Theologians take notice AKM Adam, Openness, Publication, and Scholarship, AKMA's Random Thoughts, May 28, 2004. AKMA summarizes an ongoing discussion from several theology scholarship blogs on "open source" scholarship. From Open Access News on June 1, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

Finding Ways To Increase Freedom Of Expression While Controlling Chaos: Collaborative Weblogs "Web logs, the online daily journals that link to and comment on everything from pornography to the war in Iraq, are often compared by their boosters to the printing press and upheld as the salvation of democracy in general and... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 1, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Joi Ito: Rock star! The AP has a huge article about Joi. I mean, it's just the mainstream press which doesn't impress us bloggers one tiny bit, but, um, Wow!... From Joho the Blog on June 1, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Googlish Doug Weaver breaks the news about Google's next area of innovation. (Hint: How do you say "My hovercraft is full of eels?" in Googlish?)... From Joho the Blog on June 1, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Purposes of Blogs in the Classroom (via Rick Barter) Samantha Blackmon at Purdue offers this reasoning behind her use of Weblogs with her students: There are many reasons for blogs in the classroom. The one that stands out for me most as I use a blog in my summer gender and literature class is that students get the opportunity to write about the texts that we read and to see and respond to what others in the class are writing. They seem to find From weblogged News on June 1, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Ok, But Will They Raise Test Scores? Anne posts some great links from the burgeoning land of blogging research which seems to be expanding steadily every day. These latest are from an online journalism group at the University of Texas. There is some good stuff here for those into the journalism angle of blogs and wikis (like me) and more general classroom teacher. Add it to some other recent articles and we might actually be getting close to a body of knowledge in terms of classroom blogging. Unfortunatelweblogged News on June 1, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Cheap, challenging and cute! I just have to do some advertising for a game called Complex. Not only because it is made by my Q42 colleague Martin Kool, but also because no other PocketPC puzzle game is worth your money more than this cute challenging cheap piece of software. Read this in depth review and download it at PocketGear. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

The little engine that could Robert X. Cringely thinks that a small $70 wireless router running on Linux is a disruptive technology. From owrede_log on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Simplicity (cont.) Finally there is some movement on the weblog of the "simplicity" seminar. And some very good items popped up already. For instance some explanatory animations by Nigel Holmes which look pretty much like the things we did in the "density" seminar. And also I learned that John Maeda at MIT started an owrede_log on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Poll: Where do you live? The future is not evenly distributed, but perhaps my readers are? (I'd be surprised) Click here if you don't see the poll just below (it won't show in many aggregators): From Seb's Open Research on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Steps in joining a wiki The wiki enthusiasts over at CommunityWiki are building a list of steps that individuals go through in the process of joining a wiki community. It gives an interesting insight into the culture of public wikis. Of interest at the macro level is the Wiki Life Cycle page on Meatball. From Seb's Open Research on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

CAHM hits 1,000 blog posts The fearlessly innovative New Brunswick school we've been working with has now been blog-enabled for about three months now, and they're going full steam ahead. Just in this week students and teachers wrote nearly 150 posts< From Seb's Open Research on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

The Worst Passcode in History

Nokia's 'Lifeblog' I recently saw a demo of a new Nokia initiative, Lifeblog. The project is young, but the possibilities are fascinating. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Five guys talking Tim Bray raises some good questions about last week's Gillmor Gang episode: First of all, a transcript would be so much better; I don't have an hour to listen and if I did it would be in my car, and even if I tried, sitting here in my office (even though the audio is excellent) my attention is continually getting pulled away by email or instant messages or red letters in NetNewsWire or whatever. If I'm writing code or a tricky position paper or reading something material or From Jon's Radio on June 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

AMD, others unveil new wares at Computex From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Code Humor Challenge The goal is to get a humorous piece of code into a production environment. Any kind of humor is acceptable...anything that might make a future developer smile. The code must actually be used by the application. From kuro5hin.org on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

dom4j - Open Source library for working with XML in Java I'm working on finishing the EOAdaptor for XStreamDB, and one route I'm exploring is taking the source XML from XStreamDB, running it through DOM and then into full EOs... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

XML and WebObjects KeyValueCoding I was just googling to see if someone else had written an EO wrapper for a DOM Document model, and came up with this gem: XML and WebObjects KeyValueCoding by Michael Henderson... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Sprint sells satellite cable TV From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Accenture lands Homeland Security deal From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Commentary: In the middle with RFID From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Intel to open code for booting up PCs, servers From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Sun, Fujitsu to collaborate on Unix servers From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

One of the best days of her life On Sunday I had a special date with my seven year old second cousin, McKenna. We planned to go clamming together, that is, dig up clams on the beach at low tide. (And then take them home and eat them!) The day broke clear and warm, a slight breeze but nothing too chilling. We sat in the sun as we awaited the low tide in the early afternoon. And as 1 PM neared, we climbed into the pickup truck with our rakes, basket, and brand new rubber gloves and headed to the western end of the island. Our destination was a small strip of land inside Madaket Harbor called Jackson's Point (here's a From megnut on June 1, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

