Edu_RSS ~ May 23, 2003

Most recent update: May 23, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: More reflections on using weblogs in schools Anne Davis does it again... great reflections by her fifth graders on using weblogs. 'Twas this kinda thing that got me into all this trouble :o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on May 23, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. Vex - a visual editor for XML John Krasnay has just released a new Java-based visual XML editor. While I haven't downloaded it yet, there is a tremendous need for better tools in this area, so I wish him the best of luck. To quote: VEX is... From Column Two on May 23, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. The quiet death of the major re-launch Jared Spool talks about eliminating the major re-launch of sites. Although he focuses on websites, I don't see what this shouldn't also apply to intranets. To quote: Sites re-launch all the time in spectacular fashion. But this is starting to... From Column Two on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Driver's Education: Free 3D Instructional Driving Simulation Driver's Education '98, a 3D driving simulation developed by Dynamix and and formerly distributed by Sierra, is available for download (Windows only). Scroll down the page to the "Where to get it" section for the link to the zip file to download. Use a utility like WinZip to unzip it, and then doubleclick drivered.part01.exe to install the program into a folder. After running the program, click the help button at the top right for instructions on the From Ed Tech Dev on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Graph or triples It is noisy outside, and 2 riot police cars are racing by, because ADO Den Haag has won the 1st division soccer leage. In the meantime I'm going to continue the RDF conversation. Tim Bray wants a property element, because element names should be labels to indicate what the content is. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Untitled Sean Bonner was taking pics at a Starbucks in Los Angeles before it was the stylish thing to do. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Untitled Steve Mallett: "I think the jig is up. These folks were acting way too cool about me taking their photos." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Microsoft prepares reply to iTunes As the recording industry swoons over Apple's 99 cent download store, the software giant renews its bet on more-advanced subscription services. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Open source content management arrives An article on The Register discusses the increasing interest in open source content management. To quote: According to a recent CIO survey of 375 IT professionals, the IT community is growing more comfortable with the open-source development model, reporting that... From Column Two on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. Negativland and you build the sampling license; Creative Commons facilitates We've just flipped the switch on a discussion area for public participation as part of our new project development process (image). We're using mailing lists to facilitate the discussion of new license options, our International Commons project, and metadata strategies. We kicked off the new model today with development of a sampling license--> From Creative Commons: weblog on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Week ahead: Quiet on tech front Earnings reports and conferences on real-time and distributed computing are among the events in store for the short week following Memorial Day. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Lawrence Lessig reports that Starbucks is asking people not to take pictures of its environment .. Taking photos inside a Starbucks .. Lessig suggests .. Lessigcyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_05.shtml#001223track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. Yahoo! News - 'I'll Quit,' Vows Gallo After Brown Bunny Boos Vincent Gallo's latest not feeling the love at Cannes .. has vowed never to make another movie again .. The must-see hit of the summer!story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=579&e=1&u=/nm/20030523/en_nm/arts_cannes_gallo_dctrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. Senate sends Bush bill letting federal borrowing grow by nearly $1 trillion This should surely make everyone proud to be an Uhmerikan:Bush's certain signature would boost the government's debt limit to $7.38 trillion, enough to let it borrow money until sometime next year. The Treasury Department had warned it needed the extension... From Tim Swanson on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Reading for a rainy afternoon Waferbaby's inimitable Corner Monkey interviews John Gruber, Mac pundit, creator of the SmartyPants plug-in, and interface savant. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Opera and PNG In yesterday's discussion of PNG and petitions, we reported that Opera 7/Win did not support PNG transparency on MacRabbit's CSSEdit Product Page. This was true in our testing, but the problem was not with Opera, which has handled PNG transparency correctly since Opera 5.0 at least. The problem may be with VirtualPC. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. DTDs and ducks in a row A complete, accurate, and official listing of valid DTDs, and good reading on great benefits. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. A rollover effect on a paragraph Not on individual links, mind you. But every link in the paragraph when the user's mouse hovers anywhere over that paragraph. How would you do this? Why would you do it? Let Stuart tell you. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Best CSS tabs ever So you think you've seen CSS tabbed navigation simulations. You think you've seen them all, and seen the best that CSS has to offer in the stimulating simulated tab navigation market. Ah, no, my friend. You haven't seen anything ... until you see these. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Untitled Lessig suggests a fun weekend project at Starbuck's. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Untitled 10/14/00: "BTW, to people who think OPML is weird, we do weird things at UserLand, and then they become mainstream." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. HP sends bots to the boardroom Why travel on business when you can send your robot double? HP Labs' "travel robot" consists of several flat-panel displays that show a distant co-worker's facial expressions. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Untitled IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.. IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. sets standards for e-learning; its Digital Repositories Interoperability version 1.0 specification (released 30 January 02003), although specifically designed for learning objects repositories, sounds promising for digital libraries and electronic records keeping purposes. The specification is publicly available as a Web or Adobe Acrobat PDF document From Bill Brandon: eLearning on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Untitled Best Online Resources For Web Conferencing, Live E-Learning, Real-Time Collaboration and Live Presentation Tools. A good looking list of resources communication resources. Actually an good looking blog overall: Here's a snippet from the intro: "This site provides guidance, know-how and resources to facilitate your ability to learn, communicate and network effectively with new media technologies." [--> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. SOAPed Up and Ready I previously posted on this metadata repository built by Ming Chen, for a project at UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science led by Jim Sibley. The new look and feel I mentioned has been implemented for App Sci’s LO management... From Object Learning on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. dear Starbucks, say it ain't true? So I have this from an extremely reliable source, who vouches totally for the facts that follow. Story one: Last month while visiting Charleston, three women went into a Starbucks. They were spending the weekend together and one of them had a disposable camera with her. To commemorate their time with one and other they decided to take round robin pictures while sitting around communing. The manager evidently careened out of control, screaming at them, "Didn't they know it was illegal to take photographs in a Starbucks. She insisted that she had to have the disposable came From Lessig Blog on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. MediaCon: the war of ideas is won While I have no idea what this paragraph means,"[w]e opponents of megamergers and cross-ownership are afflicted with what sociologists call "pluralistic ignorance." Libertarians pop off from what we assume to be the fringes of the left and right wings, but do not yet realize that we outnumber the exponents of the new collectivist efficiency," I declare that the war of ideas in this media concentration battle is over. This brilliant piece by Safire ends it. Let's now see whether ideas and ideals translate into policy. From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. Saws & Hammers, Take Two It seems like Bonnie B. is implying that my dissatisfaction with the "everything's a weblog and weblogs are everything" mentality means I want people to spend big money on enterprise software. Maybe she didn't read my follow-up or the comments... From Ten Reasons Why on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. Untitled Flying over Boston or NY it's astonishing how much real estate is used to house dead people. It's taboo to ask whether the land could be put to better use. Now, in this article on the front page of today's NY Times, the city of Charlotte, NC is considering just that question. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. From Lessig Blog on May 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Telcos counter Net phoning with TV plans Major U.S. phone companies have plans to pump video and TV services into homes via their lines--countering recent moves by cable providers to sell Net-based phone services. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall Josh Marshall is keeping up .. Talkinh Points Memo .. threads of a story .. posttalkingpointsmemo.com/may0304.html#052303429amtrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. blogtalk, vienna, may 23 + 24 | hebig.com Der »andere« Hebig .. weie mehrfachsteckdose .. pictures aplenty .. Fotos .. Heikohebig.com/blogtalktrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Joho the Blog: [BlogTalk] BlogTalk Blogs Joho the Blog: [BlogTalk] BlogTalk Blogs .. live from blogtalk .. David Weinberger .. blogshyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/001531.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. BlogTalk - A European Weblog-Conference BlogTalk - A European Conference on Weblogs .. encontro europeu sobre weblogs .. - .. Weblog-Konferenz .. BlagTalk .. Blogtalk .. BlogTalk .. Vienneblogtalk.nettrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Marysia Cywiska-Milonas :: BLOG :: BADANIA :: WEBLOG :: RESEARCH :: Marysia Cywiñska-Milonas .. Milonas .. Milonis .. blogjej.notatnik.nettrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Afghans' uranium levels spark alert Bush Blames Africa's Food Shortage on Europe's Aversion to Frankenfood, Then Photo-Ops with African-Americans. 5/23 .. afghans' uranium levels spark alert .. essari frtt fr BBC .. Read article .. morenews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3050317.stmtrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Untitled Scott Adams From Handheld Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Untitled Jerry Zucker gave the commencement address at my alma mater, Wisconsin. "If you have a dream, now is the time to pursue it, before you buy furniture." I concur. I have no regrets at 48 being a vagabond. I actually enjoy paying bills now. Every time I do it I revel in how simple my life has become. He's right. Don't buy furniture. Rent. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. VC watch: SPS receives $18 million The funding came from the services company's second round...Netilla Networks gets $6 million...Jasper Design Automation raises $5.5 million. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Report: Web services to alter consulting Simplified integration through Web services will cause upheaval with consulting companies dependent on systems-integration dollars, a new report claims. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Tommy Franks Has Decided To Retire (That's A Shame. He'll Go Down As One Of The Greatest Generals In American History) retiringfoxnews.com/story/0,2933,87568,00.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Did SARS Land With Star Dust? from outer spacewired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,58967,00.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Sorenstam brilliant from tee to green, but struggles with putter a girl playin' with the boys .. A Swede surprise at Colonial .. Annika Sorenstam rocks .. female golfersports.espn.go.com/golf/story?id=1557718track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Blogging and Streaming at BlogTalk Dan Gillmorweblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001036.shtml#001036track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Tim Blair's new site! brand new hometimblair.spleenville.comtrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. buttons | minimal verbosity Bill Zeller's brilliant button maker application .. buttons minimal verbosity .. scripts to make even more .. Create cool buttons .. generate your own .. a php script .. Skript .. aquiminimalverbosity.com/2003/May/19/buttons.htmtrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. it was absolutely terrible IPOD, THEREFORE I AMnypost.com/entertainment/76291.htmtrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. zetan@Thu May 22 14:55:43 2003 Malin Space Science Systems .. Look again at that dot .. snapping pictures .. picture of Earthmsss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. "Iraqis, freed by us from their own home-grown murderers, in thanks now blame us for not stopping them from robbing themselves." the tragedies in the Middle East .. Victor Davis Hanson .. Reviewnationalreview.com/hanson/hanson052303.asptrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Doctors say Hussein, not UN sanctions, caused children’s deaths it was Saddam’s palaces .. HERE:newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq233297717may23,0,6683623.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlinestrack this site | 7 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Woof Woof Vancouver Bureaucrats are Funny as Hell "Now this is how to advertise your local by-laws. (Thanks, Airtime!)" [Boing Boing Blog] From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. Access Point on the Danube Imagine our surprise, at the end of the first day of BlogTalk, to adjourn to a cafe next to the... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. This week, a list On Tuesday, I stubbed my toe and now there's blood bubble and I think the nail is going to fall off. Later that evening, I dropped my iBook and now the lower left-hand corner of the screen has this bright spot, like all the pixels increased their display power by 500%. Yesterday the 1/9 subway seemed to halt all service whenever I needed to ride it. In both commute directions I had to wait 15+ minutes for a train. Of course, many many 2/3's zipped past. This morning I spilled a 12 oz. glass of orange juice all over my sof From megnut on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. MIT, Army open nanotech center Research at the center is geared toward creating battlefield armor for the 21st century, such as bacteria-killing materials and expanding fabrics that could be used as tourniquets. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Nvidia accused of fudging tests A software maker that specializes in tools for measuring PC performance says the graphics chip giant tweaked its drivers to inflate test results. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Will Wi-Fi lower nurses' blood pressure? Hospitals are using Wi-Fi gear to keep nurses from leaving their high-stress jobs for positions in private medical facilities--where the paycheck and technology are better. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. I don't know if this is true or not but if it is I love the Swedish! What a great practical joke! .. Swedish bachelor party .. tot een eindzelica.com/ukq/stag.htmtrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. The Truth Will Emerge more .. CDcommondreams.org/views03/0521-10.htmtrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. weblogs for benefit of faculty and student What we could do is each of us in ECU IDT keep a blog focused on our student learning and related resources, and have all our students subscribe throughout their time at ECU. All that info would be archived, and... From IDT Matrix on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. [BlogTech] Demos At 6pm, after a full day of stimulating papers - it's been a good day - most of us have stayed for a "birds of a feather" meeting that is in fact a tech demo session. Marc Barrot shows a Web outliner he's developing. Very cool. It's based on OPML and is smart about pulling in photos (resizing dynamically for the frame) and even other outlines. You author locally and save to the Web. And there will be features to support group writing/editing. Looks beautiful. Paolo Valdemarin and Matt Mower want to make it easier to find blog posts, so... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. OpenOffice 1.1 Beta 2 Released OpenOffice 1.1 Beta 2 has been released. OpenOffice is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It can open and save to Microsoft's Word, Powerpoint, and Excel formats. There are many new features in this version including exporting to PDF, Macromedia Flash (SWF), DocBook, flat XML, XHTML, and mobile device formats like AportisDoc (Palm), Pocket Word and Pocket Excel. See this From Ed Tech Dev on May 23, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Participate in the National Education Technology Plan The U.S. Department of Education is looking to parents, educators and business leaders to help shape the future of technology in public schools. The department said Friday that it's asking people from a wide variety of sectors to assist in further crafting the National Education Technology Plan, an initiative required by the No Child Left Behind law that seeks to outline the best ways to use computers and other technology in the classroom in order to help students learn. People can submit their comments by visiting From Ed Tech Dev on May 23, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Dell may join HP in Linux laptop drive Demand for the Linux-based "people's notebook" in Thailand is so high that the country's government reportedly doesn't think HP can provide all it needs and is now in talks with Dell. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Week in review: SCO's big score Microsoft surprises the tech world by agreeing to license cash-strapped SCO Group's Unix technology, which is at the heart of a copyright fight over Linux. