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Tomorrow I am supposed to go to Miss Thing's class ...
Tomorrow I am supposed to go to Miss Thing's class at daycare and talk about our family holiday traditions...Hmm... between my family and the in-laws.... getting drunk, playing cards, creating drama, usually involving relatives refusing to speak to each other or going to jail. Yes, we have some benign ones too - magazines in the stocking, reading the night before christmas, making enough cookies and candies to feed a small country and then forgetting to hand them out, but it's not a christmas pickle.< From blog.IT on December 9, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..

[VBB] Votes, Bits and Bytes: Will the Internet Draft the Next President?
At the John f. Kennedy Forum at the John f. Kennedy School of Government, the Berkman Center is kicking off it's conference on the Internet and politics. A couple of dramatic statements came out at this first event... The moderator, journalist Kathleen Matthews, begins by saying that some think the Internet is a useful tool and others think it will change everything. She introduces Joe Trippi (head Deaniac) and Michale Turk, e-campaign director for Bush/Cheney who "marshalled 7.5 e-activists". She says they should talk in sound bites, which she unfortunately twice refers to as "blogspeak. From Joho the Blog on December 9, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..

Music Is Not a Loaf of Bread
A couple of days ago, the Future of Music Coalition sent out its latest Newsletter, #37. You can find it, along with all the previous FMC newsletters, in the archive. As always, it's a wonderful collection of information and links, and here's one of many references worth noting: Tweedy Talks Technology Wilco's Jeff Tweedy explains that placing From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 9, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

MT Upgrade Dance (2.6 to 3.1) Steps... Advice?
Appearances, aside, I copy others quite often... and reading Scott's note on successful migration from MovableTYpe 2.x to 3.1, I am pondering dragging the CogDog up a notch. I'd resisted for a while because (a) The blog is doing fine as as; and (b) I have about 12 MT blogs on 3 different servers and a pile of authors, so I was unwilling to shell out $$. But Scott's post got me thinking about just upgrading my own site (hee hee selfish dog). I am trying to sort out the best strategy to migrate my one From cogdogblog on December 9, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Funding enterprise design functions
Lou Rosenfeld has written a blog entry discussing how to fund enterprise design activities. To quote: These enterprise design tasks are typically owned--if addressed at all--by a disjointed collection of business units concerned mostly with their own requirements and politics.... From Column Two on December 9, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

The Intractable Problem of Informational Cascades
Stephen Downes’ new column on e-Learn does a great job of showing that solving the informational cascade problem is more challenging than I had presented it to be in my own article on the topic. In fact, his own analysis reveals that the problem may be harder to solve than… From e-Literate on December 9, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..

CALL FOR PAPERS -- Interactive TV
The ACM Computers in Entertainment online magazine (http://www.acmcie.org) covers a wide range of theoretical and practical computer applications in the field of entertainment. It features video interviews of leading professionals. It publishes high-quality papers on the latest development in software, hardware, and business policies that improve existing mainstream entertainment and that create new genres of entertainment. The ACM magazine is seeking articles and research papers for an upcoming special issue on Interactive TV.  From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Jinzora :: Free Your Media
Jinzora is a Web-based media streamer and local Media Jukebox, primarily designed to stream MP3s (but can be used for any media file that can stream from HTTP). Jinzora can be integrated into many CMSes, or run as a standalone application.Some of the major features of Jinzora are: - Streaming of media files using HTTP - generally MP3s - Highly intuitive and visually appealing interface - Dynamic creation or editing of MP3 ID3 tags - On-the-fly creation of playlist from any level of the application - including random playlist generation - Very Simple From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Three important benefits of personas
Jared M. Spool has written an article on the benefits of personas. To quote: Personas don't automatically get the benefits of preventing grounding, encouraging story telling, and enhancing role playing. They have to be carefully crafted to get those benefits.... From Column Two on December 9, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Is Flickr the Next Media Giant?
Wired News: When bombs went off in Jakarta, Indonesia, in September, CNN.com readers weren't the first to know. Instead, members of Flickr, an online photo service, were among the very earliest to see pictures of what had happened."There were photos on Flickr before even any news stories," said Caterina Fake, a Flickr co-founder. "Within the hour, three Flickr users who happened to be in Jakarta had uploaded photos." From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Bold predictions for HDTV
The Consumer Electronics Association believes nearly 50% of all U.S. homes will own a HDTV set by the end of 2007 -- that's more than 50 million high-def sets. While the CEA's projection is a little too optimistic, some say the tipping point will come a lot sooner. When 15 million homes start tuning in with HDTV sets, you ll start seeing the shift, says John Hendricks, Discovery Channel founder. Everybody will be waking up. When that happens, everyone will be desperate fo From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

