Edu_RSS ~ December 27, 2003

Most recent update: December 27, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Michael Powell on the Communications Revolution   Chairman Mike sure sounded good at UCSD on December 9. The audio/video stream is --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42255) McLuhan for Managers   In a prior post on Connected Intelligence (CI) I wondered what the relevance of Derrick de Kerckhove's concept of CI would be for Senge's notion of collective learning in organizations (dial From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42254) very cool code   Go to Dropload and drop a load of bites with an email address, and it sends an email to the recipient to come pick up the load. Free and free of the limitations of email servers. From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42253) VoIP enables ambient virtual co-presence   Barlow and I did an audio IChat AV session yesterday. Barlow has some interesting thoughts about this on his blog. When I was in Helsin From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42252) ZIP Code Visualizer   ZIP Code Visualizer A Java-based map of the continental US that progressively narrows down the area covered by a ZIP Code as From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42251) Link links   From Michael Daizman comes a link to EastGate, publishers of "serious" hyperlinked text. And at ArtBrain you'll find an --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42250) Connected intelligence '97 versus 2003   The concept of 'connected intelligence' outlined in 1999 by professor --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42249) From 'Connected intelligence' to 'What is the Message'   Brian Algers referred in his weblog 'Network learning environments' to the book Connected Intelligence, by Derrick de Kerckhove (1997). A search on this work learned From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42248) SD Takes the Lead in Memory Cards   The SD Memory Card has passed the CompactFlash Card, to take the top position in market share among memory cards, according to the most recent sales data available from The NPD Group. From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42247) Doc digs up a essay he wrote in '98 on how to make a great presentation. Nice....   Doc digs up a essay he wrote in '98 on how to make a great presentation.  Nice.  Thanks.  It is now logged in my backup brain. From Handheld Instructional Technology on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (42246) Metrics (excerpt) Metrics: Measurements that Matter This article is an excerpt from Metrics, a new book by Jay Cross which is available in our store. Four years ago I attended a how-to-ROI presentation at a major eLearning event and found it so misleading that I began... From Internet Time Blog on December 27, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (42245) TSNN.com TSNN.com - Trade Show, Exposition and Exhibitor Resourcehttp://www.tsnn.com/TSNN.com is the leading online resource for the 22nd largest industry in the world - the trade show and exhibition industry. TSNN owns and operates the most widely consulted database on the Internet for the trade show industry, containing data on more than 15,000 trade shows and conferences, and through a strategic partnership, more than 30,000 seminars.TSNN.com helps facilitate the exchange between buyers and sellers to achieve bottom-li From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 27, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. (42244) January 2004 Zillman Column: Finding Experts on the Internet 2004 January 2004 Zillman Column - Finding Experts on the Internet 2004http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Finding Experts on the Internet 2004.pdfhttp://www.zillmancolumns.com/http://www.InternetExperts.info/The January 2004 Zillman Column is now available and is titled Finding Experts on the Internet 2004 From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 27, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (42243) EU-Lebensmittelrecht Ab Januar 2004 gleicht kein Ei mehr dem anderen, so der SWR in einer ausführlichen Darstellung zum EU-Lebensmittelrecht. Ein einheitlicher... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42242) WI'04 Web Intelligence (WI)http://www.maebashi-it.org/WI04Web Intelligence (WI) has been recognized as a new direction for scientific research and development to explore the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge representation, planning, knowledge discovery and data mining, intelligent agents, and social network intelligence) and advanced Information Technology (IT) (e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, wisdom Web, and data/knowledge grid From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 27, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42241) Powerpoint and Lectures on the Web There's been various posts on software for online lectures, the latest that I've seen being one on SiT about a couple offerings and their system requirements. I've also looked through some of the offerings and have tried attending some online... From Education and Technology on December 27, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (42240) Trusted Sources Kairosnews recently posted about citing blogs in MLA style. A helpful resource for anyone who does reports. Even more recent is a post over on Asterisk on the integrity of sources on the web. The advice from the post is... From Education and Technology on December 27, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (42239) Please Help Iran Victims The horrific death and injury toll in the Iran earthquake demands a global humanitarian response. I've sent some money to... