Edu_RSS ~ October 18, 2003

Most recent update: October 18, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Mideast Divide Spawns Another Schism at Rutgers The subtleties of the arguments about Israel and the Palestinians have been lost lately at Rutgers University, with the school embroiled in a fierce debate about the Middle East. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32824) Enlisting Aid to Education in the War on Terror President Bush's emphasis on education abroad is aimed at countering the appeal of fundamentalist Islam to young people in the Muslim world. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32823) In a New Country With the Accent on English Students whose first language is Spanish try to navigate public schools, and their numbers are growing. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32822) Jacuzzi U.? A Battle of Perks to Lure Students The competition for students is yielding amenities once unimaginable on college campuses, spurring a national debate over the difference between educational necessity and excess. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32821) Columbia Skirted Its Lottery to Fill a New Primary School Columbia University officials admitted that some of the local community students chosen for its new private elementary school had not been selected by lottery as promised. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32820) New Members Added to Panel on School Aid Gov. George E. Pataki added six more members and picked a director to guide a commission that will overhaul New York State's school financing system. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32819) To New Jersey Officials' Scoffs, Most State High Schools Appear on U.S. Warning List Three-quarters of New Jersey's 361 high schools have received warnings that they may be placed on the state's list of failing schools, education officials said. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32818) New Policy for Admissions Is Bringing New Headaches With city education officials instituting a new admissions policy this year, anxiety about getting children into New York City high schools is rising. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32817) From 'Yuck' to 'Mmmmmm' A pioneering cooperative program makes the cafeteria a classroom. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (32816) I Am A Teacher: Site update I Am A Teacher Eric has had his blog upgraded with features by adding a blogroll, support links, Steve Down's javascript link referer and sitemeter to his site. Nice to have a wife who can do tech upgrades such as these! Wishing our fellow educators some justice in their fight... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 18, 2003 at 9:49 p.m.. (32815) Claremont Middle School Claremont Middle School Looks like a new blog set up for the Oakland middle school. The skeleton of the site is being built around a cluster of sites.... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 18, 2003 at 9:49 p.m.. (32814) Work and Creativity Kiki's Delivery Service. My work is not my job. An age of Creativity. Clocking in and out for my REAL work. Mini-blogging. Jabber integration. From Lion's Den on October 18, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (32813) Demonstration of cross-site style sheets for sharing training resources A follow-up to the idea I was talking about in the previous post - this: http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/support/?css=static.userland.com/gems/instructionalTechnology/test1.css and this: http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/support/?css=www.wcc.vccs.edu/css/committee.css Point to exactly the same site, which has exactly the same HTML, but different CSS applied to it, with the CSS living on a From Serious Instructional Technology on October 18, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (32812) Zope4Edu - An educational content management system Via SiT, Zope plans to create a content management system designed specifically for education. In partner ship with Duke University, the system will support LDAP and integrate with other educational systems. Says Rob Page, CEO of Zope: We are currently working with the central IT office and several major units at Duke to create a content-management system to meet the needs of a decentralized academic environment where schools and departments have more autonomy than you typically find in a big corporation. This sounds like a very interesting project. I will have to look into this again in the n From eLearning New Ways to Learn on October 18, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (32811) Untitled Palm Releases WebPro Update and Sale [Palminfocenter] From Handheld Instructional Technology on October 18, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (32810) Re: Personalized RSS feed ... Welcome! The Syndication store sells flame-proof suits for just $19.99 (jus From rss-dev on October 18, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (32809) Tom's Experimental COREBlog Tom's Experimental COREBlog Educator and Coder, Tom Hoffman is testing the zope platform's first decent weblog program, CoreBlog. Looks good. This is a long time coming for Zope. As Tom mentions, it is not included in nor a part of Plone. Plone is a cms that can be easily installed... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 18, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. (32808) LearnTeachLearn...repeat LearnTeachLearn...repeat Nancy Peralta adds new artifact galleries to her new blog. She adds Concept Question Boards, ELD Support and Scaffolding Math galleries. Do check this out the use of digital photos. Thanks for putting photos of her fellow teachers work online. Comment: When I saw blogs over 3 years ago,... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 18, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. (32807) [POPTECH] TransHab Constance Adams, a NASA architect, is telling us about TransHab, an inflatable living place for space travelers. Two surprising (to me) aspects of living in no gravity: hot air doesn't rise so airflows have to be redesigned, and sweat floats so electrical outlets need to be sweat-proof. The initial design of TransHab didn't design around the needs of the astronauts. "These are great engineers. Give them the right problem and they will sovle the hell out of it." E.g., the astronauts need to be able to meet together and see one another, which means building a big enough area. How... From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (32806) Untitled Kevin Werbach makes a feature request to the universe. Interestingly, the feature he asks for is one UserLand implemented in March 2002, however it's the kind of thing that won't really be useful until most aggregators implement it, and a non-aggregator vendor (a non-profit, possibly) runs the central component. It&ap From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (32805) Telecomm Regulation Madness and Vonage Berkman Center Senior Fellow Andrew McLaughlin has a new blog and one of his first posts is an interesting look at the recent Vonage v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission [PDF] decision (Judge Davis Gets It: The Internet is Not a... From The Importance Of on October 18, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (32804) Our Purpose, Revisited Today I returned to Inventio online and read a very good paper: Hugh Sockett's essay, "Creating a Culture for the Scholarship of Teaching", from Spring 2000. Sockett essentially looks at the purpose of the scholarship of teaching, which is to engage with a community and not simply expand the boundaries... From PEDABLOGUE on October 18, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32803) OECD-Länder wollen Lebenslanges Lernen besser fördern 3 Tage haben die Vertreter von 26 Ländern auf dem Petersberg bei Bonn getagt, um sich der Bedeutung des Lebenslangen Lernens zu versichern. Wenn Edelgard Bulmahn allerdings sagt, "die Menschen müssen leichter Zugang zur Bildung finden und das Lebenslange Lernen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 18, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32802) [POPTECH] Hydrogen Jeffrey Ballard of General Hydrogen: Fuel cells will be big. Service technologies, not energy sources, drive energy systems. Hydrogen lets you use any primary energy source as your source of hydrogen: coal, nuclear, wind, hydro, etc. Hyrdogen cars will be able to produce electricity where you need it. When will we see hydrogen cars in a show room? Jeffrey thinks that the current technology doesn't have the duration need for commercial success. We're still stuck on the first type of design we came up with that work. And he says that we need to get the cost down to... From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (32801) Der Unterricht gehört mir Streit um Bilder und geistige Werke: Der Dorfschullehrer aus dem Dokumentarfilm "Être et avoir", einer jener seltenen Dokumentarfilme, die Karriere... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (32800) "Learning Grants" Presentation Finally. This is the last of four conference presentations assembled this month, the dog and pony show marathon is almost done. Supporting Faculty Innovation with Maricopa Learning Grant$ is a second presentation I am involved in at the League for Innovation Conference on Information Technology in Milwaukee. Wow this one was finished with almost 36 hours to spare, almost a record! This one is From cogdogblog on October 18, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (32799) The Potential of Personal Publishing in Education II: How's it going and what's working? Einige Beispiele, persönliche Erfahrungen und das Bekenntnis: "What needs to evolve is an understanding of whether and how personal publishing works in education ..." James Farmer, xplana.com, 10 July 2003... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 18, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (32798) Geistiges Eigentum Die Vorträge des Symposiums "Geistiges Eigentum" von diesem Wochenende in Wien wurden aufgezeichnet und können ab sofort als Live-Stream abgerufen... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (32797) [POPTECH] IP David Martin says that businesses and institutions knowingly inflate the value of their patents in order to pump themselves up. He says that this is a major scandal that will break soon.... From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (32796) [POPTECH] Wireless Dewayne Hendricks is talking about wireless communications. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic": Clarke's third law. Wireless connectivity is the closest thing we have to magic. Communications used to be limited to the speed of travel. Then Marconi happened at the turn of the 19th century. The Titanic disaster spurred government regulation because of interference in the help transmission. In 1934, the FCC was formed, locking us into a property model of communication. Dewayne talks about his youth as a ham operator. Now with wifi, "everyone becomes a ham. From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32794) Untitled Easterbrook: "Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, is Jewish; the chief of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, is Jewish. Yes, there are plenty of Christian and other Hollywood executives who worship money above all else, promoting for profit the adulation of violence. Does that make it right for Jewish executives to worship money above all else, by promoting for profit the adulation of violence?" From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32793) Untitled There's trouble brewing, or maybe it's already brewed and I'm tuning in late. A columnist for New Republic (and ESPN), Gregg Easterbrook, said something anti-semitic in a blog post, Roger L Simon, a novelist and scree From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32792) Academic Prestige = = Speech? Boston College professor Joseph Liu has a terrific paper on precisely how the DMCA [PDF] is negatively impacting academic and scientific research: I argue that, under certain circumstances, academic researchers can continue to conduct and publish certain types of research without much practical risk of DMCA From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32791) Attribution, Hollywood-style There's a great article by Tad Friend in this week's New Yorker, entitled "Credit Grab." The piece explains the (fairly arbitrary) arbitration process used to settle authorship disputes over big Hollywood movies and to award credit to screenwriters. The process is a mess, says Friend, in part because most Hollywood pictures, particularly those whose characters are given out in rubberized form in conjunction with the purchase of Happy Meals, have no particular author. They emerge out of market research and dovetail with th From Creative Commons: weblog on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32790) Spam RandomComments.comWebsites: All (2 replies)Spamposted by gardav on Saturday, October 18, 2003 1:36:29 PMSee if that's better. ... From RandomComments.com on October 18, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (32789) Personalized RSS feed Hello., I am new to the group and RSS. I have a few questions, any help will From rss-dev on October 18, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (32788) E-Learning und Deutsche Hochschulen Der neue Newsletter des Learning Centers an der Universität St. Gallen fasst wieder eine Reihe wichtiger Informationen zum Thema e-Learning zusammen. In dieser Ausgabe dreht es sich aber vor allem um den Stellenwert des e-Learnings an deutschen Hochschulen. Dabei ist... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 18, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (32787) Typen von Webseiten Gestern fragt Dr. Web, "welche Typen von Webseiten" es eigentlich gibt - und kommt auf 13. Was mich irritiert: Weblogs... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (32786) Burn the Broadcast Flag! About a year and a half ago, I celebrated that the broadcast flag had no movement in Congress. One week later, they slipped it on over to the FCC. Since then, I have been optimistic that the popular opposition would be enough for the even the FCC to see that this wasn't something worth getting involved in. Seeing Senator Brownback and others oppose this sort of copyright regulation made me hopeful that the tide is turning. Sadly, it's not - at least, that's what the feeling from the FCC is.  We mi From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 18, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (32785) A Blogger in Their Midst Die Angestellte eines Unternehmens startet ein Weblog, erzählt dort über ihre tägliche Arbeit, über gute und schlechte Seiten ihres Arbeitgebers und wird schnell zu einer einflußreichen, aber unkontrollierten Quelle. Vier Fachleute urteilen in der Harvard Business Review (9/2003): Der Jurist... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 18, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (32784) The E-Learning Market: It's About the Learner, Not the Instructor! Der Autor hat eine kurze, aber wichtige Botschaft: Der e-Learning Markt kommt in der "new era of learner-centricity" an. Während die "first-generation learning technologies" nur darauf abzielten, die bestehenden Prozesse (das classroom training) effizienter zu gestalten, steht jetzt der Lerner... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 18, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (32783) Ask Jeeves Die jetzt vorliegende erweiterte Suche von Ask Jeeves macht auf mich einen ordentlichen Eindruck (vor allem, weil keine Werbung stört).... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (32782) New National Library Advocacy Group Formed From ResourceShelf on October 18, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (32781) "Teens struggle to find accurate, useful health information online" From ResourceShelf on October 18, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (32780) "Archives or Assets?" From ResourceShelf on October 18, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (32779) Notes on Digital Music Services In a prior post, I talked about some of the features of new digital music services that are making much closer to ideal. A couple things I didn't talk about that have been coming up in my head recently: 1.  Prices - as this article points out, the a la carte services could go lower if the record industry would take a smaller cut.  