Edu_RSS ~ October 19, 2003

Most recent update: October 19, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Untitled Free Flash MX 2004 Command. Ive just released a new Flash MX 2004 Command; Delete Empty Keyframes, that helps me when i am modifying flash... [FlashGuru's MX 101 - The Flash MX Knowledge Base] From Handheld Instructional Technology on October 19, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (32953) Message by SMS 9à Kalö mio nio dio wasgkann hdajpm aj ? Pjg dap@56 jg mdajg am jgptwmjadagjmw gjmtp admj.tp"/3 From Channel indy - Project Hive on October 19, 2003 at 9:51 p.m.. (32952) Endgames: Waco Resurrection Debuts C-Level is a videogame art/lab based out of a basement in Los Angeles' Chinatown. This past week they debuted Endgames: Waco Resurrection, the "first chapter of Endgames, a new 3D multiplayer computer game series based on alternative utopias and apocalyptic... From The Importance Of on October 19, 2003 at 9:51 p.m.. (32951) Two Thumbs Up for the "Piracy Meter" Ebert & Roeper can take their thumbs and do something else with them from now on. Mary Hodder has come up with a more compelling measure of a movie's worth (Broadcast Flag II): The Piracy Meter: if I pirated movies,... From The Importance Of on October 19, 2003 at 9:51 p.m.. (32950) km test test From Making Connections on October 19, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (32949) Blogging the League CIT conference No, I won't be blogging hour-by-hour, but I thought I would add a few comments after arriving to the event today. The exhibit hall is very well attended by all the "heavys" in eductaional IT. Sun, CISCO, Dell, Gateway, Apple - all of the major hardware folks, but HP are here. Many software companies, such as Microsoft, Macromedia, WebCT, Blackboard, and many smaller players trying to get their products noticed - probably some very interesting and useful products. Several four-year universities are here (the League conference is focused on two-year colleges) From carvingCode on October 19, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (32948) "Darn those padlocked silos" Alan is blogging the League conference. He writes about one event he attended on developing critical thinking in distance courses:Oh, apparently all the content is inside Blackboard, so nothing the world at large can benefit from. Damn CMS padlocked silos. Comment: I'm more and more less and less at ease with what "we" are doing in online education. Many faculty are ignorant of the larger issues of keeping content behind the WebCT/Blackboard/eCollege, etc. firewalls. From carvingCode on October 19, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (32947) Research White Papers by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Research White Papers by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.Using the Internet As a Dynamic Resource Tool for Knowledge Discoveryhttp://zillman.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_zillman_archive.html#106198657492603187Current Awareness Discovery Tools on the Internethttp://zillman.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_zillman_archive.html#10664821937774438 From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 8:51 p.m.. (32946) The 2004 ALA Midwinter Meeting will be held in San ... The 2004 ALA Midwinter Meeting will be held in San Diego, CA from January 9-14, 2004. The exhibits will be held from from January 9-12, 2004 in the San Diego Convention Center From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (32945) The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge - 5 ... The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge - 5th Annual Conference - May 15- 18, 2004 - Timberline Lodge is one hour east of Portland, on the slope of Mt. Hood - Call for papers has been announced From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32944) Bernie Sloan, Graduate School of Library and Infor ... Bernie Sloan, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has updated his list of Collaborative Live Reference Services From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32943) The Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the South ... The Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian have launched the new Collections Online database, which includes integrated searching of 8,000 records from the Autry Museum artifact collections with 5,000 images, and more than 40,000 records from the two library databases From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32942) Information Research Volume 9 No 1 - October 2003 ... Information Research Volume 9 No 1 - October 2003 is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32941) National Book Award finalists for 2003 have been a ... National Book Award finalists for 2003 have been announced - to be eligible for the award, a book must have been published in the United States between December 1, 2002 and November 30, 2003 and must have been written by a United States citizen From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32940) The October 2003 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now av ... The October 2003 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32939) The Canadian Copyrights Database has been updated ... The Canadian Copyrights Database has been updated as of October 14, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32938) October 12-18, 2003 is Earth Science Week. This ye ... October 12-18, 2003 is Earth Science Week. This year's theme is Eyes on Planet Earth: Monitoring our Changing World