Q1 '04 U.S. E-Com Sales = $15.5B The first quarter figures bode well for the coming year, registering a 28 percent gain over the previous year. From ClickZ Stats on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Chip sales buoyed by wireless market, group says From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

AMD boosts Athlon 64 performance From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Interim Report on Copyright Reform This disappointing report (PDF) on copyright was published by a Canadian parliamentary committee and, as columnist Michael Geist says, "would transform the Internet from the incredible open source of information that it is into a predominantly commercial medium available primarily to those willing to open up their cheque books." The report is also bad news for educators. "Bulte's committee surprisingly re From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Something Wiki This Way Comes Via elearnspace and elearningpost, this article provides a brief introduction to the use of wikis in the workplace. Typical: "working on a wiki has cut the daily phone calls he made on a raft of projects to one a week." Sounds great, but once again, let's not oversell the technology. By Robert D. Hof, Business Week Online, June 7, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

The Knowledge Tree Rod sent me this link to the newsest edition of The Knowledge Tree. My flight leaves shortly, there's no neat table of contents, and so I can't really assess it. But according to the announcement it contains "voice technologies, Vygotskian learning for creativity, knowledge management for e-business improvement, employability skills, collaborative community partnerships, digital 'multiliteracies', regional health service transformation, RTO sustainability, games using mobiles - GUMS for 15-19 year olds, ROI from simulation training, change management, and stories of innovat From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Sun to expand unusual pricing model From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Briefly: Viacom's president steps down From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

"Search highlighted text in Google" bookmarklet I made a little Google it bookmarklet that lets you search Google for a chunk of text that you've highlighted. Just drag the previous link to your links bar, highlight some text, and click the bookmarklet. Tested in Mozilla Firefox. (I know Firefox has a "web search for..." that appears upon right-clicking, but it doesn't seem to work in my setup.) --> From Seb's Open Research on June 1, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Nokia dominating smart-phone market, study says From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

NMC 2004 - Oops, wrong address Sorry, gave the wrong address for the NMC continuing coverage page in my previous post. It should be: http://www.downes.ca/nmc.html By Martin Terre Blanche 1 June 2004 From Collaborative Learning on June 1, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..

Versicherung von Kulturgütern http://www.prevart.ch/versicherungen.html Der Wert von Kulturg&uuml;tern besteht nicht in ihrem Geldwert, sondern in ihren ideellen, sinnstiftenden Werten, welche die Grundlage unseres Kulturverst&auml;ndnisses sind. In den unterschiedlichsten Kulturen wurde und wird seit Jahrhunderten ein Teil der Kultur &uuml;ber materielle Kulturg&uuml;ter &uuml;berliefert. Diese sollen auch zuk&uuml;nftigen Generationen zum Verst&auml;ndnis ihrer Geschichte zur Verf&uuml;gung stehen, weshalb zu ihnen Sorge zu tragen ist. W From Archivalia on June 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..

More evidence that permission barriers endanger preservation J. Carlos Fern&#225;ndez-Molina, Contractual and technological approaches for protecting digital works: their relationship with copyright limitations, Online Information Review, 28, 2 (2004) pp. 148-157. Abstract: "To deal with the new circumstances arising in the digital environment, with its particular conditions for the access, distribution and use of intellectual works, three distinct approaches exist: legal (copyright laws are modified to adapt them From Open Access News on June 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

SPARC Europe director also responds to Elsevier CEO David Prosser, Academic libraries back open access publishing system, Financial Times, May 29, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). A letter to the editor in response to Arie Jongejan's anti-OA article published on Open Access News on June 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

More on removing OA info from govt web sites for security reasons Sarita Chourey, Feds map risks of GIS: Guidelines seek balance between security, access, Federal Computer Week, May 31, 2004. Excerpt: "Rand Corp. officials say that open access to geospatial data does not pose much of a national security risk. A recent report from the company found that much of the information available is not sufficiently unique, critical or current to be of much use to terrorists....The library community supports open access to government From Open Access News on June 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