DVD CCA on the Prowl
The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CAA) is suing Kaleidescape over its home DVD jukebox -- despite the fact that the company obtained a license to use CSS. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Hyperlocal gets some hype
Leslie Walker writes in today's Washington Post business section about folks trying to make a go of hyperlocal citizens' media (including great work in Bakersfield, some efforts at my day job, and a new company called Backfence). Several notable ventures have launched or raised money this year to create local news sites online in which readers contribute all or most of the news. The big idea is that citizen-generated content lowers costs and creates more loyal audiences. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Personal Broadcast Networks Sketch.
After some thinking and conversations with people it became clear that the whole concept of PBNs is not clear. The more I dive into it the bigger and more complicated it becomes. I've constructed the stack diagram below to help guide me and communicate to others what I am thinking. The foundational services of PBNs are provided by caching, distributed computing, and P2P applications. Individually, these technologies are massive and powerful. When combined and focused by a common API set and services set to serve personal content creation, they become a high energy laser beam. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Dijjer: An Open Source P2P Web Cache for large files
Nice concept in many ways easier and better than BitTorrent but for it to be useful it should be an infrastructure component which would require that it be installed on a web server. Perhaps the best direction for this is to include it as an Apache module. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Take Free Online Courses at Poynter's News U
Here are some of the short, free online courses that are available at the Poynter Institute's News U: Color in News Design; Handling Horrible Images; Same-Sex Marriage: A Conversation About Coverage; The Interview and the Lead Lab From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

BitPass Launches Hosted Micropay for Small Businesses, Individuals
BitPass Studios allows anyone to sell digital content by uploading files and inserting a URL into an email or IM. It's meant for those who can't afford the infrastucture of a secure site -- artists, writers, community groups. It also generates HTML code that can be added to the site. BitPass claims the new product is the first one designed for individuals and small businesses to sell digital documents in all three environments.If the execution is as good as the idea this could challenge PayPal; it might also provi From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Opening Up Is Good For Innovation
It's been said plenty of times here (and many, many other places of course) that innovation is the process of building on the works of others to make something even better. It's not something that happens in a vacuum -- and closing off innovators is a recipe for suffocating innovation. It appears that more research is supporting this. Future Now is pointing to research being done that shows innovators tend to network with each other across company boundaries, and that helps them to share ideas and increase innovation. While top executiv From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Newspapers with RSS: A List
I know that people have done this in various capacities before, but I've not seen an updated list of late, so I'm going to put one together. This post will hereby be known as the "Newspapers with RSS" repository here at TMD. I'm going to list each newspaper and hyperlink to the page with the RSS feeds - or note how to find the feeds. At this point, the list is set up alphabetically. As always, any suggestions are greatly appreciated in the comments section or via email. [In Progress - 64 papers so far, currently through Kentucky] (unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Cell Phone Projector Invented
Fraunhofer Institute eggheads have invented a projector small enough to fit into a cell phone. The project uses a laser to zap your PowerPoint presentation one line at a time (but at very high speed). They're working on a version that's built on a chip the size of a sugar cube. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

The PVRBlog Interview: Ten Questions with TiVo's Director of User Experience, Margret Schmidt
This past summer, I was building some new website interfaces (it's part of my day job) and thinking about TiVo's combination of power and simplicity in their interface and I got to thinking about all the things I wished I could ask someone about the TiVo UI but was afraid to ask. Then I realized I could track down someone at TiVo HQ and corner them for an interview. Thanks to a few designer friends in the Bay Area, I ended up speaking directly to the top, the head honcho of all that is TiVo User Experience, Margret Schmidt. Margret From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

My Favorite Style Guide
As the holidays approach, are you wondering what to get that special writer or editor in your life? I've got a great suggestion. How about an incredibly useful, straightforward, versatile, and easy-to-carry-around style guide! Here's my favorite: "Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation." And here's why I love it... From Contentious Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

Quality Matters: Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning
Personally, I think that quality is best managed by a system of reviews and recommendations. This is because, as the article notes, everybody sees quality differently. That said, the authors here suggest that people "might not even know what to look for in assessing quality" and so have created a rubric of 40 elements alongside a quality management program. As I read, I found myself more interested in the online presentation of this newsletter, Ray Schroeder's 'Hot off the Blog' section on page 6, the PDF output. Wondering what it took to put this newsletter together, how could From OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

WebCT: A Major Shift of Emphasis
You have to read all the way to the end of this summary of changes introduced in WebCT Vista to get to the zinger: "With so many comparable open source softwares emerging for course management, containing more varied features than WebCT, one has to wonder: how long can such costly proprietary products survive? In the case of WebCT, the short answer to this is - possibly two years." By Barbara Morningstar, Jeremy Schubert and Kristine Thibeault, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, December, 2004 [OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Stealing the Goose: Copyright and Learning
Regular readers of OLDaily won't find a whole lot that is new in this article, but it pulls together nicely many of the major arguments surrounding copyright and its abuse. By Rory McGreal, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, December, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