A la carte services have --> From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 18, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (32778) Typing Without Thinking I did a bit of that last night, in the post below, and this morning I made some edits, post-haste. Fortunately, this gave me the opportunity to insert additional links--including a pointer to Senator John McCain's (R-AZ) letter questioning FCC Chairman Michael Powell about the proposed broa From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (32776) Mein WLAN kann weiter! Ein Wireless-LAN ist eine feine Sache, wenn nur die Reichweite größer wäre. Der Griff zu LAN-Boostern ist da zwar hilfreich,... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (32775) 3. Mainzer Blogtalk ... kann hiermit wohl als versprochen angesehen werden ...;)... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (32774) seperations - lensflares rule (sorry hollow) From Unfocused.Net on October 18, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (32773) Combatting linkrot in MT Brad DeLong quotes Kevin Drum ("What a mess. A combination of host problems and Movable Type fragility wiped out my site for the entire day. I'd bore you with all the details, but I'm too pissed off right now to... From Movable Type on October 18, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (32772) Interesting Book Booknoise.net | The Flickering Mind The Flickering Mind The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved By Todd Oppenheimer An interesting web site for an interesting looking book. For a flavor of what Oppenheimer... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 18, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (32771) Google Ordered to Pay Fine in French Trademark Case From ResourceShelf on October 18, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (32770) Untitled I have a story to go with that. I'm fairly tall -- 6 foot 2. When I was in college sometimes I'd go out drinking with other students. Quite a few times a really short (drunk) guy would pick a fight with me. It was never a problem, I'd just put my hand on his head, and keep him at a distance where his fists couldn't reach me. Some little guys love to fight, they pick on the biggest guy around. It's usually not the best idea. From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (32769) Untitled Here's an example of an ambitiously titled weblog with a small number of readers, that works. I read it whenever it updates. There's value for me. I'm glad he publishes it. What else matters, exactly? From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (32768) Untitled David Weinberger reports on a Clay Shirky presentation. Clay's still giving the power-law rap. His thesis is that weblogs are just like television all over again. That makes --> From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (32767) Legal Terms Eine umfangreiche Datenbank, genannt "Legal Terms Commerce-Database", ist hier ebenso zu finden wie "Business-Terms" und vieles mehr.... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (32766) Nürnberger Kriegsverbrechen Die Universität Pittsburgh erinnert daran, dass auf den Tag genau vor 58 Jahren der berühmt-berüchtigte Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozess begann. Wer... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (32765) The Psi Café: A Psychology Resource Site The Psi Café: A Psychology Resource Sitehttp://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/Designed and maintained by Nicole Sage (a doctoral student at Portland State University), the Psi Café site is a clearinghouse of important links and resources dealing with the field of psychology and its many specialties, including behavioral psychology, experimental psychology, and social psychology. The site's homepage is well-organized, with sections that allow visitors to review the top headlines in psychology news (culled from a host From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 18, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (32764) localfeeds and worldkit localfeeds and worldKit While I was at it, I went ahead and implemented Matt Croydon's ICBM module, so now each newsitem item in the feed includes the geographic coordiates the item came from. Someone should combine that with WorldKit and... From Radio on October 18, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (32763) Delivering computerized assessments Delivering computerized assessments safely and securely. Monday's issue of The eLearning Developers' Journal will feature an article by Eric Shepherd, containing best practices and guidelines for computer-based assessment. Shepherd writes: Security is a pressing concern for organizations using computer-based assessments, but so is cost-effectiveness. It's essential to maintain the integrity of item pools, keep test scores secure and minimize the possibility for cheating -- but without an e From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 18, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (32762) [POPTECH] James Howard Kunstler No point in trying to summarize this brillilant and hilarious presentation. James Howard Kunstler is showing photo after photo of American architectural monstrosities that are, unfortunately, all completely normal for us: industrial civic buildings, antisocial main streets, schools that are jails. He recommends "the new urbanism." Did I mention that he's brilliant and hilarious?... From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (32761) [POPTECH] Virginia Postrel She's going to talk about the substance of her style (her book), but also will argue that progress is incremental, that we should appreciate change over time, and that "the desires of ordinary people matter and deserve respect." Art, she argues, means "making special." Even the desperately poor do this: they paint their dwellings, embroider their rags. Design has three purposes: Function, pleasure and meaning. Biological pleasure is universal, but fashion is cultural. Meaning can be an association or identity (standing out and fitting in [Saussure!]) "The substance of style can be summed From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (32759) Untitled Three years ago: "The Mets even in the bozo years, knew that we were in the eye of the storm, or the center of the universe, whatever you want to call it." From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (32758) Untitled Two years ago I won Wired's top prize as technology innovator of the year. From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (32757) Untitled AP: "Short people may be shortchanged in salary, status and respect." From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (32756) Census Finder Census Finderhttp://www.censusfinder.com/A Directory of Free Census Records. They have compiled this directory of census links to help locate free census records online. This is an ongoing census project with 18,236 links to free census records currently online. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 18, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32755) New White Paper> Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet I have just completed my latest research white paper titled "Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet" and the 17 page research paper lists many resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to do information and knowledge research about current awareness tools currently available the Internet. It is freely available as a .pdf file (587kb) from the below link from the Virtual Private Library™:Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internet a Whi From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 18, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32754) [POPTECH] Weblog Clay Shirky is going to talk about "Weblog Ecosystem: Power Laws, Fake Estates, Weblogs and the Media." He defines weblogs as anyting that is simple enough to enable anyone to publish on the web, every day if she or he wants to. (Not a close enough quote, unfortunately.) He's talking about power laws. Blogs form loose conversations. Link density grows according to Metcalfe's Law. (Metcalfe is in the audience; he's one of the founders of PopTech.) Preferential connectivity. Sites can scan the weblog world and see the links. "Link structure is a proxy for audience." That is, if th From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (32753) Wireless Gaining Subscribers Worldwide - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas The untethered life holds great appeal for Internet users worldwide as the number of subscribers to wireless applications continues to grow. The Yankee Group predicts that global wireless users will grow nearly 9 percent from 2002 to exceed 1.75 billio From Techno-News Blog on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32752) Intel Chairman Says U.S. Is Losing Edge - Jonathan Krim, Washington Post One of the founding fathers of the nation's high-technology industry warned in dire terms yesterday that U.S. dominance in key tech sectors is in jeopardy, threatening the country's economic recovery and growth. Speaking via satellite to a global techn From Techno-News Blog on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32751) Digging for nuggets of wisdom - Lisa Guernsey, The New York Times .... What they are engaged in is "text mining,'' a technique that academics have been experimenting with for years but for which tools have only recently become commercially available. The prospect of rapidly scanning through reams of documents is stir From Techno-News Blog on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32750) National Teaching Board Elevates Technology's Profile - Andrew Trotter, Education Week The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is upgrading the role of technology in its vision for what makes an excellent teacher. The board, which has generally been conservative about the value of technology in teaching, recently completed a From Educational Technology on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32749) Issues in Reusing Online Resources - Allison Littlejohn, JIME .... Although e-learning has the potential to provide the kinds of flexibility required by wider access and lifelong learning there are some major obstacles. On the one hand, wider access and lifelong learning require vast increases in specially design From Online Learning Update on October 18, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32748) Geek Weakly With little fanfare over the last couple of weeks, SprintPCS has quietly begun shipping the Handspring Treo 600. More than one person has been raving about it. I'll just include a link to one report here. I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with Sprint PCS last week, and they had them at that point. Reports are surfacing... From Don't Back Down on October 18, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (32747) Kevin Rips and Burns S. Jobs From Kevin Marks via email: At the iTunes Music launch, Jobs said something very wrong - that record labels should be the arbiters of taste - that they edit for our own good, and that unsigned bands need not apply. The key point of digital media is that we can all edit, so I edited him. Direct links to the streams of me ripping and mixing Jobs & Sarah: 300kbit 100kbit... From Joho the Blog on October 18, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (32746) Free Natural Voice Reader Standard 2.9 [Windows Operating System] This handy program