Edu_RSS ~ January 22, 2004

Most recent update: January 22, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Reflections on Today's Winterfest: IRC, Wikis and Blogs Some off the cuff, brainstorming kind of reflections now that I've experienced two events with IRC (BloggerCon and RSS Winterfest). IRC time is different than normal time. Normal conference modes of speaking and presenting seem to be happening far too slowly when you are on IRC. It's hard to keep track of a Wiki being developed in real time while people speak. I don't have a solution. all in all, having a conference Wiki is better than not having one IMHO. I though From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 10:49 p.m.. (45528) UC report on scholarly communication Challenge and Change: Scholarly Communication and the UC Community, UC, December 18, 2003. A report from the UC Scholarly Communication Seminars held in October and November, 2003. The report consists more of questions than answers, but the questions are good ones. Excerpt: "what incentives could encourage and support faculty experimentation with new means of scholarly publishing? What incentives, fo From FOS News on January 22, 2004 at 10:48 p.m.. (45527) More on the database bill Declan McCullagh, Tech firms fail to squelch database bill, News.com, January 21, 2004. Excerpt: "By a 16-7 vote, the House Judiciary committee approved an intellectual property bill that had been opposed by Amazon.com, AT&T, Comcast, Google, Yahoo and some Internet service provider associations. The proposal, backed by big database companies From FOS News on January 22, 2004 at 10:48 p.m.. (45526) OA to historic Lithuanian parchments A UNESCO grant has enabled the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences to digitize about 10% of its collection of 1,400 parchments and provide open access to the digital images. The 121 parchments in the project include royal privileges, papal bulls, international agreements, genealogical data, and related historical information from 1187 to 1500. (Thanks to Res From FOS News on January 22, 2004 at 10:48 p.m.. (45525) Yahoo to tango with Fandango From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (45524) Google spawns social networking service The search company tip-toes into the hot market of online social networks with the quiet launch of Orkut.com. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (45523) Punk.edu Y'know, this is absolutely marvelous. Via Abject Learning ;o) this piece by Stavros the Wonderchicken is what it's all about. Absolutely. Without a doubt. Yes, yes yes. As soon as we (well, OK, I mean me) start taking this thing too seriously... start pampering to the "the media moronocracy" (or, dare I say, the educational one too!) then we (yeh, From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45522) GPO commitment to public access to government information Judith C. Russell, the U.S. Superintendent of Documents, gave a presentation at the ALA Midwinter Meeting on what the Government Printing Office (GPO) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) are doing to promote public access to information. Excerpt: "[T]he one I want to emphasize today...is the decision by the Association of Research Li From FOS News on January 22, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45521) OA to school policies makes them more effective Garin Buttermore, tobacco prevention specialist for Youth & Shelter Services, Inc., believes that open access to school policies makes the policies more effective. He declared his belief after studying the tobacco-use policies from seven schools in Story County, Nevada. But he's willing to generalize beyond tobacco policies. "This information [in his report on the tobacco policies], as well as all school policies from violence prevention to school board elections, should be easily acc From The Shifted Librarian on January 22, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (45519) Australian Identity - Australia Day 2004 Quality assured resources from the EdNA Online database about Australian Identity - national symbols, Aboriginal culture and heritage, Prime Ministers, gold rushes, immigration, World Heritage Areas, explorers and famous Australians. From EdNA Online on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (45518) CD lock loosened for freer copying Macrovision updates its copy-protection technology for music CDs to allow a specified number of burns and transfers, following the path set by download services such as iTunes. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (45517) Earnings alert: Microsoft earnings top expectations The company reports better-than-expected quarterly sales and earnings...EMC tops fourth-quarter expectations...Wireless sales lift Lucent earnings...AMD beats estimates on strong sales. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (45516) Display chip sales to move on the double The market for chips used in electronic displays is expected to roughly double by 2007, as sales of flat-panel TVs and computer monitors continue to surge. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (45515) Government searches for national e-learning agenda http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61& lid=1&sid=54598&adBanner=eGovernment Article from ITBusiness.ca that seems to accurately capture the current state of affairs at the National level in Canada when it comes to funding elearning initiatives, likely no surprise to attendees of the CANARIE/Industry Canada meetings a few weeks back in Vancouver as summarized by Paul Stacey's recent From EdTechPost on January 22, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (45514) Solutions must deliver outcomes to the user context Susan Harkus has written an article on the importance of user context when creating a website. To quote: The problem was that in designing the solution, the Department ignored their own knowledge of the context in which the information would... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (45513) The business case for web accessibility Andy Budd has written a blog entry on the business case for web accessibility. To quote: Until recently, few people had heard of web site accessibility. However due in a large part to the work of the RNIB, the subject... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (45512) Darl FUDs again Apparently encouraged by the warm reception to his December letter, SCO Group CEO Darl McBride has now been writing letters to members of Congress. This is a template of a letter he is apparently distributing generally throughout Washington. Like his last letter, this one too has no relation to the truth. Indeed, it is even more extreme than the last. From Lessig Blog on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45511) Versioning -- Coming Up We'll be posting drafts of the new versions of our licenses later this week. About a month of review time will follow, and then we'll revise as needed and turn the new licenses on. Throughout the next couple of weeks we will explain how the process of versioning will happen. Meantime, here's a preview of the highlights: Warranties will now be a matter of choice for the licensor. The new licenses will disclaim warranties, but licensors will of course be free to negotiate warranties with licensees who demand them. (We'll also work on a protocol to he From Creative Commons: weblog on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45510) Security pros question flaw find Two developers of Internet tools say they have discovered a major network vulnerability--but security researchers don't believe the flaw is serious. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45509) Chipmaker wins round in Indian IP case From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45508) Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present Gary Price and Chris Sherman Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present Gary Price and Chris Shermanhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/gpcs.html Gary Price and Chris Sherman will present a lecture entitled, "Web Research: What's New in 2004" at the Library of Congress on Thursday, January 29th, from 10:30am-12:00pm in the West Dining Room on the 6th floor of the Library of Congress' James Madison Building, located at First Street and Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. No reservations are necessary. All From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 22, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (45507) Getting your house in order Shuli Goodman has written an article on content management processes, introducing the concept of "content competency". To quote: Until recently, most corporations viewed the creation, acquisition and management of digital content as a relatively informal process. However, the sheer volume... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (45506) The User Experience Cosmos Javier Cañada has published a fascinating User Experience Cosmos, plotting people and disciplines on the axis of "heart - brain" and "mechanic - electronic". To quote: What if we could use a north-south axis to represent the duality between the... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (45505) Movable Type for policies & procedures D. Keith Robinson has written a blog entry on using Movable Type for policies and procedures on a hospital intranet. To quote: I've had quite a few requests for details and screenshots of the hospital's new Movable Type intranet. I'm... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (45504) Dean's 'I Have a Scream' Speech, Remixed The Net's going nuts in wonderfully creative way with Howard Dean's campaign-deadening weirdness the other night after the Iowa caucuses. Ben Hammersley has links. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 22, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (45503) Is the GNU GPL unconstitutional? In my last commentary on Darl McBride's musings about constitutional law, I did not address one issue that continues to echo in SCO's FUD. I didn't address it before because it is so absolutely absurd. But because it continues to bounce about in the nevernever land of SCO world, here's a couple paragraphs to make it absolutely plain just why the claim is crazy. From Lessig Blog on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45502) Network Associates fights spyware The maker of McAfee antivirus software is joining the fight against spyware, offering an antispyware tool that takes a proactive approach. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45501) Oracle asks judge to nix PeopleSoft suit From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45500) Former trade representative joins Intel board From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45499) California 'disempowered' by federal spam law State Attorney General Bill Lockyer says California will have less protection against spammers under a new federal antispam law that recently superceded a stricter state law. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45498) Revamping the GPO for the Digital World Revamping the GPO for the Digital Worldhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/about/speeches/01102004_ala.pdf In a presentation to the American Library Association, Judith Russell, the U.S. Superintendent of Documents, discussed the vast changes that have occurred in the Government Printing Office (GPO) as a result of the digital revolution. The GPO Access site, which provides free downloads of many federal publications online, has grown to draw some 33 million downloads per month " the equivalent of 80 From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (45497) Furl - yet another URL saver tool like del.icio.us Doesn't appear to have RSS yet so I'll stick with my del.icio.us account for now. [SOURCE: Scripting News] QUOTEFurl is a "browsing tool that lets you save and organize thousands of useful web pages in a personal 'web page filing cabinet.'"UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (45496) Yale Cybercrime Conference The Yale Information Society Project will be hosting a CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement conference  at Yale Law School, March 26-28, 2004. There's also a writing competition and a call for papers on CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement. From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 22, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (45495) DVD Cartel Gives Up Lost Cause The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that the DVD consortium has abandoned the argument that its widely disseminated scrambling software, which prevents people from playing DVDs on non-authorized devices and operating systems, is a trade secret. From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 p.m.. (45494) Mars Rover Trouble Let's hope that the data problems with the Mars rover Spirit are just temporary. Meanwhile, the rover Opportunity is due to land on Saturday. Keeping my fingers crossed... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 p.m.. (45493) Tech Toys Draw Cheers, Tears New technology can intimidate and frustrate, yet Americans find that their electronics are indispensable tools that simplify life. From CyberAtlas on January 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (45492) Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case A request by the DVD Copy Control Association to the California courts marks the close of the last prominent legal battle over the DeCSS code. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (45491) Microsoft earnings top expectations The software giant also says it sees signs of a recovery in corporate tech spending. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (45490) Personal ways of doing things in public Why Ask Questions in Public? (via David Carter-Tod) So please, unless you have a question that only I can answer for some reason, ask it in public on a newsgroup or mailing list. I'm more likely to be in a question-answering mood when I encounter your question, you're giving more people the chance to help you, you're helping all the people who come after you that have the same question, and you won't be contri From Mathemagenic on January 22, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (45489) Was kann ich wissen? Die nächste GROSSE Frage. In diesem QUEM-Report, herausgegeben von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Betriebliche Weiterbildungsforschung, geht es um Grundlegendes: Was ist Lernen? Was ist Kultur bzw. Lernkultur? Was sind Kompetenzen? In den einzelnen Beiträgen finden sich fast alle Konzepte wieder, die heute... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 22, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (45488) personal publishing as punk rock, redux... The amazing Anne Galloway calls this spirited rant the best story about weblogs she has ever read. That's enough for me to take a look... I do groove on the perspective: Weblogs are a party, damn it, and sometimes they're... From Object Learning on January 22, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (45487) CMS Review Not sure if I missed this, but some nice material here. From Serious Instructional Technology on January 22, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (45486) DVD CCA Raises White Flag in DeCSS Case The powerful technology consortium today decided to give up its multi-year battle to convince the courts that Andrew Bunner's publishing of widely available DeCSS code is a violation of trade secret laws. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45485) Wireless gear boosts NetGear's optimism The company says it is raising its fourth-quarter outlook, as well as launching a secondary offering on behalf of its shareholders who are selling 9 million shares From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45484) Self-Publish And Be Damned? Not Always. They used to call it vanity publishing, and it was the last refuge of the talentless. But as writers become more frustrated with publishers - their rules, their share of the profits, their slow response time - they are turning with increasing success to self publishing. And some, like this writer, are finding success. By Andy Kessler, OpinionJournal, January 20, 2004 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on January 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45483) 4 Colleges Collaborate on Open-Source Courseware You have five days to read this before the Chronicle lowers the silicon boom and charges you for access, so copy it now and send it to your friends(*). The headline: "Four universities have announced a $6.8-million collaborative venture to create open-source courseware tools and related software for higher-education institutions." All I can say is, YEAGH! (* Note: this advice is valid only if copying and forwarding is legal in your jurisdiction.) By Andrea L. Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2004 [< From OLDaily on January 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45482) You Got Google mail - Report Because of spam, the future of emails and email newsletters is that there is none. Enter Google. Google forbids the use of AdWords in email newsletters (where it would be remarkably effective). Why? Suppose Google created an email service, made it spam free, and allowed it to support advertising (as Reuters is supposedly reporting, though the link hasn't shown up yet). This may only be a rumour, but it has legs. Join permission based highly focused advertising, Blogger and RSS, From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45480) Schedule Set for Replacing School Boards The New York City schools chancellor laid out the timeline for creating community education councils, saying the city's 32 community school boards would soon be gone. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45479) Stuyvesant Again Leads in Science Contest For the second consecutive year, Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan had more semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search than any other school in the nation. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45478) Assembly Speaker Questions Consulting Contract on School Costs ALBANY, Jan. 14 - The battle over how to fix New York City's public schools took a strange twist on Wednesday, when the speaker of the Assembly questioned the Pataki administration's decision to hire Standard & Poor's to decide how much a good education should cost. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45477) On comments and weblogs I've thought a lot about comments on weblogs over the years, and for a mailing list I'm on, I finally summarized some of my thoughts. Since it might be useful for others, I'm reposting them here. They're a few questions I ask myself related to enabling comments on weblogs posts I make. With the proliferation of commenting-ability in today's weblog tools, it might make sense for people to think a bit before blindly turning on comments, whether for an individual or group blog. 1. Do I want feedback on what I'm writing? I never turn From megnut on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45476) MoveOn won't MoveOn has launched a campaign to convince CBS to change its policy. Here's the polispam they'd like people to send:Subject: The ad CBS will not air Dear friend, During this year's Super Bowl, you'll see ads sponsored by beer companies, tobacco companies, and the Bush White House. But you won't see the winning ad in MoveOn.org Voter Fund's Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest. CBS refuses to air it. Meanwhile, the White House and Congressional Republicans are on the verge of signing into law a deal which Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says is custom-tailored From Lessig Blog on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45475) Can Blogging Work for E-Commerce? Small biz entrepreneurs are beginning to use blogs as a marketing vehicle to extol the features, benefits and new introductions of their products. But is it for everyone? From E-Commerce Guide on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45474) Hello from San Francisco This is a test post...... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45473) How Amazon puts Linux to the test Amazon's vice president of infrastructure describes in detail how the online retailer is using the open-source operating system in nearly every corner of its business. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45472) Software makers patch Zip tiff PKWare and WinZip, two makers of file compression software, settle a security spat that made some files in the popular Zip format incompatible. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45471) RSS Winterfest: Robert Scoble Robert Scoble: 300 weblogs in Microsoft (internally?), reading 1200 external feeds + 200 internal Social pressure is keeping weblogs alive "Now the entire world can have a conversation about you before you wake up in the morning" Public weblog posts get more attention internally than internal e-mails Bill Gates considers writing a weblog (internally :) "E-mail is where knowledge goes to die" Robert on reading weblogs via RSS (see also: --> From Mathemagenic on January 22, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (45470) ABA-Feinkost Die American Bar Association bietet jetzt auf ihrer Seite für "Continuing Legal Education" etliche Audio-Artikel mit einer Gesamtlaufzeit von ca.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (45469) EnrichUK Portal From ScotFEICT on January 22, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (45468) Erweitertes Mail-Protokoll From Mein Schuster on January 22, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (45467) IFPI Report on International Digital Music Market Lots of spin, but still worth a read (see here for a summary from News.com).  Apparently, lawsuits against file-sharers has already started to a much lesser extent, but more are on the way. I am quite interested in Loudeye's plan to be the US version of OD2.  OD2 makes some sense as a business model because they are servicing many differe From A Copyfighter&apos;s Musings on January 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (45466) Remix Dean Nevermind all that politicking and horse-racing: This is cool (via Jason). Very silly, but also cool.  They're taking a currently important moment in the cultural landscape and (re?)defining it from their points of view.   I wish these sorts of remixes could happen for other things as well.  (Maybe, for better or for worse, it'll become part of the political lexicon like < From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (45465) Open access to books and scholarship Last september there was an interesting thread on open access on Philip Greenspun's weblog, with the usual ironic overtones. In my own little field, for example, ACM and IEEE do their best to deny access to computer science research results to anyone who is not working at a university, a member of their orgs, or willing to pay $$$.  I.e., if you're a kid in Africa wanting to learn something about computer science you're not going t From Seb's Open Research on January 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (45464) How dynamic categories work In the spirit of the lightweight browser-based solution, I decided to create an equally lightweight server-based version based on Python and libxml2/libxslt. (I'm also working on a slightly heftier, but more powerful variation based on Berkeley DB XML; we'll explore that one next time.) [O'Reilly Network] ... From Jon's Radio on January 22, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (45463) Bait and Tackle J. Bradford DeLong throws out a bit of chub this morning that is sure to get the waters churning: Like so much of the past decade's worth of New Economy hype, the theory anchoring the open source movement is partly legitimate insight and partly vaporware...Where the movement is producing interesting things, it is doing so with heavy funding from academia, foundations, or corporations, and it is far from clear why such funding i From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45462) Oracle buys clinical trial software maker From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45461) Vignette snaps up document management firm The enterprise software maker plans to buy Tower Technology for $125 million in cash and stock, a move aimed at adding corporate governance tools to its product line. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45460) Nortel close to outsourcing deal In talks with Flextronics, the networking company is taking the next step toward fully outsourcing its manufacturing as it looks for more ways to cut fat. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45459) Microsoft faces off with Linux fans An executive braves the crowds at LinuxWorld to field questions about how Microsoft conducts business and whether it will consider making Linux versions of applications such as Office and SQL Server. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45458) RSS Winterfest (2) Listening to RSS Winterfest again (my links). There is a lot of pleasure in not blogging knowing that others do :) For notes, check Ronald Tanglao on day 2. Links --> From Mathemagenic on January 22, 2004 at 2:52 p.m.. (45457) Credit Suisse on Self Organization There's a fascinating set of papers on issues of self-organization and complexity given at a Credit Suisse First Boston conference last... From Joho the Blog on January 22, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (45456) Search Feeds for Research Been doing some more thinking about and playing with the search feeds that I noted before. I dropped a couple of viewRssBox macros into a page on my library site, one a Google search and the other a Google news search on the word "Holocaust." I showed the page to my Social Studies Supervisor, and he was impressed. I orginally had a Feedster search feed there too, but he was concerned about the appropriateness of what might show up in that one. Now comes along From weblogged News on January 22, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (45455) Call for papers: Technology Enhanced Learning workshop This one's in Toulouse, in August. Sounds like the kind of event Seb might be interested in. ...the distinct shaping factor will comprise the identification of the enabling