36) that government web sites "comply with necessary policies and standards to implement the E-Government Act of 2002, Section 207 From Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Wild Weblog Ideas I've been mulling over a couple of "out there" projects that I'd love to get started next school year (or maybe before) built around Weblogs.

Platform vs. Strategy in E-Learning I just heard an e-learning expert demonizing the platform discussion (e.g. "Which Learning Management System is best?") while at the same time suggesting to evaluate Microsoft e-learning products. Then I found this other quote someone called Bj&ampouml;rn from a discussion thread on Peter Baumgartners weblog: ... every system claimed to the-one. I find that boring more than ever... but the money still goes into projects which develo From owrede_log on June 16, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

A long, hot summer for VoIP? Kevin Werbach explains how powerful interests are pushing for regulatory rules that will cripple the potential of voice over IP technology. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Nesstar Catalogue is a virtual data library allowing you ... The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Nesstar Catalogue is a virtual data library allowing you to search for, locate, browse and download a selected range of key economic and social data. More specifically, you can obtain frequencies, conduct online tables, produce graphs, and subset and download by case and variable. To access Nesstar you will need to be registered with the new ESDS one-stop registration service and authentication is via Athens login From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The American Library Association Public Programs Office has established a new endowment fund to supp ... The American Library Association Public Programs Office has established a new endowment fund to support cultural programming, the Cultural Communities Fund. The first of its kind, the fund will support local libraries across the USA in establishing community and cultural programs. The fund has already received a $350,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and more than $150,000 in contributions from individuals and other organizations, including From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association presents International Patents: Local to Global ... Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association presents International Patents: Local to Global at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida - June 26, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The June 2004 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available online ... The June 2004 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Enriching the Catalog by Roy Tennant, is now available from Library Journal ... Enriching the Catalog by Roy Tennant, is now available from Library Journal From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The New Jersey State Library has launched JerseyClicks, which allows libraries to search multiple da ... The New Jersey State Library has launched JerseyClicks, which allows libraries to search multiple databases simultaneously using a single interface From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

JournalToGo - Healthcare professionals can now easily keep current on medical literature and healthc ... JournalToGo - Healthcare professionals can now easily keep current on medical literature and healthcare news. Selected medical journal abstracts and healthcare news articles are delivered to your handheld device or are accessible from your PC. This service is available at no charge From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

DEOSNEWS - June 2004 - is now available ... DEOSNEWS - June 2004 - is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Meeting Online Like You Have Never Seen Before: Reporters Preview I thought we were moving forward, but I didn't realize how fast new technologies can now step ahead of their predecessors. Today, I am on the lookout to recruit between five and ten independent reporters, to showcase them, in a... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Judge tosses online privacy case Decision in airline case suggests privacy policies aren't worth the pixels they're published with, critics say. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Who's Seeding the Net With Spyware? - Emily Kumler, Medill News Service Young surfers pick up paychecks for posting misleading pitches armed with invasive programs. It's tough enough sometimes to figure out where you picked up that spyware, but have you ever wondered who planted that digital parasite? It's likely a young m From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

PC as Power Plant - DOUGLAS HEINGARTNER, New York Times It began as a simple way of getting computers and other devices to play nicely together. But it has given rise to a stream of gadgets far more exotic than the printers and mouses it was designed to accommodate. Its initials have also become increasingl From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Pioneer Who Kept the Web Free Honored With a Technology Prize - VICTORIA SHANNON, New York Times If Tim Berners-Lee had decided to patent his idea in 1989, the Internet would be a different place. Instead, the World Wide Web became free to anyone who could make use of it. Many of the entrepreneurs and scientists who did use it became rich, among t From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Millions in lost funding spurs district's virtual school plans - eSchool News The Columbus, Ohio, city school district will develop an online high school in an effort to retain hundreds of students and millions in state funding the district expects otherwise to lose to charter schools next year, school officials said. Columbus From Educational Technology on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Urban Safety Program 2003 In Detroit, neighborhood crime, gang activity, unrestrained dogs, and declining or dangerous properties affect students From Educational Technology on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

A.D.A.M., Inc. Launches Interactive Anatomy Version 4 A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading developer of interactive health information and technology, announced today the launch of A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Version 4 (AIA 4), the long anticipated upgrade to the company's flagship anatomy product for the undergrad From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Call for Nominations Now Open for 2004 Live Online Awards The "Live Online Awards" guidelines were announced today, and nominations are now being accepted for The Lolas, which recognize outstanding achievement in the design, delivery and production of live online learning events. Complete submission instructi From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Real Estate Educators Unhappy with Distance Learning Regulations There is growing controversy in the real estate industry regarding the regulations and costs to create distance learning, according to RealtyU. During the last couple of years the frustration has been escalating and it appears to have reached a boiling From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Privacy advocates protest Northwest dismissal Decision in airline case suggests privacy policies aren't worth the pixels they're published with, critics say. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

