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Twenty years ago, the U. S. Supreme Court announced a decision that looms larger with each passing day. The Court said that videocassette recorders were not themselves illegal, even though everyone knew they were used all the time to violate copyright. They weren't illegal because they had substantial non-infringing uses. That From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..

Happy Holidays
Many thanks for the kind wishes. Best to all of you -- From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 25, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

On The Virtues of Idleness
I finally got a chance to read a November naught4 article from Harper's Magazine by Mark Slouka titled Quitting the Paint Factory: On the Virtues of Idleness. It took until Christmas day to make myself think that I have... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on December 25, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..

Don't Use Bloglines
I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to post this, but it seems to be my only recourse at this point. Apparently, the Bloglines aggregator stopped updating my feed several months ago. I had no idea that this was happening; nor did my readers who subscribe through Bloglines. As far… From e-Literate on December 25, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

Top 100 Toys: Classic List
Well, this time of year always makes me reminisce of times gone by, and of the Christmas's of my childhood. Was there ever really a happier time? I came across this list of the top 100 toys. It has... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on December 25, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

The Real You: Pick One
Worthwhile Magazine, for whom Halley, Tom Peters and I (among others) blog, has posted a PDF of my column for their premiere issue. Added Bonus: You get to see my "I Hate Being Photographed" face!... From Joho the Blog on December 25, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Google Suggest implemented for dictionary
Gavi Narra notes in a comment to my entry on Google Suggest that s/he has implemented it for a public-domain dictionary and has posted how it works. It works darn well! Gavi notes: "[A] connection is being opened for every keystroke and is not a good idea...Google Suggest is probably running by having all the suggestion words in main memory and a custom webserver that does nothing else."... From Joho the Blog on December 25, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Taking the "Christ" out of Christmas
There is an interesting new twist in the age-old "We poor Christians are being attacked!" movement this year: The "keep Christ in Christmas" movement, attracting wannabe-martyrs from churches including Catholic to Methodist ; Baptists, strangely enough, seem divided on the issue. Some others are threatening to boycott Macy's if they do not replace "Happy Holidays" signs with "Merry Christmas" ones. No information is available from Macy's website about whether the Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hannukah, or Saturnalia signs will be replaced. From kuro5hin.org on December 25, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

RFID Struggles Mount as End of Year Approaches - Evan Schuman, eWeek
It has been written that the wiser the people, the more they are aware of how little they truly know. That unsettling thought nicely summarizes the state of RFID today. With each trial, companies discover how incredibly much they still do not understa From Techno-News Blog on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Give Your Home a Brain for X-mas - Amit Asaravala, Wired
Just because you're not Bill Gates doesn't mean you can't live in a "smart home." For years, Seattle-based X10 has been allowing electronics enthusiasts to ooh and aah their friends and neighbors with lamps that automatically turn on at dusk, stereos From Techno-News Blog on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Light Clock Promises Finer Time - Technology Review
Making the most of time requires that time be well defined. And in order to be precise, a definition of time must involve something that happens very quickly. The current definition of a second is the duration of 9,192,631,770 oscillations of cesium a From Techno-News Blog on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

SCAFFOLDING COMPLEX TASKS BY OPEN ONLINE SUBMISSION: EMERGING PATTERNS AND PROFILES - Miky Ronen and Dorothy Langley, JALN
Students in higher-education courses are often confronted with complex tasks that require application and integration of newly gained knowledge. Different students require different types and amounts of instructional scaffolding for coping with such c From Online Learning Update on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

USDA offers distance learning, telemedicine grants - Fergus Falls Journal
Funding is available through Rural Development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to organizations who currently deliver or propose to deliver distance learning or telemedicine services. To be eligible for funding, organizations must be legally org From Online Learning Update on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

University of Phoenix says ensuring institution's accreditation essential for online learning programs - KUAM
With the topic of online learning being under such scrutiny of late, the most important factor in play when considering such a program is, naturally, accreditation (or more appropriately, as we've seen, the lack thereof). To answer some of the questio From Online Learning Update on December 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

The Online Audio Interview Recorder: Skype Recorder vs. iVocalize
Online audio conversations, one-to-one interviews, on the phone recordings are all the rage now that a large number Internet users can tap into broadband. With a significant increase in Internet speed and amount of data that can be rapidly transferred,... From Kolabora.com on December 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Government idiocy an international problem
In a time when the President of the United States can't pronounce the word nuclear, when our public schools do one incredibly stupid thing after another, and our appointed officials can't seem to stay out of hot water for saying something dumb, it's nice to know we in the USA don't have the market on stupidity cornered. From kuro5hin.org on December 25, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students
American universities find themselves facing intense competition as other countries aggressively recruit foreign students. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Why Students Struggle When Pressure Is On
Psychologists are reporting that intense exam pressure is actually more likely to impair the performance of very good students than mediocre ones. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Smoking and Drug Use by Teenagers Drop Again
Smoking and drug abuse among teenagers declined again this year, according to a federal study that also found the same trend over the last decade. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

2 School Aides Accused of Having Sex With Students
Two aides at a Bronx high school had sex with students and made inappropriate sexual comments to another, investigators said. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Students to Bear More of the Cost of College
At least 1.3 million students will receive smaller Pell Grants, the nation's primary scholarship for those of low income. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Some Parents Say a $5 Gift Is Not Enough for Teachers
A $5-per-student spending limit for holiday gifts to teachers, a regulation imposed early in 2004, was largely ignored by parents and students. From New York Times: Education on December 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Bizarre Grab Bag
Just for fun, here is some miscellaneous cool weird stuff that's caught my interest lately... Contentious Â» Bizarre Grab Bag... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Does Technology Enhance Inquiry-Based Learning?
There is currently a great deal of controversy about a critical issue in educational research: What constitutes valid evidence for determining whether educational innovations are effective? One side of the controversy is reflected in the U.S. Department of Education's current... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Australian Flexible Learning
The Australian Government and all States and Territories have confirmed their collective support for a 12 month AUD$15 million strategy to ensure that e-learning becomes a long term feature of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system. E-learning is a... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Is there a dongle in your future?
Responding to an increase in Internet fraud, some banks and brokerage firms plan to begin issuing small devices that would help their customers prove their identities when they log on to online banking, brokerage and bill-payment programs. The devices, which... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..