More on Google's embrace of OA scholarship Robin Peek, Googling DSpace, Information Today, June 2004 (not online). I wish I could give you an excerpt but I have no access myself. From Open Access News on June 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Exploring e-Learning Myths &quot;e-Learning came to forefront for taking the traditional classroom training model and applying technology advancements to create new ways to learn. However, each advancement in e-Learning has also resulted in new obstacles. This continual struggle has helped spawn some popular... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 1, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Scheduled outages - An electrical mystery Remember all the problems I've had with electrical equipment? We've had a new panel put in, the electric company ran a new line from the pole, I've had two new 20 amp circuits run to my office, but my equipment still blows up. The mega-UPS I use reports every time there is an outage. I have had 20 in the past 24 weeks, for a total down time of 3 minutes. But want to hear something interesting? The past three outages have all occurred at 7:49:26 AM, two on a Tuesday and one on a Wednesday. Coincidence? Hah! Explanations... From Joho the Blog on June 1, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Me in AdAge Scott Donaton columnizes in AdAge about my presentation on politics, marketing and Howard Dean at the I-Media conference. He makes me sound more coherent than I am, and uses some adjectives suitable for blurbing, as well as noting that apparently at one point &#8212; when asked if marketing alienates customers &#8212; I actually "yelped."... From Joho the Blog on June 1, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Building Learning Communities I feel really fortunate to have been asked to present at the Building Learning Communities conference hosted by Alan November in Boston July 20-22. The cool thing is that there are a number of K-12 educators who will also be presenting including Kathy Schrock, who was one of the first resources I relied on when bringing the Internet into my classrooms. And, Amy Pearl, who I met at NECC last year when she was with Intel, will also be pr From weblogged News on June 1, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Government data-mining lives on From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Nokia dominating smart phone market, study says From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Remembering AFTER Memorial Day Krugman in the Times: "... In fact, the 257,000 taxpayers with incomes of more than $1 million received a bigger combined tax cut than the 85 million taxpayers who make up the bottom 60 percent of the population..." And I wonder how many of those quarter million have kids serving in Iraq? From homoLudens III on June 1, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

A Day in the Life of an E-Resources Publisher - Oxford University Press, Oxford - 15 June 2004 - Thi ... A Day in the Life of an E-Resources Publisher - Oxford University Press, Oxford - 15 June 2004 - This one-day seminar is aimed at librarians, information specialists, and other players in the electronic resource supply chain seeking to find out more about publishing in the electronic world From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 1, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The National Library of Scotland's online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides lets you see for you ... The National Library of Scotland's online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides lets you see for yourself what The Word On The Street was in Scotland between 1650 and 1910. Crime, politics, romance, emigration, humour, tragedy, royalty and superstitions - all these and more are here. Each broadside comes with a detailed commentary and most also have a full transcription of the text, plus a downloadable PDF facsimile. You can search by keyword, browse by title or browse by subject From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 1, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The June 2004 issues of Computers in Libraries, Information Today and Searcher are now available ... The June 2004 issues of Computers in Libraries, Information Today and Searcher are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 1, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Sun's Schwartz to expand unusual pricing model From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Barrett weighs in From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Microsoft slows to support customers' pace From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

I Simposio Pluri-Disciplinar sobre Contenidos Didácticos Reutilizables La Universidad de Alcalá de Henares organiza el I Simposio Pluri-Disciplinar sobre Diseño, Evaluación y Descripción de Contenidos Educativos Reutilizables. «El concepto de objeto didáctico (learning object) es el centro del paradigma dominante en cuanto a diseño de contenidos didácticos reutilizables, y ha sido objeto de diversos esfuerzos de estandarización. Sin embargo, el diseño y el buen uso de esos objetos es un problema aún no resuelto.» El plazo de presentación de comunicaciones estará abierto hasta el 15 de julio. Los From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on June 1, 2004 at 7:55 a.m..

Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 117 - June 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt Univers ... Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 117 - June 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 1, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Presentations from Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2004: Beyond the website - University of Bat ... Presentations from Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2004: Beyond the website - University of Bath - 5-6 May 2004 - are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 1, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Japanese Internet star pushes blogs - YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Snapshots of his pet dog, thoughts on democracy and a recipe for bamboo shoots clutter Joichi Ito's Web journal, a lively peek into the tireless mind of one of Japan's biggest Internet stars. After developing some of the country's hottest Net ventures, From Techno-News Blog on June 1, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Future of visual gadgets rolled out - ALLISON LINN, Associated Press A television sewn into your shirt sleeve. A dashboard screen to monitor the kids in the back seat. A 3-D computer monitor sharp enough to make a hardcore gamer's heart stop - or help a surgeon start one. The gizmo-packed exhibition hall at the Society From Techno-News Blog on June 1, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Soldiers in Iraq see graduations via Internet - NATALIE GOTT, ASSOCIATED PRESS Victor Rogers' father was thousands of miles away in Iraq, but he was still able to see the 18-year-old graduate from high school Saturday. Several schools near Fort Hood worked with the Army post to broadcast this week's graduation ceremonies to sol From Techno-News Blog on June 1, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Online screening tool puts school candidates to test - Corey Murray, eSchool News As school leaders struggle to find enough highly qualified educators to staff the nation's classrooms, a growing number of districts have been turning to the web in hopes of corralling new employees. Now, one North Carolina school system is among the f From Educational Technology on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

