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My travels for 2005
Taking the lead from Norman Walsh, I thought I would also visually represent my travels for 2005. Of course, this is a little more challenging when they involve the entire globe! Google Earth seemed like the simplest way of creating... From Column Two on January 3, 2006 at 7:47 p.m..

Free-range learning
Open source, open space, grapevines and gossip, conversations and stories, learning spaces and learnscapes, unconferences and The World Cafe, podcasts and wikis, graphics and concept maps, complexity and community…these are part and parcel of the free-range learning I investigated relentlessly last year. Want to know what I found out? Look at this presentation to learn [...] From Internet Time Blog on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Worldwide Broadband Accounts Continue to Rise
The U.K. surpassed France in broadband lines late in 2005, while the U.S. led all other countries. From ClickZ Stats on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Mark J. Drozdowski - Why I Write - Chronicle of Higher Education
This resonates: "In addition to articles for The Chronicle, I write essays, reviews, and features for several other publications. I do it because I have to. Don't laugh. Many writers will tell you they write because they have to. I think everyone, deep down, craves some form of creative expression. Painters paint. Landscapers landscape. Writers write. We all need to yawp... Call it ego, call it sharing knowledge and insights, or simply call it doing something for a side income, crass as that may sound. For writers, there's no greater satisfaction than seeing your words in print. Seei From OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Eric Trembley - Effective e-Learning Presentation: NewsU - e-Learning Acupuncture
Eric Trembley wrote in to have his blog, e-Learning Acupuncture, added to the Edu_RSS list and as I was reviewing the content I ran across this nifty little bit from November, a description and link to a Flash presentation plugging News U, an online school for journalists. It was short, punchy, and engaging (though my mind did wander a bit halfway through the five minutes - it was, after all, a Flash presentation). But I think it achieved its desired effect, and it was good enough to keep me watching through to the end. [OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Leigh Blackall - Digital Literacy: How it Affects Teaching Practices and Networked Learning Futures - International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
How does the changing nature of digital literacy impact teaching practices? According to the author, "flexibility and sustainability can be achieved through community wide participation in ongoing action research, enhanced by the educational organisation's support for a wider range of software and hardware - afforded by free and open source software, and through encouragement to engage with open and internationally networked communications." More from the December issue of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance From OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Will Richardson - Tech Tools For Learning - Teaching With Technology
Not a lot that's new here, but a good overview of some different tools with applications in the classroom along with (the bet part of the article) numerous resources based on each. "Covered in brief are Weblogs, wikis, Podcasts, RSS, Webcams, and streaming video." PDF. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs] [Comment] From OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Graham Attwell - Commodification and the Shaping of E-learning - Wales Wide Web
According to the author, "three dominant policy discourses in education have shaped the development and implementation of e-learning: commodification, privatization and a restricted discourse of lifelong learning," for example, "Even the development of individual learning portfolios has been inhibited by the desire to control and commodify learning. Rather than learners being encouraged to develop an account of all their learning experiences, many systems constrain the recording and reflection on learning to the learning outcomes prescribed by the curriculum." [OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Toby Ward - Top 5 New Year wishes of an Intranet Consultant - Intranet Blog
This bit of well-grounded commentary reflecting today's reality includes the following observation: "A corporation is not a democracy. Corporations, including not-for-profit corporations and government agencies and ministries, are run from the top down... all corporations are run from the top." This, of course, is exactly the problem - but who is going to put the bell on that cat? [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Terry Anderson - Teaching a Distance education course using educational social software - Virtual Canuck
Inspired by Ulises Mejias, Terry Anderson has posted an account of how he conducted his online course last fall. "The focus of the course is the construction of four 'learning portals', by small teams of learners" and it uses Elluminate, Furl, Moodle and ELGG. I have participated in Anderson's online courses as a guest and enjoyed it; in the past I have linked to the portals produced by the students, but unfrotunately this year's is behind a login wall. [L From OLDaily on January 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Top 5 New Year wishes of an intranet consultant
Toby Ward has written a blog entry listing his 5 New Year intranet wishes. To quote: A corporation is not a democracy. Corporations, including not-for-profit corporations and government agencies and ministries, are run from the top down. Some corporations are... From Column Two on January 3, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..

