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Leigh Blackall - What Would It Be Like To Be the Rain - Teach and Learn Online
Leigh Blackall captures the intuition behind learning networks. It doesn't mean everything is exactly as depicted here. But it's a plausible scenario. And I like this: "The challenge for teachers I think, is how to develop a web presence in such a way that this person will want to come back, subscribe, or otherwise tune in to what you are doing." [Link] [Tags: Networks] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Barbara Dieu - Simulations - Future of Learning
Barbara Dieu sends along links to three nifty simulation packages. Breve "makes it easy to build 3D simulations of multi-agent systems and artificial life." Starlogo "is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the workings of decentralized systems -- systems that are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator." And Framesticks "is a three-dimensional life simulation project." [OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Seb Schmoller - 2 Billion People Own Mobile Phones - Fortnightly Mailing
And many many morfe peoplke have access to one - one pervasive sight in places like Colombia, South Africa and Lesotho was the small mobile phone business. A person would get access to a mobile phone, set up a simple stand, and charge people by the minute to use it. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

George Siemens - Eportfolio 2006
George Siemens is preparing an upcoming talk in a wiki. If I were mean, I would pull a Stephen Colbert and see if we couldn't convert george's keynote to repeated utteraqnces of "I am a sheep." Would George say that if that's what the wiki said? Anyhow, Siemens writes in his newsletter, "My "keynote written in a wiki" experiment is progressing well for some projects (and not so well for others). The eportfolio 2006 wiki (for London, next week) has generated some useful dialogue on whether portfolios From OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Will Richardson - The New Face of Learning - Edutopia
"What happens to the time-worn concepts of classroom and teaching," asks Will Richardson, "when we can now go online and learn anything, anywhere, anytime?" Long promised as the goal of online learning, this scenario is rapidly becoming a reality. We are almost at the point where it begins to impact traditional institutions. [Link] [Tags: Online Learning] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - What's The Number for Tech Support? - Half an Hour
Outline of how neuroscience informs learning, how this matches up with social network analysis, and how this in turn informs the approach we take in researching learning. [Link] [Tags: Research, Networks] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

John Hibbs - Global Learn Day 10
In just a few hours, John Hibb's remarkable global adventure will set sail for the tenth time. Welcome, therefore, to a special Saturday Global Learn Day edition of OLDaily. UTC Time(Click for local time)PST TimeRegionKeynoterTopicOLDaily on October 7, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Say That Again?
I had the distinct pleasure of sitting next to Marco Torres at dinner last night here in the beautiful Poconos (where the leaves are at their peak color). We’re at an event for Region 4 schools in New York City where Alan November gave the keynote yesterday afternoon, I got my turn this morning, and [...] From weblogged News on October 7, 2006 at 5:47 a.m..

City Schools Find Millions in the Bus Rides Not Taken
Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced that the New York City school system has been spending at least $20 million a year to provide bus services for children who do not actually use them. From New York Times: Education on October 7, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Parent Gains Right to Dispute School Ban of Religious Music
A federal appeals court has revived a parentÂ’s court challenge of a 2004 decision by a New Jersey school district to ban music with religious overtones from its holiday programs. From New York Times: Education on October 7, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Harvard Law Decides to Steep Students in 21st-Century Issues
Students will still have to learn some of the classics, like contracts, torts and criminal law, but will spend less time on them. From New York Times: Education on October 7, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

No More Mystery Meat
Schools are pushing healthier menus, eliminating trans fats, white bread and sugary drinks, while trying to keep students happy. From New York Times: Education on October 7, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Producers Agree to Send Healthier Foods to Schools
Five of the countryÂ’s largest snack food producers said they would start providing more nutritious foods to schools in an effort to fight childhood obesity. From New York Times: Education on October 7, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..