NEC pleads guilty to eRate scams S.F. schools get $3M for blowing whistle - eSchool News NEC Business Network Solutions Inc. -- part of Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp.--has agreed to pay $20.6 million after pleading guilty to defrauding the eRate program, which helps schools and libraries connect to the internet. More than $3 million From Educational Technology on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Internet Takes Blame for Increase in Cheating - Lauren Young, UCSB Daily Nexus The number of students found guilty of academic misconduct is on the rise despite UCSB's efforts to end plagiarism. In 2002-03 the university handled 27 cases of academic misconduct, including 14 cases of Internet plagiarism, 10 cases of non-Internet p From Online Learning Update on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Essex college looks to managed learning - James Mortleman, VNunet The further education college has been piloting the system since summer 2003 and expects it to be rolled out to all of its 800 courses and 10,000 students by September. Jayne Bacon, the college's development manager for information and learning technol From Online Learning Update on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Media Characteristics and Online Learning Technology - Patrick J. Fahy, Theory and Practice of Online Learning Introduction: The decision to adopt online technology (defined here as predominantly Internet-based delivery, with provision for interaction throughout the process), even on a limited basis, is always complex and can be risky, especially if the adoptin From Online Learning Update on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

How to use weblogs to create engaging learning exp ... How to use weblogs to create engaging learning experiences &quot;Why are weblogs&nbsp;so successful? Apart from being very easy to use, I feel that there are three key attributes that have contributed to its success: 1) personal point of view, 2) chronological nature and 3) byte-sized posts. Together, these three attributes help create experiences that are both engaging and memorable. In this article, I will out From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Can you use theoretical physics to design a city or a supercomputer? If you've played Sim City you've wrestled with one of the problems faced by supercomputer designers. Unfortunately there's no GameFAQs.com for the technical staff at Japan's Earth Simulator or Srinidhi Varadarajan and colleagues at Virginia Tech. True enough, they won't have to deal with rising crime or Godzilla but, as hinted at in a recent paper in Journal of Physics A, the physical layout of a massively parallel supercomputer is fundamentally the same problem as minimizing the time commuters spent stuck in traffic jams. Cities and people are just too complicated From kuro5hin.org on June 1, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Communications aux parents Les parents dénoncent le manque de communication en provenance de l'école. Ce qui explique en partie leur satisfaction à l'endroit de Lumi. Considérant que l'école a souvent affaire à des parents éduqués et branchés, la soif d'information est légitime. D'autant... From Osmoze on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

Un esprit sain dans un corps sain L'épidémie d'obésité (oui... on parle aujourd'hui d'épidémie !) n'est-elle symptomatique de la lourdeur du système d'éducation ? Que l'on ait à ce point négligé la santé et l'éducation physique au profit de l'encyclopédisme et des habiletés techniques, jusqu'à sacrifier le bien-être des... From Osmoze on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

BlogWalk 2.0 in retrospect via Ton's Interdependent Thoughts: The second edition of BlogWalk is over, and it's been great fun. After two days of intense conversation, now is not the time for deep thoughts. That will come in the coming week, after some digestion time... A few remarks... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

BlogWalk 2.0 via Communigations: Finally a bit of blogging after quit a while of silence. Last week I joined the BlogWalk 2.0 meeting at Nuremberg. Leaving on thursday and coming back on sunday, it were four days of intense conversations. I really enjoyed meeting... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

Friday, May 28, 2004 After consulting friends, family, and the vet, my parents decided to end Oscar's suffering today. From RHPT.com on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

Da Vinci by RSS Thanks to RSS and Project Gutenburg and Matt Webb, we can now read the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, one page a day. (01) This is another interesting use From Open Artifact on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

Long URLs are So Irrelevant I really hate long URLs that break when you send them to people. So praise be for TinyURL, a teeny little application that lets you take an icky URL like: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452284392/ref=ord_cart_shr/102-2134435-0590568?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER And turn it into: http://tinyurl.com/3ygt2 I love Amazon, but long URLs full of gobbledy-gook are relevant to them and irrelevant to me, ... From Relevancy on June 1, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

La feria del libro y los famosos televisivos Este fin de semana estuve visitando, como varios miles de personas más, la Feria del Libro de Madrid, que en esta edición está dedicada a Europa. "Europa se construye con libros" es su lema. Otros años he debido escoger con tino, porque mi visita fue más bien tranquila y me permitió pasear sin prisas por cada uno de los tenderetes y comprar sólo aquello que realmente tenía decidido de antemano o, al contrario, aquellos libros que me acababan seduciendo lentamente, estante a (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on June 1, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