CIDER is Born
The Winter, 2004, issue of IRRODL is out. I list three items. In this first item, Terry Anderson uses his editorial space to introduce the Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research (CIDER), "a portal or doorway to Canadian distance education research." I'm not so sure about the gestational analogy, but I like the CIDER website (even though it's pretty empty at the moment). By Terry Anderson, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, December, 2004 [OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Firefox Spread Leads to Design Scrutiny, Built-In RSS Feeds
Good review of the new Firefox web browser with a balanced assessment of how the experience differs for those used to using Internet Explorer. Firefox is forcing web site designers to code to standards, argues the author (of course, if you do this then you have to fix the site to adjust to Internet Explorer's breaking of those standards). Also contains a short review of AOL's version of the Mozilla browser. Oh, and Online Journalism Review now has an RSS feed. By Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review, December 7, 2004 [OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Google Scholar Beta
The subject line in the email read "Google Scholar roasted by Péter Jacsó" - and this is an understatement. What follows is as thorough a baking, broiling, slicing and dicing of a website as I have seen. The author makes his points, though, and has done his research, delving through the collection using undocumented search features to reveal, among many other things, that Google Scholar, while it claims to index Blackwell, lists only ten percent of the publishers 437,451 records in 755 journals. Many journals - especially open access journals - are not indexed at all. The artistry of this it From OLDaily on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Global DSL Soars 40 Percent in First Three Quarters 2004
China, Japan, and the U.S. are the nations with the most subscribers. From ClickZ Stats on December 9, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

SourceForge.net: Project Info - RadioPod
A framework for recording internet broadcast streams and making them available as audio files via an RSS 2.0 feed, with enclosures. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Video Phones Reborn
Vonage today announced a deal with video-phone manufacturer Viseon, which will usher in a new effort by the VoIP carrier to provide video communications. The new service will be launched sometime in March, according to the company, who did not present any pricing plans for the new service. Packet8 already sells unlimited video calling for $30 a month. VoicePlus today announced similar plans. We're still waiting for From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

The blogosphere's own news wire
Bloggers are already practically everywhere. We just need to establish a framework to let them even more easily share content like photos, audio and video. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Toshiba Creates a Hybrid Dual Layer Disk
"In an effort to ease the transition to higher-capacity disc technology, Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a dual-layer disc that supports DVD and HD DVD formats. A smooth shift from the old technology should make it as convenient as possible for consumers and device manufacturers to upgrade from DVDs to the next-generation DVD format without having to toss their old discs. The companies announced the joint development and detailed the new disc's capabilities Tuesday in From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

FX1 footage, HD editing
For those of you interested in the new Sony HD cameras, in how to edit the material, would like to see some raw footage, and more, there is a dedicted forum. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Freelance journalists found worldwide network
Dpa, the German Press Agency, announces that 22 freelance journalists living abroad have established the worldwide network Weltreporter.net, which targets newspapers, who cannot maintain their own staff abroad due to cost pressures. Janis Vougiouskas, Shanghai Correspondent and Founder of the Network stated: "There has been greater demand for news from abroad, but less and lesser newspapers can afford permanent staff abroad." Weltreporter.net currently reports for German publications such as From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

DNA that Computes and Grows
The procession towards nanocomputing continues, a team led by Erik Winfree at Caltech have "...have succeeded in building a DNA crystal that computes as it grows.As the computation proceeds, it creates a triangular fractal pattern in the DNA crystal.This is the first time that a computation has been embedded in the growth of any crystal, and the first time that computation has been used to create a complex microscopic pattern. And, the researchers say, it is one step in the dream of nanoscientists to master construction technique From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Wireless HD Video
The battle for high definition DVDs is heating up. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are facing off in a battle that's reminisent of the BetaMax Vrs VHS battle. Blu-ray wins on the capacity front, offering 25GB on a single-layer disc to HD DVD&apos From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

social and scholarly (Spatial Hypertext)
One of my greatest aha! moments learning about hypertext theory was when I at a conference naively commented, over drinks I expect, that hypertext requires links. A spatial hypertext expert (I think it must have been Frank Shipman, or maybe Gene Golovchinsky, though it could have been a dozen others) stared at me as if I was from Mars. What are you talking about?", he spluttered. What about spatial hypertext? Seeing my blank look, he whipped out his laptop and gave me an instant demonstration of unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Sorenson Squeeze 4 uses Apple's Pixlet compressor
Sorenson Squeeze 4 does the trick for creating a high quality 15-megabyte QuickTime file with 512-pixel-by-288-pixel resolution from a 160-megabyte, 1024-pixel-by-576-pixel image, using Apple's Pixlet codec to render. From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