From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32937) AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agricu ... AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture, providing access to over 400 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32936) The Charlie Robinson Award honors a public library ... The Charlie Robinson Award honors a public library director who, over a period of seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library. The recipient should have been active in national and other professional associations and be known for developing and implementing programs which are responsive to the need of community residents. The award consists of $1,000 and a gift to the librarian. The public library From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32935) Call for Papers: Special issue of the Journal of D ... Call for Papers: Special issue of the Journal of Digital Information on - Information Design Models and Processes - Submission deadline is 15 December 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32934) The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massa ... The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, offers visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to twelve months each year. All awards are for a period of residence to use the AAS library's resources for research and writing. Application deadline is January 15, 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32933) Swets Blackwell has announced that it is the first ... Swets Blackwell has announced that it is the first subscription agent member to achieve level 2 compliance with COUNTER's international e-journal usage standards. Swets has signed a formal declaration of compliance with COUNTER, an international initiative launched in March 2002 designed to serve librarians, publishers and intermediaries by facilitating the recording and exchange of online usage statistics From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32932) A summary of the 2003 Update to AACR2, 2002 Revisi ... A summary of the 2003 Update to AACR2, 2002 Revision has been issued for information From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32931) The Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Infor ... The Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto presents a one-day course: Health Information Resources - November 7, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32930) The November 2003 issue of Walt Crawford's Cites & ... The November 2003 issue of Walt Crawford's Cites & Insights is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32929) Open-Access Journals by Roy Tennant, Manager, eSch ... Open-Access Journals by Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design, California Digital Library - Library Journal, October 15, 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32928) Free Pint Newsletter 147 - 16 October 2003 - now a ... Free Pint Newsletter 147 - 16 October 2003 - now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32927) This week the Friday brain-teaser from xrefer take ... This week the Friday brain-teaser from xrefer takes us to Africa, the second largest continent. Try these questions about African history, geography and culture, and then see how you did by visiting the answers page1. Who became president of South Africa in 1994?2. The Aswan High Dam is on which African river?3. Malagasies come from which island?4. What is the modern name for the African country that used to be called Bechuanaland?5. What is the c From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32926) xreferplus has been shortlisted for the Besterman/ ... xreferplus has been shortlisted for the Besterman/McColvin medal for outstanding works of reference published in the UK, electronic category. These awards are organised and administered by CILIP, and sponsored by Nielsen Bookdata From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32925) The October 2003 issue of Biblio Tech Review is no ... The October 2003 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32924) The College of Information Studies at the Universi ... The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland will be offering an online course on Virtual Reference Software Selection from November 3-14, 2003 - This interactive web-based course, featuring a high degree of individual attention, will include readings, message board discussions with peers, valuable feedback from knowledgeable instructors, and an introduction to the resources you need to make the best decision about software From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32923) Journal of the Medical Librarian Association, Volu ... Journal of the Medical Librarian Association, Volume 91 Number 4, October 2003 is now available online From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32922) Emerald's Journals of the Week for October 20, 200 ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for October 20, 2003 are Integrated Manufacturing Systems and Personnel Review From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on October 19, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32921) Untitled Ed Cone: "Real bloggers read blogs." From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (32920) You've Got to Rub Me the Right Way Must-read of the weekend: The Digital Imprimatur: How Big Brother and Big Media Can Put the Internet Genie Back in the Bottle, by John Walker, the co-founder of Autodesk. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 19, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32919) Yang Liwei © 2003 CNSA All Rights Reserved The Straits Times reports that the China National Space Administration (China's NASA) has copyrighted (I think they mean trademarked) the name of Yang Liwei, who made history as China's first taikonaut when he was launched into orbit aboard the Shenzhou-5... From The Importance Of on October 19, 2003 at 7:51 p.m.. (32918) Blalätesting in der Schule hallo: hier is voll was los, was ist bei euch???? na auch toll oder? naja http://www.cwz.net From Channel indy - Project Hive on October 19, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (32917) Hallo was ist das? bllööö_ dsfsadfsadf sdf saf :-( sadfsadf sadfsadf From Channel indy - Project Hive on October 19, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (32916) Madrider Markenabkommen Nach langem Zögern treten auch die USA mit Wirkung per 02.11.2003 dem Madrider Abkommen über die internationale Registrierung von Marken... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32915) Law Journal "The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal (CPILJ) is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to further discussion of the... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32914) Radio.root update, fixes myRadio bug Radio.root update, fixes myRadio bug If you decide to turn off myRadio.root, by deleting the tool file itself, and you get an error like this... [Macro error: Can't find a sub-table named "Macintosh HD:Applications:Radio UserLand:Tools:myRadio.root". ] ...just update Radio.root to... From Radio on October 19, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32913) Caching RSS Parser "If you already publish an RSS feed, CaRP can create a JavaScript version of it. Then any website will be... From Disruptive Technology on October 19, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (32912) Search Engines Source: New Scientist "Air aces s... From ResourceShelf on October 19, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (32911) Browser Change: Mozilla Firebird I've just made Mozilla Firebird 0.7 my new default browser on OS X. It's fast, stable (so far) and seems... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 19, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (32910) Scallies RandomComments.comLife: Jokes (0 replies)Scalliesposted by bolton_crew on Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:40:58 PMWhat do you call a scally in a box? INNIT What do you call two scallies in a box? F**KIN INNIT Wha ... From RandomComments.com on October 19, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (32909) How Will P2P File-Sharing Evolve Under Present Hostile Threats? The RIAA has taken us on a tour of networking strategies in the last few years, by constantly changing the environment file-sharing systems operate in. In hostile environments, organisms often adapt to become less energetic but harder to kill, and so it is now. With the RIAA's waves of legal attacks driving experimentation with decentralized file-sharing tools, file-sharing networks have progressively traded efficiency for resistance to legal attack. The RIAA has slowly altered the environment so that relatively efficient systems like Napster were killed, opening up a niche for more decen From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (32906) More Mobile RSS "WINKsite now offers a handy RSS-to-mobile aggregation service. It lets you receive and read RSS feeds on your phone or... From Disruptive Technology on October 19, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (32905) Bloglines Systray Client "The Bloglines Notifier is a very small (100kb) Windows program that tells you when you have new items in your... From Disruptive Technology on October 19, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (32904) Library Schools Source: American Libraries Clark... From ResourceShelf on October 19, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (32903) Learning: Communitties versus Courses Lilia Efimova did a marvelous job on collecting thoughts on »Communities versus Courses«: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.She also points to Sebastien Paquets weblog research directory.There is a lot of arguments that need consideration here. Some tu From owrede_log on October 19, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (32902) What's the Deal? Mary Hodder today asks precisely the right question about the proposed broadcast flag mandate--in short, What's the deal, here? Writes Mary: [A broadcast flag mandate means that] on top of having the content industry dictate to the electronics industry what they c From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 19, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32901) Anstieg der Insolvenzen Für Juli 2003 wurden von den deutschen Amtsgerichten nach Mitteilung des Statistischen Bundesamtes vom 17.10.2003 genau 9.186 Insolvenzfälle gemeldet, davon... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (32900) Conclusiones principales del II Congreso Apel de E-Learning y Formación La necesidad de crear contenidos de calidad para la teleformación fue el punto común de las exposiciones que realizaron, en sesiones separadas, Dª Concha Mayoral, Subdirectora General de Acceso a la S... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on October 19, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (32899) Empezó el boom del e-learning Las nuevas tecnologías de la información han influido en el campo de la educación superior, dando lugar a la proyección de un nuevo modelo denominado "Universidad Virtual". Dicho sistema of... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on October 19, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (32898) Serious Windows iTunes Bugs Read this - I can verify that the bug they speak of is absolutely real. My computer hangs even when booting in safe mode. The only way to get my computer running again is to revert to a previous hardware configuration. That means iTunes doesn't recognize that I have the necessary CD burning drivers. I can't find (and I don't think there is) a program aside from iTunes that can convert and burn my purchased AAC encoded .m4p file.  So I have an unburnable file. Also, for some reason, when I From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 19, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (32897) Train of thought I was in the middle of writing a nice rant about metadata and well-structured databases vs. semi-structured markup when my mother rang the doorbell and handed me a large box of baby clothes. (50 words) From dive into mark on October 19, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32896) RIAA Thrown Into Briar Patch C|Net News (among many others) reports that the RIAA has begun to start a new round of lawsuits (Record industry warns of new lawsuits). The twist this time is that the RIAA is first sending out letters to those targeted,... From The Importance Of on October 19, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (32895) Re: Personalized RSS feed ... I'd really recommend using a standard HTTP authentication mechanism (such a From rss-dev on October 19, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (32894) Internationales Symposium... Internationales Symposium "Reformpädagogik und die Reform des Bildungswesens" für alle am Bildungsgeschehen Interessierten vom 22. - 24. Oktober (Mittag) 2003 in Bozen (Italien), organisiert vom Pädagogischen Institut für die deutsche Sprachgruppe - Bozen. Das Symposium setzt sich mit verschiedenen reformpädagogischen Richtungen auseinander und befasst sich mit aktuellen Fragen der Schulentwicklung, die einen historischen Hintergrund haben. Es schlägt eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis und beschäftigt sich mit dem Aufbau eines Netzes zur Schu From BildungsBlog on October 19, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (32892) Untitled Jay Rosen lists ten conservative things about weblogs. From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (32891) The Neitherworld RandomComments.comBusiness: Businesses (0 replies)The Neitherworldposted by Beetlejuice on Sunday, October 19, 2003 12:08:09 PMBj is back baby ARHAHAHAHAHA! Welcome to the Neitherworld run by me Juicer the projuicer. This is m ... From RandomComments.com on October 19, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (32890) 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 EdBlogger Praxis on October 19, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (32889) Weblogg-ed Vol.2: Using Weblogs in Education Weblogg-ed Vol.2: Using Weblogs in Education Will shares his thoughts and work regarding RSS at the service of teachers and students at his high school.... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 19, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (32888) Untitled A new Berkman blogger, Andrew MacLoughlin. From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (32887) A Redesigned American FactFinder Database Is Now Available From ResourceShelf on October 19, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (32886) Support for e-Learning evaluation (in German) e-Learning evaluation support (in German). This is an intriguing site, even for someone whose German is as bad as mine. It will be interesting to explore it as it is built out. Our articles in the next three issues of The eLearning Developers' Journal are on various aspects of e-Learning evaluation, so this is a timely post from Peter if you have an interest in best practices in this area. Support for evaluation activities. During the "SCIL"- From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 19, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (32885) [POPTECH] Our Non-Zero Future Robert Wright explains that non-zero sumness means "a correlation of fortunes for better or worse." E.g., when you buy something, the merchant is happy with your money and you're happy with the good. Why care about non-zero sum games? Stopping the spread of AIDS would be a NZ game. Globalization can be. We've been playing NZ games since history began. E.g., hunter-gatherer societies are held together because it's a NZ game. History advances because technology enables poeople to play NZ games over greater distances. Thomas Schellling, a leading game theorist, told Robert: "In a n From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (32884) League Bloggin': "Weaving Critical Thinking..." Okay, first session at the League for Innovation conference, this one from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College titled "Weaving Critical Thnking into Online Courses". Okay, we wade through the cheeese-head jokes, a lot of background on WITC, their mission, their learning acadamies... still waiting 30 minutes in to get to the Critical Thinking. The college does have a plan for every course to have online 'component' by 2006 (current system in Blackboard). Developed a critica From cogdogblog on October 19, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (32883) Blog Dinner This Week in London? I'm in London all week for book research. Hope to pull together a webloggers' pint-hoisting some evening. When my schedule... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32882) Untitled Jim Moore: "Why have just one World Series?" From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32881) Untitled Four years ago: "I like baseball because of the metaphysics, synchronicity and improbability of it. It's a puzzle. How does it work? God speaks to me thru baseball, at least my god does." From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32880) Untitled Three years ago: Transcendental Money. From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32879) Untitled Diego Doval writes about the Dublin blogger's meeting. From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32878) Untitled Red Sox Haiku Dot Com. "Going, going, gone. In the eleventh inning. Winter has begun." From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32877) Oh Boy III More gleeful blog-spotting. Berkman Fellow Andrew McLaughlin, lately of ICANN, has a blog. Lookee here. Andrew's first post is titled, "Ineluctable Modality of the Risible." Got to love that. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 19, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (32876) "Wishing for a dynamic librarian action figure" From ResourceShelf on October 19, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (32875) [POPTECH] Kling on PopTech Bobos Arnold Kling feels that the PopTechians are a smug bunch o' angry, liberal white guys. He was particularly bothered by Larry Lessig's showing a clip of Bush and Blair video-manipulated into singing a love duet. Arnold felt that the political bias was unnecessary; had it made fun of Hillary, we would have reacted differently, he says. Well, yes, there is a general ethos at PopTech, but maybe not as uniform as Arnold thinks. For one thing, Bob Metcalfe is one of the organizers and he's not shy about his support of the Bush administration. Nevertheless, if you randomly tell... From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (32874) [POPTECH] The Future of Peace Scott Hunt says we need to make compassion our guiding light. He wants us to be hopeful. He thinks the media focus on the negative. Since we've been at PopTech, 105,000 kids have died of malnutrition. 4.3B live on less than $2/day. The says the Dali Lama (with whom he has spent a lot of time) suggests we list all the bad news on one side and all the good acts on the other. Be sure to add all the acts of decency and restraint. After Scott traveled the world's battlefields, he came back and wrote the first line... From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (32873) [POPTECH] Support Jonathon Coulton So, here's a young guy writing uniquely funny songs, reminiscient of Tom Lehrer. Yeah,almost that good. (His Mandelbrot Set song got PopTech's only standing ovation.) No fucking recording company stands between you and him. Support the hell out of him.... From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (32872) Elections in Azerbaijan Some of you may know that on October the 15th elections were held in Azerbaijan. With the current president and former head of the Azerbaijan branch of the KGB, Heydar Aliyev, undergoing medical treatment at age 80ish, the decision has been made to pass on the reins of the country to his son, Ilham Aliyev, widely considered to be a playboy fool. The only problem with this dynastic succession is that Azerbaijan is ostensibly a democracy. From kuro5hin.org on October 19, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (32871) Henk's Portaal Henk's Portaalhttp://www.geocities.com/hno1/An excellent portal of links for current awareness and happenings on the Internet. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (32870) [POPTECH] Tech and Global Health Sally Stansfield of the Bill & Melinda Gates Fund is talking about how technology can be used to improve health globally. It's been 50 years since the development of the polio vaccine but it's still a threat in much of the world. A child born in the developing world has a 1:6 of dying before age 5. More than 800,000 kids die from measles every year. 25% of the world's kids are moderately or severely malnourished. Less than half of people at risk of AIDS can't get condoms. Health is a public good gone global, which means that governments, with... From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (32869) JMIR- Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR- Journal of Medical Internet Researchhttp://www.jmir.org/index.htmThe "Journal of Medical Internet Research" (JMIR; Medline-abbreviation: J Med Internet Res), founded in 1999, is the first international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies; a broad field, which is nowadays called "eHealth" [see also What is eHealth and --> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32868) Digital Medical Archive Debuts Digital Medical Archive Debutshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/3162704.stm A two-year project to digitize the entire archive of The Lancet -- the venerable weekly medical journal founded in 1823 -- will put an online treasure trove of medical wisdom accrued over the past 180 years at the fingertips of medical researchers and historians. A total of 340,000 articles are now compiled in a searchable database, including the earliest reports of medical breakthroughs such as blood t From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32867) NFAIS Releases Reference Linking Guidelines NFAIS Releases Reference Linking Guidelineshttp://www.nfais.org/press/2003_press_release_Linking_Guidelines.htm