By Stephen Downes
June 8, 2004
News on Demand
Busy day - shortish
newsletter today. This first item is an introduction to RSS
with good sets of comparative links to useful resources,
such as generators and feed readers. By Bob Stepno, PC
World, June 07, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
La Escritura Com Weblogs
Overview
article desscribing the use of weblogs in education,
introducing readers to things such as Blogger. In Spanish.
By Glen Bull, Gina Bull and Sara Kajder, Eduteka, June 8,
2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
The Educated Blogger: Using Weblogs to
Promote Literacy in the Classroom
Short article
outlining the possible uses of blogging in the classrom.
The author makes his case by pointing to the importance of
storytelling and literacy in the classroom, then drawing
the connection between blogs, literacy and storytelling.
While it is true that some blogs exemplfy storytelling,
there is no inherent link between the two, which weakens
the author's case. By David Huffaker, First Monday, June,
2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Canadian Heritage - Gateway Fund Call for
Proposals
For Canadian readers: "To increase
access to all forms of diverse Canadian cultural
expression,
the
Department of Canadian Heritage, through the Canadian
Culture Online
Program
(CCOP), is launching this targeted call for proposals on a
pilot basis.
The
CCOP seeks to fund projects presented by and with content
about Canadian
culturally diverse communities and Canadian Aboriginal
Peoples. The
primary
objectives of the Gateway Fund are to:
augment the amount of quality Canadian cultural content for
the
Internet;
build audiences for that content by making it easy to find
on the
Internet;
and
engage Canadians in using the content and sharing their
perspectives on
Canadian events, people and values." By Press Release,
Department of Canadian Heritage, June, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Extensible Repository Resource Locators
(ERRoLs) for OAI Identifiers
In my article on RSS listed here yesterday I
wrote, "It is only a matter of time before the RSS and OAI
worlds merge." Today, Jeff Young wrote me to say, "You
might be interested to learn that our ERRoL service does
exactly that (among other things.) Any OAI repository
registered in the OAI Registry at UIUC can be accessed as
an RSS feed. Here is an example. Details can be found at the
ERRoL project page." I ran some tests and the service is
not yet ready for prime time, but it is an indication of
what's to come. By Jeffrey Young, OCLC, June, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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