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Christopher D. Sessums - Free Online Educational Resources - Christopher D. Sessums : Weblog
I didn't really get to discuss it in my talk today, but I do want to highlight the importance of free learning resources in this whole learning networks thing. Here's a good place to start. [Link] [Tags: Online Learning, Networks] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 27, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Alan Levine - If I Had More Time... - Cogdogblog
Alan Levine's timing today wasn't a whole lot worse than mine, and like me he has a nice audio recording to show for his efforts, a Podcasting, Schmodcasting demo at GateWay Community College. Oh, and his MP3 files are bigger than mine. Heh. More links and plans for the talk (for the record, I didn't start with the demo, I did the demo on the side while I was talking - a photo Flickr'd, RSS'd, aggregated with MyGl From OLDaily on February 27, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Stuart Yeates - Johannes Ernst and Scott Wilson on XML Security - EDUCAUSE Blogs
I guess some people will be interested in this, so I'll pass it along, but from my perspective there is no great need for XML signatures. XML (at least the RSS variety I work with) works because it is simple and clutter-free. Adding signatures breaks that. [Link] [Tags: XML, Metadata] [Comment] From OLDaily on February 27, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Joseph Hart - Rick Reis's Tomorrow's Professor Blog - EduResources
Rick Reis's Tomorrow's Professor newsletter has been running for years now - it's very popular and often a great read, but the website was so badly (and so mysteriously) updated it was impossible to pass the contents along. But Reis has finally adopted today's technology and launched his newsletter as a blog. Good stuff. [Link] [Tags: Newsletters] [OLDaily on February 27, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

From EduBlogs to the Collective Consciousness
I'm at the ASTE conference in Anchorage, Alaska, where I conducted an all day seminar yesterday (the "Director's Cut") and a keynote address this morning. For the seminar I created a Jot wiki. Here are the PowerPoint slides from the keynote. I also have audio from the seminar - Part One, Part Two, each about 18 megabytes. And OLDaily on February 27, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Bye Bye Butler: Ask Dumps Jeeves
Ask.com has built its brand around the cartoon servant Jeeves, who ran out to find simple answers on the web. But the company (under new managagment) wants to be taken seriously as a search engine, so it's booting the mascot. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Neuro-Tech Shows Medical Promise
New implantable devices called neuromodulators -- tiny machines that stimulate the central nervous system -- could help treat a host of disorders, including Parkinson's. They may be the next big thing, but they're pricey and involve complex surgery. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Dragnet, Reinvented
The City of Angels is stolen-car hell. But the mean streets just got a lot meaner for bad guys. Wired magazine's David Downs goes on patrol with the LAPD's high-speed plate-reading network. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Rural America Slow to Adopt Broadband
Rural America is slower to adopt broadband, though the gap narrows as access barriers are removed. From ClickZ Stats on February 27, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Putting Your DVDs on a Video iPod
It's possible, but they don't make it easy. Follow this quick, DVD-ripping walkthrough to put big-screen features in the palm of your hand. By Cathy Lu from Wired magazine. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Light at End of Fiber Slump
Far more fiber-optic cable snakes under the earth and sea than we can possibly use today. But rising internet traffic and the persistently low cost of handling it may rejuvenate the bandwidth biz. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Games That Get Your Groove On
Who says your favorite video-game controller can't double as a sex toy? With devices ranging from the SeXBox to the retro Atari vibrator, innovative designers are turning up the heat on immersive play. By Bonnie Ruberg. From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Forget Film, Games Do Sci-Fi Best
Star Wars has tobogganed downhill in its cinematic form, but a band of rebel game developers are fighting back against Disneyfied characters and wooden scripts. May the force be with them. Commentary by Clive Thompson. This column is available as a . From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

A MySpace Cheat Sheet for Parents
Why does my daughter have 500 boys listed as friends on MySpace? Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen addresses parents' questions about the popular teen site. Plus: Scenes From the MySpace Backlash From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Scenes From the MySpace Backlash
Media and politicians are piling criticism on the fast-growing teen social-networking site, which has been linked to sexual predation. But scapegoating and overreaction may be an equal, if not greater, danger. By Kevin Poulsen. PLUS: A MySpace Cheat Sheet for Parents From Wired News on February 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Study Finds Test Scores Not Lowered by Television
A new study taps into a trove of data from the 1960's to argue that when it comes to academic test scores, parents can let children watch TV without fear of future harm. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Did an Exposé Help Sink Harvard's President?
An article on HarvardĀ’s effort to help Russia privatize its economy in the 1990Ā’s may have played a part in forcing the ouster of Lawrence Summers. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..