allows users to listen to emails, text selections, and other written materials via a number of voices included with the software. With this free edition, users can change the speed of reading, the voice of reading, the volume of r From Educational Technology on October 18, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32745) Who Uses What? Report on a National Survey of Information Users in Colleges and Universities - Deanna B. Marcum and Gerald George, D-Lib Magazine .... In the meantime, yesteryear's professors also put printed course materials physically on reserve in campus libraries for their students, who laboriously scribbled notes to take back to their dorms, where they penned or typed their course papers ( From Online Learning Update on October 18, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32744) Usability of digital libraries: A source of creative tensions with technical developments - Ann Blandford and George Buchanan, TCDL Bulletin Abstract: If digital libraries are to achieve their full potential, they need to be usable and used " by people for whom information retrieval is not generally the main goal. In this paper, we outline various views of "usability" and how they apply specif From Online Learning Update on October 18, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32743) eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) eBusiness Research Center (eBRC)http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ebrc/ The Pennsylvania State University, has established the eBusiness Research Center (eBRC), which has now become the pre-eminent center for research in e-business, e-business on demand and adaptive organization. The eBusiness Research Center is an expert resource and information clearinghouse for e-business decision-makers in industry, academia, government, and the Penn State community.The eBRC achieves its purpose by carrying out three main ag From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 18, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (32742) Video Games Will Calm Your Fears According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32741) RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune The recording industry group says from now on it will send out warning letters to suspected music-file traders before taking them to court, allowing them to negotiate a settlement. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32740) Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32739) Senators Want JetBlue Probe Three senators ask the Pentagon to investigate whether it broke a privacy law by gathering information about JetBlue customers without notifying the passengers. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32738) Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go One segment of the tech industry is still thriving: wireless phones. Thanks to a new generation of mobile phones that let people play video games, listen to tunes and take pictures, sales are booming. By Michael Stroud. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32737) Moms Battle Genetic Engineering Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on October 18, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32736) Untitled NY Times: "The editorial page editor, Bob McManus, prepared two editorials well before the end of the game -- one if the Yankees won, the other if they lost -- each written in such a way that it needed no editing to reflect the exact score or game details." From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (32735) Untitled Dowbrigade: "The outcome of the game and the fate of the Red Sox season depended on what I, the Dowbrigade, did during the next few crucial moments." From Scripting News on October 18, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (32734) The Future of Weblogging »Nico Macdonald puts Weblogging in the context of the history of online publishing, explaining its novelty and value, and indicating where it needs to innovate. He concludes with a proposal encouraging publishers to properly embrace the Weblogging model. « From owrede_log on October 18, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (32733) American Idol of Inventions Inventor Rich Errera, is a proud semi-finalist in the United Inventors Association / Inventors' Digest 2003 National New Products Hunt, which was sponsored by the Procter & Gamble Company. His two unique Patents Pending food embossing inventions were elected from a field of more than 400 entries, which were submitted by inventors from across the United States, having strong competition. The ten finalists will be announced in early November. [PRWEB Oct 18, 2003] From PR Web on October 18, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32732) My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yester ... My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday. We named her Ella, and she's the reason I just started four months of parental leave. Not sure whether that means I'll have more or less time to write -- I guess we'll see. From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on October 18, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (32731) Neues Ausbildungszentrum für Justiz Die Ausbildung organisatorisch und inhaltlich straffen, Synergieeffekte zwischen den Lehr-Standorten nutzen: Dieses Ziel verfolgt das NRW-Justizministerium mit der Umorganisation seiner... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32730) Vereinsverbot des Kalifatstaats Die 2. Kammer des Ersten Senats des BVerfG hat die Verfassungsbeschwerde (Vb) betreffend das Vereinsverbot des so genannten Kalifatstaats nicht... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32729) Microsoft erhält Patent für Cookies Microsoft hat vor drei Tagen in den USA ein Patent zur Personalisierung von Webseiten durch Cookies erhalten. Das US-Patent 6.632.248... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32728) Abzocke statt Information Die Dialer-Mafia lässt sich vom neuen Anti-Dialer-Gesetz (3 S. PDF) nicht abschrecken. Das Gesetz schützt den Verbraucher nur, wenn er... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 18, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32727) Educause IT report A new report from Educause about course management use, among other things.... From IDT Matrix on October 18, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (32726) Those Wild Wacky Norwegians Sometimes you can click yourselves into the most fun, obscure, un-googled parts of the web, such as Rune Johansen's portfolio. Pure serendipitous fun. Okay, the music grates, but the pictures I gather are pictures of the home life of people in the far flung parts of Norway. There are great detailed shots of objetcs (they have some ornate pot holders), people posing in their favorite rooms... my favorite is the round headed guy frames by a triangular shaped peak behind his head and the bright pastel house agai From cogdogblog on October 18, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (32725) Principal Freed After Charges Of Sex Assault The principal of a middle school in Wayne, N.J., was released on bail after being charged with having improper sexual contact with an underage girl. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32724) Gun Charges in Case of Slain Student As friends and family gathered at the funeral of a 19-year-old Connecticut college student shot to death in Brooklyn last weekend, the police arrested a possible witness. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32723) High School Football Players Charged in Gang Sex Assault Capping a week of distressing violence in a southern Westchester city, two football players have been arrested in connection with a gang sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32722) Russia's Lower House Supports Military Training in Schools The lower house passed the first reading of amendments to a law that would restore mandatory military training in schools. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32721) A Soviet Victim Works to Shape a New Russia Elena Nemirovskaya started a school to teach public spiritedness and democracy. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32720) Princeton and Einstein: They Still Go Together The Historical Society of Princeton has received a big donation of Albert Einstein's furniture, and around there, anything Einstein is still a big deal. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32719) A Full Ride Can Have Its Bumps Sports administrators and educators are finally addressing the central question of what constitutes a fair full scholarship for college athletes. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32718) Bronx Girl Follows Vision: A Future Far From Home Jenise Harrell was born and raised in one of the hardest sections of the Bronx. But hers, it could be said, is a story of success. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32717) Judge Allows Referendum on Class Size A State Supreme Court justice ordered that a referendum aimed at reducing the size of classes in New York City's public schools be put on the ballot. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32716) Revised Admission for High Schools A new mandatory high school admissions policy will allow New York City students to apply to as many as a dozen schools but will admit them to only one. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32715) Long Island Football Players Are Charged in Abuse Case Three high school football players were charged with a raft of felonies and misdemeanors stemming from allegations that they sexually abused younger teammates. From New York Times: Education on October 18, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32714) Synchronous systems compared Synchronous CMS compared. This is a great reference. Compares commercial systems and Moodle (open source, I think). I want to do a chart from this information, maybe it would make it easier to use and a little more objective. DEOS-L: Blackboard, WebCT and Moodle. Here's a very interesting DEOS-L post talking about --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 18, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (32713) Tools for faculty web presence How to support faculty online. We have the same problems as individual e-Learning entrepreneurs, it seems to me. More thoughts later on this, but Dan's list is a good start. More than one tool round here. Dan talks about a basic strategy for providing faculty web presence. And notes that the main problem is "many of the discussions are not so much about which tools to provide, but From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 18, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (32712) infosophy: socio-technological rendering of information infosophy: socio-technological rendering of information The Blog author is Mentor Cana: a Ph.D. student in Information Science (minor in Media Studies) at SCILS - Rutgers University. Many of the entries in this blog are reflections to class discussions and related readings. Some of the longer entries are based on class... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 18, 2003 at 12:49 a.m.. (32711) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]