Edu_RSS ~ December 31, 2003

Most recent update: December 31, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: For the new year I ran across a quotation, attributed to Anthony Robbins, that seems good for starting a new year: If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. It might be good to type that onto the syllabus for one or both of the writing courses this semester, since writing courses usually ask people to build on their strengths and try some new approaches. I will be curious to hear what the first year students say about it, for one thing, but also what the older... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 31, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (42615) Internet Time Outbound Subscribers are receiving this as email right about now. Sign up if you'd like to hear from us every month or two or maybe three. Join our spam-free mailing list Email:   Outbound Carpe annum! January 31, 2003     Happy New Year! You signed... From Internet Time Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (42614) LexisNexis will be delivered globally using new te ... LexisNexis will be delivered globally using new technology platform. The product will be launched in Australia, France and Germany in the first quarter of 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42613) International Association of Music Libraries, Arch ... International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, United Kingdom an Ireland Branch, IAML:UK & Irl presents Advanced reference sources for music librarians will be offered at Advanced reference sources for music librarians- Humanities Library, Cardiff University, 30th March 2004. Music f From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42612) The best of British blogging - The Guardian unveil ... The best of British blogging - The Guardian unveils the winners of the second blogging contest. Phil Gyford's blog Pepys' Diary won in the specialist category. "The project started on January 1 this year: Gyford will put a new entry of the 17th-century London-based diarist's work on the web every day for the next 10 years" From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42611) Victorian Christmas - short descriptions and imag ... Victorian Christmas - short descriptions and images of Victorian greeting cards. scraps, and other ephemera From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42610) Images and Sentiment - Five Publishers of Victoria ... Images and Sentiment - Five Publishers of Victorian Holiday Cards - companion web site to an exhibit Lilly Library in 2001 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42609) AskERIC service was discontinuned on December 19, ... AskERIC service was discontinuned on December 19, 2003. The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new service, The Educator's Reference Desk offering access to AskERIC's lesson plans, and question archive responses as well as a search interface to ERIC From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42608) Curtin University of Technology in Perth Australia ... Curtin University of Technology in Perth Australia will offer all courses online for its Master of Information Management and other programs in 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42607) Library Fund Development - ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum ... Library Fund Development - ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum course - February 16-27, 2004 - Participants will be provided with "a basic understanding of the library fundraising and fund development environment and the individual's role in it" From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42606) Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 4:1 (January 2 ... Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 4:1 (January 2004) is now available for downloading From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42605) Dialog has announced a series of upgrades to Dialo ... Dialog has announced a series of upgrades to Dialog NewsEdge, its industry-specific, personalized current awareness and news alerting service for corporations, that will facilitate information sharing within subscribing organizations From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42604) To mark the bicentenary of the birth of French com ... To mark the bicentenary of the birth of French composer Hector Berlioz in December 1803, the National Library of Scotland is exhibiting a small selection of music and documents from its renowned Berlioz collection - 17 December 2003-21 January 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42603) California Academy of Sciences Anthropology Collec ... California Academy of Sciences Anthropology Collection Database - covers approximately 17,000 objects and over 8,000 images From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42602) King County Snapshots presents King County, Washin ... King County Snapshots presents King County, Washington, through 12,000 historical images carefully chosen from twelve organizations' collections. These cataloged 19th and 20th century images portray people, places, and events in the county's urban, suburban, and rural communities From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42601) Registration for OCLC events at ALA January 9-12, ... Registration for OCLC events at ALA January 9-12, 2004 is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42600) Oregon Health & Science University Department of ... Oregon Health & Science University Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology presents Introduction to Biomedical Informatics: A Web-Based Continuing Education Course for Health Sciences Librarians - January to June 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42599) Presentations from the conference Parallel Lives: ... Presentations from the conference Parallel Lives: digital and analog options for access and preservation, Joint conference of the National Preservation Office and King's College London, held 10 November 2003 are