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Ten years later, Ballmer to unload shares Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to sell company shares for the first time since 1991, the software giant announces. One analyst calls it "shocking" that he's waited so long. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. "The most senior Republican authority on foreign relations in Congress has warned President Bush that the United States is on the brink of catastrophe in Iraq." Senator Lugar warns that .. screwed up .. Timestimesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-689407,00.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. blog covering the event Azeem Azhar20six.de/blogtalktrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. Former Northern Light CEO Purchases Company Name, Technology at Bankruptcy Auction Web Search--Northern LightFormer Northern Light CEO Purchases Company Name, Technology at Bankruptcy AuctionThe Northern Light name and search technology was purchased at a divine bankruptcy auction earlier this week by the company's former CEO David Seuss. From ResourceShelf on May 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. U.S Book Production Stats for 2002 Released Books--United States--Statistics"U.S. Book Production Tops 150,000 in 2002"From the report, R.R. Bowker today released a wide range of statistics on the U.S. book industry compiled from its Books In Print database. The most notable finding is that U. From ResourceShelf on May 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. [BlogTalk] Photos Some of the speakers (Rebecca Blood in the front, Dan Gillmor in the back) at dinner last night in the Vienna Woords: Paolo Valdemarin and Matt Mower, still together again: Thomas Burg, the conference organizer: Andrius:... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Three Minutes of Valenti Spin Three Minutes with Jack Valenti: choice quotes, emphasis is mine: "Valenti: The copyright issues bubbled up first when the VCR came out. Now there have been a lot of canards about that. At the time we felt we ought to try to put a small levy on blank cassettes and then that would be put into an approved government agency and redistributed to copyright owners in this country. We felt the best way to get a copyright royalty fee put on blank videocasse From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. WebOutliner, ENT and Other New Weblog Tools Marc Barrot is demonstrating the extraordinary WebOutliner at the BlogTalk conference. It's one of several new tools in a BOF... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Posner on Plagiarism Esteemed jurist and public intellectual extraordinaire Richard Posner has rendered his verdict on the Jayson Blair scandal and the "high crime" of plagiarism: Guilty, but no big deal. From kuro5hin.org on May 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Commentary: Microsoft's Jupiter expedition Jupiter, a forthcoming bundle of BizTalk and other servers, opens another front in the company's war with BEA Systems, IBM and Oracle for developers' attention. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Online retail sales up 26 percent Sales grew to $11.9 billion during the first quarter, up from $9.5 billion in 2002--but it's a far cry from the growth rates seen a few years ago, when the dot-com boom was in full swing. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Education dept. raises hand for tech From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Otherkin: A Short Introduction kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/22/03514/1997track this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Area Debates Merger of Public and Community College Library LibrariesSource: The Smoky Mountain NewsArea Debates Building of Joint Public and Academic LibraryFrom the article, A proposal to move Jackson County's main library out of downtown Sylva has upset many residents, but supporters say it is the best way to get the kind of library that is needed. From ResourceShelf on May 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. [BlogTalk] Sebastian Fiedler Sebastian begins by wondering if the usual educational assumption that learning is done to us by experts helps us become truly educated. He refers to some psychological theories of the 1950s that look to conversation as the way in which we build up an understanding of our self and world. (Sorry to be vague but I had a little incident and had to reboot.) Could conversation, he wonders, be a key to education? Now he makes the transition to web publishing and weblogs as a "conversational learning tool." These give us the ability to reflect upon our public representations.... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. [BlogTalk] Martin Roell Martin begins by pointing out, coyly, that there's a difference between speaking at a conference and weblogging: if he writes something boring, we can skip it, but if he's boring here, we can't. [Fortunately, he's funny, not boring.] His topic is weblogging in business. His premise: Sharing information is boring. But doing what weblogs do - talk about what matters to us - is fun. Unfortunately, businesses think weblogs are warblogs, diaries or places where people put up cat pictures. And managers like things that can be explained simply and that promise great revenue at no From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. [BlogTalk] Oliver Wrede: Discourse and Weblogs Oliver Wrede sets up weblogs for university courses. He asks students to take charge of particular topics, stimulating posts. Courses are linear and end when they end. Oliver would like to find a way to create loop so it won't come to a screeching halt. So, he's making a knowledgebase, feeding into new courses what's been learned from previous ones. In fact, it stimulates new courses. In fact, after the course ends, the weblog continues. 80% of the visitors come from Google searches. See here and here. He looks at the posts between Winer and Palfrey about blogging the... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Web logs as Articulation Tools One interesting off shoot of the recent interest in Web logs here has been their potential in terms of articulation through the sending districts. We have four districts that feed their kids to us and it's an ongoing struggle to try to make sure all of those students have similar skills and experiences. The supervisors in the different districts hardly ever talk to one another except for tri-annual meetings here with the department supervisors. This week I spoke with both the Science and Social Studies supervisor groups about the concept of Web logs as learning object repositories and as From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Untitled Ed Cone: "The blogosphere should be crackling over the story of Tom DeLay and the runaway Texas legislators, but it's not, at least not yet." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Paul Boutin is going back to California. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Brent Simmons: "Dave Winer took a chance on me many years ago, and it was great for me. I sometimes call myself a graduate of UserLand University." I had an algorithm. I started a project and asked for volunteers. Then I hired the smartest guy who was easy to work with, Brent. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Sam Ruby: "While it was greatly maligned, RSS 0.90 really wasn't all that much different from RSS today. What it got right was that things like titles were represented as instead of ." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Go CO The Colorado Governor Bill Owens has vetoed the MPAA's super-DMCA passed by the Colorado legislature. Very cool. From Lessig Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Online banks (II) I got a surprising number of replies to my post about online banks. Bank of America has the most loyal customers by far, with 2.5x the number of positive responses over the next highest rank. Second place was tied between USAA and Citibank. Wells Fargo, HSBC, American Express and eTrade also got strong recommendations. PC Banker got a particularly strong re From Lessig Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Mr. Gates' spam proposal Mr. Gates has proposed his solution to spam. Unfortunately, it is yet another idea that will not work. The problem the MSFT solution aims to solve is the problem of distinguishing good spam from bad. The proposal has a clever (though I think dangerous) safe harbor provision to "create incentives for email marketers to adopt best practices, and to certify themselves as trusted senders who can be more easily identified by consumers and filters alike." Presumably, if we know which marketers are "trusted senders" we can From Lessig Blog on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. WWDC 2003 I just found out that I'll be heading to WWDC2003 this year (June 23 - 27). This is the most amazing conference I've seen, with an extremely diverse mix of folks (from MS R&D to indy developers). The sessions are all top-knotch, and it's more than a little like drinking from a firehose. Can't wait to see what's coming in MacOSX (I remember the Quartz Extreme demo last year, and that was freakin' amazing...) and WebObjects specifically. Hopefully, we'll be able to demo CAREO/Extreme, or at least the XStreamDB EOAdaptor. I guess we've got a month t From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Sun opens up Java process Java steward Sun Microsystems is proposing changes to the standardization process for the programming language to create greater visibility and participation. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Trend Micro bug preys on "P" The company quickly releases an update after a new rule in antispam software inadvertently blocks all incoming and outgoing e-mail containing the letter "P." From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Iran Admits Holding Al Qaeda Operatives (Just Like The Taliban Were 'Holding' Osama Bin Laden Before We Invaded reportscnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/22/alqaeda.iran/index.htmltrack this site | 7 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. First Picture of Earth From Mars National Geographicnews.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0522_030522_earthmars.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Israel in the EU read articlekuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/22/104835/176track this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. live from blogtalk ¨^ .. 'live-weblogs' .. two students .. liveblogsblogtalk.net/live.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Pygmies beg UN for aid to save them from Congo cannibals timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-689516,00.htmltrack this site | 7 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. A New Database for U.S. Media Ownership Info Resources, Reports, Tools, and Full-Text DocumentsMedia Ownership--United StatesSource: Center for Public IntegrityNew Database, The "Well Connected" DatabaseFrom the site, This searchable database contains basic information on every radio and television station in America as well as every cable television system and telephone company. From ResourceShelf on May 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. APIs, protocols, and rogue plumbers The inexorable logic of Web services sets aside APIs in favor of protocols. XML messages flowing through the pipes enact those protocols. Anyone with authorized access to that plumbing will be able to monitor and inject messages quite easily, and everyone will know that's true. If B or S or V can't unclog the pipes, we'll elect Harry Tuttle, and he& From Jon's Radio on May 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. PayPal Scammers Getting Bolder, Better Payment facilitator used by many small businesses looks for new ways to help regulators fight fraud attempts by scammers that hijack the PayPal brand. From E-Commerce Guide on May 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Antispam measure gains steam in House A new proposal in the House of Representatives promises to slap the worst bulk e-mailers with prison terms and millions of dollars in fines. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. considered a serious offence Why Norway?aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=550828track this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. 07:43 http://www.pooh.cz/ geourl.org/near .. 06:39 GeoURL .. 07:46 GeoURL .. GeoURLgeourl.org/near/?p=http://www.pooh.cztrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Reality Weblogging There's been some discussion recently among eduBloggers about whether they should keep the content of their weblogs strictly "business" and not interject other topics or their personal views. My take on this is, unless one is using the weblog to promote a particular agenda, most who choose to read a weblog would also expect to see the "real you" shine through from time to time. We are educators, and educators have rich, multifaceted lives. There's too much "narrowcasting" go From carvingCode on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. filament - Weblogs in English (Community College) Quote: "The spring semester has come to an end, and it's time to evaluate the blogging experiment. I'm not that happy with it."Comment: Archive theoretically here.  It's just not that easy.  As Matt Jadud suggested we still need a handbook I think. From Serious Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Mathemathantic: Weblog from PhD Candidate at Indiana One of my finds via Technorati, Bill Dueber has an interesting weblog and obviously has some similar opinions about the IST profession that I do.  He is also using it to think out loud about his PhD process. From Serious Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled New PC Card Sled for Palm Handhelds. A new PC card sled for handhelds with the Palm universal connector had been released. The Guyver is a universal PCMCIA card slot adapter primarily designed for wireless communication PC cards. [PalmInfocenter] From Handheld Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled My thoughts re Tim Bray's thread on RDF. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Bill Gates testifies about spam. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Consumers Lose Themselves Online The growing problem of identity theft could create worldwide losses of up to $2 trillion by 2005, spurring government initiatives and warnings to small and medium-sized online merchants. From E-Commerce Guide on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. IBM to Release 'Express' Database for SMBs Big Blue will roll out DB2 Express for cost-conscious customers in June as open-source databases continue to build a buzz. From E-Commerce Guide on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Europe Poised for High-Speed Surge Currently at less than 20 percent penetration, broadband subscriptions will surge to almost half of the online population by 2008. From CyberAtlas on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Optical Module Market Sees Growth Once stifled by the economic downturn and manufacturers' resistance to new technology, a billion dollar recovery is expected by 2007. From CyberAtlas on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. World Education Market It's the final day of theconference here in Lisbon, a quiet day as booths wind down and people prepare to leave. I was able to get out of the hotel and into the city for a bit yesterday evening, finally, and last night had my first good and (mostly) uninterrupted sleep since my arrival here. This link is to a few photos; I will add to this page when I get back. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 23, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Free University Education The link isn't up yet (as I look Friday morning) but it will be shortly to this disussion of the Canadian industry minister's assertion that higher education should be free. While critics dismiss the proposal as unaffordable, Dave Annand writes, in this opinion piece for CBC, that the provision of tax credits for distance learning would effectively achieve this objective without costing any more than we currently spend. "The net result of providing free university education, at a distance, is that costs would be held down, students would be encouraged to learn online, and universitie From OLDaily on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Wondir From a link passed on by James, "there are thousands of organizations, corporations and service providers, and millions of individuals throughout the world who want to help others by providing information, guidance and expertise. There are many people who need their help. But despite all the advances in the internet, communications and search technology, it is still far too difficult for these forces to connect. That is why we're creating Wondir. The Wondir information service will strive to be a simple yet effective way for people with an information need to ask a question and get a good From OLDaily on May 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Nation's Leading Universities Launch Consortium... Interesting. The purpose of the consortium is to "give companies, adult learners easy access to quality online degrees (and) decision-making resources." Membership so far consists of a dozen universities offering 120 online programs between them. But what's interesting about this new organization is the focus. They are targeting the corporate market and they are playing the quality card. "Consortium membership requirements help ensure companies and employees are investing in an online learning environment where levels of quality and value are extremely high. The Consortium recently releas From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Bomb explodes in Yale law school after exams concluded New York Times .. bombingnytimes.com/2003/05/22/nyregion/22YALE.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Proper PNG Support in Internet Explorer for Windows Petition petition for proper PNG support in Internet Explorer for Windows .. Peticin: PNG en IEpetitiononline.com/msiepng/petition.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Total Library Solutions has features and attractio ... Total Library Solutions has features and attractions specially designed for librarians from the special, academic, public and school sectors, to help improve efficiency, knowledge and customer service - 3-4 March, 2004 - Birmingham, UK From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. xrefer London Event for Librarians - A discussion ... xrefer London Event for Librarians - A discussion forum: Libraries on the Web: collections or services? - July 18 2003, Paddington Hilton Hotel, London From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Interesting photos Paolo Valdemarin seems to create an interesting new art that could compete with the mirror-shot idea: How much recursion can you catch in a photo (displayed on a screen). (Simone Bettini joins)There are some more cool photos here. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Technorati: Link Cosmos for SiT What am I not getting about Technorati?  