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The Nature Trail
The Nature Trail: Last Friday I walked up Crowley Farm Road and found an entrance to a nature trail, which I have been exploring this week instead of working. I have found I needed the peace, the solitude, to calm myself and to reflect. It's funny. I have worked at this location for the last four and a half years, I have hiked forests in Tasmania, Colorado, From OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Greg Ritter - educate/innovate
As Scott Leslie informs us, Blackboard's Greg Ritter (and others at Blackboard) has picked up his blogging quill again. Why? Maybe this, from the most recent post: "We put out a poll for Bb clients on the topic they were most interested in discussing during our Bb World '06 Birds of a Feather sessions. The most popular session, hands down, was 'Blogs, Podcasting, RSS and Wiki' according to the votes. It prompted me to ask: What's the big deal with blogs, etc...? How are they important to e-learning?" Updat From OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Stuart Yeates - Open Source and Trading Standards - EDUCAUSE Blogs
Interesting observation about the sale of open source software. "If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation, as it is difficult for us to give general advice to businesses over what is/is not permitted." Right. Because as Stuart Yeates says, "open source is eroding the nice easy simplifications of copyright law that people have been working by, mistaking their simplifications for law." This is why publishers oppose open content, and want to set up private networks From OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Unattributed - Feeding Hungry School Children: Added to the Development Agenda - ID21
To the headline I say: good. Note this: "School feeding programmes are cost-effective - a child can be fed for a year for US$34 - and the programmes can double enrolments within a year. Offering take-home rations to girls is an incentive for parents to allow girls to attend school." Also: "On empty stomachs, children are easily distracted and cannot concentrate properly. Hunger impedes a child's ability to learn and achieve." I've said it before and I'll say it again and again and again until we somehow regain our moral stance in society: feed the children. [OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Steven Harnad - ROAR - JISC-Repositories
Steven Harnad writes: "Here are three (lately re-named) OA Registries that we hope the OA community will find useful (and will use!): (1) ROAR is the Registry of Open Access Repositories. See also ROAR's sister project, OpenDOAR. (2) ROARMAP is the Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies. (3) The ROMEO Journal/Publisher Self-Archiving Policy Directory. [OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Beverley Ferrell - Games- Gaming for Education - ITForum
Just uploaded, a comprehensive list of links and resources related to games and gaming in learning. A valuable resource. [Link] [Tags: Games and Gaming] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Danah Boyd - Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace
"The dynamics of identity production play out visibly on MySpace," writes Danah Boyd. "Profiles are digital bodies, public displays of identity where people can explore impression management. Because the digital world requires people to write themselves into being, profiles provide an opportunity to craft the intended expression through language, imagery and media." Via Josie Fraser and Brian Lamb. [OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

E-Learning 2.0 at the E-Learning Forum
Tomorrow (Thursday) I get onto an airplane and fly to Alaska, so there will be no newsletter. Today I presented via teleconference to the E-Learning Forum today - here are the slides and audio. Note that the audio is pretty loud - you'll have to turn the volume way down. [Comment] slides and OLDaily on February 22, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Faculty clout helps oust Summers
Harvard's president will resign this year, ending an era marked by struggle with faculty. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Live Thumbnails: Watch 'em Grow
Do away with boring old image galleries by displaying your photos with Live Thumbnails. Chris Klimas shows us the art of expanding images with JavaScript. In Webmonkey. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Too Many People
We're not asking the right questions about overpopulation, WiMax is already a hit in Peru and mobile phones are older than you think... all in today's Rants 'n' Raves. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

No Googling Perfect 10's Nudes
Google's collection of thumbnail images culled from the adult website violate's Perfect 10's copyright, a judge says in a ruling that could have wider implications. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Webmonkey Mailbox: Camino
Readers respond to our review of the Mac-only browser Camino and add their comments, in this week's Webmonkey Mailbox. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Best of the Bloggers
The inaugural issue of Human Resource Executive Online contains an article by Christopher Cornell entitled Best of the Bloggers. "Human resource Web logs are popping up everywhere. We scoured the net to find the best, most informative examples." Learning/Training Eelearning; http://eelearning.typepad.com. Dave Lee, a learning professional himself, offers an in-the-trenches point of view to the world [...] From Internet Time Blog on February 22, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Mac Attack a Load of Crap
All the Mac viruses and security holes in the news are overblown. They're news only because of their novelty, not the threat they pose. Commentary by Leander Kahney. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

This Is Your Robot Life
GameCube's Chibi-Robo isn't challenging, but the game's vast array of zany tasks -- and a subversively serious story -- keep me coming back for more. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Cashing In on Virtual Humans
Digitized people aren't just for fun and games -- the motion-capture technology can help companies save on manufacturing and materials costs and enable the military to design combat-safe body armor. By John Hudson. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Fun Food for the Trivia-Minded
Scientists have developed coffee that tastes like hummingbird vomit and are printing trivia questions on potato chips. Here's a guide to geek groceries. Commentary by Lore SjÃ¶berg. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas
Coffeyville might seem like the middle of nowhere. But if you use Google Maps, the small town is the very center of the universe. By Rogers Cadenhead. From Wired News on February 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Testing Service Delays Rollout of Revamped Graduate Exam
The maker of the Graduate Record Exam said it encountered problems with setting up enough Internet-based test centers for test-takers. From New York Times: Education on February 22, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

20 States Ask for Flexibility in School Law
The requests would allow states to judge schools by tracking the progress of individual students over time under the No Child Left Behind Act. From New York Times: Education on February 22, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

President of Harvard Resigns, Ending Stormy 5-Year Tenure
Lawrence H. Summers was first hailed as a once-in-a-century leader but he eventually alienated professors who saw him as bullying. From New York Times: Education on February 22, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..