Backstory: High school dropout to Rhodes scholar - mission possible
On the adventurous path to the top of his military class, brawn was the entry ticket, but brains kept him there. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 3, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Dot-com Nostalgia
Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we'd choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way Technorati Tags: elearning nostalgia vendors From Internet Time Blog on January 3, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

English language communication skills courses at the U of S
The following courses are available to graduate students wishing to improve their English language communication skills. Students experiencing difficulty speaking and/or writing in English are strongly encouraged to register for one or more of these courses. Faculty concerned about the ability of graduate students to communicate in English should recommend or require students [...] From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on January 3, 2006 at 4:54 p.m..

Happy Holidays from the Café
A warm, happy, safe and refreshing holiday to all of you from the gang here at the café. Rick’s Café will be on holiday hours until the New Year, which means that I might update it if I run across something compelling, but otherwise you can look for us to return to the regular [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on January 3, 2006 at 4:54 p.m..

Shareski on Wikis
I said I wouldn’t post unless something pretty good caught my eye. Well, I have a doozie! Our very own Dean Shareski is fighting the good fight for the credibility of Wikis, and specifically Wikipedia in the latest edition of “Learning & Leading With Technology”. Read Dean’s elegant prose; watch as he [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on January 3, 2006 at 4:54 p.m..

Gender differences in Internet use
In an artilce by Anick Jesdanun, she reports a study that indicates that there is no difference in the number of men and women who use the Internet, but there is a difference in how they make use of it. Here’s an excerpt: American men who go online are more likely than women to check [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on January 3, 2006 at 4:54 p.m..

2006 and truth
I've been hesitant to say this out loud because it's just too baseless and empty, but what the hell: 2006 will be The Year of Truth. At least 2006 will be a good year for truth. I don't know why I think so. But I do. And I've never been right yet.... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2006 at 4:48 p.m..

Reinvention (Con't)
I've been thinking more about reinvention, especially in light of Stephen's amazing post on the subject yesterday. My favorite snippet of writing from 2006 thus far? You know how you feel that you're on the verge of something important, but just can't wrap your mind around it? That's how I feel. Of course, I may just be deluding myself - I'm very good at that, and have deluded myself about a lot of things last year and during the course of my life. And I doubt that anyone will ever actually From weblogged News on January 3, 2006 at 4:47 p.m..

EyeBud can turn video iPod into big-screen TV for one
Bellevue-based eMagin Corp. has developed a wearable headset system that plugs into Apple Computer's portable media device and displays video from it in front of one eye, using optical technology designed to give the picture a higher resolution and make it appear larger than on the iPod's screen. The system, dubbed the EyeBud 800, is another entry in the booming ecosystem of accessories and complementary products that has emerged around... [Seblogging News on January 3, 2006 at 3:50 p.m..

AllPeers
AllPeers is a Firefox extension that will utilize BitTorrent to facilitate P2P sharing of media. Currently in a limited Beta... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2006 at 3:49 p.m..

Jeff Hawkins' brain
I just came across this photo I took at a conference last spring. That's Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence, a fascinating revisionist view of the brain. He carries a plastic brain with him. [Tags: brain JeffHawkins OnIntelligence]... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2006 at 3:48 p.m..

Infrastructure upgrade
Due to my involvement with the EU funded iCamp project I was able to put to rest my good old Pismo Powerbook workhorse. Its shiny new successor offers a far snappier OSX experience... I must say. I am still getting to know my new aluminium friend and OSX Tiger features... so it might be a bit early to come up with a verdict. Things that I don't quite like so From Seblogging News on January 3, 2006 at 2:50 p.m..

Chinese removes blogger from MSN
Rebecca reports that MSN Spaces has kicked off Anti, a popular blogger who is critical of the Chinese government. Scoble has just posted in no uncertain terms his disagreement with his employer. (If Microsoft gives Scoble any guff, he should remind them that this is exactly why companies need to have bloggers.) [Tags: RebeccaMackinnon scoble microsoft china blogging censorship]... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2006 at 2:48 p.m..