When I look at my own link cosmos, the majority of results are my own weblog. From Serious Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Tim Bray: The Death of Scholarship? Quote: "I'm not against Web search; I use Google several times per day myself. But I think somebody really needs to get out there and exercise some leadership and dress up the world's scholarly information sources, including by the way most of our intellectual history, so that ordinary people will use them. Among other things, they might make a lot of money in the process."Comment: The numbers he quotes sound very accurate to me.  The solution will be hard and it won't be until it's as easy to search these databases as it is to search Google From Serious Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Blogging at Work: The right tool for the job Quote: "[...]in my experience, once institutions shell out boatloads of money for an 'enterprise solution' like.. oh, for instance... Blackboard, all too often they end up trying to justify the massive outlay of resources by trying to use it for lots of things it's not very good for -- like web publishing, project management, internal communication, etc."Comment:This is quite true.  Blackboard is very good at some things, but it is not the universal solution that it is sometimes treated as. From Serious Instructional Technology on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Tim Bray: Is it the syntax? Tim Bray: "It's the Syntax! Is Not! Is Too!" I've been reading Tim's RDF writings, and responses from Sjoerd Visscher and Danny Ayers, with pleasure. They're all doing a great job of arguing their various positions. A great demo of what's possible when discourse leaves the mail lists and heads to the Web. Tim says "It's the syntax," meaning that if a f From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. U.N. Vote on Iraq Ends Sanctions and Grants U.S. Wide Authority France has surrendered .. occupation authorities .. tre pardonne .. sanctionsnytimes.com/2003/05/22/international/worldspecial/22CND-NATI.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The big blackout in the darksalon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/22/fcc_blackout/index.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Infotrieve has announced a preview of its "E-100" ... Infotrieve has announced a preview of its "E-100" electronic document delivery initiative to be showcased at the SLA Annual Conference, June 7-12, 2003. E-100 is next generation document delivery, providing 100% electronic delivery to the desktop. This means that virtually all articles and documents can be delivered directly to the computer screens of its customers worldwide. Infotrieve's innovative solution will dramatically improve its ability to deliver documents online, regardless of wh From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. The Library Web Manager's Reference Center, compil ... The Library Web Manager's Reference Center, compiled by Jennifer Ward of the University of Washington Libraries, has recently been updated From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. The Canadian Policy Library is a social, economic ... The Canadian Policy Library is a social, economic and foreign policy resource - updated daily with the latest jobs, research, and events. Policy Library members reach an audience of hundred of thousands of policy makers, politicians, academics and students From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. The ERIC database, which contains more than one mi ... The ERIC database, which contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice, has a new search interface From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. The Museums Computer Group has announced that the ... The Museums Computer Group has announced that the winner of the first Jodi Mattes Access Award is the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. IADIS International Conference - WWW/Internet 2003 ... IADIS International Conference - WWW/Internet 2003 - Algarve, Portugal - 5-8 November 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. [BlogTalk] Tricas Garcia et al. Fernando Tricas Garcia and Juan JM Guervos talk about their Python-scripted tool, the Blogometro. They use it to analyze Spanish-speaking blogs. There are about 1,500 postings a day. 1,160 blogs posted at least once during the last month. There are about 2,000 blogs. Much smaller than Poland but still a significant amount of activity. Among the popular links: Prestige. A popular blogger: MiniD. They say that, despite Clay Shirky, Spanish blogs don't follow the power law yet. Conclusions: They're not yet clear about the size and extension of the Spanish blogosphere, but there are some From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. [BlogTalk] BlogTalk Bloggers [Update] Here are the URLs of some of the bloggers blogging from Blog Talk: Azeem Azhar Gilbert Cattoire Marysia Cywiñska-Milonas Lilia Efimova Dan Gillmor Heiko Hebig (with pictures) Jorg Kantel Nico Lumma JJ Merelo Jose Luis Orihuela Martin Roell Kieran Shaw Ulrich van Stipriaan (and on non-BlogTalk topics) Ton Fernando Tricias David Weinberger Oliver Wrede (auf Deutsche) Also, two students are live-blogging it, says the organizer, Thomas Burg.... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. [BlogTalk] Milonas, Polish blogging [My running notes on Marysia Cywiñska-Milona's talk auto-erased themselves. Aarrggh. Excellent talk. Rough reconstruction follows.] Maria is a Polish blogger. There are 100,000 Polish bloggers, 62% by women. 90% written from home, and a huge percentage are written by people younger than 20. So, why are so many young Polish women writing blogs, she asks? She suggests that, psychologically, they are lonely and are willing to make themselves "nude" in order to get a response. She disagrees with what I said in my keynote: the Polish blogs are online diaries, without a lot of links. "Does this From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Fernando Tricas Garcia & friends @ BlogTalk Fernando (and his colleges) is covering the spanish weblog scene. They talk about how they tried to figure out how many webloggers are in Spain. They also try to map the blogsphere visually.Their presentation is here. (PDF) From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Differernt blogging styles... Dan Gillmor does a good job on noting down his thoughts in a single document. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. A reminder to EduBloggers If you are using weblogs in education I ask you register here and afterwards take part in this survey. It might be interesting for others to read. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Maria Milonas @ BlogTalk Maria is reporting about the blogging scene in Poland (over 60% of the webloggers are women, 40% men). Estimated 100.000 weblogs in poland. She says technically the polish bloggers use less sophisticated technology (mostly only posts and comments - no K-Logs or RSS). 90% writing their weblogs from home. Maria is emphasizing the social aspects weblogs as a third place and a virtual social life - so mainly polish weblogs serve communication and community purposes.Her weblog is here. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Some first photos I have put some first photos here. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Hossein Derakhshan @ BlogTalk Hossein ist reporting about the weblog scene in Iran: 12.000 bloggers estimated in Iran. Six of the top ten Iranian blogs happen to be ones with sexual content.His weblog is here. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Student Publishing and Privacy, Take Two James Farmer makes some good comments in my previous post on Student Publishing and Privacy. In particular he says, "Were you more mortified cos of possible legal consequences or the pressure on students? I don't quite get your main concern."... From Ten Reasons Why on May 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. FCC to Public on Media Consolidation: Get Lost The Nation: FCC: Public Be Damned. Powell's contempt for public opinion, evidenced by his scheduling of only one official hearing... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Think outside the semester box Reflections on WebCT. Interesting reflections by Emily at Filament on using WebCT: "My big complaint about WebCT is that it cuts students off from the real internet. I especially hate that the messaging system is not real email and doesn't allow you to email outside of the progr From Blogging from the Barrio on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Untitled WIRED: BLOG SPACE. "Ever since the Web entered the popular consciousness, observers have noted that it puts information at your fingertips but tends to keep wisdom out of reach. In a space organized around connected minds, however, the search for wisdom becomes more promising." [elearningpost] Another good quote: "What happens when you start seeing the Web as a matrix of minds, not From Blogging from the Barrio on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Untitled David Weinberger is blogging the BlogTalk conference. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Untitled NY Times: "Still haven't found a place for the summer?" From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Does IT matter anymore? With all due respect to The New York Times and the Harvard Business Review, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the prophets of decline are off the mark in recent references to the future of IT. From CNET News.com on May 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Hi! My name is...what? Blogging for Columbine .. Choire's blogumentary .. sneak a peak .. blogumentary .. Umentarychoiresicha.com/?