Edu_RSS ~ May 31, 2003

Most recent update: May 31, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Glam 79 My Glamorous Life No. 79: Opening for an Unpopular Novel. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 31, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Industry to SCO: Put Up or Shut Up Computerworld: Analysts to SCO: No thanks to code review offer. Analysts are balking at The SCO Group Inc.'s offer to... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 31, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. 01-Jun-03 Moving away from RSSify RSSify is a rather horrible hack that shouldn't be needed any more. Please ask the owner of the site you're reading (http://xrefer.blogspot.com/) to change to a system that generates RSS natively such as Blogger Pro or Movable Type. Alternatively consider hosting RSSify yourself rather than using my bandwidth. From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Mead - The Story Gets Hot And Steamy... British researchers are conducting a study on the affects of Mead on people. And not the "getting drunk" part. In the Olden Days, long long ago, it was believed that Mead increased a person's fertility and libido. Now, over a hundred couples and The Royal Society of Chemistry are about to find out if they were right... From kuro5hin.org on May 31, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. MediaCon: in a thing worth a 1,000 words From Sarah Lai Stirland's post: A picture of the current concentration. From Lessig Blog on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. From Lessig Blog on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out, Sort Of If you've read my quick summation of NASA and the latest bugaboo by Mr. Walker, you'll be interested this op-ed piece at SpaceDaily by Philip K. Chapman (if you still don't think NASA is a failure, read it). A few... From Tim Swanson on May 31, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. [DG] Jesper Juul: The affinity between computers and games Jesper is going to talk about the affinity of games and computers. [Abstract] Why do we play computer games? Well, why do we play games at all? The real question is: Why do games fit computers so well? Computers are an enabler of games the way cinemas enable story telling. He gives a nuanced analysis of classical games. Then he looks at what happens if you remove one of the elements. For example, games classically have rules. Take away the rules and you can have freeform play. If you remove the fact that we place a value on the... From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. [DG] Edward Castronova: Virtual Worlds Ted is an economist. He's the guy who wrote the paper about the economics of Evetrquest. You can find more papers by him here. [Abstract] He surveyed users of Everquest, and got 3,619 answers. He applied some standard economic techniques to evaluate the economics of that Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG, i.e., More-Peg). And, most entertainingly, he found that 20% of respondents said that they live in Norrath (one of the game's worlds) and visit the real world. The average of all respondents is spending 4.5 hours per day playing the game and have put a total of. From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Dan Gillmor on Denise Howell's coverage of Gates/Jobs at WSJ conf "The organizers of the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital conference made reporters promise that all sessions were off the record unless the speakers specifically agreed to put the comments on the record. Regular conference attendees were under no such restraint, and as a result we have coverage from the audience, not the journalists." From Weblogs At Harvard on May 31, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. The Changing Australian Diaspora An article in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald entitled, "The expat explosion: one million hit the exits" covers the changing nature of the Australian Diaspora. Previously Australians heading overseas were dominated by the young seeking adventure through a more backpacker like lifestyle. Recent data from the Department of Immigration suggests this is changing and young professionals are making up increasing numbers of Australians that are emigrating. From kuro5hin.org on May 31, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Virtual Teams and Trust Stanford Business Magazine has an interesting article on managing virtual teams, detailing both advantages and disadvantages:"Task conflict," Neale says, "is the conflict of ideas or controversy. And this is exactly the kind of conflict that is absolutely essential. It's the type of conflict we want to create and encourage in teams because it gets people to share their ideas. The battle of ideas occurs, and something better comes through the interaction?or else we wouldn't even have t From Corante: Social Software on May 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. [DG] Greg Costikyan: Games in Crisis Greg is talking about the severe pressure the game industry is under. Development budgets have increased in a Moore-like way but revenues haven't: A game ten years ago cost about $200,000 to produce; now it costs $2M+. App size has gone up two orders of magnitude in just a few years. Most of the costs are for graphic design. I.e., it used to take a one person-day to build. A Doom III level takes 2+ weeks. But the industry feels it has to keep moving up. The audience has no "Indie game" aesthetic. And games are sold to distributors... From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Getting Personal I've created a new Manila Web log at ideaforest.net where I can rant and rave about whatever is on my mind. Here is the XML feed if anyone is interested. I know there has been much discussion about personal posts and voice, and I've been struggling with using this space for sharing my angst about life. So...we&ap From weblogged News on May 31, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. [DG] Micah Jackson: SelfObjects Micah is providing a way to think about the self online and off. [Abstract] Self psychology was originally developed by Heinz Kohut to deal with personality disorders. He talked about selfobjects, which are anything you encounter that you consider constitutive of you. Some are healthy and some aren't. Idealized selfobjects tell you how to be. Healthy ones might be a teacher or a hero. An unhealthy selfobject is destructive of your personality, e.g., Jesse James. A mirroring selfobject gives feedback to you, e.g., an audience that nods as