parameters to “leverage the promotion of key initiatives in putting From Seb&apos;s Open Research on January 22, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (45454) Good news, and weird news... After a few days off the net due to some manner of server meltdown, Abject Learning is back, and ready to do some serious damage to our collective intelligence. The weird part is that my previous postings seem to have... From Object Learning on January 22, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (45453) Five years, one day Yesterday I realized it has been five years since Evan and I founded Pyra, the company that led to Blogger. We used to have a company weblog called pyrAlert! (actually the software we wrote to publish pyrAlert! was what lead to the creation of Blogger). This morning Paulo wrote to point out that pyrAlert! is still online and you can go back into the archives From megnut on January 22, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (45452) Five restaurants in Paris The NY Times had an article the other day about Comfort Food at Comforting Prices in Paris. While all five sound delicious, I'm especially tempted by Le Petit Pontoise if only because it's located on rue de Pontoise, the location of my mother's first apartment, rented for her 1996 sabbatical. [O]n a recent visit, there was a wood crate filled with freshly From megnut on January 22, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45451) HOWTO: Find Mt. Everest from Space Mt. Everest, the tallest and most famous mountain of our planet, exhales a fascination which goes up all the way to the ISS.  That's easy to believe after taking a peek at this spectacular shot. However, that doesn't mean finding Everest in an easy task. To quote NASA: Space is a good place to ponder the world's extremes and nature's variability. For example, photographing the highest point on the planet is a favorite target (and a long-standing challenge) for astronauts orbiting the Earth. Despite Everest's planetary stature, it is not an easy peak to locate whi From kuro5hin.org on January 22, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45450) Sun to IBM: Go Linux with us The company says it's committed to a wholesale move from the Microsoft desktop and is prepared to help IBM do the same. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45449) Governments vote against Microsoft Government customers contribute just a fraction of Microsoft's revenue, but cause disproportionate headaches for the company through defections to Linux and open source. Will the urge spread to business customers? From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45448) Weblog-Forschung: Fragebogen Wir sind zwei Publizistik-Studentinnen aus Wien, die eine Arbeit über Weblogs schreiben. Teil dieser Arbeit ist auch eine Studie über die Motivation von Bloggern anhand eines Fragebogens. Im Grunde wollen wir untersuchen, warum euch Weblogs so faszinieren und wieso ihr euch daran beteiligt. Also warum ihr ein Blog betreibt oder aber andere lest bzw. Kommentare postet. Hierbei wird auf die Funktion des Internet als interaktives Medium Bezug genommen und der soziale Faktor von virtuellen Gemeinschaften näher durchleuchtet. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt ist die Anonymitä From BildungsBlog on January 22, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (45447) eCuaderno v.2.0: Weblogs de alumnos eCuaderno v.2.0: Weblogs de alumnos Professor Jose Luis Orihuela sends us a link to selection of the best students blogs his course at the University of Navarra. http://www.ecuaderno.com/archives/000153.php... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 22, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (45446) Open Source Courseware Andrea L. Foster, in 4 Colleges Collaborate on Open-Source Courseware , Chronicle of Higher Education Daily Report, January 22, 2004 (Access restricted to subscribers), describes the Sakai project, a partnership between Indiana University, MIT, Stanford and Michigan to produce open source course management systems and related software for academic institutions. Funding came from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation and the universities themselves. Sakai offers academic users an alternative to commercial course management applica From FOS News on January 22, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (45445) The Scout Portal Toolkit I'm pleased to see the SPT getting some attention, as I mentioned in a previous posting about the new Guide to Institutional Repository Software (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/) the SPT is sometimes overlooked among more highly publicized tools such as DSpace and Fedora. I've tracked the development of the SPT for several years and use it for my EduResources Portal (http://sage.eou.edu/SPT/). The experience that the creators of the Scout Archives gained allowed them to develop ve From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 22, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (45444) The Coming of the Anti-Feist Chronicled by Declan McCullagh @ CNET: "By a 16-7 vote, the House Judiciary committee approved an intellectual property bill that had been opposed by Amazon.com, AT&T, Comcast, Google, Yahoo and some Internet service provider associations. The proposal, backed by big database companies such as Reed Elsevier and From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (45443) Pump Audio Independent musicians looking for a way to get paid for their work might want to check out Pump Audio. They serve as a marketplace of independent music for film, tv, and radio, representing thousands of independent artists. The thing that really makes them stand out is that they don't assert control of an artist's copyright, instead signing non-exclusive licenses that last for a year or two. [via Scott Andrew] From Creative Commons: weblog on January 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (45442) Porting problems put carrier swaps on hold Cell phone provider networks are still working out the bugs--and long delays--two months after a mandate that lets subscribers swap carriers and keep their old numbers. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (45441) Working the Huge Room Tips for Using Questions in Large Classrooms by Daniel J. Klionsky is a great essay in working a huge room (in Klionsky's case, a bio class of 300 students!). It's all about setting a comfortable tone, getting past the sort of "groupthink" that produce silence and fear, and challenging students... From PEDABLOGUE on January 22, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45440) Why WebQuests? If you've attended any professional growth in-services or college of education courses in the past ten years you'll be familiar with the following phrases of teacher-speak: critical thinking, cooperative learning, authentic assessment, and technology integration. You may even have bumped into cognitive psychology with its schema theory, scaffolding, and novice/expert models. How about constructivism? If you're like most educators, you get excited about new ideas for helping students learn and grow, but then feel your chest tighten or your spirits sink when you remember you From BildungsBlog on January 22, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45439) Urteil gegen Spammer Ein dänisches Gericht hat die örtliche Firma Aircom Erhverv ApS wegen Versendens von bis zu 1.500 unerwünschten Werbe-Mails zu einer... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45438) Knebelverträge sittenwidrig Das LG München I erklärte das zwischen einem Münchner IT-Unternehmen und einem selbständigen Programmierer vertraglich vereinbarte Wettbewerbsverbot für sittenwidrig; Einzelheiten... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45437) Belinda Stronach - candidate for the Conservative Party leadership has a blog Excellent. No RSS. Wonder if it's being ghost written. Like the fact that there are comments. Now all we need are DesktopStronach and and ChannelStronach. LazyWeb? From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 12:49 p.m.. (45436) My RSS Winterfest - Real-time Best of Day 2 notes are on the Winterfest Wiki Just click on Control-R or Command R to refresh periodically and see what I have written on my Best of Day 2 page. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 12:49 p.m.. (45435) What's a wiki? What's a wiki? I've said it before on this weblog, and will probably say it again: I am not a fan of wikis. They can be a nightmare to maintain (the black hole in your day), they can confuse the daylights out of learners, and they can become so complicated that finding the content you need is impossible. Plus they are all text. But ... some people like them, and although I thought they were dead seven years ago, they keep coming back, perhaps to your neighborhood. So here is a good explanation of wikis by someone who is their friend From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 22, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (45434) MailbyRSS Another RSS solution for spam. "MailbyRSS accepts both text and rich content email, requires no new computer hardware or software, and is invoked by simply emailing content to a secure MailbyRSS account." If you have been sending out newsletters or other customer communications by email, but are worried now that most of the time they aren't getting through, this might be something to take a look at. It's a free service, and you don't have to know anything about RSS to use it. A better explanation than the one linked to be From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 22, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (45433) Richard E. Clark on the Media and Methods debate Richard E. Clark on the Media and Methods debate. This is an entire chapter from Clark's latest book. The link below goes to a 12-page pdf file. This could be useful if you have to make a point in a discussion about media. -- BB Clark: What's next in the Media and Methods debate. Quote: "The debate about the learning benefits of media has extended over eighty years. While the arguments have evolved, the debate is From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 22, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (45432) Learing object repositories More on learning object repositories. As he notes, this is the same list as posted yesterday, but with some additional features. -- BB Academic ADL Co-Lab's Database of Repositories. http://projects.aadlcolab.org/repository-directory/ New from the Academic ADL Co-Lab is this searchable database of existing learning object r From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 22, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (45431) Flaggen Die Seite "Flags of The World" enthält ca. 20.000 Seiten Information über Flaggen und mehr als 37.000 Abbildungen. Dazu zählen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45430) (Kamera-)Handy! "With a camera phone that is also a bar-code scanner, you can go into a store like Barnes & Noble,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45429) Information Misappropriation Act "The House Judiciary Committee yesterday approved legislation to protect certain factual information residing in databases", teilt Genie mit.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45428) Can I set up a CoP site for less then $30 a year? Working on using free and open source webservices to host a community of practice for less than 30 dollars a year. blogware or blogware cms TBD phpcalender phplists squirral mail BBS... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 22, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45427) MailbyRSS - free service creates RSS feeds via e-mail Very cool must try this out! [SOURCE: Archipelago]QUOTEMailbyRSS - free service creates RSS feeds via e-mail: A free service is being launched today that for authoring RSS feeds by e-mail. We designed the service to help or From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (45426) Another E-Voting Mess in the Making The Internet voting operation the Pentagon is planning for expatriates is not the same as electronic voting machines now under attack inside the U.S. It's much, much worse. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 22, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (45425) A penny for your ERP thoughts Well, actually there's no penny involved. But InfoWorld would really like those of you who work with ERP systems to share your experiences with them in our ERP survey. ... From Jon&apos;s Radio on January 22, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (45424) Facing digital realities, Kodak to trim staff The company plans to cut roughly 20 percent of its work force as it moves further away from its traditional film and camera business and tightens its focus on digital markets. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (45423) Was ist Bildung? Bildung zielt nicht auf Innovationen, Produktideen oder Effizienz, so der Autor. Sie lässt sich nur fördern und pflegen, aber nicht runterbrechen auf "Standortvorteile" oder "Wirtschaftspolitik". "Man muss Kinder mögen, um ihnen etwas beizubringen, und man muss mit roten Ohren über... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 22, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (45422) Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Das so genannte "Wi-Fi-FreeSpot From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45421) Bundesregierung prüft Rechtsmittel Die Bundesregierung prüft Rechtsmittel gegen das heute veröffentlichte Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte in Straßburg. In der Entscheidung hat... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45420) RA-Beratung bei ebay Von einem Listen-Kollegen erhalte ich soeben diesen Hinweis, der mich doch sehr befremdet. Ob das besser (und zulässig) ist, als... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45419) 2RSS Mit dem RSS-Verzeichnis 2rss lässt sich hervorragend arbeiten, wenn man gerade mal einen XML-Adresse sucht. Die Einteilung der Kategorien ist... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45418) GepSea Empresa de e-Learning Merida Venezuela El proyecto de GepSea centra su interés en la capacitación y formación a distancia en las areas de gerencia y empresas. Su plataforma comunicacional y educativa se fundamenta en la herramie... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45417) iTunes Spreads via RSS? iTunes Music Store RSS Generator "I learned from Bill Bumgarner that the iTunes Music Store now has RSS feeds.I'll withhold comment on...." [More Like This WebLog] This is the kind of thing I've been waiting for from Apple. They've got a good community built up around iTunes, but they've done a poor job of connecting and exposing it. I'll have to play around with this to see what it real From The Shifted Librarian on January 22, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (45416) Hypertext 2004 Conference Quote: "This year, in addition to the established conference themes, the conference is actively soliciting submissions at the intersections of hypermedia and Digital Libraries, Software Engineering and the Humanities. We welcome submissions on the representation, design, structuring, visualizing, navigating, and exploiting of the rich network of relationships found in these domains." Comment: Always a good conference (at least from the papers that have come out of it historically). From Serious Instructional Technology on January 22, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (45415) Why Ask Questions in Public? Quote: "So please, unless you have a question that only I can answer for some reason, ask it in public on a newsgroup or mailing list. I'm more likely to be in a question-answering mood when I encounter your question, you're giving more people the chance to help you, you're helping all the people who come after you that have the same question, and you won't be contributing to the problem that many of us have in keeping up with our private e-mail. You're even likely to get a better answer, and could spark a discussion of your problem that would give far more info From Serious Instructional Technology on January 22, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (45414) Clark: What's next in the Media and Methods debate Quote: "The debate about the learning benefits of media has extended over eighty years. While the arguments have evolved, the debate is still very much alive. An increasing number of universities with instructional technology degree programs are using the debate as a teaching tool. A number of faculty ask students to familiarize themselves with debate positions to better understand the process of using research to make design and development decisions (see examples in the web site addresses described in the Preface to this book). In some cases, the deba From Serious Instructional Technology on January 22, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (45413) Artificial Life and Extempo to Co-operate Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTC: ALIF), and Extempo Systems, Inc. of Redwood City, CA, both providers of intelligent agent based software solutions announced the signing of a co-operation agreement in the area of e-learning. Of particular interest, Artificial Life, Inc. is preparing the launch of "an e-learning portal based on its proprietary intelligent agent and smart bot (TM) technology. The portal will use new and non-standard paradigms for teaching students such as: intelligent agents as online teachers, role play scenarios, user specific content delivery and auto-adaptive From e-Learning Eclectic on January 22, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (45412) AT&T Wireless up for sale The No. 3 U.S. cell phone service provider says it's received "significant interest from a number of companies." From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (45411) Europäischer Haftbefehl Bundesjustizministerin Brigitte Zypries hat mit Unverständnis auf die Sorge einiger Formel 1-Teams reagiert, durch den Europäischen Haftbefehl unter "Generalhaft" genommen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (45410) Zustellungsreformgesetz Bereits am 01.07.2002 ist das Zustellungsreformgesetz (ZustRG) in Kraft getreten, das das Verfahren bei der Bewirkung gerichtlicher Zustellungen von Grund... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (45409) EMC tops fourth-quarter expectations The company says revenue rose 25 percent and profit outpaced analysts' predictions, thanks to higher demand for its data storage systems and software. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (45408) Downtime There's been some downtime with the blogs over the weekend. I'm sorry to everyone for the delay in service. We suffered a severe hard drive failure which has caused me to migrate everything to a new server. However, reusability.org blogs should all be working again now. If you have any problems, please let me know. (PS, if you've emailed me anything important in the last 5 days, you should do it again!) From autounfocus on January 22, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (45407) Homeschooling - A resource What to do as a parent of a young child who feels uneasy about school as it is today? Reform the school system? Maybe you can reform the school, system by not entering it and by trying Homeschooling. Here is... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (45406) Wi-Fi 'Homes' In On Consumers - Ed Sutherland, Wi-Fi Planet Why are Wi-Fi vendors that are more accustom to unwiring databases for corporate number-crunchers interested in your Fifty-Cent CD and that Finding Nemo DVD? Cisco, Intel and others see Wi-Fi as the link between the digital home and a search for untapp From Techno-News Blog on January 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (45405) Bell Labs develops engine for cell users - BRUCE MEYERSON, Associated Press Now that wireless companies can track a mobile phone's location, customers will want to control exactly who knows where they are and when. Bell Labs says it has developed a network software engine that can let cell users be as picky as they choose abou From Techno-News Blog on January 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (45404) 'Bagle' virus infiltrates ED listserve - Corey Murray, eSchool News A new internet virus spreading rapidly throughout the world may be propagating itself through a popular U.S. Department of Education (ED) listserve, posing a potential security risk to thousands of school systems and other education stakeholders who re From Educational Technology on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45403) $22 million tech grant goes to New Orleans school system - Brian Thevenot, Time-Picayune After three straight years of missing out on tens of millions of dollars in federal technology grants, the New Orleans school system recently obtained more than $22 million from the federal "e-rate" program and is now applying for another grant of at l From Educational Technology on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45402) PBS Joins With Five Higher Education Institutions to Offer "PBS Campus" PBS joined five of the nation's leading institutions of higher education to announce that, for the first time, every course available in the wide ranging "PBS Campus" service (www.pbs.org/campus) will be available for any student to take for college cr From Online Learning Update on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45401) AOL tests caller ID for e-mail The Internet service provider is testing an antispam filter intended to accurately trace the origin of e-mail messages, a move that could bring new accountability to the Net. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45400) Tectonic shifts in PC graphics Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says recent change in graphics processing reflects bigger changes in the way people are using their computers. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45399) Inverting the IT Pyramid As former tech leaders transform themselves into services outfits, IT services has become one of the fastest-growing areas, says Jeff M. Kaplan, managing director of Think Strategies. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (45398) BBP rechtmäßig Der Bebauungsplan der Stadt Koblenz, der einen ca. 130 m langen Teil einer Straße als Fußgängerzone festsetzt, ist rechtmäßig. Mit... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (45397) New Report Says Use of Streaming and Digital Media for Business to Increase in 2004 - Corporate Media News By the end of 2004, half of all streaming and digital media users will use the technology for business applications such as executive communications, Webcasting, and distance learning, an increase of roughly 20%, says a new report by Aberdeen Group, From Techno-News Blog on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (45396) Navy College DLP - the Dolphin The Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership (NCPDLP) is a Navy partnership with colleges and universities across the U.S. The partnership schools offer rating-related degrees via distance learning to Sailors everywhere. The partnership colle From Online Learning Update on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (45395) Cuyahoga Community College Offering Free Online General Education Development (GED) Program Cuyahoga Community College is offering a General Education Development (GED) program designed to assist independent learners prepare for their high school equivalency diploma online for free. The program, called GED Connection, is designed to allow stu From Online Learning Update on January 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (45394) MIT Beim weltberühmten MIT können über 500 Disziplinen online studiert werden, auch über 2.200 Kurse "Law".... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45393) E-Activities Hinter den E-Activities des JIPS verbergen sich nicht nur zahlreiche Links zum E-Commerce, sondern auch Informationen über das im Mai... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45392) Sihanouk-Blog Das LAWgical berichtet heute nicht nur über E-Activities aus Kambodscha, sondern stellt auch das Weblog von König Sihanouk mit dem... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45391) HLAS Online HLAS Online - Handbook of Latin American Studies - Library of Congresshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook off From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45390) Effective Practices Clearinghouse ACRL's Effective Practices Clearinghousehttp://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/effectiveprac/effectivepractices.htmACRL is frequently looked to and contacted for descriptions of effective practices in the academic library profession. The goal of the Effective Practices Clearinghouse is to recognize effective practices in academic libraries in areas such as programs, services, facilities, technology, and initiatives and share them so they are accessible to academic From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45389) The Coombsweb - The 10 years online! The Coombsweb - The 10 years online!http://coombs.anu.edu.au/The Coombsweb - The 10 years online! Congratulations ...a truly excellent resources that I started to link to in 1994 and listed in my first LinkSeries Internet MiniGuides called RefLink. Some of the sites are:COOMBSWEB'S ELECTRONIC JOURNALS & NEWSLETTERSAsian Studies WWW Monitor: E-Journal--> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 22, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (45388) Learning to Track Like a Bushman Networked gadgets like CyberTracker help conservationists keep an eye on endangered species by tapping into the ancient wisdom of Africa's indigenous hunter-gatherers. Megan Lindow reports from Nordhoek, South Africa. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45387) Gay Marriage Poll Gets Annulled The conservative American Family Association hoped an online poll would sway legislators against gay marriages, but a funny thing happened on the way to the altar. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45386) Legal Battle Over Chat-Room STDs Health officials want to take AOL to court for refusing to warn its members about outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases among gay men who use its service. In its defense, the company cites First Amendment concerns. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45385) Are Two Screens Better Than One? Nintendo touts its latest portable video game, a dual-screen system that lets players view the action from different perspectives. Will it be a worthy rival to Sony's PSP? From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45384) This Cow Is Certified Sane Experiments are underway to produce a cloned cow that is absolutely free of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. Critics have another suggestion: Stop giving cattle the feed that probably causes the disease. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45383) Novell Gives Linux a Big Hug CEO Jack Messman kicks off LinuxWorld with the message that open source can, and must, coexist with proprietary applications. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45382) RIAA Strikes Again at Traders The recording industry group files its largest round of lawsuits to date, identifying 532 computer users it believes are distributing copyright music online. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45381) Documentaries Draw on Animation The falling costs of animation and evolving rules of nonfiction filmmaking bring together a cinematic odd couple at Sundance. Jason Silverman reports from Park City, Utah. From Wired News on January 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45380) TU Dresden behält Juristische Fakultät Angesichts von mehr als 2.000 Studenten, die in der Juristischen Fakultät der TU Dresden ausgebildet werden, ist eine kurzfristige Versetzung... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45379) Augenoptiker klagen Der Zentralverband der Augenoptiker wird gegen die Ungleichbehandlung von Ärzten und Optikern bei der Sehschärfenbestimmung juristisch vorgehen, melden Ärzte-Zeitung und... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45378) Commerzbank-Betriebsrat klagt Wahrscheinlich wird er vor Gericht landen, der Streit um die Kündigung der Betriebsrenten für 24.000 Mitarbeiter der Commerzbank. Dies berichtet... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45377) Mannesmann-Prozess Der Düsseldorfer Prozess gegen Ackermann, Zwickel und Co. wirft gewaltige Rechtsprobleme auf HYPHEN und eine einfache Frage: Was gehört sich... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45376) Die Neuen kommen Die ersten Absolventen der Bachelor-Studiengänge drängen auf den Markt. Viele Firmen tun sich schwer mit den neuen Abschlüssen. Doch es... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45375) Stil und Bloggen Das Blogbook nimmt in einem Beitrag vom 21.01.2004 Bezug auf Joi Ito, der seinerseits am 18.01.2004 einen Artikel verfasst hat... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 22, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45374) Buscando la verdad detrás de las campañas políticas Las épocas de campaña electoral son propicias para el discurso vacío, las promesas imposibles y los olvidos intencionados. La confusión del electorado se multiplica a la misma velocidad con la que aparecen nuevos canales de comunicación, y el papel de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 22, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45373) Using the NLN materials HYPHEN a Practical Guide From ScotFEICT on January 22, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45372) Quiz-Buddy 3.5 adds pictures and more. Sierra Vista Software has released Quiz-Buddy 3.5 for Windows. This release adds new features to Quiz-Buddy, a teaching tool that helps you or your students learn more in less time. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45371) The Oxford Princeton Programme Announces a New Course in the Growing Liquefied Natural Gas IndustryResponding to industry demand, the course focuses on industry concerns highlighting market choices, transportation methods, terminal access and capacity issues [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45370) Presidential Election Preview Sampler will give some early insights into the ancestral history and family ties of two of the leading 2004 Presidential candidates. Before the Presidential election Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. will release The Family Forest Presidential Reports on CD-ROM. Now, to give some early insights into the ancestral history and family ties of two of the leading 2004 Presidential candidates, a preview sampler CD of The Family Forest Presidential Reports and other Family Forest publications is available for a limited time. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45369) Doggone Crazy! First ever dog bite prevention board game for kids 4 and up! Teaching children how to behave safely around dogs is the key to dog bite prevention. This interactive and fun game is the first of its kind! [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45368) New Software Product Enhances Spanish and English Language Learning A new software product available from Word Magic Software assist teachers, students and self-learners involved in ESL, EFL, ESOL, bilingual and Spanish language learning and education. Intended for mid-level and advanced language studies the new product is an extensive resource that accelerates language acquisition. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45367) Wizdom Education, the premiere source for special education software announced today that the company is working closely with NCUSD 203 to implement the latest version of its Flagship Product the Wizdom TransPlanner! "The Wizdom TransPlanner! is our vision for the future, this new service provides a valuable tool that will greatly increase the efficiency of all participants in the process.", said, Kitty Murphy, NCUSD 203 Director for Special Education. Through Wizdom Educationlive! and the TransPlanner!, parents of our children will have access to the same community service provider information that our staff uses for their Individual Transition PlansThe Wizdom TransPlanner! helps students with disabilities, their parents, and case managers effectively plan the transition from school to life after graduat From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45366) Clearderm Ready to Give Your Skin a Blast of Liquid Oxygen Clearderm, Inc. is a clinical skin care company offering both cutting edge physician-strength skin care solutions as well as innovative over-the-counter skin care products. Working closely with plastic surgeons and dermatologists, our aim is to redefine the skin care industry. Combining the very best of skin care treatments with the latest in anti-aging medicine, we strive to bring about a revolution in skin care products. We believe we have accomplished our goal. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45365) Apostle Academy Joins Consumer FIRST Independent Catholic School that started as a community fought a school closing has found an innovative way to raise funds while saving their supporters money. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45364) The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Golf Classic The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange hosts its inaugural Golf Classic at Wedgewood Pines Country Club on May 17, 2004. [PRWEB Jan 22, 2004] From PR Web on January 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45363) I had to save this article about web personalizati ... I had to save this article about web personalization. The focus is on marketing and e-commerce, but you can translate all the business terminology into the learning realm with ease. We know that one-size-fits-all doesn't tend to make for very compelling learning experiences, but personalization is more difficult and expensive to produce. This article goes beyond the idea that From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on January 22, 2004 at 3:51 a.m.. (45362) Chris Corrigan linked to a solid post by John Dumb ... Chris Corrigan linked to a solid post by John Dumbrille about the future of education:"Children have to be raised to be independent enough psychologically to be entrepreneurial. And for that to happen, education has to change - to move from mass systems of control and compliance, to systems that bring out the humanity and skills of a child, encouraging children to be themselves, stan From Jeremy Hiebert&apos;s headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on January 22, 2004 at 3:51 a.m.. (45361) NHS online eLearning solution praised for success From ScotFEICT on January 22, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (45360) homemade education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (45359) The Impact of Standards-Based Technology Professional Development From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (45358) Library Periodicals Expenses: Comparison of Non-Subscription Costs of Print and Electronic Formats on a Life-Cycle Basis From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (45357) Comptroller Rejects Contract to Find Solid Education's Cost State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi rejected a no-bid consulting contract awarded to Standard & Poor's to determine the cost of a sound, basic education for New York's schoolchildren. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45356) Museum Finds Lewis and Clark Artifact, Lost for Century The so-called grizzly bear claw necklace had been donated to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, but went mising in 1899. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45355) Despite Gain in Degrees, Women Lag in Tenure in 2 Main Fields More women are earning doctorates in science and engineering, but at the nation's top 50 research universities women remain scarce in tenured, or tenure-track, positions. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45354) N.C.A.A. Offers Answers to States Challenging Its Rules A bill that calls for California universities to pay Division I athletes the full cost of attendance has captured the attention of the N.C.A.A. From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45353) New York Senate Leader Says Additional Money for Schools May Not Be Needed Senator Joseph L. Bruno said that next year's state budget need not include billions of dollars to satisfy a court mandate to offer children a "sound basic education." From New York Times: Education on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45352) Nomads' Land: travel photography This week's featured content is Nomads' Land, a site for photographs taken by Jean-François Maïon during travels around the globe. A great place to start exploring the site is the map on the main page. All 1000+ photos are licensed under a Creative Commons license and we can wait to see where Jean-François travels to next. From Creative Commons: weblog on January 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (45351) Computers soon to be cheaper with IBM From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45350) 'Bagle' virus infiltrates ED listserve From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45349) Bringing Online Resources to Faculty Finger Tips From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45348) PBS Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment To Partner For Video Distribution From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45347) Help Desk Institute Updates Courseware for Support Center Training and Certification From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45346) Simulations Provide eLearning "Flight Simulators" From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45345) More diploma investigation likely From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 22, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45344) The Cog Looking at the goofy banner on this blog and the reasons behind naming CDB, it is apparent that for 2003, I did lots of bloggin', plenty of doggin' (complaining about everything), but very little coggin' So this month, I am back in the mountain bike saddle, riding 11 miles to work 2-3 times per week. A few years back, when I had more energy (and we had only one family car), I rode every day. Bicycling is some of the best thinking time of the day, a 45 minute slot of time to reflect and enjoy so From cogdogblog on January 22, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (45343) Irony RSS Winterfest "RSS Winterfest is happenin' today and tomorrow and lots of good feeds are being tossed around and captured, of course, via RSS Resources Blog with a feed of its own." [Lockergnome's RSS Resource] My aggregator: "Can&a From The Shifted Librarian on January 22, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (45342) The role of business analyst - a need but no room for HCI? David N Clarke writes about the lack of HCI in business analyst roles. To quote: Business Analyst and Systems Analyst are job titles most of us are familiar with. But do you know what an analyst is supposed to do,... From Column Two on January 22, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (45341) Red Hat plans Linux push in China The leading seller of the Linux operating system plans an expansion into China, potentially including a partnership with China's Red Flag Linux. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (45340) Del.icio.us & sharing bookmarks vs. sharing links This is nice "a great site for managing and sharing bookmarks" [pdZone]. From here, working on the principle that if lots of people have bookmarked it it must be worth a look I ended up at The CSS Cookbook... and guess what, it's all good! Guess there's quite a difference between, say, bookmarked essays, tutorials, and all that and blog posts (duh, obvious comment time!). Seriously, though, it's From James Farmer&apos;s Radio Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (45339) RSS2JS Docks at Blog Harbor Got a nice email and link from the folks at Blog Harbor, a blog hosting service that offers a number of worthy add-ons for those who prefer not to tinker (and mess up) their own blog server. They have created a nicely formatted and structured guide to a hosted version of our RSS to JavaScript feed scripts. See Add RSS Headlines to Your Weblog. Hopefully that will be a good nudge for me to get my act together and From cogdogblog on January 22, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (45338) MUTE File-Sharing Network P2PNet reports - the interesting aspect is the supposed privacy protections.  Sounds kinda like Freenet in that you only know who your neighbours are, but it doesn't seem to have an analogous caching mechanism.  It also sounds similarly slow.  Something to look into a bit more... From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 22, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (45337) iTunes Music Store does RSS! Thanks to Bill Bumgarner for the heads up. Looks like Apple really gets the whole syndication thing. They've got a cool interface to generate a custom RSS feed of new releases in the iTMS. Now THAT's a way to keep people buying new stuff... Send reminders into their news aggregators (or websites, or whatever).... From D&apos;Arcy Norman&apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on January 22, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (45336) Intel mulls Linux Centrino support The chipmaker will likely take a two-phase approach to providing software that Linux needs to take advantage of the Centrino chips. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (45335) Siebel predicts rise in hosting services As much as 15 percent of all customer relationship management software sales will involve application hosting services within the next few years, predicted Tom Siebel, chief executive of Siebel Systems. From CNET News.com on January 22, 2004 at 12:45 a.m.. (45334) Academic ADL Co-Lab's Database of Repositories http://projects.aadlcolab.org/repository-directory/ New from the Academic ADL Co-Lab is this searchable database of existing learning object repositories. Most of these are not software you could download to run your 'own' repository but instead existing institutional or subject-based repositories in which you *might* be able to participate (which raises the entirely sticky issue of 'how many repositories do we actually need?' but that's for another post!) In particular pay attention t From EdTechPost on January 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m.. (45333) NLN - online guide shows the way in e-learning From ScotFEICT on January 21, 2004 at 11:50 p.m.. (45332) Apartlogging Asbury tenants weblog. Brilliant. Think of the value to prospective tenants. This is a community weblog for tenants of the Asbury apartment building in Los Angeles. It has no connection to the management of the Asbury. Any Asbury tenant may post entries to the blog. (via Mark Kraft From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 21, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (45331) Bush will ask for $40-$100 Billion More AFTER Election According to this Reuters report, Bush failed to tell us in last night's SOTU address about his plans t send the country deeper into debt for the war he misled us into. As Matthew Gross wrote: "If the issue is timing, isn't it time for the President to be straight with the American people?" Comment: Better, isn't it time for a new President? From carvingCode on January 21, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (45330) Semiconductor start-up raises $15 million From CNET News.com on January 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m.. (45329) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]