now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42598) The December 2003 issue of Biblio Tech Review is n ... The December 2003 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42597) Journal of Digital Information Volume 4 Issue 3 is ... Journal of Digital Information Volume 4 Issue 3 is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42596) The December 22, 2003 issue of LLRX.com is now ava ... The December 22, 2003 issue of LLRX.com is now available. LLRX.com is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal and library professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42595) The top 20 groups that are changing the world, acc ... The top 20 groups that are changing the world, according to Fast Company From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42594) Information Today, Inc., producer for the past 24 ... Information Today, Inc., producer for the past 24 years of the National Online Meeting in New York City each May, has announced that it is skipping the industry-wide conference in 2004 and will return in 2005 with a "reinvented" event that will bring in "the new breed of information buyers." Three smaller conferences will take place simultaneously at the New York Hilton on May 11 and 12, 2004, but the long-running annual meeting that traditionally brought together produce From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42593) Licensing Review and Negotiation - February 23-Mar ... Licensing Review and Negotiation - February 23-March 26, 2004, May 17-June 18, 2004, October 18-November 19, 2004 - This Online Lyceum course was created in 2002 in response to the ongoing demand for an introductory course that covers the basics of licensing electronic information products for libraries. The course content designers and facilitators are the same expert faculty who have been conducting this popular workshop in person for the last five years From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42592) Journal of Digital Contents Volume 2, Issue 1; Jan ... Journal of Digital Contents Volume 2, Issue 1; January 2004 is now available online From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42591) Free Pint Newsletter 150 - 11 December 2003 - now ... Free Pint Newsletter 150 - 11 December 2003 - now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42590) Emerald's Journals of the Week for December 22 200 ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for December 22 2003 to January 4 2004 are Health Education & Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (42589) Justice: A fair distribution of goods and harms (2). Bio-Logic Summary: In my prior entry on Justice I quoted from John Rawls‘ A Theory of Justice. That entry was to be the first in a three entry series, each entry dealing with some facet of thinking about social (or distributive) justice. In this entry I discuss Peter Corning‘s principle of Fair Shares. While Rawls‘ theory is principled it is drawn from a self-feeding theory of “right action” (not necessarily his terminology), Corning‘s is justified in terms of S From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on December 31, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (42588) Predicting 2004 As 2003 fades into history, it's time for my annual predictions quiz (with appreciation to New York Times columnist William... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 31, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (42587) Rushkoff on Radio with McChesney I'm doing a call-in radio show called Media Matters with Robert McChesney (you should know who he is) on Sunday at 2pm EST on most NPR stations. Listen or, better, call! From rushkoff.blog on December 31, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (42586) Year in review So, that went well. (46 words) From dive into mark on December 31, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (42585) Return of the King - The Music If you enjoyed the music of the Film - here is a link to Soundtrack.com (a wonderful resource) and a commenatary plus clips for every track.... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on December 31, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (42584) Proceedings of open-access conference The presentations from the ICSTI, INIST, INSERM, and CODATA conference, Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future Trends (Paris, January 23-24, 2003) have been published in Vol. 23, Nos. 2-3, of Information Systems & Use. Unfortunately, the journal edition only provides free online access to the table of contents and abstracts. See the From FOS News on December 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (42583) Devastating image DirectionsMag is running some 1m satellite photos of the devastation at Bam, Iran. The photo of the 2,000 year old citadel is astounding.... From Joho the Blog on December 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (42582) Now X-Serving for 2004... Jade Has Moved No addresses or URLs have been shuffled, but today I finally managed to move our 'Jade' server (if anyone has caught notice, all machines in my area are domain named after minerals... my G4 laptop is 'Topaz', my beige PC is "Pyrite', there is an old Mac named 'Sphalerite' acting as a mulit-user server for some old shockwave apps that people seem to still use) to our new, sleek X-Serve host. I had elegant plans for a migration that included an Apache From cogdogblog on December 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (42581) Blog Hype Pat Delaney was the first ed blogger that I came across 2 1/2 years ago when I first stumbled on Web logs. At that time, the whole concept was pretty much under the radar, and even with some serious digging, nothing turned up anyone who was doing more thinking and writing about blogs in schools than Pat. He was and continues to be an inspiration. So when Pat, in response to a post on From weblogged News on December 31, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (42580) Expose Blob It just struck me that the fancy Expose Blob on MacOSX 10.3 is really quite useless. It's not that convenient to mouse over to it and click the button. Much easier to just hit F9 or whatever you've set your Expose Key to... It would be MUCH more useful if you've got a touch screen. Like, say, a SMART Board, or, say, a tablet. Newton could have used the Expose Blob. I'm just saying... Wonder what's under wraps for MWSF next week...... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 31, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (42579) Flucht in die Promotion In der Krise steigt die Zahl der Akademiker, die eine Doktorarbeit schreiben wollen. Einigen gelingt damit der Einstieg in die... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (42578) Konqueror successfully compiled for OS X Benjamin Reed has compiled Konqueror for Mac OS X, after recently porting the KUniqueApplication cla... [MacNN] Comment:Looks like the Linux... From Disruptive Technology on December 31, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42577) Koingo Software releases Slideshow Magic 2.0 Koingo Software has released Slideshow Magic 2.0, a $10 shareware utility for creating picture slide... [MacNN] Comment: I haven't tried... From Digital Hub on December 31, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42576) Koingo Software releases Slideshow Magic 2.0 Koingo Software has released Slideshow Magic 2.0, a $10 shareware utility for creating picture slide... [MacNN] Comment: I haven't tried... From Digital Hub on December 31, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42575) Simple Canvas 1.2.1 - iMovie plugin, paint... Simple Canvas 1.2.1 - iMovie plugin, paint on clips. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]... From Digital Hub on December 31, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (42574) The Roadmap to Redesign We can forgive, I guess, the Center for Academic Transformation for its use of a now clichéd phrase in its title. The point of the plan is to test a new model "that partners experienced, successful institutions with new institutions and relies upon best practices and learning materials with a proven track record in particular disciplines." Guidelines for participation, reports Carol A. Twigg in an email, will be published on February 1, 2004. By Various Authors, Center for Academic Transformation, December, 2003 [From OLDaily on December 31, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (42573) The Algebra of RSS Feeds Useful first steps toward defining a notation for the manipulation of the contents of RSS feeds, including accounts of feed splitting, splicing, subtracting and more. In the comments I have added to the termninology and offered formal definitions for each term in a type of basic predicate calculus for feeds. By JDJ News Desk, Linux World, December 30, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on December 31, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (42572) 101 Ways to Save the Internet Good fun, a light read, and some good sense. By Paul Boutin, Wired, January, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on December 31, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (42571) How Boring is the E-Learning Market Reflections from an e-learning conference held recently in Britain. Cynical reflections. "The industry stages very predictable events where: publishers argue that there should be more emphasis on e-learning content; software companies argue that there should be more emphasis on tools; and learning theorists want to see more collaboration between learners and more attention on 'pedagogy' in general." Yup. Some glimmer of hope: "Donald Clarke was brave enough to challenge some of the emerging e-learning orthodoxies, arguing that 'giving teachers new e-learning tools is not going t From OLDaily on December 31, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (42570) Sozialhilfe im Städtevergleich Diese Veröffentlichung (27 S. PDF - Dezember 2003) gibt einen Ãœberblick über die Zahl der Sozialhilfeempfänger in den Berichtsjahren 1997... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (42569) Actionable Sense, Networks and Purpose Summary: A set of pictures and some comments relating to "making actionable sense", sociality of knowledge-making, networks. Re Actionable Sense: A boat maker's skills and tools make sense via the construction of a boat. A lawyers tools and skills make sense within the context of a case. A cook's tools and skills make sense within the context of a dish or meal. Sense for each and all, or so it seems to me, is realized within a social context and because of an objective, a target. Actionable sense is found within the realization o From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on December 31, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (42568) Blogging for Business »“All the buzz about weblogs is really about one thing: Making publishing to the web as easy as writing an email. A blog is a web page, or a portion of a web page, usually made up of short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically (usually reverse chronologically). The posts can be text, graphics, audio, or any combination of the three.”« [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE] From owrede_log on December 31, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (42567) A View From a Shopping Cart Ten secrets to shopping cart satisfaction that can enhance a customer's overall experience at your site. From E-Commerce Guide on December 31, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (42566) Top Searches of 2003 Entertainment reigned in 2003, capturing the most queries among Internet searches. From CyberAtlas on December 31, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (42565) Introducing... Curb Cut Learning It took me awhile to decide if I really wanted to started a blog. In the past year I've seen many become copmletely useless and wanted to make sure I was ready to jump in with both feet. Two things helped me to decide: 1) this will help me to more systematically review and archive resources that I come across and 2) as far as I know, there isn't anyone