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 27, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (42238) Jackson in der Offensive Michael Jackson hat in seinem ersten Fernsehinterview seit der Anklage wegen Kindesmissbrauchs seine Unschuld beteuert, teilt FAZ.NET am späten Nachmittag... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (42237) Untitled "Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." From Seb's Open Research on December 27, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (42236) More on OA to CRS reports An unsigned editorial in the December 22 Toledo Blade makes the point very well. "How do you know when a United States congressman has been around too long? When he starts to believe that he owns and controls what the American public pays for with its tax dollars. A case in point: Rep. Bob Ney, Republican of St. Clairsville in southeastern Ohio, [who] has denied a request that the public get full access to information distributed by the Congressional Research Service, an arm of the Lib From FOS News on December 27, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (42235) More on OA to CRS reports The CRS itself prefers the current system, under which the public release of one of its reports requires the approval of the member of Congress who commissioned it. This according to a recent but undated internal memo obtained by Secrecy News. In an accompanying note, the editors of Secrecy News point out that "Most of the arguments presented in the CRS memo are refuted by the record of the U.S. General Accounting Office, another congressional support agency that publishes reports online da From FOS News on December 27, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (42234) Sicherheit 2003 Einen Ãœberblick über die "kabellose" Sicherheit 2003 ist im heutigen Artikel von B. Kucan zu finden, der recht gut zu... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (42233) Weblogging Tools (cont): Feedroll for guest writers Summary: In this entry I give proof positive that I am a weblog tinkerer! (I've been slow to see what is obvious to others--emperor's new clothes in inverse.) This time I add a tool that allows guest writers access to the sidebar of my weblog. And, because it is a feed rather than static text copy, the guest entries will vary from one day to the next. I do this using a script provided by feedroll. I have written two recent entries about about weblogging tools. I put together a fairly comprehensive --> From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on December 27, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (42232) Whittier GIS Project EdBlogger Praxis: Whittier School contemplates use of blogs for NSF project. Al Delgado's school in Chicago is involved with an NSF project looking at using geographical information systems with his elementary students. The official title is... "Designing Learning Environments for... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 27, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (42231) Encourage linking Jill Walker gave a talk at Brown University on blogging and network literacy. There's a lot packed in that post; you may want to start somewhere else if you're relatively new to the landscape. My favorite sentence: "Encouraging linking is key." Well, I suppose you just did it for me, Jill! From Seb's Open Research on December 27, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (42230) Leader as place The latest Wired article on Howard Dean's internetworked campaign features a wisdom quote from emergent democrat Joi Ito: I contact him to ask if he thinks there's a difference between an emergent leader and an old-fashioned political opportunist. What does it take to From Seb'apos;s Open Research on December 27, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (42229) Online-Wörterbücher... Das Portal wissen.de bietet Online-Suchfunktionen für das Wahrig-Wörterbuch, -Rechtschreibung und das Fremdwörterlexikon an. Ausserdem gibt es Wörterbücher für Übersetzungen in und aus dem Englischen, Französischen, Spanischen und Italienischem. Weitere kostenlose Online-Wörterbücher und Nachschlagewerke die bisher im BildungsBlog genannt wurden sind: LEO English/German Dictionar From BildungsBlog on December 27, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (42228) I was reading "Magic Numbers - Here is the best ar ... I was reading "Magic Numbers - Here is the best article so far by Robin Dunbar " after returnning from Kunshan, Jiangsu this evening. I was talking with Robert, Jianshuo and Hengge this morning on the "150 rule", too. Really a magic number, at least from my personal experience. From on December 27, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (42227) How users can help open standards evolve Robin Good reflects on the issues surrounding standards and offers practical suggestions for end users who want to support open standards for the common good: So, what you can do today to help open standards evolve and be adopted by a larger number of users is to: a) start asking yourself some questions about the benefits of going one way or the other while From Seb'apos;s Open Research on December 27, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (42226) Minima Minima, a journal of the small and potent !... From Ben Hammersley.com on December 27, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (42225) Stuart Russell on the Future of Artificial Intelligence - Ubiquity AI may not take over the world but it will provide new and powerful tools. Smart microwave ovens? No