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Michael R. Nelson - Lessons from the Real World - Terena
A look at the emerged of Web 2.0 from behind the headlines and the bumper stickers. Covers some of the themes we've seen here, but from a more IBMish perspective (hard to explain that; you'll have to look at it). Paper, slides and video are provided. [Link] [Tags: Web 2.0] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Artichoke - The Draft NZ Curriculum
What I want to highlight in this article is the argument that concludes, "We are likely to undervalue the importance, viability and productive power of open systems, open networks and non-proprietary production," cited from James Boyle, who offered it last August. The context here is the New Zealand curriculum review (and its idiculous process of asking for 150 word comments in neat little boxes) but it is a tendency I have seen over and over again, whether it be in the construction of repositories, identification From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Judy O'Connell - Google courting teachers with new tech resource - heyjude
This itm pulls me back and forth and I'm not sure what the author thinks, but I include it here in any case because of the ferocity of the reaction. She writes, "Google the world, use wikipedia, and scrap the school library for a virtual information locker! Nuts!" Well maybe the libraries are being destroyed, but there's a different sort of ethic at work here - we must be the first librry burners in history to scan all the contents first and make them available to everyone in the world, (hopefully) without charge. It's a revolution, sure, but is it a destructive one, as this pos From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

emint - Reputation Systems: Some Comments for Designers - emint
A 'reputation system' is a mechanism that weights pots according to their source, where the source is weighted according to a 'reputation' derived from a series of metrics, such as clicks, replies or votes. Reputation systems are no gaining increasing currency in online communities. See Reputation and Social Currency, by Peter Barnes. The emint post, some comments for designer From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

David Parry - Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom - Blogs for Learning
"Writing for the internet, and specifically writing for blogs, is informed by a different context than the paper writing we ask of students for class." Thus David Parry argues that the use of RSS is needed in a blogging classroom, as it enables the linking and citation needed for internet writing. "Reading on the internet requires two separate skills: one, the quick analysis to find what is worth reading, and the second, a switch to slow analysis to carefully consider what has been found. What RSS does is allow students to make this distinction, to receive content as "bits" easy to scan, and t From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Unattributed - Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE) - Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative has discovered learning objects. Or, maybe it hasn't, which is why they need to reproduce the idea here. Or, maybe they haven't throught through what it means to say that archive 'objects' are 'interoperable'. In any case, I'm sure that in a few years' time they'll be wondering what they were thinking. Just saying, is all... [Link] [Tags: Learning Objects, OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Becky Stoppa - Students lose ability to surf for porn, music - Anchorage Daily News
Not sure whether my site classifies as 'porn' or 'music' - - but it must be one of these, since students in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District are now barred from seeing it. I'm told I met the person who made this decision. Obviously,the meeting didn't take. "Beginning Oct. 20, only the databases paid for by the district or Web sites ending in 'edu' or 'gov,' which identify education or government sites, will remain unblocked." me, I'd be more inclined to block .gov web sites. They are certainly harmful to children. But I'm From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Various authors - DART: Standards-based Data Tracking - Eduforge
John sent me this application today. me, I'm not really big on the whole tracking to standards thing. But others may be interested. "DART is an Open Source tool for tracking learner progress on standards and goals. Key features that make DART different include the ability of the system to 'cloud tag' the standards of highest need in any grouping into 'weighted lists' linked to resources, ability to interact with SIS and LMS systems, flexible reporting and the ability to add features in Open Source modules... The DART system will be modified this fall to 'talk&apos From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Michael Feldstein - Why Teachers' Unions Should Demand Support for the IMS Common Cartridge Standard - E-Literate
I think Michael Feldstein's faith in market demand is touching (though naive) but I have some sympathy with his support for the common cartridge standard. Some. I need to look at it more closely, though, before I can say whether it does the job. [Link] [Tags: IMS Project] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Leon Cych - Ning tong iddle I po
Just for Terry Freedman, who has just discovered ratings - an application authored by Leon Cych that allows people to rate learning management systems. Funny. [Link] [Tags: Online Learning] [Comment] From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - School 2.0 - Flickr
Brought to you by popular demand (OK, one person asked), my own version of the School 2.0 diagram. What the diagram proves mainly is that I'm a terrible artist and that I don't have the patience to fill in all the corners or hit all the concepts I would want to (this again because I'm a terrible artist). Still, I hope the picture gives you some idea of what I'm thinking about. If not, well, there's always the podcasts. Speaking of which - I am travelling to Prince Edward Island on Monday and will be giving a talk that afternoon in Charlottetown. From OLDaily on October 13, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Marco Torres–”Quit, Complain, or Innovate”
So I had the distinct pleasure of getting a chance to chat on and off with Marco Torres the last few days and to watch and listen to his scintillating keynote yesterday. Let me be clear: there is no one “out there” right now who delivers the message about how schools need to change better [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

K12 Online Conference Starts In…
…5 Days, 12 Hrs, 48 min and 53…er…51…you get the idea seconds as of this writing…that’s when David Warlick’s keynote goes up on the Conference Blog and let me just say that I just got a sneak preview of David’s talk (I am a psuedo organizer of the conference, ya know) and IT IS FANTASTIC! But [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Resistance and the Promised Land
“We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.) That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Reading and Writing with RSS
Via Blogs for Learning, a new site from Michigan State, comes this pretty interesting article “The Technology of Reading and Writing in the Digital Space: Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom” by David Parry from the University of Albany. It has a higher ed slant, but is very relevant to younger students as [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