else who has specifically tackled accessible distance education in the blogosphere. So if you're here, hopefully you can find something useful. Why Curb Cut Learning? You have likely heard of the curb cut principle- the idea that From Curb Cut Learning on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42564) Accessibility in Distance Education (ADE) website If you haven't come across this website yet, it's a great place to start, Accessibility in Distance Education from the University of Maryland University College. From their homepage: The Accessibility in Distance Education (ADE) Web site focuses on helping faculty develop accessible online learning materials for people with disabilities. It is divided into five major sections, targeting common accessibility questions. The five major categories that they mention are What is Accessibility, Legal Issues, Understanding Disabilities, How-To and Best Practices. While there are many great r From Curb Cut Learning on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42563) Should Online Course Design Meet Accessibility Standards? (Article) Let's start with this: As consumers, we would not tolerate a different size and thickness CD for every recording label that required a physically different CD player to pay it, so why would we tolerate the equivalent in our courseware? This article on the accessibility of online learning materials written by Peter Paolucci for the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society makes a strong case for consumers to demand better adherence to open standards. He states: ...vendor-created dependency on its own proprietary platform will inevitably interfere with institutional and desig From Curb Cut Learning on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42559) Moodle and Accessibility You may already be familiar with Moodle, an open source, modularized, social constructionist course management system started by lead developer Martin Dougiamas in 1999. It looks like the current version (1.1.1) has some basic accessibility features built in, but their road map for the next year is the really good part. By version 2.0, planned for early 2004, they are working towards xhtml transitional compliance. Right now they are planning on using some basic tables, but they will be easily replaced with CSS positioning. Then, version 2.1 is expected to bring basic support for SCORM packages From Curb Cut Learning on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42558) Online Courses, Links and Such I have run across a few links recently that I wanted to pass on. Some of these have been around for awhile, but just recently came on to my radar screen. First, a couple of sites with training materials/curriculum for accessible web design: Advanced Training Course Overview from James Allen, Rob Sartin and James Craig for the Accessibility Internet Rally. and The Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 developed by the W3C-WAI. Then a couple of links pages: AccessibleNet.org has a tremendous collection of accessibility resources categorized nicely, each category with it's From EdTechPost on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42556) Internationales Familienrecht Die auf Osteuropa, Thailand und Iran spezialisierte Kanzlei Bümlein gibt online Hilfestellung zum Intenationalen Familienrecht sowie praktische Hinweise zum Ausländerrecht.... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42555) Quo Vadis Mediation? Das Schwerpunktthema im Anwaltsblatt 1/2004 (vgl. auch hier): Zahlreiche Beiträge zur Zukunft der Mediation in Deutschland und Europa (S. 1... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (42554) Display Ads Back From the Dead Perceptions of a decline in display ads may be misleading. From CyberAtlas on December 31, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (42553) Time Management for Teachers Over the break, my colleague, Lee Tobin-McClain had an article come out in The Chronicle of Higher Ed (I think this is #4 for her at The Chronicle!). It's a great self-help piece on Time Management for New Faculty. Highly recommended reading! (I'm the guy she mentions who usually doesn't... From PEDABLOGUE on December 31, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (42552) EdBlogger 2003 WebLog-Ed did some post-year reflecting on blogs in education over the past year and in it's great hot list of best edublogs of the year, includes Pedablogue as "Higher Ed Blogger Who Best Translates to K-12" (in a tie with the illustrious Dan Mitchell and productive Ken Smith (tie)). WOW!... From PEDABLOGUE on December 31, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (42551) How to Get a Course Off to a Great Start First impressions matter. Get off on the right foot with your class by breaking the ice, clarifying expectations and establishing classroom routines.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 31, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (42550) FBI Issues Alert Against Almanac Carriers FBI Issues Alert Against Almanac Carriers: The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning From kuro5hin.org on December 31, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (42549) "Flucht in die Promotion" In der Krise steigt die Zahl der Akademiker, die eine Doktorarbeit schreiben wollen. Einigen gelingt damit der Einstieg in die wissenschaftliche Laufbahn. Doch viele wären mit einem Praktikum besser bedient [Weiterlesen bei Die Zeit] From BildungsBlog on December 31, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (42548) Directory Resources Directory Resourceshttp://www.DirectoryResources.infoDirectory Resources is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis on Internet Directories. The goal of this site is to be the Internet's Directory of Directories! We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to th From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 31, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (42547) OA issues plaguing Reed Elsevier Barbara Quint, Elsevier to Close Three End-User Portals, Information