Edu_RSS ~ November 2, 2003

Most recent update: November 2, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events through 2010 Both an introduction to astronomy and a calendar of upcoming celestial events for the remainder of the decade, this layperson's guide forecasts and explains numerous naked-eye phenomena in lucid writing and easy-to-grasp diagrams. From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35871) The Quotable Mars "The Mars we are trying to explore does not exist." Centuries of scientific flip-flops. -- Updated October 4 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35870) Space Invaders It's about to get crowded at Mars. Here's the lowdown on the new arrivals. -- Updated October 2 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35869) Pumpkin Moon On the evening of November 8-9, Earth's shadow transforms the moon into a supersized jack-o'lantern. -- Updated October 17 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35868) Leonids 2003: After the Storms The Leonid meteor shower will serve up a nice, if not spectacular, display next month. -- October 19 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35867) Solar Blasts Head Earthward Another CME should arrive November 3 and may trigger another severe geomagnetic storm. Here's what happened last week. -- October 31 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35866) November's Sky An auroral encore? Perhaps . . . but a lunar eclipse for sure, and a flurry of meteors, too. Venus & Mercury together; Mars declines; Saturn & Jupiter. -- November 2 From on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (35865) Number 25 - October 31st From Seb Schmoller's Fortnightly Mailing Home Page on November 2, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (35864) This is Not a Joke A group calling itself the Microsoft User Network has launched this site, to applaud our favorite monopolist's "innovations" and argue... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 2, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35863) Information gathering template   Denham Grey has published a simple information gathering template for use in knowledge management projects. It identifies the following key areas: People Places Problems Promises Principles Patterns Products [Column Two] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35855) Intro to Weblogs: Parts 1 and 2   Nicely written introduction to weblogs by Diego Duval: Introduction to Weblogs Introduction to Weblogs Part Two: Syndication This two part tutorial has been pointed to by several people already. The reason I point to it is because I want to be able to come back to it quickly and perma From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35854) Hanging up on class disruptions   USA Today has an entertaining article on how some professors are dealing with cell phones on campus and their ringing interruptions in their classrooms. Inspiring! (Thanks Fervil) -- Algebra instructor Raymond Moore spells it out in all capital letters, just below the title of his course on his syllabi: TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND PAGERS. "If a phone goes off, I have t From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35853) Edublogging: getting started and what the future may be   Edublogging: getting started and what the future may be. Summary: Have been reading and thinking about the ideas of interested participant-players in the edublogging arena. I summarize, link and respond. Topics: the psychological effect of edublogging, getting students started with edublogging, the nature of the set of educational paradigms after edublogging is fully established. Reading two edublogging entries ( one here and the second here) from James Farmer started me off. Initiall From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35852) Information Overload in 2002   5 'exabytes' of information created in '02, report says: I bet in a few years, we be able to fit it all on a Kanguru drive. "...twice as much new information had been created in 2002 as in 1999, the last year they studied. This time, they even had to employ a new term of measurement: the exabyte, or a million terabytes. (A terabyte From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35851) Flash Planetarium   Neave Lab : Nice planetarium done in Flash. Click here to comment on this entry [Gadgetopia] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35850) Haiku Error Messages   I found these Windows error messages very funny. In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. They're used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity. Here are 16 examples The Web site you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35849) New Study on the Information Explosion   A team of researchers from the School of Information Management and Systems University of California, Berkeley released a new study today, How Much Information? 2003, that chronicles the information explosion over the past several years. According to the team, during the period of 1999 to 2002, "new stored information grew about 3 From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35848) Electronic Portfolios for Professional Growth Assessment - Barbara Bray, techLearning   Tip: Electronic portfolios are being used for student assessment. How about e-portfolios for teachers and our own professional growth? I am sure this will stir discussions on what should be in an e-portfolio, but from my experience, I would like to s [Educational Technology] From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35847) A very nice collection of resources for science students (both high school and...   