/umentary.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Six Log Ben and Mina Trott .. attractive faces .. Mena Ben Six Log .. good things .. developers .. Milestones .. bedrijfje .. SixApart .. sixapart .. creators .. Sixapart .. company .. Trott .. casal .. Bensixapart.comtrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. First draft of UK Common Metadata Framework released CETIS has released the first draft of the UK Common Metadata Framework, providing practitioners in the UK with guidelines for using learning object metadata. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on May 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. [BlogTalk] Ethan Eismann: Sustainable Knowledge Production Ethan is talking about the Berkeley Intellectual Property Weblog (BIPlog). His research partner, Mary Hodder, blogs about intellectual property as part of a "knowledge community." Ethan is going to talk about communities of weblogs that are topic-based: Weblog Knowledge Communities. The dynamics of a WKC is self-sustaining. As authors produce high-quality information, it attracts other authors. Much of this is driven, says Ethan, to build and maintain a reputation. He provides some "best practices" for a WKC his research has found: 1. Determine your topic. "Write what you love." 2. Determine y From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. [BlogTalk] BlogTalk Blogs Here are the URLs of some of the bloggers blogging from Blog Talk: Azeem Azhar Gilbert Cattoire Lilia Efimova Dan Gillmor Heiko Hebig (with pictures) Jorg Kantel Nico Lumma JJ Merelo Kieran Shaw Ulrich van Stipriaan (and on non-BlogTalk topics) Ton Fernando Tricias David Weinberger Oliver Wrede (auf Deutsche)... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. BlogTalk live bloggers David Weinberger made a list of all the webloggers that are in the conference room that are blogging live! From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. Panel 1 discussion: Meaning in weblogs People are discussing how complexity is managed by weblogging and if semantic web or a blogsphere map do really create »meaning« or just another form of quantity.My take on that: »Meaning« is not something outside anybodies head. It is cronstructed. The question is which strategies we have quired to construct that meaning. It might be the case that we create meaning by relation inbetween concepts. Recording a semantic network tries to record that relations. If they have meaning is not a question of what is in the semantic web database - but still what From Ten Reasons Why on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. For the Basic-Computer-Literacy-Impaired Microdoc Reviews: 2003/03/11:"FM Radio Station brings into one application a News Aggregator, Publishing Tool and Browser. For the first time since beginning with Radio, I can safely leave a partially finished blog and go see a news item, or surf... From Ten Reasons Why on May 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. Casting a Wider Net to Attract Computing Women - KATIE HAFNER, New York Times For years, the problem has been referred to, tongue in cheek, as the Dave-to-Girl ratio. To track Carnegie Mellon University's progress in attracting female undergraduates to its School of Computer Science, faculty, staff and students there have kept count of the number of men named Dave versus the number of women. From Techno-News Blog on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. New Approaches to File Sharing - the Chronicle of Higher Education How should colleges resolve the problem of file sharing on campuses? Is it a problem they should deal with at all? Colleges are under increasing political and legal pressure to block file sharing by their students, who use campus networks to obtain free music rather than buying recordings. From Techno-News Blog on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Study details broadband in states - Dibya Sarkar, Federal Computer Week Although the pace of Internet broadband growth has slowed, the number of subscribers increased to 16.2 million as of June 2002, up from 2.8 million in December 1999. However, one of the biggest challenges remains high-speed service in rural areas, according to a new report released today. From Techno-News Blog on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Online Testing in the K-12 Sector Grows Out of Necessity - Ben Macklin, emarketer The No Child Left Behind Act 2001, signed into law in the US by President Bush in 2002 requires educators to test all third through eighth graders in reading and mathematics annually. The new legislative requirements have set schools scrambling to find more efficient ways to assess academic skills and get children ready for state exams, so many are experimenting with new ways of using technology to assist them. From Educational Technology on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. World search for absenteeism cure - MICHELLE PAINE, Mercury News Australia ..."We are looking at how other states and countries deal with [absenteeism] and examining how different solutions can be applied," Ms Wriedt said. An information technology strategy for schools of $16.7 million over four years includes $3 million to secure the e-Magine Centre of Excellence in Online Learning. From Educational Technology on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Untitled Tim Bray: "It's the Syntax! Is Not! Is Too!" From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Untitled Simon Phipps: "I am now officially depressed." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Online Learning Fills Void in Nations Coping With SARS - Rhea R. Borja, Education Week Over the past two months, schools throughout Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore looked like mini-ghost towns: empty, silent classrooms, deserted hallways, and vacant playing fields. The steep escalation of people contracting the potentially fatal respiratory illness known as SARS forced many government and school officials in Asia to close school for more than 2 million students. From Online Learning Update on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Michigan Virtual University to Host 2nd Annual e-Learning Summit Thursday, June 5 Michigan Virtual University will host an e-learning summit Thursday, June 5, to provide manufacturers with global training resources and solutions. Titled "Lessons from Building a Manufacturing Training Consortium," the conference Web site is http://www. From Online Learning Update on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. reboot! reboot! The site is up, and the news is out, I'm speaking at Reboot this year, along with the likes of... From Ben Hammersley.com on May 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. at six apart, the relentless innovation never stops This'd get me to use TypePad .. New TypePad feature .. this leaked secret .. after seeing this! .. sense of humor .. Dollarshotdollarshort.org/archives/000881.htmltrack this site | 7 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. Saddam Stole Billions From U.N. (The UN Deliberately Allowed Saddam To Take Billions While They Did Nothing) "We discovered that we had to bribe a lot of people," .. having basically ignored the corruptionabcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/saddam_bribery030520.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. Jared Spool published a great article, The Quiet D The Quiet Death of the Major Re-Launchuie.com/Articles/quiet_death_of_relaunch.htmtrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. Maureen Dowd Spawns A Media Myth picks upspinsanity.org/columns/20030522.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. New Scientist "It is not the first time such a suggestion has been made -- in 1991 physiologist and ecologist Jared Diamond called humans 'the third chimpanzee'." .. Chimps are human, gene study implies: .. chimplynewscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993744track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. [BlogTalk] Gernot Tscherteu, Christian Langreiter: Blogosphere Map The Blogosphere Map is a tool for spreading the spread of ideas throughout a blogging community. Browsing gives a "worm's eye view." We need a bird's eye view. Weblogs are a self-refererring medium. Weblogs are like the brain in terms of the density of interconnections that reflects not only events in the real world but also parses ideas and concepts that come from the blogosphere itself. The Map supports the self-organization of the blogosphere, better than using complex ontologies. [He looks at Steve Cayzer who just spoke about the semantic web, but Steve favors the self-organizing From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. [BlogTalk] Andrius Kulikauskas Andrius Kulikauskas, the Last Remaining Idealist, is talking about this "algebra of copyright." Andrius needs things in the public domain in order to enable it to be used as micro-content. (Copyleft requires the inclusion of an 8-page statement.) But how do you define a work and where do you post the rules and exceptions, Andrius asks. He wants to find a user interface design. He asks us to google "algebraic semiotics" to find ideas about this. He presents a model that I can't reproduce here because it's graphical. Here's a link.... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. Ethan Eismann @ BlogTalk Ethan is talking about the UC Berkeley Intellectual Property Weblog. He is ginving some thoughts to topic weblogs. Authors of topic weblogs explore the topic more deeply and attract other people interested in the same topic.Somehow the course weblogs we do at the Aachen University of Applied Science are all topic weblogs.The "problem" I currently have with the notion of »topic weblogs«: Sometimes there are topics not clearly defined, with blurry edges From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. Gator Retaliates to Block Information About its Practices Harvard's Ben Edelman reports that his invaluable service looking into the slippery activities of Web pop-up advertising company Gator is... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on May 23, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. Murdoch Defends DirecTV Takeover In a Senate hearing on media consolidation, held while the FCC considers easing decades-old ownership restrictions, News Corp's Rupert Murdoch claims his proposed DirecTV acquisition would not harm competition or limit consumer choices. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Outsiders to Monitor Space Flight NASA's chief says the agency is assembling a group of outsiders to oversee the return to space flight following the loss of Columbia. The team will monitor NASA's implementation of guidelines set by a Columbia Accident Investigation Board. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. CDC Doctor Hit With SARS Symptoms An infection-control expert working in Taiwan will be flown to an Atlanta hospital after showing SARS symptoms. If the CDC doctor has the virus, he'll be the first disease investigator infected with it since Dr. Carlo Urbani died from SARS. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Did SARS Land With Star Dust? The search for the source of the SARS virus continues. A group of scientists suggests that the virus that causes the potent disease may come, not from terrestrial sources, but from outer space. Others are dubious. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Speck That Came in From the Cold The latest technology to stir up paranoia among privacy hand-wringers is smart dust -- a network of speck-sized machines that can suss out whether sarin is in the air or enemy troops are around the corner. By Brendan I. Koerner from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Study Sheds Light on Dark Matter Dark matter is the most prevalent 'stuff' in the universe, but it can't be seen and no one knows what it is. A new study illuminates some of its cosmic mysteries -- and shows it's undoubtedly out there. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Bills Aim to Fill Broadband Gap With rural communities lagging behind cities in broadband deployment, politicians are looking at ways to eliminate the high-speed 'digital divide.' Recent proposals include tax breaks for builders of rural broadband networks. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. It's All Dean, All of the Time With a crowded field of Democratic presidential contenders, candidates have to take whatever publicity they can find. Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is using video on the Net to do just that. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Otherkin: A Short Introduction. I have heard a lot recently about Otherkin (aka Fae, Fairths, Metahumans) -- those who believe that they are spiritually or physically other than human. It might surprise you to know that whole communities have built up around these kinds of beliefs. From kuro5hin.org on May 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. The New York Observer sniffing out book deals, and offering self-aggrandizing psycho-drama .. in Gurley's Observer piece about Coulter .. bush/guiliani in 2004? .. The New York Observer .. what he has to say .. interview of sorts .. increasing signs .. quotedwww2.observer.com/observer/pages/frontpage5.asptrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. Radley Balko: 'Tis a Far, Far Liberal Thing That I Do Now' The Fox piece is now up .. Liberalfoxnews.com/story/0,2933,87561,00.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. determine your personality type The Oracle of Starbucks .. macchiatobuttafly.com/starbucks/index.phptrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. [Blogtalk] Friday: Steve Cayzer Steve Cayzer from HP is talking about semantic blogging. He's working on an HP Labs project on the semantic web. "Blogging is cool but it could be even cooler...using semantic web techniques." (I enjoyed talking with Steve at last night's dinner.) Semantic blogging would enable us to view blogs other than reverse chronological order, to do semantic navigation (made possible by attaching meanings to links), and do semantic queries, asking who's blogging on a particular item. To do this, we need a way to share meaning context. That means not just metadata but metadata described by From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Andrius Kulikauskas @ BlogTalk Andrius is talking about »The Algebra of Copyright«. He is proposing a four-level model (PPT file) for determining the level of copyrights by the amount of parsing done with a work. I think you need to read his paper - I can't summarize his thoughts here. It suppose it is a way to determine if you can use a work by looking at what you do with it. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Notes by Azeem Azhar Azeem Azhar is the host of the current panel and he is taking notes here. He has some other news for me on his blog: Matrix Reloaded is crap! From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Steve Cayzer @ BlogTalk Steve's topic is »Markup with Meaning« and he is discussing Semantic blogging and emergent knowledge exchange. Common knowledge management approach don't support the sharing behavior of participants. The concept ultimately results in a bottom-up approach to ontology-building. If I understand correctly..Here is his presentation file (PDF). From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. David Weinberger @ BlogTalk David made some good points about blogging as a kind of self-empowerment, multiple-sbujectivity and journalism actually blending into bloggery (or vice versa).David is blogging live here. And his presentation is here (as well as the others). From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. The Guide to having good Indie Rock Hair or Hair Style hairstyles for indie rock fanscatbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/indiehair.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. hosts the program with her cat, Stinky 'Meow TV' to premiere this month .. FULL STORYcnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/21/offbeat.meow.tv/index.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. "Sometimes, you just pose that question to people." Woman collapses after judge asks if she's a terrorist .. American Justice at home .. "Are you a terrorist?"nynews.com/newsroom/052103/a0121tarryjudge.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Is "Mad Cow Disease" being blown out of proportion? kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/21/165026/756track this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. prewar views of iraq threat are under review by cia went to war with Iraq .. a threat afterall .. Here's an examplenytimes.com/2003/05/22/international/worldspecial/22INTE.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. David Hyatt is taking votes on the next standard to implement in Safari What new W3C tecnology would you like to see in Safari? .. which W3C technology Safari should support next .. Surfin' Safari - Standards Supportmozillazine.org/weblogs/hyatt/archives/2003_05.html#003340track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. "[H]e's fighting to keep the Web free from what he sees as segregationist and innovation-stifling commercial interests, while also providing opportunities to profit from Web development." teme pelo futuro da redewired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58942,00.htmltrack this site | 10 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. BlogTalk live I am at BlogTalk. There is a special page with two webloggers blogging live.Jörg Kantel is blogging as well. From owrede_log on May 23, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. Blogging and Streaming at BlogTalk BlogTalk, the European blogging conference, is about to get under way. If you're in the U.S. and awake at this... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on May 23, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. National Missing Kids Day is MAY 25th! The FBI estimates that at least 2300 children are reported missing every day. Parents need to begin educating their children about safety issues at a young age, starting around 3-4 years old. Save this page and review the tips with your child. [PRWEB May 23, 2003] From PR Web on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. National Moment Of Remembrance and Official Anthem To Be Launched on Memorial Day This Year MENC: The National Association for Music Education Partners With The White House Commission on Remembrance to Promote Act and Memorial Day Anthem [PRWEB May 23, 2003] From PR Web on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. FIRST ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION BALL RAISES OVER $300,000 FOR COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS Governor Mike Easley Awarded Goody's Headache Award At North Carolina Education Ball For His Efforts On And Off The Racetrack. He raises $100,000 in race car; event raises another $200,000. [PRWEB May 23, 2003] From PR Web on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. DE LA SALLE LIPA HRM STUDENTS U.S.