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National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation
Eight wildly-dressed drummers opened this event with fifteen minutes of pulsating, Brazilian, ur-Samba. What a great way to open an event! The music was sufficiently jarring to clear out everyoneTMs head. (All meetings should start this way. A recording would do From New York Times: Education on August 4, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Rub Your Way to Political Success
Help President Bush realize his secret political aspiration: to massage world leaders into relaxed compliance. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Sarah Brittain, Pietrek Glowacki, Jared Van Ittersum and Lynn Johnson - Podcasting Lectures - EDUCAUSE Quarterly
OK, I appreciate the scientific research process, I really do, though I am always leery of attempts to find the 'best' method for doing something (because any empiricist will have discovered long ago that what counts as 'best' varies dramatically according to circumstances). But this article really stretches my appreciation as the authors progress through not one but three separate pilot trials before discovering (ta da!) podcasting (specifically, using MP3 and RSS to syndicate audio). The 'Acquisitions Solutions' part was the (ahem) silliest, as the authors descr From OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Dave Warlick - DOPA Conversation - 2 cents Worth
Darve Warlick links to a number of commercial news outlets discussing the DOPA legislation (which makes things like blogging illegal in schools). Dave Tosh, meanwhile, links to a post on the impact of DOPA on ELGG. And Michael Feldstein has some suggestions to offer. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs, OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Elia Powers - Hooking Up, Politically - Inside Higher Ed
The real reason politicians fear social networking. "Facebook is also becoming a key resource for student leaders who mine the site for users with similar interests and world views. Politicians and nonprofit groups have discovered the power of grassroots online organizing, and college leaders, who are even more used to the networking functions, are staking out their Web presence, as well." [Link] [Tags: Books and eBooks, OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Darren Kuropatwa - Won't Be Fooled Again ... - A Difference
Worth noting about the South African curriculum wiki people have been citing: "After I finished explaining what a wiki is, every one of them expressed disbelief that the government of South Africa was actually behind such a thing. So, I did some digging ... The South African Curriculum is not on a wiki. Here is the wiki everyone has linked to. Looking at it a little more closely, it appears to be an initiative started by an individual or small group." More on South Africa, including my own coverage of the wiki. [OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Albert Ip - Why Most Off the Shelf Commerical Games Will Not Work in Education? - Random Walk in Learning
This paper is a draft, but I think it has significant issues to address. I have played both Sim City and flight simulators and would have to say that these are the most non-standard 'computer games' out there. They certainly do not resemble 'most off the shelf' commercial games, and they differ precisely in that they do not have any specific game objectives. To cit them, and to then leap directly to the other extreme, Thiagi's low-tech games, is to be misleading about the potential of games. What about games with variable objectives and mod-packs, like Civilization or From OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Andy Carvin - Jimmy Wales Announces $100 Laptop Partnership, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg - Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth
This is a bit odd, but here's what Andy Carvin is reporting: "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that the One Laptop Per Child Project is including Wikipedia as one of the first elements in their content repository. (ac: though they've been talking about this for at least a year.) He also announced a new project called Wikiversity. It will serve as an online center for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities." Wikipedia has also been around for a while; here is my coverage dating from the beginn From OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Mike Malloch - 41 figures From the BlackBoard Patent - eLearning 2.0
For full coverage of the Blackboard patent story, please see this Special Section of OLDaily. Mike Malloch has performed a valuble service, extracting the 41 figures in the Blackboard patent and posting them on Flickr. He adds, "let me just say that having spent the summer of 1998 in BlackBoard's DC offices (seconded there from the UK to do some IMS work on metadata), and having spent a lot of that time interacting with t From OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - Photos from Bogota, Colombia
Photos from my week in Bogota. I used Google's Picassa on the photos this time, with generally good results, except for a bug that left some things unsaved. I will be adding captions on the Flickr site over the weekend. There are some really interesting shots here - and a lot of them. I recommend simply starting up the slideshow, sittin From OLDaily on August 4, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Toward a Better Wikipedia
The sheer number of entries are impressive indeed, but the quality is often lacking. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says improving the quality of existing entries should be the priority now. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Two Ships That Crash in the Night
A short film tells the story of two people who find they have so much in common, it's scary. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Apple Options Probe Widens
The company's likely mishandling of stock options casts doubt on the accuracy of its recent financial statements and threatens to undermine the most profitable period in its 30-year history. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Baiters Teach Scammers a Lesson
Wily freelance crime fighters make a mockery of spammers' Nigerian tales of woe. This time, it's the would-be grifters who get taken for a humiliating ride. By Robert Andrews. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

Electric Cars Can Do
The positive reaction to pricey EVs could smooth the way for models aimed at consumers. In Autopia. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Hot Summer Games For Kids
Games based on popular kids' properties like Monster House or Dragon Ball can be hit-or-miss. Here's what's cool and what sucks for the kids this summer. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Net Poker: Quit Your Day Job
An eBay manager makes enough money gambling online to leave a $110,000-a-year job. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Red Light Center Exposed
One of the first adult 3-D environments offers both more and less than it promises. We remain cautiously hopeful. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

A Diesel for Speed Freaks
Get out of the slow lane with the DieselMax: Heavy-equipment giant JCB hopes the vehicle will shatter the engine's speed record by topping 300 mph at Utah From Wired News on August 4, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

U.S. Issues New Rules on Schools and Disability
School districts will now be allowed to find new ways to identify children as learning disabled, rather than relying on intelligence tests in third or fourth grade. From New York Times: Education on August 4, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in June, 2006
Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in June, 2006 From ClickZ Stats on August 4, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..