TIF: Technology Involved Female
Intel has just released the results of a survey conducted with Harris Interactive about womens' attitudes toward technology. "The Women, Technology, and Lifestyle" online survey of 2545 adults (half women, half men) has found that women are catching up to men in they way they use and embrace technology. Intel has decided to call these tech-savvy women Technology Involved Females , Tif for short. She spans generations a From unmediated on December 9, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

The Webby for Best Newspaper Site Goes to ...
The annual Webby Awards competition has added a bunch of new categories, including one for best newspaper website. (There's also a generic "News" category, covering all manner of news sites.) The number of categories is about double that of last year. Readers of this blog might also be interested in: Blog; Celebrity/Fan; Lifestyle; Magazine; and Television. Deadline for entries to the Webby Awards is December 17. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 9, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

State of the School, Blogging-wise
I've put together a document that clearly spells out the use of Weblogs at our school. There has been some confusion internally as to the scope of what we're actually doing, so I wanted to create a defining, policies and procedures summary that would answer most if not all questions. I'm hoping it might be of some use to others thinking about similar programs. Let me know what you think and if you have any questions or suggestions. From weblogged News on December 9, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Ward Cunningham
Just found these two links that point towards an interview with Ward Cunningham 1 2 From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 9, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..

Welcome Back, Bloglines Subscribers
Apparently, Bloglines hasn’t been updating my feeds for the last two months. Thanks to Amy Gahran, I found out yesterday that this was(n’t) happening. I submitted a bug report to the Bloglines team and I’m happy to report that I had a “we’re working on it” non-automated response within a… From e-Literate on December 9, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

What are Objective Test Questions?
Not only is it a great guide, it has some excellent examples and some really good ideas for designing online tests that avoid students cheating through good question design. CAA Centre Resources - Online / Bibliography... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..

Public waves
Glenn Fleishman comments on my blogging of Jeff Jarvis' interlineal rant against the FCC's Michael Powell's op ed in the NY Times. Glenn gets all reasonable and raises a key question: is there a line that shouldn't be crossed on air and on TV? That is, full-front nudity: yes/no? All obscenities: yes/no? Horrible violence: yes/no? If the answer is no even provisionally, then you have to have objective standards and a body set up to help determine and enforce those standards. If not, then, in the words of Marge Simpson in 2020, "You know, Fox turned into a hardcore sex... From Joho the Blog on December 9, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Feedness: leyendo blogs de forma eficiente
Los lectores de feeds te permiten acceder a los contenidos actualizados de tus bitácoras favoritas sin necesidad de visitarlas. Seguramente has escuchado hablar de Bloglines o de Feedmanía, pues acaba de aparecer un nuevo servicio en español: Feedness. Feedness es... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 9, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..

Take the Spam Filtering Survey
I am not sure what he is doing with the results, but it looks like John Graham-Cumming is collecting data on people's attitudes and annoyances with e-mail spam-- check out the Spam Filtering Survey: This survey will lead you through a number of pages asking about you, your attitude towards spam and spam filtering, your experience with spam filters and ends with a short exercise where you act as a human spam filter.   The exercise was kind of fun (and very familiar)-- you are provided some From cogdogblog on December 9, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

New Journal about Knowledge and Learning Objects
The International Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects (IJKLO) is accepting submissions for its first issue. The Journal will be available in print by subscription and the articles will also appear online free of charge. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed for publication by at least three reviewers. Alex Koohang is the editor-in-chief, " The mission of the IJKLO is to provide readers around the world with the widest possible coverage of developments in knowledge and Learning Objects.  IJKLO is an interdisciplinary forum that publishes high quality art From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on December 9, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

A Guide To Open Content Licences
The Piet Zwart Institute has published a fairly comprehensive online guide to open content licenses. Good context, good explanations of the various options...good stuff. (Found via Open Access News.) From e-Literate on December 9, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Online quizzes--How do you handle them?
I peer through my cyber glass into the WebCT listserve and discover a thread of discussions that just needed to be shared. I have taken posting person's names off...to protect the innocent. I think this discussion offers some good alternatives... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

The eLearning Guild
The eLearning Guild is a Community of Practice for designers, developers, and managers of e-Learning. Through this member driven community it provides high-quality learning opportunities, networking services, resources, and publications. Community members represent a diverse group of instructional designers, content developers, web developers, project managers, contractors, consultants, and managers and directors of training and learning services who work in corporate, government, and academic organizations. All members share a common interest in e-Learning design, development, and management. From eLearnopedia on December 9, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

The IrYdium Project -- Virtual Laboratory
The IrYdium Project, and CREATE Project, develop educational software that can be integrated flexibly into introductory chemistry courses nationwide. Their goal is to create simulation-based learning environments where college and high school students can approach chemistry more like practicing scientists and see interesting real-world applications of key concepts. From eLearnopedia on December 9, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

En la empresa, el e-learning compite con otros métodos
Aprender continuamente constituye una necesidad en la naciente era de la información. Nuestro desempeño profesional nos exige con frecuencia nuevos conocimientos, pero también nuevas habilidades, acti... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 9, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

The Contextual Banner Ad
As MediaPost reports, Google is starting to include selected animated banner ads into its AdSense program, which until now has included strictly text ads. AdSense ads show up on Google's partner websites (including many media sites), and they are contextually relevant to the content of the page they appear on. (AdSense is the off-Google version of the search giant's successful Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 9, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..