BBC to Open Content Floodgates Nice things are happening in the world: "The British Broadcasting Corporation's Creative Archive, one of the most ambitious free digital content projects to date, is set to launch this fall with thousands of three-minute clips of nature programming. The effort could goad other organizations to share their professionally produced content with Web users." From elearningpost on June 16, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

TribeCast: when YASNS meets blogrolls (danah boyd) Did you ever stop to think that blogrolls are awfully similar to YASNS friends? Apparently Tribe.net did too. They just released TribeCast where bloggers and anyone else who owns a website can display their Tribes or Friends. This is a... From Corante: Social Software on June 16, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Senate Votes for More Nukes The U.S. Senate backs the Bush administration's plan to study low-yield and earth-penetrating nuclear weapons. The administration insists it has no plans to actually build the weapons -- it just wants to keep the door open to their development. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

ITunes Opens European Beachhead The appearance of Apple's iTunes has competitors scrambling to defend their turf against the music service that is dominating the U.S. market. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Yahoo Bolsters E-Mail Service Google's Gmail service is capturing all the headlines, so Yahoo's riposte is to supercharge its own free e-mail service, increasing its storage capacity by 25 times, among other things. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent With the flip of a switch Sunday, Dave Winer closed Weblogs.com without warning, leaving bloggers in the lurch. Winer cites personal reasons, but that's not good enough for everyone. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

FTC Says No to Antispam Registry The Federal Trade Commission tells Congress that a 'do not e-mail' registry would be ineffective at stopping spam. In fact, it could make the problem worse. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Calls for Leash on Voter Data A California state task force says the state should take more steps to guard the information that people reveal about themselves on voter registration forms. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

State Sets Standard for E-Voting California officials release a set of standards for building touch-screen voting machines with a voter-verified paper trail mechanism. Other states, and the feds, may adopt California's standards. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

BBC to Open Content Floodgates The BBC plans to open its vast archive of TV and radio programming to the Net this fall. Observers are excited about the liberal licensing terms: Users could download and remix all they want, turning the notion of copyright on its head. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Eco-Terror Cited as Top Threat Law enforcement officials warn that biotechnology firms, particularly those that conduct research on animals, must take greater precautions against attacks by extremist groups. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Fixing or Nixing the Fax Laws? Load up on toner. Congress is moving to make it easier for companies to send unsolicited faxes. Real estate agents and small businesses applaud the move, but others say it will pave the way for junk-fax blasters. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Ireland Leery of 3G Phones The Irish government is seeking mandatory registration of 3G phones to protect minors. But privacy groups say it is a big hammer to crack small nuts, and carriers still don't know how the system is supposed to function. Daithí Ó hAnluain reports from Dublin. From Wired News on June 16, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Meet Joe Blog "Why are more and more ... Meet Joe Blog "Why are more and more people getting their news from amateur websites called blogs? Because they're fast, funny and totally biased." Lev Grossman, Time Magazine, 13 June 2004 Added: 16 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: A long piece about how people are using blogs in America From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Is Forgoing Digital for Medium Format for You? It seems as though everyone in photography is moving to digital. Consumer digital cameras will outsell film cameras this year. Even professionals are moving into digital; photojournalism is practically all digital now. I have followed the development of digital cameras quite closely since first digital SLRs (those big cameras with changeable lenses) came out. As a prosumer and someone who is critical of quality of enlargements I have been saying that I will move to digital when an affordable 8 megapixel SLR comes out. Recently Canon delivered with their EOS-1D Mark II priced at around $3000. N From kuro5hin.org on June 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

balanced and fair: Geist on copyright reform Michael Geist's latest column in the Tornoto Star maps a sane process to realizing balance in IP. Help spread the sanity. From Lessig Blog on June 16, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

Call for Chapters - Self, Peer, And Group Assessment In E-Learning The book, to be edited by Tim S Roberts, Faculty of Informatics and Communication, Central Queensland University, aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and latest empirical research findings in the area of self, peer, and group assessment, as well as practical examples and reports of case studies. It is intended for professionals who want to improve their understanding of successes and failures in this area, and those who are keen to introduce such assessment techniques into their own teaching, most particularly for those working within a tertiary education environment. Chapters repo From EdNA Online on June 16, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

Too busy for blogging Apologies for the lack of consistent blogging over the last few weeks, these have been some of the busiest weeks I've had this year. Last week I was in Canberra & Newcastle for four days in total. This week sees... From Column Two on June 16, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Easy Test Maker "Easy Test Make ... Easy Test Maker "Easy Test Maker is a FREE online test generator to help you create your tests. With Easy Test Maker you can create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true and false questions all on the same test. You can also insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections." Added: 16 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: You can also print a master answer sheet. Just click the "Print Answer Sheet" From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