A WebQuest on Blogs and RSS I recently noticed (thanks blogshop) a WebQuest which has been developed to explore the question "How do educators use the Internet?". I am a strong component of the use of webquests in education, and this site certainly provides a neat... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Muslim faces in the new government Seven Muslims have made it to India's new central cabinet in the newly formed government of the United Secular Alliance headed by Manmohan Singh of the Congress Party... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Editor gets death threat, Cyber police unmoved Milli Gazette editor, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, ever since the publication was started five years ago, has been receiving threatening emails and phone calls from various elements including people claiming to be from the Indian police and central home ministry... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Togadia may be deprived of medical degree Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP - World Hindu Council) leader Dr Praveen Togadia, who has been spearheading Hindutva campaign throughout the country, may be deprived of his medical degree if action is taken on the complaint filed against him with Medical Council of India... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Kins of Britons killed in Gujarat seek compensation The Sabarkantha District Civil and Sessions Court in Gujarat has issued summons to the chief minister Narendra Modi and twelve others in civil suits seeking compensation for the families of two Britons killed in the post-Godhra riots.... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Ram Shankar Upadhaya: Hindu fighting for Muslim cause ...Ram Shankar Upadhaya, is a staunch Lord Rama devotee and is from the land which progenerates Brahmins... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Heritage - Ayodhya - Taking ASI by the horns ...Ayodhya Mosque of Begum Birlas made of calcrete stones and bricks... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - Gujarat riot victim battles for justice Anhad, a Delhi-based NGO recently invited Gujarat riots victims, Naseem Bano and Mohammad Mukhtar. A businessman, Mukhtar is working for the cause of victims... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

India - RSS - Text of Savarkar Petition from V D Savarkar (Convict No. 32778) to the Home Member of the Government of India, dated the 14th November, 1913... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

Indian Muslim Organisation Welcomes UPA ...Appreciates Steps for Social Harmony, Peace in Kashmir and Friendly Relations in South Asia. Cautions UPA on Population Control, Personal Law ... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

Buy your latte in two seconds flatte Dexit Inc., based in First Canadian Place in downtown TO, has been making a big push in giving out these little RFID debit tags. They also offer a sticker version that adheres to your cellphone, but since it's permanent glue and you're going to want to chuck your phone in two years time, the sticker doesn't seem prudent. Basically, they work like iPass keyring fobs; you just wave it in front of the Dexit scanner at a participating retailer, and away you go. No PINs or swiping required. You can fill them up with a maximum of $100. My first worry, solvency, as been largely mitigat From silentblue | Quantified on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

What we all want According to Dave Pollard, here is what the blogosphere wants. Blog readers want to see more: original research, surveys etc. original, well-crafted fiction great finds: resources, blogs, essays, artistic works news not found anywhere else category killers: aggregators that capture the best of many blogs/feeds, so they need not be read individually clever, concise political opinion (most readers prefer these consistent with their own views) benchmarks, quantitative analysis From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 1, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

Sketchy Grades for Cyber Schools Cyber schools -- where students complete all coursework online using home computers -- are a big hit with parents, who are signing up their children as quickly as the virtual doors open. However, test results for 2003 show students at... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..

Blended delivery creates effective courses The hype surrounding e-learning as the sole training method has passed as organizations realise the solution is in a blended mix of course delivery. According to Pathlore director sales and services David Hobbs, e-learning will not replace existing education methods.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..

Less is More: Designing an online course. Faculty workload in the online environment is a commonly identified focus of concern among participating and non-participating faculty alike. Of particular concern is the possibility that teaching online courses may sentence instructors to become the slaves of their course e-mail,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..

Experience-Enabling Design: An approach to elearning design. This paper draws inspiration from diverse media to understand what constitutes experience. In doing so, it seeks directions for building experience into design of elearning products. It is an interesting read. elearningpost: Experience-Enabling Design: An approach to elearning design... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..

Elearn Magazine The center column of the current issue of ACM's eLearn Magazine is entitled What is Workflow Learning? eLearn's editorial group improved the flow of the draft Jay sent them but deleted his diatribe against Isaac Newton and the sentence, "Man plans; God laughs." The unexpurgated version of the article follows.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on June 1, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..

NMC 2004 - is it sufficiently decentred? The "Small Technologies Loosely Joined" wiki-blog-chat fest at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference 2004 is starting to gain momentum with more people adding their names to the wiki list of participants and a few using the phrase "NMC 2004" in their blog posts (which magically makes the post appear on the NMC continuing coverage page). Two small suggestions for making it even more decentred:

Adrift with options From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 1, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Lerntheorien und ihr Einfluss auf die Entwicklung von Lernprogrammen Ich habe mich in den letzten Tagen etwas intensiver mit Lerntheorien (Behaviorismus, Kognitivismus, Konstruktivismus) und ihrem Einfluss auf die Entwicklung von Lernprogrammen beschäftigt. Wen's interessiert, der findet im Folgenden eine Reihe von Aufsätzen, die online zur Verfügung stehen, sowie... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 1, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Encuesta a webloggers y lectores de blogs Está en línea la I Encuesta a webloggers y lectores de blogs, diseñada por TintaChina y programada por Blogpocket.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 1, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Novedades Gmail La gente de The Gmail Team respondió amablemente mi sugerencia de incluir un archivo de firma, y anuncian la próxima implementación de: - Automatic forwarding of your email to another account - Plain HTML version of Gmail - Import/export Contacts... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 1, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