Who's the Boss? Paying to Work
Just read "Grading System Gets an F" -- a campus newspaper article by a student at my alma mater, University of Oregon -- which is getting some great buzz and commentary at Jerz' weblog right now. In the article, Ailee Slater complains: the University system makes absolutely no sense. Students... From PEDABLOGUE on December 9, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..

Sasquatch Militia
I am sure you will need the aluminum foil deflector beanies to join this militia. BSA: Sasquatch Militia... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Well, things are just getting stranger...Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

IntelliTube Pneumatic Transportation System
Well, to be honest I am not going to be the first to travel on this system. Inteli-Tube Pneumatic Transportation System... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

The Truth about Black Helicopters
They just keep getting stranger. The Truth About Black Helicopters!... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 9, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

CalDAV
Yesterday's item drew comment from the Chandler team. In email (quoted with permission) Jeffrey Harris wrote: Are you familiar with CalDAV? At OSAF we're very interested in getting a workable standard going for iCalendar over WebDAV, Lisa Dusseault has put time and energy into creating a draft standard. I've been working on a Python vCard/vCalendar parser (vobject.skyhouseconsulting From Jon's Radio on December 9, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Dungeness Crab
You know that winter has descended upon you when the days become long and you can feel the cold in your bones. It is also then that descending upon the west coast of North America, from San Francisco bay up to Alaska, is the Dungeness crab. From kuro5hin.org on December 9, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Working Drafts: Web Services Addressing
2004-12-08: The Web Services Addressing Working Group has released three First Public Working Drafts. Web Services Addressing - Core enables message transmission through networks that include processing nodes such as endpoint managers, firewalls, and gateways in a transport-neutral manner. WSDL Binding defines how the core specification's properties are described in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). SOAP Binding defines their association to SOAP messages. Read about Web services. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on December 9, 2004 at 10:38 a.m..

Community Schools Wrapping Up Successful Fall Term; Many excited that Program is Back up and Running
The Anchorage Community Education Association (ACEA) completed its fall term as a non-profit organization. It offered more than 350 classes and served more than 2,300 customers. Onlie and onsite registration for next term will be held the first two weeks in January; the winter term is scheduled to begin the week of January 18th. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Riotboard.com Starts Petition for Implementation of Division 1A Playoff
Asks fans to abstain from donating or attending college football games [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Breakthrough Internet Marketing Online Secrets Revealed.
William Gilreath says, "These are internet marketing online techniques that most marketing gurus never reveal" in his breakthrough online training course. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Toddlers With Special Needs Learn To Read With Love And Learning
Recommended by speech professionals and parents, Love And Learning is an innovative technique for teaching language and reading to children age birth to three with special needs. Published in newsletters from the US to Canada to Europe, Love And Learning is making a difference in the lives of children all over the world. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Relief Found for America's Number One Fear: Stage Fright
Speaking Circles International Introduces a 5-Step Method to Make Even the Most Anxious Speaker Comfortable on Stage; Take Quiz at Speakingcircles.com on Stage Fright. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

New Educational Standards for the Wine Trade Unveiled
Can an American upstart kick out the British? Since 1994, English wine firms dominated the wine education and certification field in the United States. Now a dynamic firm in Philadelphia is offering an alternative that may soon be the national standard. The maiden semester for The Advanced Wine Certificate Program© begins January 13th at The Wine School of Philadelphia. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

DEA Targets Afghanistan Heroin Production
A joint effort lead by the DEA seeks to curb opium poppy cultivation and stop the production and trafficking of heroin. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Beyond the Beach for Spring Break: Planting Fields vs. Vegging Out
i-to-i Volunteer Vacations Help Students Gain Experience, Explore Career Options [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004] From PR Web on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

Public Schools: Problems and Solutions
This article uses examples from the American public school system; however, the ideas here are equally applicable in any country. What follows is not a comprehensive solution to every problem in public schools, only the ones that can be fixed by implementing The Keller Plan. Anna, age three, currently works at a first grade level even though she cannot legally enter school for another two years. When she finally is old enough to enroll, she will be entering one of the worst school systems in the country. Presumably by this time she will be working at a third or fourth grade level, but will From kuro5hin.org on December 9, 2004 at 10:37 a.m..