In the News: Rethinking Schools, Teaching MySpace
First, for your consideration, a school in Australia that has a different view on the world of learning and how it should look and operate. The traditional classroom concept will disappear, replaced by “learning spaces”. The school will be referred to as a “learning community” and teachers will be known as “learning advisers”, Mr Whitby said. [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Teaching With the Read/Write Web…or Not
From the “E-Mailed Stories that We Liked Dept.” (blogged with Andy Losik’s permission:) Today in my elementary Infotech classes, I realized the horror of life without online resources that are tabbed as being part of “social networking”. Inadvertedly our school district’s filter profile had “Web Logs/Personal web pages” added to it this morning, meaning anything that was blog-based or [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

School 2.0–The Conversation Continues
The US Dept. of Education site that explains it’s vision for “School 2.0″ is now officially up and running. As the site says, the vision is “a sketch and a work in progress” and “is designed to facilitate community discussions and preparations for short and long term educational and management goals.” I had the pleasure [...] From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

EdWeek Chat, Pulse Blog
Just in case anyone might be interested, here is the transcript to a chat I did at EdWeek a couple of days ago. And my latest blog posting over at The Pulse is now online. Listen to this podcast From weblogged News on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Intranet manifesto
It has to stop. The current metaphor of the intranet as an "internal website for staff" is crippling us. This metaphor is a direct cause of our unhealthy focus on just the usability, information architecture and content of the "site".... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Artwork in an alleyway
Artwork in an alleyway Amsterdam is a lovely city to walk around. Lots of canals, bicycles and laneways, which combine together in a very pleasing way...... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

The seasonality of search demonstrated
Rich Wiggins has published details on seasonal search patterns at a large university. To quote: I spent some time on Saturday reviewing the past year of search queries performed at MSU.edu, the web site of my employer, Michigan State University.... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Why innovation efforts fail
Scott Berkun has written an article on why innovation fails. To quote: Established companies try to retrofit innovation into organizations by things like task forces, committees, portals and suggestion systems. Have you seen these efforts in action? I'd love to... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Presentation: ECMplaza (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
I just gave a presentation at the ECMplaza 2006 conference being held at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The topic for the presentation was "Document management and intranets: control or chaos?", covering: Current issues Staff needs CM vs DM Three step... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

Give up on using a taxonomy in an enterprise setting?
Lou Rosenfeld answers the question: should we give up on using a taxonomy in an enterprise setting? To quote: It might be nice to run a semi-regular feature in Bloug called "WWYD". No, smartypants, that doesn't stand for "What Would... From Column Two on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

CCI: the Center for Collective Intelligence
This week MIT is initiating the Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) a project to leverage new communication technologies that facilitate very wide involvement in collective problem solving and information sharing.  The official online launch date is Oct. 13, 2006. If the project is successful, it will certainly add to the educational resources available to students and teachers. One research focus of CCI is "How can we create an on-line, searchable library of books from many languages and historical eras? For instance, how can we harness a combination of human a From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 13, 2006 at 4:47 a.m..

YouTube aquired by Google
There were rumors around about Goolge bying YouTube for $1,65 billion. Now the YouTube founders themselves posted a small video announcing the deal: Like this guy I think it will be a extremely interesting question how Google will deal with the copyright violations in the e From owrede_log on October 13, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..

Design and organisations
I had a phone conversation with a friend who works in a planning department of one of the largest corporations in the world. We were discussing the experiences of many employees in large organisations (she is a fan of Dilbert therefore). I was reminded of the »Design and organisations« seminar I did five years ago. I love to browse the accompanying weblog once in a while. Everytime I do, I am From owrede_log on October 13, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..

Steam-powered model car
In the late 70’s, I bought a Mamod SA1 Cream Steam Roadster. I had saved up for it for a long time, and as I recall it cost me about 35 pounds, which was a lot of pocket money. Like many toys, I used it a few times, and then primarily kept it in its [...] From Serious Instructional Technology on October 13, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..

New Google Services
The list of Google services tied to my account keeps getting longer and longer. I noticed my Gmail services menu has now added an integrated Writely and Google Spreadsheets (”Docs & Spreadsheets”) tool, and there’s also a “Photos” web service (Picasa as a web service) item now. The full list (at least for [...] From Serious Instructional Technology on October 13, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..

Bob photo
Just got this photo, taken yesterday, of Bob saying thanks to everyone who came to his rescue last week. Yes, he's gotten quite svelt, but remember - it's the light behind the eyes that matters.Stop sending money! But keep the good vibes coming. They're wh From rushkoff.blog on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Little Rock School Board Has First Black Majority
The district in Little Rock, Ark., has been mostly black for years, but until now has never had a black majority on the school board. From New York Times: Education on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Clock Ticks, Bonus Ebbs for Recruits
More companies trying to attract M.B.A. students are offering bonuses that decline or disappear unless the student accepts the job by a certain date. From New York Times: Education on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Protests Shut University for Deaf a 2nd Day
Students at Gallaudet University, the nations only liberal arts university for the deaf, shut down classes for a second day to protest the choice of a new president. From New York Times: Education on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, September 2006
Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, September 2006 From ClickZ Stats on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..