NFAIS, an association of organizations involved in information management, has released a set of guiding principles for reference linking, and is encouraging groups to support linking in their products and services. "The organization strongly believes that industry-wide collaboration in support of reference linking is essential to m From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32866) Special Digital Collections: An Analysis of Practice Special Digital Collections: An Analysis of Practicehttp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_10/normore/index.html To better understand the issues involved in collection description and access, a study interviewed people responsible for digital collections. "We wanted to find out what people were really doing and hoped to get insight into the reasons behind the choices that were being made," wrote project leader Lorraine Normore. It is important to realize that the goal is not just From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 19, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32865) Featured Sculpture: Leaning Man, Sculpture in Marble, 1975 Leaning Man, a modernist marble sculpture of an abstracted figure in motion From Randolphlee McIver - Figurative Painter, Draughtsman, Sculptor on October 19, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (32864) RDF Documents enter last-call status From Semantic World on October 19, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (32863) Costikyan on "Piracy" Greg Costikyan speaking the truth about the attempts to "fix" the "piracy" "problem." An excerpt: The whole "antipiracy" thing is not ultimately about preserving the rights of artists. It's about preserving the value of intermediaries who have already fucked over the artist. And from a purely ethical perspective, I don't see why the intermediaries have a leg to stand on.... From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (32862) [POPTECH] Reconciliation Ecology Michael Rosenzweig is depressing us with facts about our destruction of our shared ecology. Preserving tracts of lands as parks and reserves is not enough, he argues. Global warming will destroy the parks; Australia has discovered that 95% of its preserves and parks will be under water with global warming. [How many degrees are we talking about?] The more area of wilderness, the more species. But we can learn to reengineer our habitats, conserving species diversity, and we can do it where we live. Michael calls this "reconciliation ecology" because it reconciles our needs with those of the div From Joho the Blog on October 19, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (32861) Pushing Peer-to-Peer - Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review The networking approach that threatens to make the recording industry obsolete could also bring about a more reliable Internet. If I say peer-to-peer, you probably start thinking about those file-sharing services that let you get free music, movies, an From Techno-News Blog on October 19, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (32860) Don't Pray on Me A BBC story reports that the world's largest study into the effects of prayer showed it makes no difference.  The study involved having Christians, Jews, Buddists, and Muslims praying for people having heart surgery. From kuro5hin.org on October 19, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32859) Week ahead: More earnings Industry titans Microsoft, Electronic Data Systems and Amazon will report their quarterly results in the coming week. Also, a gaggle of wireless gadgets will be on display in Las Vegas. From CNET News.com on October 19, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32858) CH: E-Learning an Hochschulen Seit einem halben Jahr setzt sich das Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) für das E-Learning an Schweizer Hochschulen ein. Im März diesen Jahres nahm das Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) seine Arbeit auf. Die Gebert-Rüf-Stiftung stellt dem SCIL bis 2007 insgesamt sechs Millionen Franken zur Verfügung, wobei SCIL ein Zentrum aufbauen soll, das sich dem nachhaltigen Einsatz neuer Medien und Lerntechnologien im Hochschulunterricht widmet. Zu den Zielen gehört die Schaffung neuer Lernkulturen. Ausserdem sollen From BildungsBlog on October 19, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (32857) Wissen für alle im Intranet Obwohl die technische Infrastruktur für Mitarbeiterportale in den meisten Unternehmen vorhanden ist, werden die Möglichkeiten in den meisten Unternehmen nicht genutzt. Fehlende Intranetlösungen begründen 64 Prozent der Unternehmen mit mangelnden Budgets, 46 Prozent mit unzureichender Mitarbeiterakzeptanz und 41 Prozent mit unklaren Verantwortlichkeiten. Allerdings versprechen sich 68 Prozent der Unternehmen Kosteneinsparungen bei administrativen Tätigkeiten und Qualitätsverbesserungen bei hinterlegten Daten. Besonders Personal- From BildungsBlog on October 19, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (32856) Studie: Jeder dritte Schulschwänzer... Jeder dritte Schüler der regelmäßig den Unterricht schwänzt, wird laut einer Studie kriminell. München (rpo). Das Schulschwänzen hat sich in Deutschland zu einem "gefährlichen Phänomen" entwickelt, berichtet das Nachrichtenmagazin "Focus". Denn, so ergab eine Studie, jeder dritte Schwänzer werde kriminell. Dies habe eine bundesweite Studie des Deutschen Jugendinstituts in München ergeben. 