The Great Playlist Meme of ‘04
Since I'm totally addicted to my iPod, iTunes and the iTMS, I might as well participate in The Great Playlist Meme of '04. It goes like this: Open up the music player on your computer.Set it to play your entire music collection.Hit the "shuffle" command.Tell us the title of the next ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Northern Voice - I’ll be there!
Just booked airfare and conference registration for NorthernVoice - the Canadian webloggers' conference (Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005 at UBC in Vancouver). Kinda like a Great White North BloggerCon. I'll be getting up rather early (have to be at the Calgary airport at 5am) - and am leaving Vancouver on a 7pm ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Rosemary Sanchez Enters the Blogosphere
Rosemary Sanchez is the resident Flash Girl in The Learning Commons. She's working on some really cool stuff, creating learning objects in Flash, and working on some stuff for the Pachyderm project. She recently started blogging! I've already subscribed, and am looking forward to her quirky style and sense of ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Vonage goes to the video
Net telephony provider plans a Jetsons-like videophone service before April Fool's Day. From CNET News.com on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Who says safe computing must remain a pipe dream?
Web surfing gets riskier all the time. Computer security guru Bruce Schneier outlines a 12-step plan to protect yourself. From CNET News.com on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Dell is swell, customers say
After a dip, the PC maker is getting higher satisfaction ratings for customer support among businesses. From CNET News.com on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Password imperfect
Microsoft is leading by example in its push to ease the security risks posed by passwords. From CNET News.com on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

Moving mountains at LG
Company CEO S.S. Kim rates as a proverbial overnight success--35 years in the making--in more than one way. From CNET News.com on December 9, 2004 at 10:36 a.m..

New AfterEffects & Photoshop Book
AfterEffects & Photoshop: Animation and Production Effects for DV and Film... From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on December 9, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..

Read/Write Web
I don't know if Will coined the term "read/write web" or not, but I notice he uses it often. It's such a great phrase, describing the movement toward the open potential the web brings to all of us, through weblog/wiki/??. From Open Artifact on December 9, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

Open book open web examinations
Creating authentic assessments: A method for the authoring of open book open web examinations is a short paper describing this method. [via James Farmer] From Open Artifact on December 9, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

The Measurement of Potential (2)
Summary: It is possible to estimate potential using testing procedures. That which one is way better at than that which with which one is far less competent,--given comparable time and resources invested in the learning. it indicates that there is a bent for the more easily required material and a lesser bent towared, a lesser potential with the material less well acquired. Details are below. Picture, now , that we have done what I said we should do! That is we have made it a matter of course that we establish what ourfour year olds are capable of, in both absolute and rel From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Gravatar
Globally recognized avatars -- Gravatar -- are 80 by 80 pixel images that follow from weblog to weblog when you post or comment. Will check to see if WordPress supports. There's a WordPress plugin available. From Open Artifact on December 9, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

The Largest Videoconferencing Event Of The Year Is Live: The MegaConference
Each year, the Megaconference occurs as a result of a tremendous amount of volunteer effort and good will, with the goal of connecting people together everywhere on Earth where someone chooses to participate, in order to further the use of... From Kolabora.com on December 9, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

HT 2005 - Sixteenth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia
The Sixteenth International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia: Concepts and Tools for Supporting Knowledge Workers will be held in Salzburg, Austria, on 6-10 September 2005. Following in the footsteps of early hypertext pioneers, we will focus on concepts, methodologies and tools for supporting knowledge workers. We invite scholars, researchers and practitioners from all disciplines to participate in this event and exchange ideas, theories and experiences regarding the use of hypermedia to augment the capabilities of knowledge workers... From Seblogging News on December 9, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The Historical Novel Society - first North American conference presents authors, readers, and other ...
The Historical Novel Society - first North American conference presents authors, readers, and other historical fiction enthusiasts with a unique opportunity to celebrate the genre. April 15-17 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah. Offers a lively combination of keynote addresses, panels, workshops, readings, and book-signings From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 9, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Questions on personal categorisation
Had an interesting discussion with Anjo and Rogier on how and why people categorise things (documents, bookmarks, blogposts)... Thinking of all kinds of things that I'd like to know about my own categorisation: Why I categorise things the way I do? What are the criteria? When I categorise things for further retrieval, how often I actually go and retrieve them? Does categorisation helps in it? How categories evolve over time? In relation to: changes in thinking, From Mathemagenic on December 9, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

Las administraciones desconocen el e-learning
El 71 por ciento de las administraciones españolas no han puesto en marcha ninguna acción formativa a través de Internet, según un estudio elaborado por la consultora Doxa.... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 9, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

El aprendizaje electrónico llega al campus
Un grupo de profesores universitarios de Expresión Gráfica en la Ingeniería diseña una metodología de enseñanza a través de internet que puede usarse con cualquier materia ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 9, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

