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Various authors - Personal Learning Environments - JITT
A great general resource containing numerous references and descriptions of resources on personal learning environments, great background if you are attending the PLE experts' meeting tomorrow in Manchester (as I will be) or the public session on Wednesday (which I will miss). [
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OLDaily on June 5, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..
Stephen Downes - London, England - Stephen's Web
I spent the day today at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, where I took part in a panel on 'the global university' and then presented myself on 'The Students Own Learning'. I will have media available soon. It's now late at night after a long day and I'm in Manchester for tomorrow's PLE meeting (see below). So it's a short newsletter today, beginning with this link to my London photos - though I have finished the descriptions, I'm sure you will enjoy this set. [
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OLDaily on June 5, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..
Bad Writing Convicts Scammer
An online swindler who claims to be an innocent dupe says his published autobiography Birth of a Criminal shouldn't have been used against him in court. The books calls the scam the "sweetest hustle in the world." In From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..
Rely on the Kindess of Strangers
A University of Washington researcher, frustrated by the lack of money and computing power needed to pursue his goal of conquering disease, takes a page out of the Seti project and turns to the online public for help. He's getting it. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
Wild Ride for Amusement Parks
Explosive growth in Asia outpaces park-building action stateside. But don't count out U.S. theme parks just yet. From Forbes.com. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Of Lice and Men
Before the Dawn, a new book on evolution, examines how our genes -- and those of other creatures -- provide a window into humankind's past and, perhaps, its future. By Randy Dotinga. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
A Top-Down Transformation
Let the sun shine in -- SUVs finally get a flip top that works, even if open-air driving does make your gas guzzler's mileage even worse. By Andrew Tilin from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Your Money or Your Site
A group of hackers holds the Million Dollar Homepage hostage. By David Kushner from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
GNU Radio Opens an Unseen World
An open-source software-configured transceiver can open garage doors, track cell phone users and locate itself on GPS. And that's just the beginning. By Quinn Norton. From
Wired News on June 5, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Gift Establishes UAMS Endowed Chair in Oncology
Recently, a million dollar gift from William E. "Bill" Clark and his wife, Margaret was used to establish the J. Thomas May Chair in Oncology, which was presented to inaugural recipient Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D. Barlogie is director of the UAMS Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and professor of medicine and pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
New Book is Fresh Exploration and Explanation of the Mind-Boggling Universe; Author Speculates on Humans' Future, Existence and Purpose
Though its primary concern is science, the following book is relevant to world peace because it concludes that everyone's life is scientifically unified with all other life beyond the range of our senses and experiences (but within the range of our understanding). It will take time, but when people accept this, world and domestic peace will be inevitable since no-one will be able to attack anyone in any manner without realizing that they're actually attacking themselves. Rod's Room is a fine collection of short articles, poems and stories that speculate on the future and seek to From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Online Courses Help You Improve Your Writing Skills and Write Better at Work
Writing911.com is now offering its two popular business writing e-courses starting the first Monday of every month. These “Writing for the Real World” classes emphasize easy ways to identify and correct the problems most often found in workplace writing, helping you improve your writing skills and write better at work. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/SW5zZS1JbnNlLVNpbmctRW1wdC1JbnNlLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Osceola Hurricane Preparedness Meetings Begin June 5
Kissimmee Utility Authority will host a series of free neighborhood meetings designed to inform the public about disaster preparedness and emergency response. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/Q291cC1TaW5nLUNvdXAtRW1wdC1JbnNlLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Art Program Founder Attests to Importance of Arts in School Curriculum
The U.S. Department of Education continues to emphasize the arts as part of a comprehensive education in order to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/RW1wdC1TdW1tLUNyYXMtUHJvZi1IYWxmLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
New Student Loan Rates Set - Consolidate Prior to July 1 to Save 39% or More
New Student loan rates were set this week for students currently holding loans. Rates are increasing 39%.Students are urged to consolidate their loans immediately to lock in the current rate before June 30, 2006. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/RmFsdS1TcXVhLVByb2YtUHJvZi1IYWxmLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Students: New Higher Rates, Announced This Week, Consolidate Loans or Pay Big