British Council celebrates its high-tech learning centre From ScotFEICT on June 1, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Winners And Losers A change in student-aid programs being considered by Congress would mean more money for community colleges and for-profit institutions and less for public four-year universities, according to an analysis by the American Council on Education. From Chronicle: free on June 1, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

The New Lords Of The Ring Scholars of J.R.R. Tolkien have embarked on a quest for legitimacy in academe, unearthing the literary roots beneath the pop-cultural phenomenon. From Chronicle: free on June 1, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Chinese Wikipedia () PC World reported the Chinese wikipedia story today. An informal group of Chinese volunteers has been working on this project since May 2001. According to Hong Kong Scholar Andrew Lih, the Chinese language Wikipedia (http://zh.wikipedia.org) is still relatively small, with... From Corante: Social Software on June 1, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Security-Free Wireless Networks Wi-fi is hot, but security is not. Most home users don't enable basic encryption or other protections against connection theft, eavesdropping and network invasion. Why? Set-up is easy, but activate security and the headaches begin. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Dim Galaxy Clue to Dark Matter Right in our cosmic backyard -- about 2 million light years from Earth -- a dim little galaxy called Andromeda IX hangs out. It could help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter that appears to push regular matter around. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Enjoy the Good Life, on GameCube In Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, living a quiet, simple life on a farm means attaining happiness through routine and hard work. A few hours spent with this game can be thought-provoking and invigorating. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking Food Network superchef Alton Brown is part MacGyver, part mad scientist. Welcome to his lab. By Rebecca Smith Hurd, from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Clone Newcomer Bends U.N.'s Ear A Coral Gables, Florida, trial lawyer is now the key educator for the United Nations on stem-cell research and cloning. Where did this guy come from? By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash Motorists are feeling plenty of pain at the pump, but venture capitalists who follow the energy business find rising fuel costs attractive. Investments in power conservation and alternative fuels are increasingly attractive. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed As the price of gas continues to climb, the appeal of an alternative domestic fuel is growing. Biodiesel fueling stations, new EPA emissions standards and a pending tax credit may help tip the balance toward renewable fuel. By John Gartner. From Wired News on June 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

June 2004 newsletter ... June 2004 newsletter The e-Learning Centre's Newsletter includes this month's &quot;In the Spotlight&quot; features as well as news from the e-Learning Centre and the e-Learning Job Centre.&nbsp; Added: 1 June 2004 e-Learning Centre Newsletter Archive From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Whizlabs launches SCWCD 1.4 (J2EE Certification) Exam Simulator Whizlabs Software, the global leader in J2EE Certification Exam Preparation, has launched the SCWCD 1.4 Exam Simulator for CX-310-081 Certification. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

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Dangers to Children Reduced as Children's Educational Network Creates Alliance With YOURHOMEWORK LLC The dangerous world our children explore online is about to get a little safer. Children's Educational Network, LLC, announced today it has signed an agreement with YOURHOMEWORK LLC to form a unique joint venture. This strategic alliance will allow yourhomework.com, to safely empower students, involve parents, and maximize the educational opportunities of Internet technology. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Crust Busting with Dr. Pat Baccili on VoiceAmerica is thrilled to announce special guest, Ms. Gloria Steinem. Join Dr. Pat Baccili on Voiceamerica.com on June 3rd to hear the five words Ms. Steinem said to Dr. Pat that changed Pat's life. Feminist activist, co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus and Ms. magazine, Gloria Steinem will join Dr. Pat Baccili on VoiceAmerica the largest Internet talk radio network in the world. Listen live at www.crustbusting.com on June 3rd at 8:00 am PST to find out five words Ms. Steinem said to Dr. Pat several years ago that changed her life for ever. Today's interview with Gloria Steinem is exclusively sponsored by Mary Foley, author of Bodacious! Woman: Outrageously in Charge of Your Life and Lovin' It! Visit www.gobodacious.com to download your free ebook, book chap From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Doggone Crazy! Announces New Product for Teachers and Humane Educators HYPHEN Be a Tree - Teacher Kit Doggone Crazy! today announced the availability of the Teacher Kit that supports the dog bite prevention education program for elementary school children, called Be a Tree. Children learn to Be a Tree to make a dog go away and many other lessons about safety around dogs. The Be a Tree Teacher Kit contains the materials needed to deliver this action-packed and interactive program. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Ever Wish You Could Learn A Back Flip? New Teaching Method Promises To Revolutionize Development Of Motor Skills In Kids And Adults Upcoming seminars in the Boston area will teach new TAGteach From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

TAGteach International LLC Launches Newer, Faster Teaching Methods for Coaches and Teachers Karen Pryor, a leading behavioral scientist, author, and pioneer in the field of positive reinforcement learning, announced today that she has joined with the founders of the TAGteach From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

