Edu_RSS ~ September 9, 2003

Most recent update: September 9, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Local Feeds Now, this is interesting, I guess automatric aggregation has a pretty powerful use here, I guess in terms of education, the 'towns' could be 'disciplines'??? Hmmmm, great link Stephen :o), love all the RSS stuff you do... should call it RSS stuff ;o): "Localfeeds is a collection of local news services, gathering headlines from over From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on September 9, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (24633) Segue Collaborative Learning System This looks pretty cool, Kind of a webloggy online learning environrment. I like this (although would probably prefer something which is a bit more about expression &amp; exploration): "Segue is based on a publishing model of content delivery which regards faculty not as course managers but as authors and/or editors and students as contributors/collaborators. Indeed, Segue encourages the publication of course work (where appropriate) and opens the classroom to th From James Farmer&apos;s Radio Weblog on September 9, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (24632) More on the database bill....Four major library gr ... More on the database bill....Four major library groups have sent an open letter opposing the bill to James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Billy Tauzin (R-LA), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. In addition to specific objections to the bill, the open letter contains this paragraph: "Finally, as described in the enclosed article and editorial from the Washington Post and the New York Times, the scientific and research communities are moving in a very new and ex From FOS News on September 9, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (24631) RIAA keeps 12-year-old quiet with $2,000 bill We showed her From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (24630) Advice for an Open Source Development Grant? IgD asks: "My colleagues and I are developing an open source medical records system. A senior supervisor approached us and let us know a third party is ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (24629) Intel CEO: Convergence still key to IT The merging of the computing, communications and content industries will open doors for IT companies, Craig Barrett tells OracleWorld attendees. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (24628) RIAA: Child porn rife on P2P networks The record industry appears to be expanding its fight against online piracy by encouraging a legislative crackdown on peer-to-peer networks, warning they are infested with child porn. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (24627) Test Message--Disregard This a test to examine the RU features. From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 9, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. (24626) The Dog is angry... &#8230;and who am I to argue. Cogdogblog is on the warpath about&#8230; well, why don&#8217;t I just quote from the posting: Spam is a reality, some 40% of email traffic. But there is absolutely no reason for the email scanning... From Object Learning on September 9, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. (24625) Microsoft planning Media 9 for Mac From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (24624) Barnes &#38; Noble shelves e-books The bookseller discontinues sales of the downloadable books, according to a statement on the company's Web site. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (24623) Foes of site-blocking law win a round A legal challenge to a controversial Pennsylvania law forcing network providers to block possibly illegal Web sites wins an unexpected early victory. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (24622) Simon Says You Can't Touch This - Professional charlatans, what will they think of next? How about an espresso tax? A 10-cent tax on any drinks served with espresso in them (coffee, latte's, etc.). Next on the agenda is a breathing-air tax followed closely by a... From Tim Swanson on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24621) Westminster Union List of Periodicals has now been ... Westminster Union List of Periodicals has now been converted into a database and is searchable online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24620) The University libraries of Cornell, Gottingen, an ... The University libraries of Cornell, Gottingen, and Michigan have announced the first public availability of a significant body of mathematical monographs with access provided through a distributed full text search protocol. The virtual collection, comprising more than 2,000 volumes of significant historical mathematical material (nearly 600,000 pages), resides at the three separate institutions and is provided through interfaces to the three entirely different software systems From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24618) ETD 2004: Seventh International Symposium on Elect ... ETD 2004: Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Distributing knowledge worldwide through better scholarly communication - June 3-5, 2004 - University of Kentucky, Lexington From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24617) The Katharine Kyes Leab & Daniel J. Leab American ... The Katharine Kyes Leab & Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Awards are given for excellence in the publication of catalogs and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival materials, as well as for electronic exhibitions of such materials. The judging of these catalogs, brochures, and electronic exhibitions is carried out by the Exhibition Awards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). The From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24616) Selecting Electronic Products: a beginners guide - ... Selecting Electronic Products: a beginners guide - 22 October 2003, London - This workshop is designed to assist participants to develop the skills and confidence needed to select and exploit electronic information products. The course will include some practical exercises From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24615) Info@UK - September 2003 newsletter is now availab ... Info@UK - September 2003 newsletter is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24614) The NEO Information Centre was established by the ... The NEO Information Centre was established by the UK Government in response to the recommendations of the Task Force Report on potentially hazardous Near Earth Objects to provide accurate and level-headed information on Near Earth Objects to the public and media and to support the international NEO science community From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24613) GeoLib is a research program of the Florida Resour ... GeoLib is a research program of the Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center, which is within the the Institute of Science and Public Affairs at The Florida State University. Its mission is to improve access to digital geographic information for library planning and to apply marketing research theories in solving real-world library problems From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24612) The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - identify wel ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - identify well-known people with the same first name. This time, the name is Robert - or Bob. Try to guess who they are from these descriptions, and then see how you did by visiting the answers page1. 19th-century Scottish author who wrote "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and "Treasure Island"2. American singer, born 1941, composer of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "Masters of War"3. American From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24611) The American Printing History Association Annual C ... The American Printing History Association Annual Conference - New York - 24-25 October 2003. Focuses on recent and innovative research in printing history and the book arts, work that makes use of new methods of study or interpretation, that benefits from newly available primary sources, and that treats overlooked or forgotten persons, techniques, or design elements From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24610) In anticipation of the Centennial of the Journal o ... In anticipation of the Centennial of the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2005, all back issues now available online. The entire archive, 1905-2002, is available, searchable and free From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24609) Submissions are sought for a special edition of Jo ... Submissions are sought for a special edition of Journal of Digital Information on new applications and contexts for Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS). This includes but is not restricted to novel applications and representations of KOS in advanced digital library (DL) and semantic Web environments. Submission deadline is 7 October 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24608) Gateshead Council's new library web site has gone ... Gateshead Council's new library web site has gone live, offering a host of innovative services online. iKnow online is a new-style UK public library website. It's aim is to encourage library users to interact with their library service and with other library users, by offering innovative information services and easy to use communication channels, including Forums, Conference Rooms and Livehelp From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24607) Open