Just 30 Days Left to Consolidate Loans or Pay Big New Higher Rates, Announced This Week, Take Effect on July 1st. College grads have less than one month to consolidate student loans before a permanent rate hike on July 1 will add thousands of dollars in interest to the cost of repaying their student loan debt. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://prweb.com/pingpr.php/UHJvZi1NYWduLUVtcHQtRW1wdC1JbnNlLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Northeast Georgia Bank to Offer Educational Loans
Northeast Georgia Bank has partnered with NextStudent Inc., a Phoenix-based premier education funding company, to offer a complete portfolio of educational lending products and services. (PRWEB Jun 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1aZXRhLUNvdXAtRW1wdC1JbnNlLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Specialist Business Broker for Australian Registered Training Organisations and Education Industry
Education Business Broker dot com dot au website is now online.Australia’s Benchmark Business & Commercial Sales have recently announced expansion to the sale of educational institutions. The focus will be on “Registered Training Organisations” (commonly referred to RTO’s) within the Vocational Education and Training sector. Queensland, and New South Wales will be the first states to take advantage of such niche (PRWEB Jun 3, 2006) From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
500 Young People Help to Fast Track Their Careers
Over 500 young people, mostly from black and ethnic minority communities, were briefed on effective studying and laying the foundations for successful careers at the UCKG HelpCentre headquarters in Finsbury Park, last weekend. (PRWEB Jun 3, 2006) From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Live - Ask the Doctor with World Renowned Dr. Rodney Bluestone
Lupus International is proud to present a free live event with world-renowned rheumatologist, Dr. Rodney Bluestone. Join us for this unique one-on-one opportunity. (PRWEB Jun 3, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/U3VtbS1NYWduLUVtcHQtRW1wdC1JbnNlLVplcm8= From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
SchoolsGalore.com - Currently Enrolling Schools!
SchoolsGalore.com recently enrolled hundreds of schools on its website; earmarking the beginning of a strong foundation of educational resources to potential students everywhere; both here in the United States and in Canada. (PRWEB Jun 4, 2006) From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Leading Educators Get More Than They Paid For
Leading educators, government officials and school administrators learned that sometimes schools can get a lot more than they pay for while increasing student success. In fact, sometimes they don’t even have to pay. (PRWEB Jun 4, 2006) From
PR Web on June 5, 2006 at 2:03 a.m..
Those very sensible British
So the British are considering extending the terms of copyrights for recordings from the current term of 50 years to 95 years -- this to "harmonize" with the US, after the US extended its term to "harmonize" with Europe. Anyway, you know my views about term extensions for existing works, so I won't repeat all that here. But last night in the British Parliament, there was an extraordinary breakthrough in thinking about this issue. While the best rule would be that copyrights of existing works would never be extended, a second-best rule would be that, at a minimum, any extension should be From
Lessig Blog on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
An Inconvenient Truth
On Wednesday, May 24, in select theaters in New York and LA, a film by Davis Guggenheim about Al Gore's global warming slide-show will open. I have seen the slide-show. It is -- by far -- the most extraordinary lecture I have ever seen anyone give about anything. And I've now seen the film,
An Inconvenient Truth, twice. I will rarely ask favors of those who read here From
Lessig Blog on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Fair Use and Network Neutrality
So the recent struggles about network neutrality have led me to recognize something I hadn't quite seen before. And that something in turn makes more puzzling the debates that have been raised around network neutrality. The something to recognize is that in a fundamental sense, fair use (FU) and network neutrality (NN) are the same thing. They are both state enforced limits on the property rights of others. In both cases, the limits are slight -- the vast range of uses granted a copyright holder are only slightly restricted by FU; the vast range of uses allowed a network owner are only From
Lessig Blog on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
blogger work
So the Gore movie will at least give lots of good and appropriate work to bloggers, as lots try to spin the story told by Gore. My favorite so far are two ads released by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (Both are
here.) The first is totally empty and hilarious, with the slogan (and who could make this up): CO2: They call it pollution. We call it life. The second has more substance, charging the biased media with not reporting the fact that there were scientific studies showing that the ice caps were in fact thickening, not thinning. That cla From
Lessig Blog on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Town Hall
Wired is holding a town hall discussion at
Town Hall, New York, with Al Gore, James Hansen, Laurie David, and Lawrence Bender, moderated by John Hockenberry, Thursday, May 25, from 8-10pm. You can get tickets
here. From
Lessig Blog on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Charter for the Teaching Profession Consultation