you talk. A drill instructor might be both an ideal From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. [DG] Robert Moore: Brand Semiotics has been associated with a type of idealism (Rob says), dealing only with immaterial signs. Rob is going to see if there's a way of also anchoring it in the earth: something can be both a material thing and a sign (e.g., a communion wafer). [Abstract] Everything is being branded these days. Brands are "unstable composite entities" joining a thing (product) and language. Brands don't become real until tokens of them (e.g., individual cans of Coke) are taken up and used. Rob will give three pathologies of brand will illustrate the way they are composite and what their... From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. The next high-tech hotbed? High-tech investment options are yielding to cross-border business process outsourcing. Wharton discusses the pattern with Warburg Pincus managing director Mimi Wolfe Strouse. From CNET News.com on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. 'Off the Record' Gates/Jobs Comments Posted Online The organizers of the Wall Street Journal's D -- All Things Digital conference made reporters promise that all sessions were... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 31, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Six Library Organizations Want Justice Department to Block Merger LibrariesScholarly PublishingSix Library Organizations Want Justice Department to Block Cinven and Candover Purchase of BertelsmannSpringerFrom the annoucement, The Information Access Alliance, a group of six library organizations, is urging the U. From ResourceShelf on May 31, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Exporting Higher Education: So What Exactly is Transnational Ed? Together, GATS modes 1 and 3 comprise an alternative to Consumption Abroad now known as Transnational Education. This growing phenomenon is defined by UNESCO-CEPES as:All types of higher education study programmes or sets of courses of study, or educational services (including those of distance education) in which the learners are located in a country different from the one where the awarding institution is based. From Transnational Education on May 31, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Ninth year online begins On 31 May 2003, Jeffrey Zeldman Presents celebrates eight years online. On 1 June, thanks to the wonders of arithmetic, our ninth year will begin. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 31, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Gettin' fuzzy wid it This week at Meet the Makers, Brian Alvey interviews Darby Conley, creator of the popular daily comic strip Get Fuzzy, about the life and deadlines of a syndicated cartoonist, plans for a Get Fuzzy movie, and more. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on May 31, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. [DG] Molly Wright Steenson: Imaginary Architects Molly is going to talk about similarities between architecture during the Weimar period (1919-1933) and the Internet. [Abstract] Just as architects in the Weimar period took their work into a theoretical and communicative sphere in order to forge their conceptions of modern architecture, information architects, web designers and content developers explore their ideas through blogs, comments and email lists. During the 20s, there was a lot of utopian discourse around design. But Molly doesn't find much such talk on the Internet. Molly uses Bruno Taut for her insight into the expressionist From Lessig Blog on May 31, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. [DDG] Anne Galloway: Writing the Digital City Anne is going to talk about "technologically augmented cities." [Abstract] There have always already been four facets of "the real" that need to be considered when looking at the virtual. There's the real and the possible, and the ideal and the actual. The virtual is the ideally real. The abstract is the possibly ideal. The concrete is the actually real. The probable is the actually possible. "The virtual is a real idealization. It's like memory or a dream or even intention. It belongs in the past, in a sense." (I hope she says more about the past.) The concrete... From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. [DG] Biella Coleman: IRC Biella asks: "Might the categories of the virtual and post-modern to describe social interactive space on the Net obscure more than reveal?" She's going to compare IRC and Carribean street culture. [Abstract] (Herpaper is here, at least temporarily.) There have been two shortcomings in discussions of social interactions on the Net: 1. Proving that a community is "real" rather than looking at the community itself. 2. Lumping the Net into one universal bucket, missing differences. Biella says (and I quote from her paper): IRC and Caribbean street talk, both a result of diasporic realities, From Joho the Blog on May 31, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Untitled Don Park: "CSS heavy web pages on display at CSS Zen Garden look great." From Scripting News on May 31, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Morning coffee notes An old tradition is new again! Greetings from New York City. Easy drive from Boston. Left at 4AM. Found a great oldies station from Hartford, CT. The first song they played was It Don't Come Easy by Ringo Starr. "Gotta pay your dues if you want to sing the blues." The cool thing about the song is that George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills are performing too. That's what I liked the most about Ringo, he needed a little --> From Scripting News on May 31, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. AOL: We'll Explore IM Interoperability - Christopher Saunders, Instant Messaging Planet After years of shying away from compatibility with other instant messaging networks, AOL Time Warner is again indicating that it will consider ways to open its proprietary system. The partner in this effort is longtime IM archrival Microsoft, and the announcement comes as part of a $750 million settlement between the two Internet giants over antitrust issues. From Techno-News Blog on May 31, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Cingular Chats Up Yahoo! Messenger - Michael Singer, Silicon Valley Ah, the joys of instant messaging (IM) (define). Those private little conversations between PCs, er... make that PCs and cell phones. Cingular Wireless Thursday launched a partnership that will let its subscribers with SMS-enabled mobile phones to communicate