Access Now - August 25 issue now available ... Open Access Now - August 25 issue now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24606) Among the recent acquisitions of the Library of Co ... Among the recent acquisitions of the Library of Congress is the world's largest and most spectacular private collection of original cartoon art. Assembled over the course of sixty years by J. Arthur Wood, Jr., the Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon more than doubles the Library's existing holdings in this area. A true "Gift to the Nation," it contains an estimated 36,000 works by more than 2,800 artists, and includes a comprehensive array of political cartoons, From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24605) Emerald's Journals of the Week for September 8-14 ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for September 8-14 are Pigment & Resin Technology & Collection Building From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24604) John Wiley & Sons increased sales and profits in t ... John Wiley & Sons increased sales and profits in the first quarter, ended July 31, with its professional/trade publishing division showing the most growth despite continued weaknesses in some of the unit's core markets. Wiley's U.S. professional/ trade revenues increased by 8% over the first quarter of the prior year, to $76.1 million From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24603) The Guardian states that Internet shoppers have do ... The Guardian states that Internet shoppers have doubled their spending over the past year to more than £10bn as the e-commerce companies that survived the dotcom bust start to prosper. The most popular online purchases remain CDs, DVDs and books but the figures also show the web is increasingly the most popular way of buying travel, theatre, concert and cinema tickets From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24602) In2Books is an innovative literacy program that em ... In2Books is an innovative literacy program that empowers elementary students to achieve their personal best by giving them meaningful books to keep and an adult pen pal to correspond with about the books. To reinforce and expand the learning experience, In2Books provides the key people in students' lives - family members, teachers, and adult pen pals - with state-of-the-art literacy and developmental training. Although initially launched only in Washington, D.C., In2Books plans to expand to oth From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24600) Alternative Funding Sources for Schools and Librar ... Alternative Funding Sources for Schools and Libraries - this free webcast, which is made possible by the sponsors of the LearningTimes Library Online Conference, will explore innovative funding models that public schools and libraries use to augment shrinking state and local fiscal budgets. October 2, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24599) The Library and Information Research Group invites ... The Library and Information Research Group invites applications for the 2003 Elsevier/LIRG Research Award. The purpose of the Award is to encourage research and innovation in library and information science. It is intended that particular attention will be paid to proposals intended to improve the accessibility, retrievability and usefulness of information. The maximum value of the Award is £1000 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24598) International Workshop on Document Image Analysis ... International Workshop on Document Image Analysis for Libraries - January 23-24, 2004 - Palo Alto, CA. This is a 100% participation workshop aimed at bringing together researchers, practitioners and users interested in new technologies that help integrate imaged and encoded documents within digital libraries such that ideally, everything that can be done with encoded documents can also be done with imaged documents From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24597) Cat and class: it's OK for anyone! - 28-29 October ... Cat and class: it's OK for anyone! - 28-29 October 2003, London - this workshop provides a basic introduction to the skills of information organisation in the context of library and information services and a broad based framework built from principles and practice that participants can take away and develop in their own organisational context From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (24596) Photos from the Ashcroft Protest From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (24595) Update to how I use weblogs within WebCT I've updated an earlier entry to how I use weblogs within WebCT. I've <%popup(collection1/wct_rss_screen.gif|800|600|included a link to an image of the display)%>. Notice that I am incorporating feeds from three separate weblogs on a single page. One feed is from a blog specifically for the one course, while the other two are shared weblogs. I use the "Announcements" weblogs to push messages across all of the course I teach online. The "Web resources" weblog is pushed to four online courses that From carvingCode on September 9, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (24594) WebSense Patents Censorware System Matthew Skala writes "As reported in SiliconValley.internet.com, filtering-software vendor Websense has received US Patent 6,606,659 on a "System and method ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (24593) Sudden Impact Got hit by a car, today. It kinda pissed me off.I was crossing the street at a green light, in the official pedestrian crosswalk, and a car making a left turn hit me in the hip. I managed to throw my legs up so I ended up on the hood of the car instead of breaking in two. An elderly man was driving, and his passenger, apparently his wife, was screaming horrified. I got off the hood and made my way to the sidewalk, but the car just drove off. A nice yoga girl touched my shoulder, asked if I was okay, and complimented my evasive maneuver, "nice move." From rushkoff.blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (24592) Settled? Rumor is afoot that the RIAA has settled with 12-year old Brianna. Later: The Inquirer staff wrote last month that the RIAA did not intend to target de minimus file sharers, "hoiking your average 12-year old kid into court...and stripping her or his piggy bank of his or her savings." Now that is has done so, however, the piggy bank has been emptied--many times over. --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (24591) Yahoo: Would you pay to open up IM? In an attempt to gauge demand for paid services on its Yahoo Messenger application, the company releases a survey hinting that paid, interoperable IM services could be on the way. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (24590) RIAA settles with 12-year-old girl One day after suing 261 alleged file swappers, the recording industry settles its case against a 12-year-old girl in exchange for $2,000. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (24589) DVD ConnexIT offers DVD-RAM, Mac interoperability The MPEG specialists at Heuris have introduced DVD ConnexIT for Mac OS X, a QuickTime plug-in that's now tweaked for... From Digital Hub on September 9, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (24588) Apple offers free online digital photography seminar Apple is offering a free online seminar on how to "break through the barriers to digital photography success." Targeted to... From Digital Hub on September 9, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (24587) September12.org and FlashMobs September12.org is a wiki set up by Tom Munnecke to coordinate actions that will "...create a cascade of positive emotions on the 12th." The thing that caught my eye is that they are attempting to press the idea of FlashMobs into service for a larger cause. As I predicted a while ago "If the [mob] pattern catches on, it's plainly going to be adopted by both pranksters and political activists." This set of Fla From carvingCode on September 9, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (24585) ESR to Shred SCO Claims? webmaven writes "According to this article in eWEEK, ESR has released a utility called comparator for analyzing the similarity of source code trees. The ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (24584) Stupid @##$@@ Telecom Services! I moved offices almost 2 weeks ago. A whopping 10 feet west of where I was before. I then took a week off, and fully expected my phone line to be moved (among other things) when I got back. Long story short, it wasn&#8217;t. I just borrowed a phone to plug into my old pod and found a whole whack of voicemail messages waiting for me. The phone on my desk sits dumbly, having no idea that it&#8217;s supposed to be working for me. If you&#8217;ve been trying to call me over the last week or so, I&#8217;m not trying... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24583) Overture tests local service The Web search company experiments with a service that lets people type in a keyword along with city, state, street address or ZIP code to find businesses in their neighborhoods. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24582) McNealy: Stop building jalopies Sun CEO Scott McNealy chides thousands of gearheads gathered at OracleWorld for over-engineering their companies' computer systems. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24581) TI bumps up its earnings estimates The leading maker of chips for cell phones is the latest company to note that its financial picture is looking brighter. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24580) Simulations and the Learning Revolution: An Interview with Clark Aldrich This is pretty simple: "Educational simulations will be in widespread use by leading instructors within 5 years and will eventually change education as much as textbooks and motion pictures." But more interesting to me is that "simulation design requires the ability to step outside of a traditional, linear approach to content creation--a process that is counter-intuitive to many teachers." Aldrich recommends that teachers and designers begin playing computer games in order to become familiar with the concept. Absolutely. By James L. Morrison and Clark Aldrich, The Technology Source, September From OLDaily on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24579) From "Paperless Classroom" to "Deep Reading": Five Stages in Internet Pedagogy The first four stages of the author's progression into the use of technology in learning are familiar to most: class management, online discussion, online texts and multimedia. But the fifth stage, deep reading, takes more explaining. "Deep reading" is "reading beyond the text into the sources on which the text is based." This becomes possible only when a vast range of material is easily accessible. And gosh, doesn't this make sense? "Having them explore primary and secondary sources on their own--rather than listen to me explain it all for them--proved fruitful. I tried only to poin From OLDaily on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24578) Web Teaching at Dartmouth College The Web Teaching at Dartmouth College website has been redesigned. It's a bit of a retrenchment: forums and link postings were removed ("unfortunately," they write, "these features were being abused") and, sadly, they "will no longer offer the notification service." I've cited material from this site on numerous occasions, always prompted by the notification service. Perhaps they could consider RSS. By Various Authors, Dartmouth College, September 8, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24577) More Grad Students Want Unions When I was president of the Graduate Students' Association at the University of Alberta I tried to organize graduate students into a union. I felt that paying gradute students (who are in no position to say no) between $350 and $800 per month (Canadian) to teach university classes and tutor university students was exploitation. I still do, which is why an article like this make me happy and warm inside. University officials may say they enjoy a collegial relation with graduate students, but when they actively oppose those students' desire to make a living wage, it shows me that it&ap From OLDaily on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24576) Vocabulary Definition Exchange From D'Arcy Norman and CETIS comes this link to the IMS Vocabulary Definition Exchange. The purpose of VDEX, in a nutshell, is to allow people to define and exchange vocabularies for learning object and related metadata. Wilbert Kraan summarizes, "Outside of fun exercises for linguistics undergraduates, the main application of vocabularies in learning technology is to facilitate the tailoring of existing, global standards to the needs From OLDaily on September 9, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (24574) ZOE 0.4.7 Zoe: Browser-based email client. [Mac OS X Downloads] What is new: - Multiple values spam filter - Search limit configuration... From Disruptive Technology on September 9, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (24573) Background check Apparently, when you apply for Google AdSense, they run a Google search on your site to check if you're legit. Here's the search string: "(your website name) adware OR spyware OR hijack OR virus OR uninstall OR freeware OR shareware OR peer-to-peer. " Here, see what happens when you search your domain that way: From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 9, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (24572) Star Wars Galaxies adds a membrane Communities need either a center or an edge, a person or set of people they gravitate towards in the center, or a border of some sort to delineate inside from outside. Without either a gradient or a membrane (and often both) they suffer. Star Wars Galaxies added a membrane today, limiting its bulletin boards to players: "You must be subscribed to the Star Wars Galaxies game and be a current Fan Club member to access the community area." There's --> From Corante: Social Software on September 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (24571) Open Source CMS Reviews Two reviews of open source CMS (Forwarded from EdTechPost) Assessment of 5 leading open source CMS from Commonwealth of Learning. Not sure how this one got past me, must have been the summer doldrums, but back in June this report commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning evaluating the field of current open source course management systems was released. It provides a fairly extensive analysis of the 5 shortli From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (24570) LESTER: Innovative research in learning and science technology. LESTER: Learning Science and Technology Repository (Rice University) "LESTER (Learning Science and Technology Repository), an online community and database focused on innovations in learning science and technology (LST), profiles innovative research projects and researchers. Registered users can add, update, or modify records about their projects and organization, thereby keeping the information accurate and up-to-date. Developed by Rice University's --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 9, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (24569) Voting Fraud in Florida Here's a slick piece on the scrubbing of the voter roles in Florida. If you don't like Katherine Harris, you will like this piece.... From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (24568) A frustrating day.. I haven't posted here in a while (at least not much) and days like today don't make it any more likely. My computer's been out of commission all day as our tech support has wrestled with getting our email software running on it. Not a critical piece of software actually, but important enough. But writing about it makes me feel better. From Serious Instructional Technology on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (24567) Fireworks cancelled: Be, Microsoft settle $23 million buries lawsuit From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (24566) BT OKs commercial SDSL roll-out SMEs targeted From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (24565) American Science: Addicted to Pentagon Cash? An anonymous submitter writes: "In totalitarian states the military can compel scientists to perform research for weapons systems. That's not true in the ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (24564) Patents of Mass Destruction My column on Eolas has gone live on the eWeek site. Read it and weep. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 9, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (24563) "Personal and Collaborative Publishing (PCP)" James Farmer suggests Personal and Collaborative Publishing as a broader term to include things like weblogs - here and here. Although there are some good counter-arguments, I think he's basically got it right. The weblog fad may blow over, but the principle of personal and collaborative publishing is here to stay. ["Martin Terre Blanche"] From Seblogging News on September 9, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (24562) Stupid Practice in Email Virus Protection Systems: Stop Spamming the Innocent This dog is angry. Spam is a reality, some 40% of email traffic. But there is absolutely no reason for the email scanning systems put in place to be sending reject emails back to accounts when the viruses generating them are spoofing (forging) the emails. I cannot be the only person wasting work time deleting messages from "Network Associates Webshield", "MAILER-DAEMON". "postmaster-smtp", "McAfee" etc telling me that some message I did not send was rejected, e,g: From: "PERNOTES" Date: Mon Sep 8, 2003 7:40:17 AM America/Phoenix From cogdogblog on September 9, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (24561) Apples to apples Bob McMillan, who wrote tons of interviews and analysis for Linux Magazine before joining IDG News Service recently, reports today on a Microsoft-sponsored Forrester study that finds Microsoft cheaper than Linux/J2EE for enterprise software development. As Bob points out, what largely accounts for the difference is the price of the BEA and Oracle software used on the Linux side of the fence. Others can (and will) dissect Forrester's motives and obje From EdTechPost on September 9, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (24559) Barnes and Noble Drops Ebooks computx writes "I just recieved an email from Barnes and Noble that they will no longer sell ebooks and I have 1 month to download the books I have purchased. ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (24558) hunting metiers Word of the Day for Tuesday September 9, 2003 metier, also m&eacute;tier met-YAY; MET-yay, noun: 1. An occupation; a... From jeffschuler.net on September 9, 2003 at 4:53 p.m.. (24557) Library Guy Keith Stanger, "the Library Guy", from Eastern Michigan University, has a great looking heading on his site. "Your guide to Navigating Information Clutter", Keith's site is divided by sections, including his library links, Internet links and links to a listing of edublogs. I can see the EMU library is up to snuff, now, what I'm really wondering, Keith, is how you'd rate the rest of your University. I've got a son being recruited to From Edublog News on September 9, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (24556) Faculty Development: The Hammer in Search of a Nail This article in the latest Technology Source asks some good questions about the ends to&nbsp;which many faculty development&nbsp;efforts&nbsp;focused on technology&nbsp;are directed. Rather than simply having 'faculty adoption of technology' as an end, the article suggests that such projects need to align with a more overarching goal,&nbsp;improved student learning, and points to an excellent document from George Mason University that outlines 10 IT Goals for Liberal Arts students. &nbsp;- SWL&nbsp From EdTechPost on September 9, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (24555) MRAM in 2004? amberspry writes "As previously reported here and here. Wired has yet another update on MRAM here. They give hope by mid-2004 we will see devices with faster ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (24554) Beautiful photos Amazing photos of Antelope Valley, a slot canyon on LeChee Navajo land near Page, Arizona and some others of the American southwest by John Isaac: The American Southwest. From megnut on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24553) CAREO Installer Update It&#8217;s coming along nicely&#8230; I now have an installer that copies over the WebObjects application and supporting resources, creates the FrontBase database and populates it, and almost creates the MySQL metadata repository database&#8230; I have the MySQL stuff working as shell scripts, but it doesn&#8217;t want to play nicely when embedded in the installer. After I wrestle the MySQL script into submission, I get to turn my gaze onto the WebObjects application configuration - ideally it should set up the app, start it, and have it automatically restart if the box is kick From D&apos;Arcy Norman&apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24552) Counting down to VoIP Net2Phone CEO Stephen Greenberg tells CNET News.com why it will take another 12 to 18 months before voice over IP technology really takes off. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24551) Oracle lays out its worldview Against the muted backdrop of its acquisition battle for PeopleSoft, the database software maker talks up its tech agenda at this week's OracleWorld conference. The main theme: grid computing. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24550) File-swap suits strike a nerve The major record labels have filed a series of landmark lawsuits against 261 alleged music pirates. Now comes the hard part. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24549) Hacker Lamo surrenders to feds Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker, surrendered Tuesday to face two federal criminal charges of electronic breaking and entering. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24548) China blocks spam servers The country, a haven for spammers, wakes up to the problem and blocks 127 servers identified as the sources of high volumes of unsolicited e-mail. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (24547) Fun with Ooglegay Adsay Someone visited my site via the search entry, "live monkeys with much wailing and gnashing of teeth". This yields some interesting results in the paid links part of the search: From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 9, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (24546) Web Directories--Arts RDN Offers "Preview" of New... From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (24545) JiWire Directory Semi Launches JiWire decided to tell bloggers about their new service before telling the "real" media, so I'm rewarding them for their blogginess by writing up the conference call we just had. See, guys, it works! (On the other hand, this morning I got spammed with a press release announcing anti-spam software. Oy, the irony!) JiWire is a directory of hotspots in North America and Europe (so far) with some marked as "certified," meaning they've been vetted by actual human beings. The directory shows useful info about each hotspot, including whether there's a power outlet nearby. The site is a From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (24544) Internet Telephony under Attack Jane Black at BusinessWeek has written an article about why Voice over IP isn't normal telephony and shouldn't be regulated in the same way, despite the nefarious intentions of the incumbent telephone companies: The rush to lump VOIP in with phone services obscures the larger problem: The 100-year-old regulatory structure for telephones is no longer adequate for today's advanced telecom services. Scott Bradner has written on the same subject, and is particularly scathing about the hook regulators are trying to hang VoIP providers on: They don't offer 911 service. He writes: From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (24543) Keeping it Really Simple in Schools Another first today as I set up my first teacher with a Bloglines account to monitor his student sites. He's awestruck...seriously. He promised he would spread the word, which I really think is exactly what I need here now. I'm convinced that when enough people see this in operation, we'll be making sites like mad. And we are already...the server is running 86 sites right now, about two-thirds of which have been created since the first of the school year. And I know of at least two more classes that are going to come online next week. As l From weblogged News on September 9, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (24542) CSS3 Paged Media Working Draft Published 9 September 2003: The CSS Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the CSS3 module: Paged Media, part of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language level 3. The module adds pagination, page margins, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, and cross-references with page numbers. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 9, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (24541) 2003 Privacy and Human Rights Survey Released Privacy Digest writes "Out-Law.com, UK - Global privacy report is the most comprehensive ever . The Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (24540) Untitled The flip-side -- Matt's announcement on the Dean weblog. From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (24539) OYEZ.org: The Supremes and Campaign Finance Our friends at OYEZ, the U.S. Supreme Court audio archivists dedicated to releasing their decades of recordings online with our licenses, have already posted the audio from yesterday's arguments in the challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Check it out. From Creative Commons: weblog on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (24538) More Human-Readable Than Human-Readable Have a look at our new, streamlined license selection process and Commons Deeds (an example). Thanks to all of you who have written to us these first nine months with suggestions for improvements, and please let us know if you see anything in these new pages that could be improved upon. From Creative Commons: weblog on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (24537) SAP to launch online developer network The enterprise software maker says at its annual developer conference that it will launch an online network aimed at fostering collaboration between software developers and customers. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (24536) Commentary: What to do about Wi-Fi Companies probably can't avoid wireless LAN installations, so they should get ahead of the problem with next-generation 802.11a and wireless switch gear that increases data speeds, hardens security and improves manageability. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (24535) Microsoft updates Works The software giant releases a new version of Works, its budget software package for consumers that's widely used by PC makers. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (24534) The Joy is Gone Bill Joy is leaving Sun to "persue other interests." Joy is the father of BSD Unix, and had a hand in many of Sun's most important innovations, including Java. So what are those "other interests"? From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 9, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (24533) Popular Course Design Resource When John Carpenter's comprehensive course design resource, "Focusing Your Class with Objectives" debuted earlier this year, I received so many reprint requests that I decided to republish the series in the new About template: Part 1, Part 2 and Part... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (24532) More DMCA Complaints Sent to Google From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (24531) The Value of Latent Ties Much ado has been made about the phenomenon of fake characters on Friendster (Fakesters). Some users complain that it is an essential earmark of Friendster's emerging culture. But these icons are more than artistic expression, they serve as symbolic bridges that connect people. A bridge that is valued within a game that some that perceive is won by having the most connections. Bottom-up Social Networking Models like Friendster, LinkedIn, Tribe.net and Ryze gro From EdTechPost on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (24529) Glance Networks - Remote desktop viewing through a web browser There are lots of desktop sharing programs out there. I came across this one today in search of a program that would allow me to have many remote users view my desktop(and pretty well do *only* that) and not require them to have anything but a web browser, e.g. no other client software required. There's a tiny app to download on my end;&nbsp;the service runs in an ASP-model, so they give you an unique URL on their server, and then sharing you desktop is as easy as starting the program and then passing the URL to anyone you want to see it. Pretty close to real-time&nbsp; From EdTechPost on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (24528) Anniversary of the First Computer Bug aheath writes "According to the US Naval Historical Center the first computer bug was logged on September 9, 1945 at 15:45: "Moth found trapped between points ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (24527) The Return of Apollo? hpulley writes "Bell bottoms are back, the Stones are still touring and Time has a piece on how NASA's _new_ space vehicle may actually be the return of a very ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (24526) Untitled Today's BloggerCon announcement. From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (24525) IMS Vocabulary Definition Exchange Problem: How to describe commonly used terms for use in keywords and other bits of metadata so that we can all share a vocabulary? Solution #1: CanCore Solution #2: IMS Vocabulary Definition Exchange. A new project (I hadn&#8217;t heard of it until today, thanks to the CETIS article) that is aimed at defining a way of describing vocabularies to do just this&#8230; Poodle is a Dog is an Animal is Carbon Based&#8230; Hierarchical bits of related, structured vocabulary data. This could be quite useful. The ALOHA team had to roll their own solution to this a while back. Maybe the... From D'apos;Arcy Norman'apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24524) Will file traders face the music? As emerging details cast defendants as parents of Kazaa-loving children or as unwitting targets, some RIAA suits may turn out to be more complicated than they appear. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24523) Memorex sparks USB flash drive into life The storage media specialist unveils a USB 2.0 flash memory storage device that's small enough to be clipped to a key ring. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24522) Intel adds cell phone tech to device chip From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24521) Acer laptop hot to jot with digital pen The company's new notebook PC runs on Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC operating system and allows consumers to write, file and store notes using digital pens. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24520) Documentum sets sights on publishers The software maker announces a package of server tools designed to allow a business to automatically reformat content for a variety of publishing uses. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (24519) Tea Party Time John Ashcroft had the chutzpah to stage the Boston leg of his pro-PATRIOT Act road show in Faneuil Hall, where Sam Adams proclaimed the liberties he was ready to die for. Apparently, this is the first time Faneuil Hall has been closed to the public for a political event since it was built in 1742. (If that factoid is more 'toid than fact, well, it's still worth believing for a couple of minutes.) Here are some of the signs I enjoyed: The Bill of Rights is the real Patriot Act Boston's Decided to Keep Their Rights J. Edgar Hoover Joe... From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (24518) "Half the things on the Internet must be illegal then." Couldn't have&nbsp;said it&nbsp;better myself. What's surprising to me about these lawsuits is that the RIAA is targetting mothers like Ms. Bassett and senior citizens like Mr. Durwood Pickle. Weren't they supposed to use the expedited subpoena proces From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 9, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (24517) Websites that crash Like being booted out of a restaurant before finishing your meal From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (24516) MS' Linux obsession - time to call in the shrinks If you need to keep proving yourself, people wonder about the size of your... From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (24515) Untitled NHPrimary.Com covers last night's Edwards talk. From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (24514) Parents and Teachers Challenge School Closings in St. Louis Parents and teachers are upset over the closings, saying the changes imposed by consultants have endangered children's safety and torpedoed a disenfranchised community. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (24513) Embattled UMass President Says Goodbye to Students William M. Bulger, president of the University of Massachusetts, said his goodbyes to academic life on Friday. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (24512) Hello from D.C. i'm at WSU From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (24511) IMS Vocabulary Definition EXchange (VDEX) is a public draft. IMS have just released a rather handy, small and general purpose specification for the exchange of vocabularies. There are a good many potential uses for the spec, but one of the main ones is as a means to facilitate interoperability between different application profiles of existing IMS and other learning technology specifications. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on September 9, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (24510) Request for Help If your organization has used, is using, investigated, or has any opinions about IntraLearn's software, can you please drop me a line? Thanks! From The Shifted Librarian on September 9, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (24509) Bill Joy leaves Sun Edison turns out the lights From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24508) UK Gov's response to child abuse - unique IDs for all Enter, the Department of Toyland Security... From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24507) A different kind of Mono culture Back of the .NET From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24506) Micro Warehouse flogs North American ops Bargain basement From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24505) Co-founder Joy to leave Sun TheLinuxWarrior writes "An article at CNET says Bill Joy, Sun Micro co-founder and chief scientist, is leaving the company." You'd think after two decades of ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24504) Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies tetrad writes "Berkeley Breathed is creating a new Sunday comic strip, according to the Washington Post. The half-page comic strip will feature Opus the ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (24503) Ashcroft at Federal Hall today From MoveOn.org, there's a demonstration today. I can't seem to find a link to it on their site, so here's the detail from the email they sent. See you there? WHAT: Demonstration to demand the protection of our basic civil liberties, and counter Attorney General John Ashcroft, speaking in the latest installment of his stealth Patriot Act road show. WHEN: Tuesday, September 9 at 12 noon WHERE: Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street at Broad Street (next to NYSE) 2/3 or 4/5 to Wall Street or J/Z to Broad Street Map: http://www.moveon.org/r?46 From megnut on September 9, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (24502) Tuesday quiz If Friends final season begins September 25, and Ben and JLo are to be married September 14, and Joey Tribbiani's character will be spun off into a new show called Joey after Friends 10th and final season, which event will occur first: Ben and JLo divorce or Joey is cancelled? From megnut on September 9, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (24501) Strip Tease Purporting to give the layman a peek at the cloistered world of marketing, Patrick Forsyth's Marketing Stripped Bare is yet another 'tell all' tale that turns out to be more gossipy than useful. From E-Commerce Guide on September 9, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (24500) Consumers Calling For Better Wireless Support Mobile users are growing tired of providers' busy signals and are likely to switch to more customer-centric companies. From CyberAtlas on September 9, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (24499) Oracle advances homeland security agenda The database maker says that it is supplying the U.S. Department of Defense with software for a new national security system. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (24498) Geez, you think you know a guy Rory Thompson, long a colleague of mine (first at InformationWeek and then at Baseline, just stepped down from his post as assistant managing editor at Baseline last week after surviving a serious health problem and family tragedies over the past few years. He said he wanted to slow down. Who could blame him? But now, it appears he's done more than slow down: he's gone to the dark side. "September 8, 2003: Rory J. Thompson From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 9, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (24497) PDF-A: A New Digital Preservation Format From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (24496) What part of "dialogue" doesn't the UN get? The UN's World Summit on the Information Society is happening at the end of this year, and during the summit, they are running The HelloWorld Project, described thusly: During the four days of the World summit on the Information Society, people from all over the world will be able to send in messages, either by going to the project website (www.helloworld.cc) or by sending an SMS to a dedicated number. The messages will be projected almost instantly by a laser beam on mountains and buildings in Bombay, Capetown and either New York or Geneva. It is a unique oppor From Corante: Social Software on September 9, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (24495) All current Chris Lydon interviews in one big download Chris Lydon has been interviewing many of the leading lights in the weblog world in MP3 format, producing an audio document that provides an&nbsp;unparalled view of this moment in time in the development of blogs. As I listen to the recordings I wish that every person coming to BloggerCon had listened to the audio, so that we all have this common beginning point. If you write a weblog, suggest to&nbsp;your readers that they download and listen to& From Weblogs At Harvard on September 9, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (24494) Untitled Richard Bach. "The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." [Quotes of the Day] From Handheld Instructional Technology on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24493) Virgin.net in charitable broadband giveaway Nimble marketing From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24492) Outsourcing: does it reward theft? Opinion Turning a blind eye From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24491) The RIAA sees the face of evil, and it's a 12-year-old girl Brianna busted From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24490) RIAA Sues 12-Year Old Girl tcp100 noted an article running at fox about The RIAA suing a 12 Year Old girl: "'I got really scared. My stomach is all turning,' Brianna said last night at ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24489) Untitled All current Chris Lydon interviews in one big download. From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (24488) Co-founder Joy to leave Sun Computer and software maker Sun Microsystems says that Bill Joy, its co-founder and chief scientist, will leave the company. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (24487) Loudeye hires ex-Microsoft exec From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (24486) ¿Peligra el papel del profesor como autoridad del conocimiento en un entorno de aprendizaje a través de las TIC? Generalmente se acepta que los papeles que desempeñan los profesores están relacionados con la transmisión de la información, la dirección de las actividades de los estudiantes y la función de experto... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on September 9, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (24485) Estudiantes de medicina de EE.UU. recibirán curso online sobre dolor Varios de los principales médicos de Estados Unidos dijeron el lunes que las escuelas de medicina están fallando en enseñar a los médicos cómo tratar el dolor, por lo que van a impartir un curso onlin... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on September 9, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (24484) The September 9 issue of Biz Ink profiles some com ... The September 9 issue of Biz Ink profiles some companies using Oracle's new grid computing technology. One is BioMed Central. "BioMed Central is using Oracle Database 10g to make it easier for scientists to manage the publishing process. BioMed Central is also using Oracle Database 10g to offer its customers -- 300-plus institutions, such as Harvard University, National Institutes of Hea From cogdogblog on September 9, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (24482) CNN: Tech lends an ear to the workplace CNN: Tech lends an ear to the workplace "More and more bosses are turning to Web-based surveys to listen to their workers -- whether it's a complaint about management or new ideas on a staff canteen... Employees have a lot to say, and if you build trust into the reporting process, they will tell you what's going on -- the good, bad, and ugly." From elearningpost on September 9, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (24481) elearn Magazine: Is Instructional Design Becoming a Commodity? elearn Magazine: Is Instructional Design Becoming a Commodity? "Like some architects, IDs may have become their own worst enemies by spending too much of their time (and their clients' money) on process rather than results. I've heard more than enough theoretical debate among designers, and I say leave it to the professors." From elearningpost on September 9, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (24480) Bush's Iraq Bait and Switch Paul Krugman: Other People's Sacrifice. It's now clear that the Iraq war was the mother of all bait-and-switch operations. Mr.... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 9, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (24479) Windows Cheaper When Studied by MSFT Analysts richdun writes "Here is a study done by an independent research firm which claims that under certain circumstances, it is cheaper to develop applications and ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (24478) AMD adds to its Opteron array Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices dishes out two new Opteron models, one for single-processor machines and and the other for systems with 4 or 8 processors. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (24477) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do... From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (24476) OLDMEDLINE Citations Being Added to PUBMED From ResourceShelf on September 9, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (24475) A Dutch court has ruled that it is lawful to link ... A Dutch court has ruled that it is lawful to link to copyrighted content online without the copyright holder's consent. The Church of Scientology was the losing plaintiff. (PS: This is one of those completely obvious decisions that is only important because it could, in fact, have gone the other way.) From FOS News on September 9, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (24474) More on the WIPO meeting....The EFF has taken up t ... More on the WIPO meeting....The EFF has taken up the cause and created an online form to let users send a letter to James Rogan, Director of the USPTO, and his boss, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, asking them to withdraw US opposition and support the meeting. Please consider doing so. From FOS News on September 9, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (24473) Boxes and Arrows: Sitemaps and Site Indexes: What They Are and Why You Should Have Them Boxes and Arrows: Sitemaps and Site Indexes: What They Are and Why You Should Have Them "Sitemaps and site indexes are forms of supplemental navigation. They give users a way to navigate a site without having to use the global navigation. By providing a way to visualize and understand the layout and structure of the site, a sitemap can help a lost or confused user find her way. Sitemaps are more widely implemented than site indexes, but both have their place From elearningpost on September 9, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (24472) NY Times hacker set to surrender FreeLamo.com From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (24471) Scary WiFi TV launch by Sharp - spectrum congestion looms? Bandwidth of Brothers From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (24470) Nokia pumps up the handset volumes But dollar is a drag From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (24469) SCO's Open Letter to Open Source Community joefish_only_1 writes "SCO CEO has posted an open letter to the open source community. There's some things Mr McBride mentions that I hadn't heard of yet, like ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (24468) Untitled Guess who's coming to dinner? From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (24467) Firdamatic Firdamatic is an online tableless layout generator that allows you to create and customise layouts easily only by completing forms,... From Disruptive Technology on September 9, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (24466) Fearing meltdown: Colleges fight viruses by unplugging computers - Associated Press Still recovering from a summer of Internet infections, colleges are taking unusually aggressive steps to protect campus computer networks from virus outbreaks. Students returning to classes are finding themselves summarily unplugged if their computers From Techno-News Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24465) PDF-A: A New Digital Preservation Format - William G. LeFurgy, Society of American Archivists Govt Records News A committee of government, business, and academic representatives is exploring a promising approach to long-term preservation of text-based digital documents. Sponsored by The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) and The Association From Techno-News Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24464) Happy Birthday Google - Cynthia L. Webb, Washington Post A good indicator of success for a company is when new vocabulary is adopted based on a brand name. In the great search-engine race, Google is clearly the victor, with "googling" widely adopted as a synonym for doing a Web search. While a number of sea From Techno-News Blog on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24463) Cost-Free Travel with Virtual Field Trips - Roberta Devlin-Scherer, techLearning I have taught instructional strategies for over 20 years at various colleges, and the last three years have been tremendously exciting. Our university was awarded a PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) grant. This funding provided regu From Educational Technology on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24462) N.H. follows Maine's lead with school laptop plan - eSchool