EmployeeROI Women's Leadership Breakfast - June 4th, 2004 - NYC EmployeeROI, our conference partners and co-sponsors, are dedicated to providing value-added executive education and business networking opportunities to women business leaders. The upcoming June 4th, 2004 Women's Leadership Breakfast is the 7th event in this series aimed at doing just that. Our mission is to see women advance into C-Level and Paid Board Director Level roles with For-Profit Companies, and ensure that those who reach that level have the resources to be extremely successful. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Alcoholics Can Recover and Learn to Drink Safely Again Scottish couple, Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, two former alcoholics, have recovered so completely that they now not only lead normal lives again, but are also able to drink in a perfectly sociable manner once more. They are building two websites to help others do the same, and criticise Alcoholics Anonymous for being a quasi-religious cult that has blocked and prevented progress in the field of treatment of alcoholism for the past seventy years. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Possibilities@Work and Market-Vantage to Offer Teleseminar on Small Business Strategies for Growth Avoiding common mistakes while taking advantage of best practices in business, including marketing, can make the difference between small business success and failure. Free one-hour teleseminar for small business owners and managers discusses the most common errors and how to avoid them, as well as provide tips for growth and success. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004] From PR Web on June 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Open Access und Edition Open Access und Edition Vorabversion des Beitrags von Klaus Graf zum Wiener Kolloquium "Vom Nutzen des Edierens" am I&Ouml;G Der Wiener Kanoniker Ladislaus Sunthaim, einer der um 1500 am historisch-genealogischen Forschungsprojekt Maximilians I. t&auml;tigen Gelehrten, wurde von Fritz Eheim in seiner als Ganzes leider ungedruckt gebliebenen Hausarbeit am I&Ouml;G als einer jener reisenden Historiker in der Zeit des Humanismus portr&auml;tiert, die unter anderem in Klosterarchiven und -bibliotheken nach verborgene From Archivalia on June 1, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

La escuela de negocios Eseune crea tres centros lectivos virtuales en América Latina Eseune ha abierto sus tres primeros centros lectivos remotos en Caracas, Quito y Guayaquil, cada uno de ellos con aulas y alumnos que reciben clases a través... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 1, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

La Universidad de Deusto se prepara para la competencia de Internet La Universidad de Deusto se prepara para competir contra los centros académicos online, que cada vez atraen a más alumnos, con un Plan Estratégico que incluye la con... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 1, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

Blogs and RSS are the best way to aggregate collective wisdom My take: Blogs are the best way to publish your wisdom and aggregating the RSS feeds from those blogs is the best way to aggregate your wisdom. (Via this comment from Ian Bruk (thanks!)) - Wired 12.06: VIEW: QUOTEBy contrast, while it's clear that some CEOs are excellent leaders and managers, there's little evidence tha From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Kerry Intern Story that wasn't true - yet another case of "real journalists" not being any better than bloggers Must read for both bloggers who think they are better than journalists and journalists who think they are better than bloggers. My take: both bloggers and journalists are birds of the same feather and for one to turn up one's nose at the other with respect to standards is hypocritical and misguided. From John Kerry intern scandal - Alexandra Polier's account: QUOTEAnd so my education had taken me pretty much as far as it could. I From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Blogging will become mainstream as I've stated for many moons! Welcome Nokia. I am certain that what Anssssi said is true: blogging will become mainsream and a large amount of it will be done via mobile phones since mobile phones are the PCs of the first two decades of the 21st century . I am so certain that I have blogged&nbsp;multiple times about this. From --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Every Citizen is a Reporter for Urban Vancouver as well as OhMyNews We would like every Vancouverite past, present or future to be a reporter for our new super community site, UrbanVancouver. Interested? Click here to join UrbanVancouver. It's FREE and membership gives you a blog with your own RSS feed and the ability to post your own pictures all for FREE! From editorsweblog.org: "Every citizen is a reporter" states Mr. Ho: QUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Use blogs to increase your Google Rank - Don't go over to the dark side and use link farms and other trickery Search engine optimization is by and large common sense so paying lots of money for it is a waste of money as I've said in the past. Search Engine Voodoo is easy: 0. Make sure your page validates and the content is not hidden by graphics and that the title and page URL are clean and are relevant to to the content 1. Create compelling content constantly 2. Link to your compelling and relevant content on your site a From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Ecto 1.1.7 support Movie uploads! Wow! Thanks Adriaan! Must try this. Bet it only works with QuickTime movies and not the .AVIs generated by my Canon S400 but that's no problem since I can convert to QuickTime pretty easily. From chaotic intransient prose bursts: 1.1.7: QUOTEAnother ecto version is out in the wild. It has one new feature that has been requested for a while by a variety of users: Movie upload: What the new feature does, is offer users an option to indicate how the movie is used i From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Knowledge Tips It's Memorial Day. I arrived back in California from ASTD a few minutes before midnight yesterday and am digging my way through hundreds of emails. Most of my inbox is filled with inane spam. I also received dozens of notices of obscene graffiti vandals had... From Internet Time Blog on June 1, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