Today, December 29, 2003. Mostly on non-OA issues but closing with this observation: "'Open access' issues continue to plague Reed Elsevier. In February and March 2004, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee will hold an inquiry into scientific publishing. The inquiry is expected to cover high subscription prices, the backlash of academics, both faculty and librarians, and possible government support for open access. A Guardian artic From FOS News on December 31, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (42546) Online tools for studying history The Calgary Herald and CanWest News Service are publishing a five-part series, Future Past, on how scholars are using the internet to study history. From Randy Boswell's review in yesterday's Calgary Herald: "Underlying the project is a new sensibility about how the Internet -- with its global reach, open access, powerful search engines and exhaustive data sets -- is reshaping scholarly research." From FOS News on December 31, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (42545) Ideas for Social Software Seconding Liz's linking to Matt Haughey's ideas for useful social software. Matt suggests "Epinions + Friendster," which sounds a lot like a company that Paul English, Rick Levine and I tried to start a few years ago. Matt puts the problem well: Last summer I moved to a town in a place far away from where I've spent the past few years, and one of the first problems I had to solve was finding the perfect everything. I quickly amassed a bunch of questions that took months of trial and error to answer through a network of new friends and... From Joho the Blog on December 31, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (42544) Online Celebration With Live Collaboration Tools In the full spirit of what Robin Good has best to offer I will follow my instinct and play the humble guest for my first New Year's celebration online. a) I want to help others learn more about technologies that help them communicate and learn more effectively, b) I want to learn from this group of end users how they manage and take advantage of this unique online collaboration tools, c) I want to enrich myself by listening and looking and by utilizing the moment of this celebration to bridge farther away with the very tools that I recommend so... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on December 31, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (42543) Justice: A fair distribution of goods and harms (1) Summary: First of three entries concerning basic ideas of Justice, (1) John Rawls'* Theory of Justice, (2) Amendments based on work of systems thinker Peter Corning** and thoughts about analyzing systems of justice by sociologist Morton Deutsch***. As regards justice we ask the following question of our world's institutions (where an institution is a public system of rules): If this were a just world what would we aim to accomplish and how would we go about doing so? In this first of three entries I will start by sharing John R From Connectivity: Spike Hall'apos;s RU Weblog on December 31, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (42542) Massage für Männer ... Der Chaos Computer Club wandte sich laut Heise auf dem 20C3 auch einem bisher vernachlässigten Problem für Hacker zu.... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (42541) Ssskol! Vor vierzig Jahren(!) lief er zum ersten Mal im Fernsehen - der legendäre Sketch um Miss Sophie und ihren Diener... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (42540) Renardus Renardushttp://www.renardus.org/Renardus allows you to find Internet resources selected according to quality criteria and carefully described by Subject Gateways from several European countries. You discover the individual resources and collections by searching and browsing these descriptions (metadata), not the full text of the resources themselves. Having selected the most relevant ones informed by the descriptions you can use the URL's provided to go to the original resources. A special feature of Renardus is the From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 31, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (42539) V1N29 December 31, 2003 Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet: Blog - Zillman.us This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (December 31, 2003 V1N29) is dedicated to my personal Blog: Zillman.us . Click on the below audblog link to hear an audio describing this site focusing on my current awareness resources and happenings. The site is available from the following address:Zillman Bloghttp://www.zillman.us/ From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 31, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (42538) Global DSL Lines Exceed 55M - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas Global DSL growth exceeded expectations for the third quarter of 2003, reaching 55 million, according to Point-Topic and DSL Forum representing an 18 percent increase over Q2 2003, and an 80 percent gain over Q3 2002. China dominated new subscriber From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42537) LiveWire: Web Unites and Divides Legal Profession - Sue Zeidler, Reuters California prosecutors took the unusual step of setting up a Web site on the Michael Jackson case to alleviate a media frenzy and, in doing so, triggered a debate on use of the Web within the legal community. Some legal experts said that posting docume From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42536) Japan, China, S. Korea developing next Net - CNETAsia Staff Japan, China and South Korea are reportedly planning to jointly develop Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next-generation Internet standard, a move that will challenge the U.S.