QuizStar "NEW QuizStar is based on teache ... QuizStar "NEW QuizStar is based on teacher comments and suggestions from the past four years. We are committed to developing resources that help educators use the power of the Internet in teaching and learning." Updated: 16 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: QuizStar is a free web-based program PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Testing, quizzing, gaming and gameshow tools From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Producer Dan Workman Elected to NARAS Board of Governors Dan Workman among Houston Music Industry Professionals dominating 2004 Recording Academy Elections for Texas Board of Governors. Workman has worked on multiple GRAMMY winning projects with Destiny's Child & Beyonce as well as projects with ZZ Top, Smashmouth and a multitude of other international stars. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004] From PR Web on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

"Calypso" Remote Control Crib Mobile Brings Fun and Fascination of the Sea to Baby's Nursery The Calypso Remote Control Crib Mobile has an overhead soft light show simulating an underwater environment. The mobile base has a swirling fish bowl with color-changing lights. The fish bowl has extended life as a nightlight, either mounted to the crib or displayed on a dresser. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004] From PR Web on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Internet entrepreneur enables mass-production of affordable, private and secure communication networks for American communities. Boca Raton, Florida-based ABB ABBIEL, LLC. announced today it has launched its fully-managed turnkey community communications web solution for use by communities across America. The solution, named http://www.MyCommunityLink.com, is accessible from most any Internet-ready PC. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004] From PR Web on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Free Business Plan Software on the Internet, What's the Catch? Advantage Venture Systems Inc. recently launched the Venture Planning System Pro, a powerful step-by-step interactive business plan software application. The VPSpro From PR Web on June 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Search interface for copyright renewal Professor Michael Lesk of Rutgers has designed a search interface for "the U. S. copyright renewal records. Any book published during the years 1923-1963 which is found in this file is still under copyright, as are all books published after 1964 (although until 1989 they still had to have proper notice and registration). Books published before 1923, or before Jan. 1, 1964 and not renewed, are out of copyright. This file does not contain listings for music, movies, or periodicals." (Source: Open Access News on June 16, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Technology in Workplace Learning Catherine Chambers highlights the advantages of simulation-based learning in the workplace and helps you locate free trial simulation software.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

A toenail in the door There's a touch of Through the Looking Glass about scientific publishing. In this topsy-turvy world, publishers obtain research results for nothing, have them refereed for nothing, print them in their journal and then - and this is sheer genius - sell the journal (for an arm and a leg) to the institution where the research took place. Make that several legs. The taxpayer or charity donor who footed the research bill can't see what they've paid for unless they too cross the publisher's palm with silver. That can't be right. Nor can it be right tha From Seblogging News on June 16, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Intrepid Learning Solutions Expands Boeing Relationship to Integrated Defense Systems From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

How techonology has changed the way we live From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

PLATO Learning Releases New Advanced Writing and K-3 Reading Curricula From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Innovative Education Practices Highlighted in New Booklet From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Web-based tutoring gives students study aid 24/7 From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

eCollege and Corinthian Colleges Extend Partnership From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

eCollege, Microsoft & HP Collaborate on Content Management System for eLearning From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

22 per cent quit study at Deakin From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Real Estate Educators Unhappy with Distance Learning Regulations From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Exclusive Interview with Dr. Andrew J. Peterson, Presedient of the Reformed Theological Seminary, Virtual Campus From DEC Daily News on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Cardboard Hey, check out the Bliki tool Cardboard [via Bill]. I like the idea of wiki KMS functionality combined with blog social networking... Tiki does it but feels a bit constrained... anything that will provide this with the fluidity of template construction that, say, Wordpress or Radio offers for both Wikis & Blogs together (with a nice coherent admin area) has got to be a winner. From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Building Cyber Cities (or not!) Ton gives a fantastic rundown of his thoughts on founding a city in cyberspace. In preparation for Blogwalk 3.0 (god I'm jealous!) "...We shape our city as much as it shapes us. Until the the net is a two-way thing for most of it's users, it will be like an empty city however, where loads of tourists come everyday to look around, shipped from sight/site to sight/site withou From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Open source live audio broadcasting I love far out requests :o) Just got one from a couple of faculties thinking about running a 'virtual conference' later this year. Now, as far as I know there isn't a CMS that sets up live broadcast (as you would want in a video conference) and even if there was... I doubt it also has the synchronous chat tool that people would really want as well. There are, of course, commercial solutions like elluminate live or horizon live... but a. blood, stone, bureaucracy :o), b. That's no fun & c. (something to do with importance of GNU, open sourcing). So I&apo From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Bloki This is Bloki amazing! From new edublogger Stephen Harlow (who needs to get himself a feed quicksmart ;o) comes Bloki which, despite looking a few years out of date, has feeds, has wiki-type stuff, has an easy easy easy manner about it (if you've used Word and windows you should get the hang of this fairly quickly) and doesn't seem to have any ads associated with it... strangerer and strangerer! What's wrong with it? Why aren't / haven't people been using it? It loo From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Mazel Tov, Sir Tim! Tim Berners-Lee has won the first Millennium Technology prize, backed by the Finnish government.Yay! "The prize committee underlined the importance of Sir Tim's decision to never strive to commercialise or patent his contributions to the internet technologies he has developed." Not that there's anything wrong with commercialization...except in this case we wouldn't have the Web.... From Joho the Blog on June 16, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