with Yahoo! (Quote, Company Info) Instant Messenger users. From Techno-News Blog on May 31, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Online music on verge of revolution - John Borland, Evan Hansen and Mike Yamamoto, CNet A generation from now, historians may look back at 2003 as a year that redefined popular music. Although the significance of Apple Computer's recently announced iTunes music service is debatable, it underscores an undeniable trend toward bringing digital music to the masses. From Techno-News Blog on May 31, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Ed grants can be used for Apple technologies - Dennis Sellers There are a variety of grants available now to educational users that can include Apple technologies. The Foreign Language Assistance Grants from the U.S. Department of Education can be used for Apple's Mobile Curriculum Carts. This U.S. Department ... From Educational Technology on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Study: Video game-playing boosts perception - From eSchool News staff and wire service reports All those hours spent playing video games might not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games such as "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Counter-Strike" might actually sharpen students' minds. Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. From Educational Technology on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Student Support in Open Learning: Sustaining the Process - Christine Dearnley, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Abstract: This paper discusses the aspect of student support that emerged as a key component of a longitudinal study into the experiences of nurses studying through open learning in the UK. Students engaged in this study were mature learners who were practicing nurses and predominantly, but not exclusively, women. From Online Learning Update on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Emergency Distance Learning - Sally M. Johnstone, Syllabaus In late May I had planned to be in Hong Kong to help run a workshop on international institutional eLearning collaborations, but the workshop was postponed due to the SARS epidemic. While planning the workshop, I became electronically acquainted with several very skilled and creative educators in Hong Kong. From Online Learning Update on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Leading the Way to Virtual Learning: The LAA Physics Laboratory - Jerry Meisner and Harol Hoffman, Syllabus "This is just like being back in lab!" said one recent student tester of the LAAPhysics online virtual laboratory. "If I had to choose between this and a lecture course? No contest--LAAPhysics!" said another, echoing the sentiments of the testing group. From Online Learning Update on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. FCC debate--Is the Net enough? As the Federal Communications Commission considers relaxing media-consolidation rules, some say the Net and other outlets provide enough viewpoints. Others aren't so sure. From CNET News.com on May 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Ex Libris: an E-Zine for Librarians and Other Info ... Ex Libris: an E-Zine for Librarians and Other Information Junkies - #178, May 30, 2003 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. CLIR Issues - May/June 2003 - now available from t ... CLIR Issues - May/June 2003 - now available from the Council on Library and Information Resources From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. The Fedora Project was established under the auspi ... The Fedora Project was established under the auspices of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build a digital object repository management system based on the Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture. Version 1.0 available for download From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Spe ... Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out by Katia Roberto and Jessamyn West has just been published From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship - Num ... Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship - Number 37, Spring 2003 is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on May 31, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Goals for this site These are just notes for myself and collected previous posts related to the goals for this website. I'll add an "about edtechdev" link eventually so it at least doesn't get buried in the archives again. From Ed Tech Dev on May 31, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. 99% of All Bloggers Wish They Were Me Alright, 73% of the populace knows that 26% of all statistics are created out of thin air. But did you know that 39% of males between the ages of 18-40 like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? And 2 out of... From Tim Swanson on May 31, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. Tinderboxing at Engelbart Gordon Meyer had a good experience with Tinderbox while listening to a talk to Douglas Engelbart.If only Tinderbox would have more scripting-power it would be a superb tool for live-blogging. From owrede_log on May 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. Hacker Takes a Crack at TiVo An avid TiVo fan will release a book this summer detailing 100 ways to break into everyone's favorite digital video recorder. While the book's author says he isn't condoning anything illegal, TiVo, the company, said it doesn't encourage people to try the hacks at home. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on May 31, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Wheelchair Users Take Flight An experimental mix of virtual reality and input devices tailored for people with disabilities is helping children express themselves artistically. The group behind the experiment will exhibit the technology, and the children's virtual dance recital, later this year. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland. From Wired News on May 31, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. U.K. Paper Recruits Iraqi Blogger The Iraqi known as Salam Pax, who has capivated thousands of readers around the world with his online accounts of life in Iraq, will write a biweekly column for The Guardian in Britain. From Wired News on May 31, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. SCO Says It Will Reveal Its Code The company that claims Linux includes bits of Unix and infringes on its intellectual property rights plans to open its code in an attempt to bolster its argument. From Wired News on May 31, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Creative Technology Learning for the Entire Family at Stanford UniversitySummer Programs Inspires Ages 8-78 To Explore, Create, and Innovate with Digital Media Have you ever wished that you could attend a summer camp just like your children? Well now you can. This summer at Stanford University two unique and complimentary summer programs will allow both you and your children to learn the latest in creative technology. And while you're busy producing digital movies, creating web sites, or designing games, you'll also get to share in your child's learning experience--first hand. Imagine what dinner conversations will be like instead of the typical, "So what did you do today?" The Digital Media Academy (www.DigitalMediaAcademy.org) a From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Ithaca College Chooses CanIt-PRO to Resolve Campus-Wide Spam-Email Plague More than 7,000 faculty and student mailboxes protected by industry-leading enterprise anti-spam solution. [PRWEB May 31, 2003] From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Teachers.Net Gazette Features Harry Wong on APPLYING FOR A TEACHING JOB IN A TIGHT MARKET What candidates should know BEFORE, and what they should be prepared to ask DURING, the job interview [PRWEB May 31, 2003] From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. THE ENCHANTRESS WITHIN Radio Show for Women Learns About Real Life Lessons Come to LadyBugLive.com any time of the day or night and enter the positive psychology world of THE ENCHANTRESS WITHIN! All shows are archived and Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, author of THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy, never sleeps. She is always interviewing an inspirational guest. [PRWEB May 31, 2003] From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Clarksville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to hold press conference regarding investigation of Austin Peay State University (APSU). On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 11:00 a.m., at the Clarksville Chamber Commerce, the Clarksville Branch NAACP lead investigator, Mr. Jimmie M. Garland Sr., will update the public on its investigation of APSU. The NAACP is following up on concerns of students and most recently African American faculty members and staff who argue that a "hostile racial environment" exists at APSU. [PRWEB May 31, 2003] From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. SUN MEETS SKIN AT YOURSKINANDSUN.COM It's almost summer. Time to have fun in the sun but also think about sun protection. So visit the Sun and Your Skin, a one-of-a kind health promotion and science information website based in Citrus Heights, CA. The Sun and Your Skin provides information about sun protection, skin care and skin disorders and features topics in the fascinating field of photobiology. The website also cover news and information on the sun and benefits of light. The website address is yourskinandsun.com [PRWEB May 31, 2003] From PR Web on May 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Woman Hit by Stool Says She Does Not Blame Students The pregnant woman hit by a stool thrown from a window of a Manhattan school said that she did not want anything bad to happen to the two students charged in the case. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Parents Fill Goody Bags While Mourning a Closing As city school district offices close shop and cede authority to regional offices, Upper West Side parents went to their district office to get free books and say good-bye. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. New Chance for Troubled Los Angeles School The city's school board has voted for a revised plan for the Belmont Learning Center site, a victim of poor management, seismic issues and bad luck for the last seven years. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. School Is Out in Oregon, but Not Everyone Is Rejoicing Schools across the nation have been struggling with budget cuts, but only in Oregon have school districts had to close ahead of schedule for lack of cash. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. A Chess Player's Challenge: Opponents His Own Age Earlier this month, 10-year-old Fabiano Caruana, the youngest person to defeat a grandmaster, played against people his own age for a change. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Misdemeanor Charges Filed in Teenage Hazing Incident Fifteen teenagers from the wealthy suburbs north of Chicago face misdemeanor battery charges for their roles in a drunken touch football game that injured some participants. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Study Finds No Sign That Testing Deters Students' Drug Use Drug testing in schools does not deter student drug use any more than doing no screening at all, the first large-scale national study on the issue has found. From New York Times: Education on May 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Untitled Word cleaner. "We must put all our Word documents online." Eight words that strike fear into the hearts of web professionals everywhere. Why MS Word generates bad HTML. A free tool that fixes Word's bad HTML. Other things you can do to improve the health of web pages that started as Word docs (including talking to your colleagues who write the documents). [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report] I did tip... not because of the free software but because I want to see an indepe From ResourceShelf on May 30, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. How to help someone use a computer How to help someone use a computer, by Phil Agre. A short set of practical guidelines on helping people use computers without oppressing them. I learned most of these ideas from teachers of young children, but they apply equally well to anyone. With slight revisions in the language, these tips might apply to countless other areas as well, from designing educational software to undergraduate teaching to mailing list et From Ed Tech Dev on May 30, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. Teaching hacking skills; Lilith computer group; FP shooters & visual attention Here are just a few of the interesting items discussed recently at Philip Bell's class blog: Technology and Child Development. Teaching kids "white-hat" hacking skills in Maine The Lilith Computer Group - to help school-age girls explore the creative possibilities with computers. --> From Ed Tech Dev on May 30, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]