big deal. Full-size humanoid robots that walk, climb stairs, open and close doors, and pick things up? Now that gets our attention. Stuart Russell is From Techno-News Blog on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42224) 'Phisher' site targets Visa, as holiday scams abound - Paul Roberts, IDG News Security experts are warning of a new Internet scam that preys on Visa credit card holders, using e-mail and a specially designed Web site to harvest customer account numbers and personal identification numbers. The ruse is the latest example of so-c From Techno-News Blog on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42223) Researchers Outline Microsoft's Top 10 Challenges For 2004 - Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News Even giants have problems--and gigantic software maker Microsoft has at least 10 of them. In an end-of-the-year compilation, research firm Directions on Microsoft has put a spotlight on the top 10 challenges that it thinks Microsoft faces in the coming From Techno-News Blog on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42222) The Weather Classroom for Students Students interested in studying meteorology should visit this website created by the Weather Station. The Interactive Weather Forecast allows visitors to create their own forecast. The extensive meteorological encyclopedia and glossary educates stud From Educational Technology on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42221) Education companies cashing in - June Kronholz, WALL STREET JOURNAL Teachers, parents and principals may have their doubts about No Child Left Behind. But business loves it. The Bush administration's new education plan requires schools to prove that their children are learning math and reading, and are closing the ach From Educational Technology on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42220) Dubai's e-learning market to grow to USD 24 million by the end of 2008 - Christine Haugseth, AME Info Dubai's e-learning market, estimated at USD 6 million in 2003, is set to grow to USD 24 million by the end of 2008, boosted by government-led education initiatives and a knowledge-conducive environment, according to a new report on 'Dubai Knowledge Eco From Online Learning Update on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42219) From eLearning on Handhelds to eSurveys - Phillip D. Long, Syllabus Just when you think a technology has been surpassed by the next big thing, it sneaks up on you again. For years there have been various attempts to do interesting things with PDAs in the classroom. PDA manufacturers have funded grant programs to see From Online Learning Update on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42218) Beyond Virtual Field Trips: Collaboration and m-Learning - Rentoul, R.M.S, Hine, N.A., Specht. M., Kravcik, M., NAWEB 2003 Abstract: Developments in technology have reached a level of capability that enables more sophisticated and thought induced applications to be contemplated than were previously possible. E-Learning and m-Learning are maturing and the users of the tech From Online Learning Update on December 27, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42217) netzspannung.org netzspannung.org ist ein dynamisches Wissensportal für digitale Kulturen. Als fachübergreifendes Bindeglied zwischen Medienkunst und -gestaltung, Wissenschaft und Technologie kommuniziert die Plattform die vielfältigen Aktivitäten der Medienkulturszene und baut einen aktuellen Informationspool auf. [...] netzspannung.org ist ein nicht kommerzielles Projekt. Es wird gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung und am MARS-Exploratory Media Lab de From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on December 27, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (42216) Wissensportal für digitale... netzspannung.org ist ein dynamisches Wissensportal für digitale Kulturen. Als fachübergreifendes Bindeglied zwischen Medienkunst und -gestaltung, Wissenschaft und Technologie kommuniziert die Plattform die vielfältigen Aktivitäten der Medienkulturszene und baut einen aktuellen Informationspool auf. [...] netzspannung.org ist ein nicht kommerzielles Projekt. Es wird gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung und am MARS-Exploratory Media Lab de From BildungsBlog on December 27, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (42215) SPAM! Mit der Frage, ob SPAM im Internet - das ja bekanntermaßen keinen rechtsfreien Raum darstellt - erlaubt oder nicht erlaubt... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (42214) Wichtig(st)es Wort? The word "blog" has been picked as one of the top words of 2003 by a US website specialising in... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (42213) Herausforderung für Google Nach einer Meldung der chinesischischen Zeitung People's Daily soll die "China Search Online", die am 23.12.2003 ans Netz ging, zu... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (42212) BarlowFriendz John Perry Barlow hat (endlich) auch ein Weblog. Welcome in Blogospace! Wem der Name nichts sagt, mag in die Bio... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 27, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (42211) Day Three, Mars Probe: No Signal The failure to pick up a signal from Beagle 2 raises fears that the tiny probe may have ended up -- like so many other missions -- as scrap metal strewn across the bleak Martian landscape. From Wired News on December 27, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42210) Will Gas Wells Dirty Alpine Air? Even the BLM says potential impacts of plans to drill more than 10,000 natural gas wells over the next 30 years in the Four Corners region include poor visibility and air quality. Environmentalists say it's worse than that. From Wired News on December 27, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42209) The National Identity Crisis Bring up the subject of a national ID card and be prepared for a fight. It doesn't have to be that way: the key is verification, not identification. By Jeffrey Rosen from Wired Magazine. From Wired News on December 27, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42208) Digging Down Deep for Graffiti A new website, Graffiti Archaeology, aims to chronicle the ever-changing walls of San Francisco. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on December 27, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (42207) Youth and Family Violence Assessment and Treatment tobBe Discussed in South Africa Dr. Kathryn Seifert will be attending meetings of Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and other healthcare professionals in South Africa January 17-29, 2004 to discuss issues of violence, PTSD, and AIDS. [PRWEB Dec 27, 2003] From PR Web on December 27, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (42206) Analysis / No relation between Geha, Gaza incidents From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42205) IAF kills five in Gaza assassination From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42204) Analysis / Diplomatic track at a standstill From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42203) Analysis / No such thing as a free hudna From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42202) Four killed, 20 hurt in Geha bombing From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42201) Customize this feed Add more items, descriptions, time stamps, select your version of RSS, aggregate several feeds... Check out NewsIsFree's premium syndication services! (52) From Haaretz: News on December 27, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (42200) Another Move to Erase a Confederate Name From a Public School At Jefferson Davis Middle School in Hampton, Va., a petition drive seeks to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. From New York Times: Education on December 27, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42199) Rutgers Says No to Proposal for Merging 3 Universities Citing too many differences on issues to be worked out before a Jan. 1 deadline, Rutgers turned down Gov. James E. McGreevey's plan. From New York Times: Education on December 27, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42198) Child's Play: Grade-School Grandmasters Square Off On Dec. 12, hundreds of budding chess champions and their doting parents converged on Rosemont, Ill., for the annual National Scholastic K-12/Collegiate Championships. From New York Times: Education on December 27, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42197) Persepective Spent a good chunk of yesterday at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen with my wife and father-in-law helping to dish up over 400 meals to some very less fortunate on a cold New Jersey day. It's amazing to me that in my state capitol, the illiteracy and poverty rates are both around 40%, and that's literally less than 25 miles from my community where I would be surprised if either of those rates broke 2-3%. It was depressingly obvious how bleak the prospects are for the children who came through the doors. For me, their faces make it very di From weblogged News on December 27, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (42196) Fact Checking and Weblogs Via Doc Searles, a pretty good rant from the Head Lemur about where journalism should be headed in terms of linking to source material. I continue to think that the use of hypertext in writing will keep growing and growing until it becomes a requirement for readers consumption of news and information. Obviously Weblogs can facilitate that in classrooms right now. In Journalism and reporting the 'view source' meme can be used by linking to the material used to create stories is the most powerful weapon in the ars From weblogged News on December 27, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (42195) Who Killed The Red Baron? The Red Baron is instantly identifiable with World War I. His all red triplane is synonymous with chivalrous knights of the air gallantly fighting in the skies over France. In reality the Red Baron was Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen. A Prussian of noble lineage who became the most effective, the most feared and ultimately the best known exponent of air combat in the Great War of 1914-1918. The memory of Richthofen has been mythologized in modern media. Unfortunately his death has received the same treatment. The mystery generated by mass media has surrounded his death. This was due to From kuro5hin.org on December 27, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (42194) eXistDB Prototype Database Server I've got a prototype eXistDB server, built as a WebObjects application, running on an iMac on my desk. Works pretty well, and it does some great XQuery stuff. I've entered the CAREO metadata, current as of a week ago, so it's got 3733 IMS LOM records to play with. Check it out. It has a simple search (just enter a term and hit the button), as well as a generic XQuery entry panel. Feel free to experiment on any XQuery statements you want (do a simple search and look at the source HTML for the result page for a starting... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 27, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (42193) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]