A very nice collection of resources for science students (both high school and college) from WolframResearch and Eric Weisstein (includes:  Math,  Physics,  --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35846) Thanks, Participants! Here is yet another test post to appear in the news aggregators of our participants! Thanks for coming to today's presentation, participants! From The Shifted Librarian on November 2, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (35845) Information gathering template Denham Grey has published a simple information gathering template for use in knowledge management projects. It identifies the following key areas: People Places Problems Promises Principles Patterns Products... From Column Two on November 2, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (35844) Blogging from California Hi - I'm here at the Internet Librarian conference demonstrating blogging! From The Shifted Librarian on November 2, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (35843) This math teacher writes about an assignment he ga ... This math teacher writes about an assignment he gave to his eighth graders asking them to write down a potential career path and outline some goals. It's such a simple assigment -- I'd love to hear how it went. Is Grade 8 too early to start doing career planning? Interesting that he's doing it in a math class. There's lots of potential to relate career possibilities to the math they're learning, but most teachers probably aren't willing to go that far. Might help answer the From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on November 2, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (35842) Blogs, Blogsuchen und Blogportale Eigentlich alles, was man als Nutzer von Weblogs über deren Suchmaschinen wissen sollte, ist auf dieser Seite beschrieben. Wer es... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (35841) Vascoda Vascoda ist ein Gemeinschaftsunternehmen zahlreicher leistungsstarker wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken und Informationseinrichtungen und ein interdisziplinäres Internetportal für wissenschaftliche Information in Deutschland. Auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (35840) More on the Elsevier boycott Jondi Gumz, UCSC faculty threaten to boycott publisher over journal subscriptions' costs, Santa Cruz Sentinel , October 31, 2003. Good coverage of the boycott by a local paper. Excerpt: "University librarians are stunned that rate hikes for online journal subscriptions outpace the Consumer Price Index. They contend publishing mergers have pushed prices higher....'They try to hold us to ransom,' said [Ben] Crow [associate professor of sociology at UCSC], who taught at Stanford and From FOS News on November 2, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (35839) Aggregation can kill personal voices A follow-up thinking for my previos post: I wonder if aggregation kills personal voices. Think of a simple scenario. You start blogging, you find several blogs you like, you discover news aggregator and start reading these blogs regularly. It creates a sense of connection with the authors of these weblogs, sense of knowing them. It creates a context for interpreting posts. Then upscaling comes: you have hundreds of weblogs and no time to read everything. You scan for interesting titles and jump back and forth. It&a From Mathemagenic on November 2, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (35838) Oliver Wrede: details of a global brain: embed() Macro Oliver Wrede: details of a global brain: embed() Macro This macro example for Manila will allow to include inline media... From Disruptive Technology on November 2, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (35837) RSS vs. browser for weblog reading In Comments, Aggregators, and Broadcast Models Liz Lawley  points to a a comments thread on Julia Lerman’s site on posting behavior and aggregators, where Sam Gentile says Of course, a blog is personal but is very well established that if you don't have a RSS feed you just From Mathemagenic on November 2, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35836) The Future Of Web Conferencing: Good Interviews Jeff King I would like to introduce my next guest by mentioning the fact that his company, WaveThree Software, is one among very few cutting edge operations that have been able to bring to market a killer software-based cross-platform videoconferencing solution that is impressive in terms of quality, performance and competitiveness with traditional hardware-based proprietary videoconferencing systems. From my personal experience and extensive testings only three companies can claim today to be able to provide effective videoconferencing, complemented by effective collaboration facilities, with performan From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on November 2, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35835) Aktionen gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen Ideen werden auf dieser Wiki-Seite gesammelt. From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on November 2, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35834) Audio-/Videovorlesungen, Recht Die "University of Pittsburgh" bietet Online-Vorlesungen (Video/Audio) zu nahezu allen, auch internationalen, Rechtsbereichen an; von tagesaktuell (z.B. IRAK-Konflikt) bis Rechtsgeschichte.... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35833) Gerichtsaufbau Deutschland Das BMJ hat auf seiner Seite eine Ãœbersicht zur Verfügung gestellt zum Gerichtsaufbau in Deutschland (1 S. PDF, Stand: Oktober... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35832) Man Arrested for Offending US Embassy Bruce Hubbard, a left wing peace protestor in Auckland, New Zealand, has been arrested for emailing the US embassy to complain about U.S. foreign policy. Local authorities will charge him with misuse of a telephone because police claim an American worker at the US Embassy was "offended" by Hubbard's comments on her country's actions. From kuro5hin.org on November 2, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (35831) Doe & Moffitt Die "Doe & Moffitt Libraries" an der "University of California Library, Berkeley" bietet auf ihrer Seite eine schier endlose Zusammenstellung... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (35830) Why Open Publishing in Science Matters New Scientist interview with Harold Varmus: Freedom fighter. Open-access publishing requires no subscriptions to use the digital version, allows any... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 2, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (35829) Blogware Implements Distributed Reviews Blogware Implements Distributed Reviews Blogware has implemented Reviews and Review metadata in their tool.  RVW was already supported as a MovableType plug-in, and through the Blam! publishing tool, which I've been using on Way.Nu for quite a while; but it's inclusion in the "standard load" or Blogware should help speed the growth of the standard. From Corante: Amateur Hour on November 2, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (35828) Feel the wrath of bloggerdom, P Diddy The excitement is just too much, but luckily Kottke is on the case of Maciej Ceglowski versus Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs in the New York Marathon. The Official Tracker Site is giving the split times, and all of bloggerdom is... From Ben Hammersley.com on November 2, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (35827) Familienkompetenzen als Potenzial einer innovativen Personalentwicklung Als ich letzte Woche die Oktober-Ausgabe der "Personalführung" durchblätterte, bin ich beim Begriff der "Kompetenzbilanz" hängengeblieben. Er hat mich spontan an aktuelle Diskussionen in vielen Unternehmen erinnert, in denen jetzt verstärkt Kompetenzmodelle eingeführt und eingesetzt werden, um die Entwicklung der... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 2, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (35826) Heftiger Streit um PISA für... Wie gescheit sind die Erwachsenen in den 30 wichtigsten Industriestaaten? Ein weltweiter PISA-Test soll die Antwort ermitteln. Während Bundesbildungsministerin Edelgard Bulmahn unbedingt dabei sein will, formiert sich innerhalb der Union Protest. Bundesbildungsministerin Edelgard Bulmahn (SPD) will eine deutsche Beteiligung am neuen weltweiten PISA-Bildungstest für Erwachsene notfalls auch gegen den Widerstand aus der Union durchsetzen. Der Test könne wichtige Rückschlüsse nicht nur über die Leistung von Schulen sondern auch von deutschen Hochschulen From BildungsBlog on November 2, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (35825) More on the Digital Promise Project The October 15 issue of RLG DigiNews has an interview with Anne Murphy of the DDP. Excerpt, quoting Anny Murphy: "As a result of our studies, we propose that one of the main objectives of the Digital Opportunity [Investment] Trust [DO IT] be to assist in the digitization of the collections of universities, museums, libraries, and cultural institutions --America's heritage is stored there. DO IT will help to digitize these collections and to set standards to conserve born-digital materials, ensuring their accessi From weblogged News on November 2, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (35822) Have Micropayments Arrived for Real? The iTunes service is one of the first truly useful examples of digital "micropayments." The notion has been hyped and lampooned, with skeptics having the better case, but new technologies and services may bring this genre of money to a more prominent place in 21st-century commerce. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on November 2, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (35821) We're having a Dean party... On Nov. 18 at 7pm, you're invited to a party at our house in north Brookline to write letters to undecided voters in Iowa telling them why you're supporting Howard Dean. There is something peculiarly thrilling about writing these letters. If you're interested in coming to our little party, let me know. No, I am not inviting people who want to write letters to the same folks explaining why they're not supporting Howard Dean. So now we know where the limit of my liberalism is. If you want to host your own party, click here. Parties are being organized for... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (35820) Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm#.docdelAn excellent reference resource for non-medcial librarians received from the Virtual Private Library's (VPL) Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (35819) Researching Medical Literature on the Internet Researching Medical Literature on the Internet -- 2003 Updatehttp://www.llrx.com/features/medical2003.htmThe proliferation of medical web sites is good news for the researcher with a small to non-existent medical collection. Legal researchers often have to consult medical sources, so it is fortunate that the Internet provides free access to a great deal of the medical literature, either in full text or citation/abstract format, and that it offers search capabilities good enough to fulfill most informa From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (35818) XML 1.0 Third Edition Is a Proposed Edited Recommendation XML 1.0 Third Edition Is a Proposed Edited Recommendationhttp://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PER-xml-20031030/http://www.w3.org/XML/ The XML Core Working Group has published the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Third Edition as a Proposed Edited Recommendation. The third edition is not a new version of XML. It brings the XML 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second edition errata, and clarifies its use of RFC 2119 key words like must, should and may. Comments are From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (35817) W3C Requests '906 Patent Re-Examination W3C Requests '906 Patent Re-Examinationhttp://www.w3.org/2003/09/paghttp://www.w3.org/2003/10/28-906-briefing Acting on the advice of the W3C HTML Patent Advisory Group, W3C has presented the United States Patent and Trademark Office with prior art establishing that US Patent No. 5,838,906 (the '906 patent) is invalid. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee has written an unprecedented request to James E. Rogan, US Under Secretary of Commerce for I From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on November 2, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (35816) Democracy vs. Postage: You be the judge Click on this preview to see the Richmond, Virginia absentee ballot in all its glory.... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (35815) The Dean Network Britt Blaser pulls together threads to explain why the network assembling around the Dean campaign is more important than it might seem.... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (35814) November SPARC Open Access Newsletter I just mailed the November issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. In addition to the usual round-up of news and bibliography from the past month, it has pieces on the PLoS Biology launch, the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, the Elsevier stock warnings from BNP Paribas and Citigroup Smith Barney, the AGORA and Ptolemy projects for creating open access in developing countries, the objection tha From FOS News on November 2, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (35813) Howard Dean's Internet Push: Where Will It Lead? - GLEN JUSTICE, New York Times These are good times to be an Internet consultant working in politics. Just ask Ben Green, whose firm, Crossroad Strategies, has handled online duties for clients like Senators John Kerry and Hillary Rodham Clinton. "It's tough to keep up with the dem From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (35812) New worm poses DoS attack threat - David Becker, CNET News.com Security experts warned Friday of a potentially harmful new e-mail worm that is slowly spreading among corporate and home e-mail users. The Mimail.c worm, a variant of an earlier pest that achieved modest distribution by posing as a message from a com From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (35811) Web Search for Everyone Else - Reuters A technology for finding websites by typing words into the address bar of a browser is taking off in South Korea after failing in the United States, and could make the Internet more accessible for non-English speakers. For example, South Korean surfer From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (35810) Computer Clubs For Fun and Learning - Rosemary Shaw, techLearning When I started teaching computers, I realized that there just wasn't enough time in a day to do everything that I wanted to do. And there was definitely not enough time to do some of the fun stuff that my students wanted to do. So, I watched myself fal From Educational Technology on November 2, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (35809) Security, assessment highlight Technology + Learning conference - Corey Murray, eSchool News Reeling from budget shortfalls from coast to coast and desperate for solutions that promise to save money while helping schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), education stakeholders arrived at the National School Boards Associati From Educational Technology on November 2, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (35808) Some dislike online method - Michele Steinbacher, Pantagraph Online education enrollment is at an all-time high, but there is an academic debate over whether the quality is equal to the traditional class