Generation raised with Internet grows up - Martha Irvine, The Associated Press
Young people are the savviest of the tech-savvy, as likely to demand a speedy broadband connection as to download music onto an iPod, or upload digital photos to their Web logs.The Internet has shaped the way they work, relax and even date. It's creat From Techno-News Blog on December 9, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Driver's license gets new high-tech features - Associated Press
Minnesota will soon begin issuing new driver's licenses that contain high-tech features to curb counterfeiting, as well as a "status check" that will show a driver's immigration status. The changes include a reflective image of a row of loons that see From Techno-News Blog on December 9, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Execs Call for Tighter Cyber Security Control - Roy Mark, Internet News
Security industry executives said today the Bush administration is not giving enough attention to increasing cyber attacks that they say are threatening the nation's critical network infrastructure. At a downtown press conference organized by the Cyb From Techno-News Blog on December 9, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Online courses perfect for some - Janet Enquist, The Portervilel Recorder
After working with computers all day at Porterville College, Chris Craig goes home, eats dinner and logs on to his personal computer for another three or four hours. Craig isn't a computer addict, he's just trying to get a college education. "I work f From Online Learning Update on December 9, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

UK 'must sell education to world' - Sean Coughlan, BBC News
The UK must be a serious player in the global market for students if it is to prosper, says the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke. He told a British Council conference in Edinburgh that global education was worth £10.4bn a year to the economy. The From Online Learning Update on December 9, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Facilitation: the Anti-Lecture - Kaarin Record, techLearning
The Facilitator Facilitates Cooperation and Effective Work The best of online classrooms intelligently employ a discussion board to foster a sense of community and to become a vehicle for sharing and learning. The role of the facilitator is to enable From Online Learning Update on December 9, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

This Genome Is Fowl
Researchers have sequenced the genome of the chicken, and they hope it will increase understanding of embryonic development and help farmers breed disease-resistant birds. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Laptops a Hot Fertility Issue
Researchers find that men who place portable computers on their laps are inadvertently raising the temperature of their scrotums -- and possibly damaging their sperm. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Why Nerds Are Unpopular
If you're too cool for school, you're probably not very smart. Some of us would rather build rockets than friendships. By Paul Graham from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Getting Burned? Put on a Shirt
Sunscreen and floppy hats are the normal tools to fight UV radiation in Australia. Now you can add laundry detergent. By Stephen Leahy. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Panel: Robot Won't Save Hubble
A report commissioned by NASA says the space agency won't succeed in its plans to send a robot to repair the ailing Hubble Space Telescope. Send humans instead, the report's authors recommend. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

RSS: Show Me the Money
Like it or not, ads are coming to RSS. Sending information only to those who want it might be a way to keep subscribers from rioting. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Photo Site a Hit With Bloggers
Flickr, an online photo service that lets people share pictures, is gaining a strong following among bloggers and digital camera enthusiasts for its speed, simplicity and open standards. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

A Gift Guide for Game Geeks
Buying a game for a hard-core gamer with an extensive collection is a daunting task. You might be better off opting for one of the myriad accessories, soundtracks or tacky souvenirs designed for gaming fanatics. By Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

What Price Privacy?
Tucked away in this week's $388 billion spending bill is a rule that could put a privacy officer in every federal agency, no matter what its function. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on December 9, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Banners de blogs cordobeses
El espíritu navideño llega a la blogosfera. FrancoG, insigne blogger cordobés e impulsor de la comunidad Córdoba Weblogs, incluye en la cabecera de su blog banners rotatorios de los miembros de la comunidad: Ver: Gracias Totales.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 9, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Teaching is Truth Mediated by Personality
"Teaching is truth mediated by personality." -- Phyllis Brooks In related news: I've added an "About" page to Pedablogue.... From PEDABLOGUE on December 9, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

At a Frontier of School Reform, Getting Millions, Seeking More
Kentucky's experiences at the forefront of a national fight for more education spending hold important lessons for New York. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

U.S. Students Fare Badly in International Survey of Math Skills
The U.S. finished in the bottom half of 40 surveyed countries in a new international comparison of mathematical skills. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

School Blackboards Are Turning White and Interactive
A growing number of teachers have traded in their chalk for an expensive computer touch screens. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Gates Foundation Adding to a School Project
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend an additional $30 million to create hybrid high schools in which students spend significant time in college classes. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Children of Hispanic Immigrants Continue to Favor English, Study of Census Finds
English remains the language of choice among the children and grandchildren of Hispanic immigrants, despite continuing waves of migration from Latin America. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Upgrade for Blind Borrowers of Audiobooks
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has decided to switch to a digital system over the next four years. From New York Times: Education on December 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Worldwide RFID market to reach €1.5bn in 2008
The market for RFID-related consulting, implementation, and managed services is expected to grow by 47 per cent in 2004. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Vodafone Germany launches combined UMTS, WLAN data card
Vodafone Germany has launched the Mobile Connect Card for UMTS, W-LAN and GPRS, at transmission speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