33 Prozent der befragten Schüler gaben danach an, sie würden während des Blaumachens "Dinger drehen". From BildungsBlog on October 19, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (32855) Klausuren Die Seite Klausuren ist u.a. unterteilt in Hochschule, Prüfungen, ein Klausurenarchiv, Studi@Web und ein Lerncenter. Alleine im Klausurenarchiv finden sich... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (32854) Featured Art: Painting Gallery Four Gallery of modern mural-scale compositions on large, shaped geometric canvas, including the paintings Womanscape, Portrait, and Twin Towers - World Trade Center From Randolphlee McIver - Figurative Painter, Draughtsman, Sculptor on October 19, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (32853) Featured Painting: Womanscape, Oil on Shaped Canvas, 1986 Woman Scape, a mural scale painting on expansive, geometric shaped canvas of a modern female figure From Randolphlee McIver - Figurative Painter, Draughtsman, Sculptor on October 19, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (32852) Art and Artist Links Directory of art and art history resources of use to the practicing artist and student, artist listings, and more. From Randolphlee McIver - Figurative Painter, Draughtsman, Sculptor on October 19, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (32851) Using Syndication in Schools I've been thinking more and more about how to mine the possibilites of RSS for teachers. There are a lot of obvious applications: tracking student work in Web logs, being able to scour Websites for school info, communicating with parents, etc. But I think there are a lot of ways to embed it into good practice as well. One of the areas I want to delve into more is the creation of news feeds for Feedster or Goolge Alerts. I've been setting up feeds for weblogs and journalism, weblogs and education, educa From weblogged News on October 19, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (32850) Researchers take debugging to the masses - Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Open-source fans long have espoused the idea that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"--but the concept is getting a new twist in a university project. Researchers at the University of California and at Stanford University have released versi From Techno-News Blog on October 19, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32849) Using technology for the greater good - Jon Fortt, Mercury News Brij Kothari was watching a subtitled film for a Spanish class seven years ago when he had an epiphany: Words on a television screen might help millions of people in his native India learn to read better. Kothari's idea -- stripping subtitles along the From Techno-News Blog on October 19, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32848) Can you hear (and see) me now? Gateway joins Mohawk in distance learning - KRISTIN PALPINI, Daily Hampshire Gazette In his classroom at Gateway Regional High School, James Duggan lectured the four students in his advanced-placement history course about the Articles of Confederation drafted in 1777 by the Continental Congress. At the same time, 45 miles away in Buck From Educational Technology on October 19, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32847) Safe surfing goal of Internet class - Brooke Bryant, Tri-Valley Herald Wells Middle School is offering a class to teach kids how to navigate the net without falling prey to the predators who lurk there. The program combines an educational computer game for the kids with seminars for the parents to help them come together From Educational Technology on October 19, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32846) Online science journal threatens monopoly on reporting advances - Paul Elias, Associated Press A new online journal wants to radically alter the exchange of scientific information by making vital research available for free to anyone who logs onto the Internet. If the Public Library of Science's online journal succeeds, it could break the stran From Online Learning Update on October 19, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32845) The Art of Possibility: Perspectives on the Future of Online Education - John Bourne, sloan-C View Sloan-C From Online Learning Update on October 19, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32844) Academic Integrity in Online Education - Sloan-C View A recent conversation on the Sloan-C listserv focused on academic integrity as a perceived obstacle to the quality of online education. Bob Ubell of Stevens Tech notes that wherever he makes presentations about online learning, oeinevitably, faculty an From Online Learning Update on October 19, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (32843) Alter und neuer Polizeipräsident Dieter Glietsch hat die Veröffentlichung eines Interviews mit Georg Schertz in der behördeninternen Zeitung "Kompass" verboten - Aussagen zu brisant?... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (32842) Das Amt der Ãœberflüssigen Die Gewerkschaft des öffentlichen Dienstes kündigt Klage gegen ein Gesetz an, das noch nicht beschlossen ist,- so wenig Hoffnung setzen... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (32841) Verleihung von Bachelor-Abschlüsse Drei Jahre nach Gründung der Hochschule erhielten die ersten 87 Studierenden der Bucerius Law School den Grad des Baccalaureus Legum... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (32840) Softwarepatent in Aktion Lenz berichtet anschaulich sowie mit zahlreichen Nachweisen darüber, "wie der Inhaber eines Softwarepatentes in Deutschland versucht (hat), mit Abmahnungen Einnahmen... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (32839) 'Smart' Phones Making More Sense This is also my Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News. BERLIN Solomon Trujillo punched a button on his... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on October 19, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (32838) The Easterbrook Furor, and ESPN's Cowardly Response Gregg Easterbrook made some anti-Semitic remarks in his New Republic blog, got properly pilloried for it and apologized. Now it... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on October 19, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32837) Open Source, Cross-Platform Audio App I'm going to start adding audio and video soon to this blog, and have been looking around for some good... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on October 19, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32836) Mercedes Online Portal (Nicht nur) Für Geschäftsleute interessant: Mercedes stellt seine Online-Portal-Dienste in Zukunft auch E-Klasse-Fahrern zur Verfügung. ["Connect"-Printausgabe vom 16.10.2003]... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 19, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (32835) Encyclopedia of Natioal Anthems by Xing Hang Encyclopedia of National Anthems includes lyrics in the language of each country along with an English translation, if applicable. It is the most exhausted reference in the field. [PRWEB Oct 19, 2003] From PR Web on October 19, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32834) MYTH: STUDY ABROAD IS TOO EXPENSIVE Some students have passed up the opportunity to study abroad because they think it is too expensive. Most students don't realize that the use of financial aid and scholarships can make study abroad more affordable. Many students and parents are seriously overestimating the costs of college in general. [PRWEB Oct 19, 2003] From PR Web on October 19, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32833) Childhood Obesity Reaches All-Time High.ISSA Announces a National Solution The number of obese children reached an all-time high, as of September 2003, reports the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). ISSA is leading the cause to help youth get fit by encouraging personal trainers, health clubs, community centers, and teachers to work with kids after school. "After school activities are the key to getting kids away from TV and ... [PRWEB Oct 19, 2003] From PR Web on October 19, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32832) From Calgary... Alan November I am here in Calgary to participate to the "SchoolNet's Network of Innovative Schools Institute 2003". As member for the first year of this select group of schools, I spent a really good time with some of the most effective leaders in Canada who integrate ICT to the learning process.... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 19, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32831) My friend Noel killed himself 3 days ago. I'm piss ... My friend Noel killed himself 3 days ago. I'm pissed at him and myself. He was a good guy. Funny, witty, interactive, honest, fun to play music with.I didn't visit the times he asked me to go out to Hawaii. That's the guilty part. It's over it's too late. There is nothing I can do.I wrote some stuff about it. I may delete this post in a while. Here's the page HE made before he did it: sofasamosa.tripod.com From Random Thoughts on October 19, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (32830) Bloggin' da League Conf Well here I am in Milwaukee, for the 4-day 2003 Conference on Information Technology Presented by the League for Innovation-- this is te big daddy conference on technology on community colleges. You can count on about 30 simultaneous sessions, enough to make you dizzy, and interaction with a few thousand other community college types. I will try and do some conference blogging- it can become quite a chore to take on. I'll be eyeballing oth From cogdogblog on October 19, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (32829) A community effort in building an intranet strategic plan? I've just finished running the latest facilitated workshop as part of the Intranet Peers in Government community of practice. A lot of fun as usual, with the group very rapidly getting stuck into sharing their ideas and approaches. The second... From Column Two on October 19, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (32828) On four types of moderation Tom Coates has written a very useful blog entry on the four types of moderation for online communities, which are as follows: Pre-moderation Post-moderation Reactive-moderation Distributed-moderation... From Column Two on October 19, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (32827) Untitled Don Park asks if it's really anti-semitism. I offer a perspective. We don't know if it is or it isn't. But Jews are sensitive to any sign of anti-semitism, for good reasons. From Scripting News on October 19, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (32826) GM, let's roll the dice ... A public consultation and a three year trial seems set to keep Genetically Modified foods from the shores of the UK, and probably the rest of the EU as well. Of course, Monsanto, being the responsible company that they are, have decided to wind down their operations in the UK and other EU countries, including their non GM businesses. From kuro5hin.org on October 18, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (32825) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]