Learning in Groups: Maybe schools should be more businesslike??!! Deuterolearning In Groups Summary: Interesting ethical and psychological issues surface as I contrast several "pure" approaches to learning facilitation. (Whether and how to mix these approaches is another issue.).The approaches that I contrast are: intructivist, deuterolearning (aka metalearning and learning to learn) and, because it signals the ambiguities of group life "communitarian"--- which I would say is From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 16, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Making G.E.D. Programs More Than Test Prep A panel recommends that the G.E.D. program focuses on preparing students for college with tasks that require more reading, writing and problem-solving. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Albany Leaders May Delay New York School Aid Issue State Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, Gov. George Pataki and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will concentrate on other issues before trying to reach a compromise on school aid. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Cornell Gives Bronx Library Hope for a Happy Ending Representatives from the century-old Huntington Free Library and Cornell University on Tuesday signed a deal Tuesday that will give the library $2.5 million. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Now Playing in Boston: Terrorism and Civil Rights High school students in Boston take part in a program that uses theater to educate teenagers about issues of law and justice. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Summer Makeup Sessions Set for Special Ed Students The Department of Education will offer summer makeup sessions to special education students who did not get the services they needed during the school year. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

States' End Run Dilutes Burden for Special Ed Like a dozen other states, Maryland hopes to circumvent rules that require students including those in special education to show improvement on achievement tests. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

School Was in Trouble, Shooting Victim Says The Drake Business School, which closed last week after its chief executive officer was seriously wounded by a gunman, had millions of dollars in financial problems. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Next Gen Librarians Affecting Librarianship, Too next gen "Rachel was nice enough to email me and let me know her piece about next gen males (including an embarrassing quote from me) was up on LJ's site. I got the email promptly at 8:00 when my Treo does its first of many email checks of the day. I found this quite appropriate." [walking paper--> From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Meet Joe Blog Time magazine has an in-depth article on blogs going mainstream: "Over the past five years, blogs have gone from an obscure and, frankly, somewhat nerdy fad to a genuine alternative to mainstream news outlets, a shadow media empire that is rivaling networks and newspapers in power and influence." From elearningpost on June 16, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Requirements Gathering: Lose Your Ego and Ask Away Nice short article that looks into something called the 'Fate Chart'. This is a modification of the Johari Window that allows one to understand the limitations of one's own perceptions in the requirements gathering phase. From elearningpost on June 16, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Science by Email for Teachers from CSIRO CSIRO offers a free electronic newsletter called Science by Email that keeps classroom teachers around Australia up to date with strange and amazing science news from Australia and around the world. Science by Email is produced and emailed weekly to teachers and students who request it. Every Science by Email newsletter also contains a science experiment that students find not only informative but fun to do. All experiments are tested by the education team at CSIRO, so when you follow the easy instructions, they are guaranteed to work. Other regular features in Science by Email include links t From EdNA Online on June 16, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

I Swear I Didn't Pay Them to Post this! More Medical Stuff (emphasis below is mine) "For those of you interested in medical related items I can also recommend www.journaltogo.com, this selects journal papers via selected topics, www.highwire.com and merckmedicus, these will select particular journals and send updated contents list From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Consulting group: Send more jobs offshore Research and development is ripe for shipping abroad, says The Boston Consulting Group. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

AT&T slashes Net-phoning prices CallVantage is now $5 a month cheaper--a mere two months after the service was introduced. From CNET News.com on June 15, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

Briefly: National Semi, ARM license energy tech roundup Plus: Apple rival offers one-cent songs in U.K....CA restates revenue again...Voters league backtracks on e-voting...Storage software sees momentum. From CNET News.com on June 15, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

National and ARM license energy-saving technology National Semiconductor and chip designer ARM have begun to license their PowerWise technology. From CNET News.com on June 15, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

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