Teaching Australia invites participation in the development of a Charter for the Teaching Profession. All members of the teaching profession are invited to take part in discussions about the development of a charter. Feedback can be provided through professional associations, unions and other peak education bodies or direct to Teaching Australia. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
IMS Integrated Learning Architectures Call for Information
IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS/GLC) has started to review the state-of-the-art on Service Oriented Architectures (SoAs) and related Frameworks for learning systems. This review is a prelude to IMS/GLC producing our specification development road-map for the next three years. IMS invite individuals and organisations to submit their service definitions, SoA frameworks, related system frameworks, reference models and other relevant information to enable it to synthesise this information and consequently identify the best way forward for IMS/GLC in terms of service specification development. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Dare to Lead Newsletter May 2006
APAPDC's Indigenous education newsletter: Dare to Lead May 2006 edition has a focus on Innovation, and includes examples of schools and networks running innovative programs, plus a report on the Tristate remotes conference. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Innovation Report 2005-06 (Backing Australia's Ability)
The 2005-06 Innovation Report provides an overview of the Australian Government's policies and programmes in science and innovation, focussing on the three key themes of Backing Australia's Ability: strengthening Australia's ability to undertake research, accelerating the commercial application of ideas and developing and retaining Australian skills. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
UN launches 2nd Decade for Indigenous Peoples
This Programme of Action 2006-2015, launched by the Secretary-General, offers recommendations on the environment, development, education, health and human rights of indigenous peoples. It affirms UN member states' commitment to preserve and maintain the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous communities. They recognise that the sustainable development of indigenous peoples is crucial in the fight against hunger and poverty, and pledged to keep advancing the human rights of indigenous peoples, and to present for adoption a United Nations declaration on indigenous peoples' From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Learning in an Online World: Contemporary Learning
An overarching statement released by the MCEETYA ICT in Schools Taskforce to further their national vision of all schools confidently using ICT in their everyday practices to improve learning, teaching and administration. Contemporary learning describes the environment, articulates the national policy framework and identifies significant actions required to support education sectors and schools. The statement sets out strategy in the key areas of: people, content, infrastructure, research, policy and reporting. It is supported by several strategy, framework and action plan documents. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
National Statement for Engaging Young Australians with Asia in Australian Schools
This national policy statement approved by the MCEETYA identifies the broad knowledge, understandings, values and skills required to engage with Asia in the context of existing policies and practices in teaching and learning. It is based on the understanding that, across all learning areas, studies of Asia and Australia will achieve a status comparable with other studies traditionally included in the curriculum. The Statement integrates responses from a widely representative consultation of school education stakeholders including parents, business leaders, education sectors, classroom practiti From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
National Survey of Young Australians (11-24 years)
Responses are due by Friday, 16 June 2006 from young people aged 11-24 years who wish to participate in the fifth annual National Survey of Young Australians organised by Mission Australia. The primary purpose of the survey is to identify and clarify the key and emerging issues of young people. The survey is distributed nationally to secondary schools, libraries and youth services. Since the first survey was conducted, the response rate has grown significantly, increasing from 2,500 to 11,300 returns in 2005. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
SpamMATTERS Downloadable Reporting Button (ACMA)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has launched the SpamMATTERS reporting button, which enables spam to be reported to ACMA with one click of a computer mouse. Instead of using the delete key to remove spam emails, users can simply select the SpamMATTERS button to simultaneously delete their spam and report it to ACMA. Submitting spam to ACMA using the SpamMATTERS button will assist ACMA in rapidly identifying emerging spam campaigns and in providing timely and comprehensive information to authorities fighting spam-related crime. From
EdNA Online on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Nearly 270,000 free photos
Blog: The intrepid staff of Blogma has discovered that people like free stuff on the Internet, such as 9,800 fonts cited in this space... From
CNET News.com on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
Landscaping with Apple towers
Blog: As this post by Boing Boing shows, there's more than one way to recycle old computers--at least two, in fact. Here, Apple owners... From
CNET News.com on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..
3 easy steps to blog snobbery
Blog: As sad as it may seem, there is no shortage of boorishness in the blogosphere, as Anil Dash pointed out recently. So Ara Pehlivanian... From
CNET News.com on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 a.m..