News staff and wire service reports Seventh-graders in up to five New Hampshire schools will get laptop computers next year as part of a new pilot program to improve learning, Gov. Craig Benson said Sept. 2. Benson said 19 school districts are being invited to submit proposals, and up t From Educational Technology on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24461) NZ Varsity opens door wide for online students - RICHARD PAMATATAU, New Zealand Herald Auckland University will spend big on IT next year so it can offer students more over the internet. Its online learning site had 2.4 million hits last year, up a million over 2001, says internet statistics monitor Hitwise. Projections are for more t From Online Learning Update on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24460) Campbell University Expands Online Program Just because a service member is deployed or a course is not available in a particular venue, it doesn From Online Learning Update on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24459) Faculty Development: The Hammer in Search of a Nail - Anne Scrivener Agee, Dee Ann Holisky and Star A. Muir; the Technology Source For 6 straight years, respondents to an annual survey on information technology in U.S. higher education identified "assisting faculty integrate technology into instruction" as the "single most important IT issue confronting their campuses" (The Campus From Online Learning Update on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24458) Untitled Betsy Devine: "The squeaky blogger gets the discharge?" From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24457) Untitled MIT-Stanford Venture Lab: "The explosive uptake of blogging, RSS feeds, and self-maintained collaborative web platforms such as wikis are already having powerful revolutionary effects on news and content delivery." From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24456) Untitled NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that "Ashcroft is expected to arrive at Boston's Faneuil Hall at 9AM Tuesday." From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (24455) Technology and the limits of media ownership CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh talks with FCC Commissioner Michael Powell about how new technologies are changing current assumptions about federal rules that govern the media. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (24454) Wi-Fi and 3G may come together New wireless networking chips for handheld devices are giving second life to 802.11b and could test whether Wi-Fi and cellular data services can cooperate rather than compete. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (24453) Cometa beefs up hot spot drive The Wi-Fi network operator turns up the heat on hot spot installations with the announcement of 250 new locations as it hopes to attract carrier and service provider customers. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (24452) Shrook - 1.31 RSS aggregator/reader gets a number of fixes. Synchronization with shrook.com. Keeps your folders, channels, their settings and which items you've... From Disruptive Technology on September 9, 2003 at 7:51 a.m.. (24451) 80 per cent of UK homes can now get ADSL BT 'committed' From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. (24450) What do we want? System Developers! When do we want them? Now! Contractors in demand From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. (24449) Judge Rules in Favor of Pop-Ups A U.S. district court judge rules it's perfectly legal to display pop-up ads on another company's website. He says consumers approved them, and it's just another burden for Internet users to bear. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24448) Paper Trail Not Dead Yet Though print media and paper use in offices are greatly declining, it won't be a paperless world anytime soon. However, a professor tells a Seybold audience, publishers still must adapt. Elisa Batista reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24447) Learning to Live With Biometrics Public schools increasingly rely on fingerprint recognition to create cashless cafeterias and track overdue library books, but privacy advocates express concern. By Claudia Graziano. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24446) Congress Bets the Farm on Ethanol The big August blackout has energized Congress to try to pass the first comprehensive energy bill in more than a decade. Experts say a finalized bill will increase ethanol demand, benefiting Midwest corn farmers. By John Gartner. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24445) Antispam Companies Raking It In Not everyone is unhappy about the scourge of spam. Antispam software companies are seeing rising revenues and growing lines of investors. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24444) Grandiose Price for a Modest PC A prototype of the best-selling computer of all time -- the Commodore 64 -- is about to go on the auction block. One expert says it's worth $10,000, but even Commodore fans think that price doesn't compute. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24443) Fear May Not Spur CD Sales The recording industry's latest batch of lawsuits may ignite fear among file traders. But whether it deters music swappers, or convinces them to buy more CDs, is another question, industry watchers say. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24442) IBM boffins boost chip performance by 65% New techniques improve old processes From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24441) SiS details Pentium M support We got a licence and we're going to use it From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24440) Untitled Later today we'll have an announcement about BloggerCon that includes one of the Democratic presidential campaigns. We hope that before the show happens, on October 4th and 5th, we will have announcements with all the candidates that have weblogs. BloggerCon is neutral on the candidates. It's important that their point of views be represented From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24439) Untitled NY Times: "During cocktails in the back yard, one group heard former President Bill Clinton say that the national Democratic Party had 'two stars': his wife, the junior senator from New York, and a retired general, Wesley Clark, who is said to be considering a run for the presidential nomination." From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24438) Untitled Salam Pax: "As the war came closer, my blog started getting mentioned more and more." From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (24437) Music Companies and Lawsuits AP: Record Industry Sues Music File Swappers . The recording industry filed hundreds of lawsuits Monday against individual music lovers,... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on September 9, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. (24436) PWLAN: hotspots finally heating up Customers! We got customers! From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (24435) AMD unwraps faster Opteron 100, 800 CPUs Just ahead of Opteron 200 series speed up From The Register on September 9, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (24434) Amaya 8.1b Released 8 September 2003: Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.1b has editing enhancements and bug fixes for XHTML, HTML, CSS and SVG. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 9, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. (24433) Australia To Fast-Track Anti-Spam Bill Crypto Gnome writes "News Interactive is reporting that anti-spam legislation is being fast-forwarded by the Australian Federal Government. The proposed law ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (24432) Back to School Means Back To Search. This year it will be quick and easy. Back to School means that students, teachers, and librarians will all be hitting their search engines hard, looking for references, citations, quotations, and sayings that are just right for that research paper, bulletin board, or the wall of their classroom or dorm room. The newly launched Search Engine Lists portal makes them easy to find. [PRWEB Sep 9, 2003] From PR Web on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (24431) What will I do? Where will I live? What will I do in my free time?Wizdom Education presents "Transition Planning, Independence and Beyond" to PACER Center national conference Naperville IL,(PRWEB) September 4, 2003 - Wizdom Education, a premiere source for special education planning and management for school districts, educators and service providers, successfully debuted its flagship Transition Planning software to the PACER Center on August 15 & 16. PACER, a national Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights, is based in Minnesota. Wizdom Transition software efficiently and effectively uses technology to insure that the three major life questions required by The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are answered: [PRWEB Sep 9, 2003] From PR Web on September 9, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (24430) Diet Pepsi Slurpee I loved 7-11 Slurpees when I was a kid. My kids love 'em too. But I don't drink much sugared drinks anymore, so slurpees have been out. 7-11 realized they were missing out on a market and have brought a... From JoeBlog on September 9, 2003 at 3:51 a.m.. (24429) Homeschool couple shares tips for avoiding burnout From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (24428) Planning for the New Homeschool Year From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (24427) Special report: Home schoolers form support network, but some say students lack social skills From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (24426) The Illinois Online Network Is Making The Virtual Classroom A Reality: Study Of An Exemplary Faculty Development Program From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (24425) Quantum Cryptography Gets Nanotube Boost c1ay writes "In an article at the ScienceDaily News it is reported that two researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered a new property of carbon ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (24424) Protests Mar Opening of Expanded Harvey Milk School Students at Harvey Milk High School, a program for gay and lesbian teenagers, walked past a crowd of chanting demonstrators on the first day of classes. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (24423) 261 Lawsuits Filed on Internet Music Sharing From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24421) Books24x7 and Intel Deliver New Subscription-Based On-line Library for Intel Architecture Developers From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24420) Cybersecurity threats a concern for colleges and universities From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24419) Essay service on Internet reviews students' work From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24418) White paper examines assessment security issues From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24417) Cyberschool advocate touts Arizona academy From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 9, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (24416) The Eternal Flame AKMA worries about what will happen to web sites when their owners die. (We will skip the part where he uses my own demise as his example.) I've been thinking about that for a while also. So, being of sound mind and body (well, the old 80:20 rules applies, of course), I hereby name AKMA the executor of my site. When I die, my heirs will pay all reasonable expenses (up to $30/year) to keep my site publicly available as well as a small stipend to AKMA to prune the hedges and scrub the grafitti off every now and then.... From Joho the Blog on September 9, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (24415) Columbia University Ends Its Association With Biosphere 2 The university said that it would cut all ties with Biosphere 2, casting into doubt the future of the $200 million ecology experiment built in the Arizona desert. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24414) Muslim Lyc&#233;e Opens in Secular France, Raising Eyebrows The challenge for France is to meet the demands of its second-largest religious community and discourage religious and ethnic separatism. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24413) First Day of School Brings Smiles, Tears and a Surprise: No Disaster The opening of what Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein calls "the new New York City school system" seemed to pass without catastrophe. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24412) Bush Defends Financing for Schools President Bush said that he has provided enough money to schools having a difficult time meeting the education standards mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24411) Rising Demands for Testing Push Limits of Its Accuracy Testing is the new education buzzword, but experts are worried about the industry's ability to provide fair and accurate tests. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24410) Jesse Jackson and 18 Others Are Arrested in Yale Protest The Rev. Jesse Jackson and 18 others blocked traffic at Yale University to show their support for striking clerical, dining hall and maintenance workers. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24409) Reading, Writing and Body Waxing For teenagers in affluent suburbs, the back-to-school rush is less about pencils and notebooks and more about the high-expense business of personal appearance. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24408) Lack of Sleep Takes Its Toll on Student Psyches Mental health professionals are asking whether sleep deprivation plays a role in the increase in cases of depression reported on campuses. From New York Times: Education on September 9, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (24407) Techniques for Building a Better Intranet (Canberra, Australia) We just announced a date for the next Techniques for Building a Better Intranet workshop, to be held in Canberra on 5 November 2003. This is a great workshop for all involved, details as follows: This one day workshop will... From Column Two on September 9, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (24406) Intranet Peers in Government (Brisbane, Australia) Just another reminder about the upcoming Intranet Peers in Government in Brisbane on 16 & 17 October 2003. We've got a good mix of organisations coming already (including Department of Primary industries, 2 TAFE's, and a good number of local... From Column Two on September 9, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (24405) Judge OKs Competitive Pop-Up Ads Mirkon writes "A while back, U-Haul filed suit against adware giant WhenU for displaying competing advertisements to users as they browsed U-Haul's site. ... From Slashdot on September 9, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. (24404) these days we have trees now. they came while i was in dc. i left, and we had no trees. i came back, and suddenly we have all these trees. it's like a flashmob, only with trees. (1828 words) From dive into mark on September 9, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (24403) IBM combo technique tweaks transistors Researchers at Big Blue manage to combine strained silicon and a silicon insulator into the same wafer, a new approach that could lead to faster, more efficient chips in a few years. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (24402) Cisco to serve up color VoIP phone Cisco Systems' new 7970G is the first-ever Voice over Internet Protocol phone with both a color and touch screen interface. From CNET News.com on September 9, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (24401) Domain mapping Domain Mapping Beta started today. The official list of registrars was also posted. It looks like a pretty easy process. I just bought my domain today, so I will have to wait a bit to try it out.... From TypePad on September 9, 2003 at 12:53 a.m.. (24400) Fair and Balanced Rebooting Dell Patents "Reboot and See If That Fixes It" Tech Support Process "Dell announced that they had been granted a patent for the 'reboot and see if that fixes it' technical support process, which they pioneered. 'We're really taking our cue from other industries,' said CEO Michael Dell. 'The American Medical Association patented the 'let's see if that hurts tomorrow' treatment plan and General Motors patented the 't From The Shifted Librarian on September 9, 2003 at 12:49 a.m.. (24399) Untitled Tonight was the first time I met a person, Marc Nozell, who reads my weblog, at a presidential campaign appearance. I have pictures of him (he's taking a picture of Edwards), and his wife and daughter. From Scripting News on September 9, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (24398) Aggregators, Intranets & A Useful Role for Managers :o) Curiouser and curiouser!&nbsp;aggregates Paolo Valdemarin's excellent post on Intranet Aggregators. Basic premise seems to be that merging of the following in a central hub just blows away other KM tools: internal sources (accounting, trouble ticketing, exiting document management applications, other data bases: we should be able to get a feed from any internal app) k-logs (every member of the group has one) external news so From James Farmer'apos;s Radio Weblog on September 8, 2003 at 11:51 p.m.. (24390) Apple Responds To iTunes "First Sale" Question atallah writes "It looks like Apple has come out and explained its position on resale of songs. It is interesting that they didn't flat-out reject the idea. ... From Slashdot on September 8, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. (24389) Untitled Pictures from the Edwards campaign in Merrimack, NH. From Scripting News on September 8, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. (24388) Turning back the CPU clock Introduction You're working into the wee hours trying to fix that bug. But by time the debugger catches it the original cause has long since passed. How are you going to figure out just what went wrong a billion instructions earlier? It's at times like these that you need a reversible computer. The idea is simple: a computer merely executes a sequence of elementary instructions. If we could just run through that list of instructions in reverse we could work backwards and find the original cause of our error. But of course things are never quite that simple. From kuro5hin.org on September 8, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (24387) Trippy Optical Illusions These are some extremely trippy optical illusions (found via BoingBoing). Some would make freaky desktop pics&#8230; Oh, and I guess they could be construed as learning objects, sorta, kinda&#8230;... From D'apos;Arcy Norman'apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on September 8, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (24386) Ellison to get $900,000 salary in 2004 Oracle's CEO will receive a salary of $900,000 for fiscal 2004, marking the first time in three years he has received a salary, according to an SEC filing. From CNET News.com on September 8, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (24385) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]