experience.... Critics of online education are concerned with technology's impact in the classroom, commerci From Online Learning Update on November 2, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35807) Schools use online classes - Michele Steinbacher, Pantagraph The popularity of online education is pushing many colleges to expand Internet course offerings, but Central Illinois campuses are choosing their own pace. In 2002, a record 1.6 million college students took online courses, according to a Babson College a From Online Learning Update on November 2, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35806) Wanted: Course Revision Without Pain - Jo B. Paoletti, Technology Source Online teaching and learning have been part of my classroom since 1994. My course design has evolved with the technology market. I began with Internet-enhanced courses that made use of UNIX-based e-mail, and then progressed to Web-enhanced courses that From Online Learning Update on November 2, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35805) Das "Letzte" vom SuMa-Markt Sie erhalten einen recht guten Ãœberblick über die jüngste Entwickung bei Suchmaschinen wie bspw. ZapMeta, NetNose oder Wotbox. Mit dem... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (35804) Lesetagebuch Bründlmayer Am Samstag wurde der Schnee von den Blättern geschüttelt und wir durften köstliche Rieslingtrauben lesen. Leiden und Freud... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 2, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (35803) Der Embryo ist ein Wer, kein Was Die Bundesjustizministerin hat am Mittwoch in ihrer Berliner Rede zur Bioethik gegen Präimplantationsdiagnostik und therapeutisches Klonen mit pragmatischen Argumenten Stellung... From Handakte WebLAWg on November 2, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (35802) The future of learning objects Wayne Hodgins normally gets to give this talk, but in a few weeks it will be my turn. In preparation for a talk to be delivered at the Singapore National Learning Objects Conference, I did a survey of people I follow, what they're doing relating to online teaching and learning, and looked for trends... From autounfocus on November 2, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (35801) A Tight Job Market Dampens Ivy League Hopes Almost half a year after finishing their studies, many graduates of elite colleges are settling for jobs that have little to do with their career goals. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (35800) In College and in Despair After a rash of suicides at New York University, some schools are rethinking the enforcement of privacy laws that often leave parents in the dark about their children. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (35799) Turning to Tutors, Instead of Schools Parents who want to educate their children at home, but lack the time, skill or inclination to do it themselves, are increasingly replacing school with tutors. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (35798) Never Mind the Harvard Game. The Rough Sport Here Is Yale vs. Unions. For some, the introduction to the bruising world of union organizing is taking place not on an assembly line or on the waterfront, but amid the refined confines of Yale University. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (35797) High Anxiety It's the high season for one of the toughest games in town: the college admissions process. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (35796) Talking Points At 17, I was never sure why my teacher paid such attention to me. I liked to think it was because I talked to him like an adult. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (35795) From 'Yuck' to 'Mmmmmm' A pioneering cooperative program makes the cafeteria a classroom. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (35794) Too Much The obsession with homework on the part of American elites says as much about class as it does about the classroom. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (35793) Online book: making web sites accessible Mark Pilgrim ha spublished an online book, subtitled "30 days to a more accessible web site."This book answers two questions. The first question is "Why should I make my web site more accessible?" If you do not have a web site, this book is not for you. The second question is "How can I make my web site more accessible?" If you are not convinced by the first answer, you will not be interested in the second. Comment: Mark Pilgrim is a prolific writer on all things web. He writ From carvingCode on November 1, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (35792) Disturbing: move for approval of cloned animals for meat I recently read an article in the popular press (I believe it was USAToday) about legislation being prepped for passing which puts in place the first steps toward designing animals strictly for consumption. Not simply raising and slaughtering animals, but designing them, through cloning and other genetic manipulations. Franken-meat... This is disturbing, because it points to man's de-evolution, de-emphasizing the importance of life. All in the name of profit. John Robbins, and others, have proven that From carvingCode on November 1, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (35791) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]