IBM develops world's smallest SRAM memory cell
IBM has built an SRAM cell that less than half the size of the smallest experimental cell reported to date, and ten times smaller than those available today. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Siemens records 1 Gbit/s over mobile transmission
Siemens has recorded a 1,000 megabits per second over mobile transmission, which is much higher than the 50 Mbit/s speeds that WLAN networks currently offer to mobile devices. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

3.8m Russian mobile subscribers added in November
The country-wide penetration has increased to 45.2 per cent, while Moscow has crossed the 90 per cent penetration mark. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Nokia, Telecom Italia trial converged services
Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia and Italian telco Telecom Italia have begun the trial phase of a fixed-mobile service convergence project. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Lenovo to acquire IBM personal computing division
Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM will form the world’s third largest PC business. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Atos Origin renews telecoms supplier contract with Lucent Technologies
French IT services provider Atos Origin is to continue to provide US telecoms equipment maker Lucent Technologies with its Marben line of telecoms software products. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

France Telecom signs up three clients to its IPv6 option
Research networks Belnet and Renater and ISP Probe Networks are among first telecoms market players to choose France Telecom’s IPv6 on international internet transit. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Pannon GSM acquires 3G licence
Telenor's mobile arm in Hungary, Pannon GSM, has acquired one of the UMTS licences in Hungary, a "C" licence, for €80m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 9, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

I am NOT blogging for Marqui
Nev (and others): I am not blogging for Marqui. I signed up (becasue if it's good enough for Mitch , who has forgotten more about the ethics of payment and writing then I'll ever know, it's good enough for me!), but between work and raising a child, I simply don't have the time and energy. From NevOn: Not for love From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 9, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Plea to the democratic world: Ukraine needs your support
Ukraine needs your support. On Sunday December 26, 2004, a re-vote of the run-off for the Presidential Election in Ukraine is planned.  Anyone who is over the age of 18 and a citizen of another country (i.e. other than Ukraine) can become an international observer.  (Ukrainian citizens can be local observers)  The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), in cooperation with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), has organized international election observers for the first two rounds and are now seeking observers for round three.  You do not need to be Canadian to reg From kuro5hin.org on December 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

The Great Playlist Meme ‘04
After reading the revealing playlists shown by Alec "New Edition" Couros and D'Arcy Norman, I thought I'd join in the fun. Here's what turned up when I spun the wheel! Original Sin by INXS Foxy Lady by Harry Manx - ubercool cover of Jimi's hit The Sweater Song by Weezer Suite 4 (Sarabande) from ... From Just Another Ant on December 9, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

A day in the life of the JPEG Vulnerability
A technical overview of the recent Microsoft JPEG vulnerability. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on December 9, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Don't get caught in a degree-mill scam
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- If you want to get ahead in your field but don't have time to attend daily courses at your local college, you might consider a distance learning opportunity. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Sloan-C View: Quality Matters: Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning
Quality Matters is a continuous improvement model for assessing and assuring the quality of online courses. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Gates Offers $30M for 'Early Colleges'
Nearly $30 million in grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be used to expand a national network of early college high schools (ECHS), intended to provide a fast track to college for underserved young people, the foundation announced Dec. 7. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

New Web service to assist students with majors, careers
Ball State students wondering what their futures hold may turn to a new online program that matches interests and personality to academic majors and careers. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

E-Learning: The Hype and the Reality
Abstract: This paper considers the increasing impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the associated rise in e-learning as a recognised and respected research area. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Votes, Bits & Bytes
That's the name of the conference I'm heading to in the morning. It starts tomorrow evening at Harvard University, where I'll speak on a panel Friday afternoon. I'll have more from the scene. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 9, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..

George Washington University Selects BbOne(SM) to Manage Off-Campus Merchant Network
Blackboard to Service and Grow Existing Program That Enables Cashless Off Campus Transactions Through Student ID Cards From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..

Embanet's New World Headquarters Provides Additional Advantage
Embanet Moves into 53,000 Square Foot World Headquarters to Support its Market Leading Position of Providing Scalable and Growth Oriented Online Programs with a High ROI. From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..

The 5th DIVERSE International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Education
July 5-7, 2005VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNashville, Tennessee, USA From DEC Daily News on December 9, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..

Oracle stretches beyond its database roots
Oracle detailed a major foray into content management and introduced updates to its application server line, part of the company's strategy to grow revenue beyond its database business. From DEC Daily News on December 8, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..

My Not So Greatest Playlist Meme of '04
Just following the cue of Señor D'Arcy, here is what popped of the shuffling of my meager iTunes song list (I hardly ever tune in and cannot even remember why I loaded these)... 1 Destroyer The Kinks 2 Girls Got Rhythm ACDC 3 Polythene Pam The Beatles 4 Pure And Easy The Who 5 Love In Vain The Rolling Stones 6 Lithium Nirvana 7 Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeing Elton John 8 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 9 Drown From cogdogblog on December 8, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..