-dominated market for current IPv4-based Internet technology. The rep From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42535) Egypt enforces technology tools in elementary students - AME Info Within the framework of activities for implementing the National Plan for communications and information technology, the Ministry signed yesterday an MOU with the Ministry of Education and Oracle to launch think.com in schools of Egypt. Implementing th From Educational Technology on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42534) MDR: Schools that fail AYP are below average in tech use - Cara Branigan, eSchool News Schools that have failed to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) are "slightly below average" when it comes to giving their students access to technologies such as multimedia computers, laptops, an From Educational Technology on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42533) Michigan Tech University has taken the distance out of education - Associated Press Thanks to the Internet, distance is no longer a barrier for students to have access to Tech's faculty and programs, William Predebon, chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, told The Daily Mining Gazette. "We're seei From Online Learning Update on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42532) COD offers online courses: New Educational enlightenment is just a mouse click away, courtesy of College of the Desert From Online Learning Update on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42531) Online Assessment - Australian National Training Authority This Quick Guide looks at the nature of assessment in a changed (and changing) Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) context, and considerations and issues for online teaching. Specifically this Guide looks at why the topic of online asse From Online Learning Update on December 31, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (42530) SMS-Benachrichtigung Der Kollege Bahr teilt in seinem heutigen NL folgenden Sachverhalt mit: Der NDR berichtet darüber, dass der Mobilfunkanbieter Vodafone seit... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 31, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (42529) Cyber Fraudsters Hit Offices Blackmail artists are shaking down office workers, threatening to delete computer files or install porn on work computers. E-mails demand a small ransom and most people pay up to prevent the extortionists from following through. From Wired News on December 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42528) Swap That Ugly Sweater: Online Web bazaars like eBay are geared up for a 'Get What You Really Wanted' campaign. And on community sites like Craigslist, postings for holiday shopping and after-holiday unloading have tripled. From Wired News on December 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42527) Incentive to Recycle Tech Gadgets A recent tax break gives businesses an added 50 percent write-off for new equipment. Combined with stricter recycling requirements, that could result in a surge of recycling old computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. From Wired News on December 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42526) 101 Ways to Save the Internet Worried about spammers and slammers, industry thugs and identity thieves? Never fear. By Paul Boutin from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42525) Satellite Radio Goes for a Spin When it comes to variety and sound quality, satellite-radio competitors Sirius and XM deliver the goods. Once you've heard it, you might never listen to FM or AM radio again. A review by Lewis Wallace. From Wired News on December 31, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (42524) Teen Ushers in the New Year by launching web site that encourages parents to drug, alcohol, and tobacco test teens at home. "Home drug testing really works", says 17 year old Linzy Hildreth, and she has created a new web site (www.drugtestyourteen.com) to urge families to implement a home drug testing program. Linzy is sick of seeing what drugs do to teens, and she is doing something about it. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2003] From PR Web on December 31, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (42523) How to Measure Student Proficiency? Two recent studies show that states have set widely different standards for measuring students' progress under the law known as No Child Left Behind. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42522) U.S. Backs Parent Councils to Replace School Boards The federal Justice Department granted preliminary approval to a plan to replace New York City's 32 elected school boards with parent councils, city officials said. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42521) Not Superwoman, Just Guidance Counselor Patricia Taylor represents a new generation of school counselors and is quite unlike the guidance counselors most parents remember from their own high school days. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42520) A Small-Scale Attack on Urban Despair Hard-driving tactics and a lot of heart have paid off at Codman Academy, a charter high school in Boston. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (42519) CBS 'News' Sinks Yet Lower NY Times: Michael Jackson's $1 Million Interview Deal. "In essence they paid him" for the interview, the Jackson associate said... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 31, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (42518) Playlistlogging without prosecution Kevin Marks and Lucas Gonze's thoughts on logging accurate playlists without fear of prosecution. This post also appears in the open channel playlistlogging From Seb's Open Research on December 30, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (42517) Untitled Thorstein Veblen. "The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before." [Quotes of the Day] From Seb's Open Research on December 30, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (42516) Sir Tim Berners-Lee Independent: www.knighthood for publicity-shy inventor of the world wide web . The knighthood for Mr Berners-Lee will help to restore... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on December 30, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (42515) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]