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China Tightens Grip on Web
The journalist advocacy group Reporters Without Borders flays Beijing for its recent efforts to strengthen its "Great Firewall." By Eli Milchman. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

In Fish Fight, Science Loses
Mercury is unarguably a neurotoxin in large doses. But special-interest groups are muddying the message when it comes to the real potential for harm posed by the fish we eat. By Gretchen Cuda. Plus: Can You Cook the Mercury Out? From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Backstory: An education from Russia, with tough love
Dissatisfied with US methods, Julia Sigalovsky started a charter school with a highly structured curriculum. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Google Spreadsheets Truly Excels
The latest release from Google Labs lets users edit spreadsheets, share data and collaborate with others, all without leaving the browser. Plus: Does Web 2.0 signal the end of privacy? In Monkey Bites. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Pirate Bay Bloodied but Unbowed
The internet's premier torrent site is back online this week -- three days after police carted off its servers. Now site administrators insist the error messages and slow loading times besetting the resurrected site are a result of increased popularity, not legal pressure. By Quinn Norton. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

The Hottest New Camera
Fire hazard prompts Hewlett-Packard to recall one of its digital cameras. Plus: Sony enters the digital camera market.... IBM moves into India.... and more. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

Nearly Half of Computer Users Don't Back-Up Data
Fifty-seven percent of computer owners back up data on a regularly, while other users' data are in peril in the event of a crash. From ClickZ Stats on June 6, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Blu-ray or HD-DVD? Ask Your PC
As Sony and Toshiba lock antlers over who will dominate the high-capacity DVD market, both would do well to keep an eye on the personal computer. That's where the battle is likely to be decided. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Gadget Lab: Geared for Summer
We're gearing up with a fabulous HP cam, a budget slimphone from Moto and the Hulk Hogan of staplers. By Chris Baker and Brian Lam.. All in this week's Gadget Lab. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Johncn - Connectivism: Danger or Opportunity - The Education Bazaar
Good discussion of George Siemens's recent Connectivism White Paper. "Where I'd like to see connectivism go is in the direction of personalized learning environments, or perhaps what Siemens calls 'learning ecologies'. However, I'd like to take that idea in the K-12 realm to be a PLE that would follow the student through school, and then beyond. I think we can take existing technologies that build social relationships and harness these for learning AND instruction." P.S. Johncn, put your name on your blog. [L From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Johncn - DART: Organizational Interface with Future VLE? - The Education Bazaar
Interesting discussion of a system, the Data Analysis and Reporting Toolkit, which is not a personal learning environment (PLE), but which is based on similar concepts. "We are working on implmenting a four-pronged relationship between DART, our iCommunity LMS (Moodle), our wiki-based curiculum system (OpenContent), and a web-based 'Personalized Learning Environment' or 'PLE' (Elgg)." [Link] [Tags: Personal Learning Environment] [OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Jason Toal - Google Reader Tutorial (Get Your Aggregator On) - SocialLearning.ca
Via Brian Lamb, "Jason Toal has put together a really fine screencast tutorial of Google Reader and posted it." [Link] [Tags: Online Learning, Web Logs, Google] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Sharon Begley - Science Journals Artfully Try To Boost Their Rankings - Wall Street Journal
Interesting item looking at the use (and abuse) of impact factors in academic journals (impact factors measure the importance of a journal through metrics such as citations and are used when making purchasing decisions). As Marc Meola notes, some practices are underhanded, such as "blatantly asking authors to cite more studies the journal has already published to limiting citations to outside journals." But also, as the article notes, "If you look at journals that have a high impact factor, they tend to be trendy... It& From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Harold Jarche - The Relevance of the Learning Profession - jarche.com
Another way of saying pretty much what I'm saying. "As a learning professional, it's time to take a stance. Enabling learning is no longer about disseminating good content. Enabling learning is about being a learner yourself, sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm and then taking a back seat. In a flattened learning system there are no more experts, only fellow learners on paths that may cross." Also, see Mark Oehlert's characterization of Jarche's comment. [OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Scott Leslie - On Using DSpace as a LOR - Ed Tech Post
What is not said is more interesting than what is said. "It is one thing to evaluate DSpace against an abstract set of functionality that a LOR should have, (which is kind of what I did here) and quite another to say that it will solve the problems of finding, sharing, remixing and reusing learning content." [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Graham Attwell - Personal Learning Environments - Wales Wide Web
Graham Attwell, who is sitting about five feet from me at the CETIS personal learning nvironments (PLE) expert meeting, offers this comprehensive overview. Related: see Derek Morrison on PLEs. We also used this wiki page and diagrams by Scott Wilson. [Link] [Tags: Personal Learning Environment] [OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Terry Freedman - Reflections on the Blog.ac.uk2006 Conference (Part 2) - Information and Communication Technology in Education
Terry Freedman offers a longish (though gentle) criticism of my talk and others at blog.ac.uk. There is also a Part 1 to the commentary. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Jeffrey Ressner - Long Tail's Tribe - Time Magazine
Welcome to my arcane, overlooked blog. Arcane, overlooked? Well, that's what Time Magazine derived from an interview and transcript of my talk in Vancouver early last year. Anyhow, tonight it's back to London, and then tomorrow a flight to Austria. With luck, I will be writing from Innsbruck tomorrow evening. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 6, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Chip: Bone-Crunching Game Realism
A multicore physics processor delivers killer rips, blasts and blood in the games you love. By Brian Lam from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Chatting With Your Search Engine
Forget the browser -- search the web with instant messaging software. By Griffin Wright. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Dead in Iraq: It's No Game
What happens when a war memorial infiltrates the U.S. Army's favorite video game? By Kathleen Craig. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

A Boom Beyond Burials
The current choices on what to do with your remains after you kick the bucket are far more imaginative than the traditional burial with tombstone. Why not be freeze-dried or turned into synthetic diamonds? Forbes.com outlines the alternatives. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

The Kinsey of Clicking
Couples that surf together stay together. Or do they? Readers of the Momus blog are asked to weigh in, and they do. Commentary by Momus. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Be There and Be Square
Even the math clubs in Hollywood are teeming with industry players and celebrities, but it's still all about the numbers. By Eryn Brown from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Lasers Project the Big Picture
Ordinary gadgets could soon light up every surface, as developers tweak tiny lasers in pursuit of pocket-size projection systems. By Seán Captain. From Wired News on June 6, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Duke Reinstates Men's Lacrosse, With Warning That Party's Over
The Duke president, Richard H. Brodhead, who in April canceled the team's season after a woman accused three players of rape, said the men's lacrosse team would be reinstated, with strict stipulations. From New York Times: Education on June 6, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Parents of the Gifted Resist a Call to Share a School Building
New York City's plan to place a new charter school in an existing school's building has prompted a lawsuit and protests. From New York Times: Education on June 6, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Supreme Court Roundup: Court to Weigh Race as Factor in School Rolls
The Supreme Court will rule on what measures, if any, public schools may use to maintain racial balance. From New York Times: Education on June 6, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Singularity Summit at Stanford
The folks at Stanford who ran this event last month with Ray Kurzweil, Doug Hofstadter, Cory Doctorow, and others have put a slew of information on the web for those who are into the Law of Accelerating Returns. - Photography: http://sss.stanford.edu/coverage/press/ - Audio: http://sss.stanford.edu/coverage/audioandvideo/ - Powerpoints: http://sss.stanford.edu/coverage/powerpoints/ - Media and Blog Coverage: http://sss.stanford.edu/press/ - Relevant Reading: http://sss.stanford.edu/reading/ Related post Technorati Tags: From Internet Time Blog on June 6, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..