'Podcast,' the word of the year
Just a year ago, the term "podcast" was considered for inclusion in the New Oxford American Dictionary of English, but rejected because not enough people were using it, according to a BBC story. Now, however, illustrating the technology's rapid growth in popularity, the term is not only being added, it's been declared the dictionary's Word of the Year, the story says. The New Oxford American i From Seblogging News on January 3, 2006 at 1:50 p.m..

Yahoo Widgets
Yahoo has done a good job emulating the Mac's Dashboard widgets with its own Yahoo Widgets. (Yahoo bought Konfabulator to get its Widget engine.) They even look cool like the Mac ones do. But, Yahoo is not doing a good job helping us to find them. For example, there are 186 widgets in the System Utilities folder on the Web site, and 276 in the Fun and Games category. Then there are nine more categories. That's too much to browse, even if you set it to show 25 at a time. How about taking a page from Firefox Extensions and... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2006 at 1:48 p.m..

Consejos para dejar de fumar
En estos tiempos en los que quieren imponernos la virtud por decreto, puede ser de ayuda el libro Es fácil dejar de fumar, si sabes cómo de Allen Carr (método EasyWay), que recibo por gentileza de Espasa. Yo, en realidad, hace 13 años que dejé de fumar, y aunque es ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2006 at 11:52 a.m..

Macs que aparecen en cine y TV
La Mac Movie Data Base (MacMDB) recoge en formato weblog los Macs y otros productos de Apple que aparecen en cine y TV [vía] From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2006 at 10:52 a.m..

Una idea de 1 millón de dólares
Alex Tew, norteamericano de 21 años eligió una original forma de pagar sus estudios: vendiendo pixels! Exactamente un millón de pixels a un dólar cada uno. Su página funciona desde Agosto de 2005 y en un mes había logrado llenar el 50% de los lugares disponibles, quizás por lo curioso el ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2006 at 10:52 a.m..

Online Word Processor - Zoho Writer
Versioning is supported so that you can compare various versions of the document history.... An interesting option is a downloadable back office version that can be run locally on your own server. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2006 at 8:50 a.m..

retrievr - search by sketch
retrievr is an experimental service which lets you search and explore in a selection of Flickr images by drawing a rough sketch. More information can be found on their about page... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 3, 2006 at 8:50 a.m..

Tech Tools For Learning
(From the Shameless Self-Promotion Dept.) A quick link to an article I wrote in the new issue of Access Learning. Here's the lead: Over the last few years, our relationship with the Web has been changing dramatically. Simple new technologies like weblogs and podcasts are allowing us to not only create content like text, audio, and video more easily, they are also allowing us to publish and share that content on the Web with very From weblogged News on January 3, 2006 at 8:47 a.m..

Entrevista en La Voz de Galicia
La Voz de Galicia publica hoy un extracto de la extensa conversación que mantuve con Nacho de la Fuente hace unos días en Coruña: Internet y los medios sociales democratizan la información. Lo recoge Nacho en su propio blog: Internet democratiza la información y los medios sociales son un contrapeso al ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2006 at 4:52 a.m..

What's in a Name? Some Obscure Scholarships Often Go Begging
Some scholarships, amounting to perhaps several million dollars, are tied up in endowments that have rules so obscure and restrictive that they are rarely tapped. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

For a buck a pixel, Brit kid nets nearly $1 million - Reuters
Because chances are good that Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is more clever than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million dollars in four months on the Internet. Selling porn? Dealing prescription drugs? Nope. Al From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..

This year, Santa went cybershopping - Elinor Mills, CNET News
Online holiday spending rose 25 percent to 30 percent from a year ago, with hot items being computer hardware, consumer electronics and clothing, according to two reports released on Thursday. A report from Goldman Sachs, Nielsen/NetRatings and Harris In From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..

U.S. Women Draw Even With Men Online - Roy Mark, Internet News
The new century is bringing new changes in U.S. Internet users, particularly women, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Issued Wednesday, the study shows that the American online population, dominated by men in the 1990s From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..