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iTunes Jukebox at Lewis
Our music teacher at Lewis, Mr. Jamesbarry, had a great idea that we recently implemented. Last year we had talked about setting up a server to share some of the music he uses with classrooms. This summer when we moved all of our machines to OS X, he got the idea of setting up a machine with iTunes and loading it with all the music he uses in his music program. With the music installed on the music classroom machine, and running under iTunes, it can be set up so that the music on that machine is available to... From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 3, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..
Persoalized audio with iPods
Weblogg-ed brought this to my attention. I had read previously about a college or two providing iPods to students; preloading the iPods with lecture notes and campus announcements. (BTW: I think these types of devices, along with the newer PDAs with memory cards make a lot of sense for education; much more than laptops.)
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Open Artifact on October 3, 2004 at 10:01 p.m..
Buy local...Australians do
CMS Watch has published an article I've written on the Australian CMS marketplace, and regional markets in general. To quote: Based on press coverage, you could be forgiven for thinking there are only a handful of international Web CMS vendors... From
Column Two on October 3, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
Making a better open source CMS
Jeffrey Veen has written a blog entry on open source CMS products. To quote: I did some research recently at OpenSourceCMS.com -- a fantastic site that lets you play with dozens of CMS installations -- and left pretty depressed. What... From
Column Two on October 3, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
“Webfeed” Proliferation
It's been a while since I checked in on the spread of webfeed, the winning non-techie nickname for RSS- and Atom-format feeds, as decided by a contest I held several month ago via this weblog. I'm amazed at how widely this term is being adopted. It's not yet as popular as RSS feed, but it appears to have gained considerable ground in the court of common usage... From
Contentious Weblog on October 3, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..
Streetcar named Irreverence
If you had to drive around hundreds of people a day, all with vary degrees of hygiene and politeness, you would be grouchy too. Nevertheless, there are, in fact, nice public transit workers. Here's a few bon mots I've heard TTC drivers say and who put a smile on my face: "I hate to sound like your nanny, but please look both ways before exiting the car. Cars today will just smash right into you. If you do plan to kill yourself today, please give me your money first." "Attention: to your right we are passing a one horsepower vehicle." "Next stop Niagara [Avenue], hang on to your rainc From
silentblue | Quantified on October 3, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Rip, Mix and Learn
Alan's has been writing a lot lately about employing all of these wonderful new technologies to teach students how to "Rip, Mix and Learn" and
this presentation he gave a couple of weeks ago has me thinking a lot about that concept. It was at
I-Law that I first heard the concept from Lawrence Lessig who talked about "Rip, Mix and Burn" in the context of copyright. It intrigued me then, and now that Alan&a From
weblogged News on October 3, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..
Improvisational ID
I ran across this reference on Stephen's Web. While I might quibble about whether these ideas fit every situation, I think this writer is onto something important. At least, I love the metaphor. http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_col_effectiveness.asp?articleid=661... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 3, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..
Summit focuses on Loudoun County, Telework, and Ubiquitous Broadband
County Urged to Make Faster Connections Broadband, Telework Pushed at Forum By Rosalind S. Helderman (Washington Post, October 3, 2004) reports on the Loudoun Economic Summit, where "...more than 225 local business and government leaders [met] at an economic forum at Lansdowne on Friday that wa... From
Kolabora.com on October 3, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..
Open Access Haikus
Autoren, Herausgeber und Gutachter werden von ihnen nicht bezahlt. Aber sie wollen alle Rechte. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob die deutsche Sprache geeignet ist, mit kurzen Haikus für Open Access zu werben. Peter Suber hat jedenfalls auf Englisch eine Reihe seinem jüngsten Newsletter einverleibt. Obiger Text ist eine freie Übersetzung von einem dieser kurzen Gedichte. Ich bin bereit, einen Sachpreis für das beste deutsche Open-Access-Haiku auszuloben. Siehe
http From Archivalia on October 3, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Aus evangelischen Archiven 44/2004
Aus evangelischen Archiven" Nr. 44/2004 INHALT: * Editorial 5 * Hartmut Sander: Das Kirchliche Archivzentrum Berlin. Ein neues Haus für das Evangelische Zentralarchiv in Berlin und das Landeskirchliche Archiv Berlin-Brandenburg 7 * Margit Müller: Neuer Standort des Archivs der Evangelischen Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen in Magdeburg 29 * Norbert Haag: Das neue Dienstgebäude des Landeskirchlichen Archivs Stuttgart 41 * Werner Jürgensen: Archivneubau in From
Archivalia on October 3, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Posting at eSchool News about Instiki and Rendezvous
Ed-Tech Insider: Rendezvous and Instiki: No Bookmarks To Set, No IP Numbers to Remember... I along with a few other folks including Anne Davis, Tom Hoffman and Will Richardson are posting to a community weblog over at eSchool News. My first post on that site talks about our experience at Lewis Elementary using a wiki called Instiki. Follow the link above to read the full post...... From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 3, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..
CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia developed at the Conservation and Collections Management Departme ...
CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia developed at the Conservation and Collections Management Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. CAMEO contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 3, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Off to Microsoft
I'm traveling today to be "briefed" (i.e., schmoozed) by Microsoft at an event I'm not yet sure I'm allowed to mention. I'll let you know. (And, yes, they're paying my expenses.) Rest assured, neither facts nor the Beast's warm embrace shall sway me from my prejudices.... From
Joho the Blog on October 3, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Solution for Slashdot Effect? - Dale Terdiman, Wired
Anyone who's ever had their website linked on the Slashdot homepage is no doubt aware of the so-called "Slashdot effect" -- the sudden, huge rush of traffic that follows such a posting, often resulting in overloaded servers. Now, Mirrordot, a new proje From
Techno-News Blog on October 3, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Book Review - LEARNING FOR LIFE: EDUCATIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM is more than a book of quotations HYPHEN it's a handbook of living lessons on learning!
LEARNING FOR LIFE: EDUCATIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM contains almost 3,000 quotations by more than 1,000 people on teaching, learning, and the pursuit of knowledge. Quotes are categorized by subject, covering both traditional and nontraditional forms of education. In the classroom, home or library, it is a useful resource for reading, reference, reports and presentations. [PRWEB Oct 3, 2004] From
PR Web on October 3, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Nashville Metro Schools to Celebrate InternationalWalk to School Day on Wednesday October 6, 2004
Nashville Metro Schools will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on October 6, 2004. Walk to School Day is the kick-off for six, city-wide events celebrating Walk Nashville Week. Approximately 10,000 walkers from 45 participating schools will be walking to school that day along with parents, teachers and community leaders such as Mayor Bill Purcell, Dr. Pedro Garcia of Metro Schools and Dr. Stephanie Bailey of the Metro Health Department. [PRWEB Oct 3, 2004] From
PR Web on October 3, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