-BOUND A prime Catholic multi-level educational institution, an hour's drive from Manila, endeavors to provide excellent education through international on-the-job training of its HRM students to Nantucket Island, Massachusets. [PRWEB May 23, 2003] From PR Web on May 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. blogdex.media.mit.edu/track blogdex - link diffublogdex.media.mit.edu/track.asp?id=5624197track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. NN Home Blogger Pro From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. RedVector.com Introduces Homeland Security Online Course Series From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Nation's Leading Universities Launch Consortium to Give Companies, Adult Learners Easy Access to Quality Online Degrees, Decision-Making Resources From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. States grapple with virtual school legislation From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. eCollege(SM) Partners With Tata Interactive Systems From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Scheme to put distance education in focus From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Intrepid Learning Solutions to Provide Boeing with Training Services From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. The road to madness Stephen Downes (I think) comments on Lindon's earlier comment: "Who cares whether the cheque signers support this stuff? Oh, I'm sure someone will come along with 'enterprise blog' and sell it for half a million dollars, but will that prove its worth? Of course not. If the tools work for you, use them. If not, then don't. But don't peg the usefulness of a technology t From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on May 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Live Stream from Blogtalk The BlogTalk conference is being live streamed here. (Vienna is 6 hours ahead of Boston time.) For what it's worth, I'm blogging this on the computer that's being projected at the moment, so this is a weird case of live meta-streaming blogging. Meta-live streaming?)... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. Live from BlogTalk, Vienna Here it is Friday morning in Vienna and I haven't blogged since right before we left for Vienna on Tuesday afternoon. This is the longest gap in my blogitude so far. The conference is about to begin and I'm the the first speaker, so this will be brief: My wife (Ann) and I spent Wednesday getting here and napping. We ran into the peripatetic Dan Gillmor in the airport and went to a traditional Viennese restaurant with him Wednesday night. Thursday, Ann and I walked around after having coffee with the conference organizer, Thomas Burg, in a converted royal greenhouse.... From Joho the Blog on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. LibraryLookup: Koha and LOC! Koha and the Library of Congress "I've added a tenth OPAC vendor to the LibraryLookup generator, and this one is kind of special. It's an open source product called Koha, commissioned by the HLT Library in New Zealand.... What got me to revisit my LibraryLookup email folder was a message from David Carter-Tod. It seems that R From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. Blogging, RSS, and Wikis - Presentations, Papers, and a Pathfinder Blogging Presentation for Faculty at the University of Alberta "Randy and I presented a session this afternoon on edublogging to various faculty, teaching staff, and librarians at the University of Alberta. I think the session went very well, and we were grateful to have so many questions and to see so much interest in blogging tools. I’ve posted an HTML versi From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. States Cut Test Standards to Avoid Sanctions By lowering testing standards, states hope to evade the penalties that a federal law imposes on schools whose students fare poorly on standardized tests. From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Trainer of School Principals Says He Almost Quit, Twice A former corporate executive tapped by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to train principals said that he was astounded by the school system's enervating bureaucracy. From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. City College's Past and Present Come Together Across a 50-Year Gap Critics have said that City College is not what it used to be. This year's 50th reunion class set out to discover the truth for themselves. From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Costa Rica Intervenes at Troubled U.S.-Owned Academy The Costa Rican authorities moved to seize an American-owned behavior-modification academy for children after hearing allegations of physical and emotional abuse From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Schools' Plan Loses an Ally In four months, the teachers' union president has gone from praising Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's school plan to sneering at it. From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Computing's Lost Allure Disabused of boom-era visions of overnight riches, undergraduates are turning away from computer science. From New York Times: Education on May 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Robert Byrd speaks to the Senate, May 21, 2003 speechhe made yesterday .. "The Truth Will Emerge"senate.gov/~byrd/byrd_speeches/byrd_speeches_2003may/byrd_speeches_2003may_list/byrd_speeches_2003may_list_2.htmltrack this site | 6 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Central Asia: Charter University To Bring Education To Remote Mountain Regions From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Sars hits PC sales, helps remote working From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Frozen Light: Cool NASA Research Holds Promise From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Elluminate Announces vClass™ Version 4 Virtual Collaboration Environment From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on May 23, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Want 950,000 Blogshares Dollars? Ha, I told you my Scorched Earth strategy would work. Actually, this is what I did. About a week ago I bought 2 $10,000 BS 100 funds. I completely put the game on the backburner and came back this evening... From Tim Swanson on May 23, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. PureTunes = PureFun Sorry that there aren't more new posts tonight, but I'm too busy playing around with PureTunes. While the site definitely doesn't traffic in independent, specialty, or lesser-known acts, there are lots of songs here that I would pay a very nominal amount to own. Heck, for this price there are songs I would own just because I can! Everything with PureTunes itself has gone quite smoothly (although they could use some serious interface help), but my mouse has stopped working, possibly from all of the clicking. This is no reflection From The Shifted Librarian on May 23, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. Earth is beautiful picture pf earth .. Pale Blue Dot: .. coolphotospace.com/scienceastronomy/earth_from_mars_030522.htmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. ThinkGeek :: I'm blogging this. ultimate blogging dork shirt .. "I'm blogging this": .. what a great t-shirt .. Ahahahahahaha ha! .. this as a present .. A must have .. fair warning .. shirt .. enthinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5eb7track this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 23, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. Michael Valdrighi is Back... For Real Not that any of you know him, but the creator/developer of Cafelog has reappeared, for good this time. He even posted a bit on the front, something he didn't quite do 2 months ago. This could also be a good... From Tim Swanson on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. Predictable: Gator blocking Edelman's test site Ben Edelman writes: "Gator is blocking my testing site. One of their routers is blackholing all packets from my testing server.  I'm adding code right now to use cached results from prior data retrieval.  Should be done within the hour, I hope.  May need to find some open proxies to use for this project, though." From Weblogs At Harvard on May 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. Untitled Ben Edelman: "Gator is blocking my testing site." From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Andrew Grumet looks at URL structure in weblog tools. From Scripting News on May 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Justice department using antiterrorism powers to pursue unrelated crimes Feds use terrorism law for other crime probes .. Read articleboston.com/dailyglobe2//141/nation/US_uses_terrorism_law_in_other_crime_probes+.shtmltrack this site | 5 links From blogdex - the weblog diffusion index on May 22, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. Keep An Eye Out Professor Volokh just finished a draft of an article entitled "Freedom of Speech and Intellectual Property: Some Thoughts After Eldred, 44 Liquormart, Saderup, and Bartnicki."  He'll be posting it soon. From A Copyfighter's Musings on May 22, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. Great Software Hope 1997 was the thick year for Netscape and Sun. Netscape owned the browser and Sun had Java. Microsoft's developer program was kaput, everyone who was anyone wanted to develop for the Web, and that led them to Netscape and Sun, and away from Microsoft. Every pointer MS tried to chase came back nil. Yet Netscape and Sun blew it. From this piece, written on this day in 1997: "They're acting like little Microsofts and there's no room for them as long as they approach the world this w From Scripting News on May 22, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]