ASTD International Conference & Exposition 2004 This is the first of several reports on the 2004 ASTD Conference. &quot;How was the ASTD Conference?&quot; There are thousands upon thousands of answers to that question, for the event is a nine-ring circus, and it's highly unlikely any two people take part in the... From Internet Time Blog on June 1, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Be a Better Lifelong Learner Six principles to follow from the wise and witty sage, Socrates.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 1, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Emotional Intelligence Ron Gross explores the basic attitudes and skills that make for successful living -- and how to use that knowledge.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 1, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Da Vinci's Notebooks by RSS Heck, why not read Da Vinci's notebooks by RSS... now if journals / academic databases started doing this wouldn't we all be that bit much wiser! From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Going it alone part 2 Well, Segment were pretty darn cool.. straight on the phone, highly supportive and all sorts of good! I have issues with their pricing though as there seem to be a lot of more affordable, more bandwidth, more storage solutions out there. Fore example, all of these. POWWEB looks nice but doing a bit of research has mixed reviews. --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

pSek it is ... and they're home. Just can't resist the price (the $7 a month plan should more than cover me...&nbsp;with 200MB&nbsp;space and&nbsp;5GB bandwidth... hello!) and the fact that I can now play around with, among others, Moodle, Wordpress, Drupal, Geeklog, PHP &amp; Post Nuke &amp; TikiWiki (not on the list but included nonetheless apparently) without having to install them! I've also got myself a domain... finally! http://www.incsub.org here is your first From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Wordpress Come play with wordpress with me... http://www.incsub.org/wordpress/ Register on the right and you should be able to blog too! From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

History of the org chart When were org charts first used to depict a business' management structure? Anyone have any leads? All I could find on the Net was a link to a book by Stafford Beers that costs $115. While I wait for my local library to locate it, does anyone have any other sources/links? Thank you.... From Joho the Blog on June 1, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Wikis as Higher Educational Tools: Some Links and Arguments Untitled Document Summary: Some links and a few comments about the use of Wikis in higher education. Heather James surfaces the contrast of instructivist vs constructivist and points to the wiki-based learning environment as a promising host for constructivist processing by teacher and class. [For a good, readable background on wiki's try InfoToday's April Article starting about --> From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 1, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Oh the Places RSS Will Go Show RSS Feeds Inside PowerPoint "PowerPoint presentations can now easily integrate RSS feeds and news headlines. The Take-off RSS news reader from DataPoint gathers RSS news and sends them directly into a Mircosoft Access database. From there they can be easily pulled inside one or more presentation slides. Find out more or download your free trial now."&nbsp; [Lockergnome's RSS &amp; Atom Tips] From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Wiki Tikki Tavi Wikipedia Reinvents "Wikipedia has reinvented itself. It now supports discussions about any article, and provices an easy way for users to look at previous article versions. Maybe it could do this before -- but my memory and the Google cache lead me to think not. To the jaded eye, this looks like just a software upgrade. But the implications are greater than that. Wikipedia is the great white hope for free (as in freedom) information on the web, and th From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

RSS-Chapter-A-Day The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci "I want to read the Notebooks, but there are 1,565 pages and I have too much else to read. At a page a day it would take a little over four years, but be manageable. Fortunately Project Gutenberg (who make freely available online out-of-copyright books) has created a text version of the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. You can download it. From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

The Next Best Thing to Visiting the New Seattle Public Library New Seattle Library Draws Raves "Glenn Fleishman raves about the new Seattle library (and has pictures)." [Scobleizer] 115 photos, to be exact, and they're annotated. My inner geek loves this one, while --> From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Get No Kicks on Route66 Route Finder Software Uses Power of Latest Phones "Privately-held Dutch firm Route66, one of Europe's biggest sellers of CD-ROM-based car navigation kits for use on personal computers, said it would sell road maps of an entire country and the necessary navigation software on a tiny memory card that can be inserted into the latest advanced phones, reports --> From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Yahoo Groups Now Displays the XML Icon (Confusing as It May Be) "I noticed that Yahoo is now including an RSS 2.0 feed with every Yahoo Group.&nbsp; Nice.&nbsp; It even includes an orange XML icon." [John Robb's Weblog] I note this functionality&nbsp;in my presentations and classes on RSS, but I didn't realize Yahoo was actually providing the little icon on each page now (at least for publicly-accessible archives). From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Say Cheese @ Your Library Here's a picture blog from a public library: Pictures from the San Marino Public Library (ATOM feed). [via LIS Blogsource] An interesting use of blogging.... From The Shifted Librarian on June 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Smarter Than the CEO This Wired article talks about the benefits of working in groups: "The evidence is clear: groups -- whether top executives evaluating a potential acquisition or sales reps and engineers analyzing a new product -- will consistently make better decisions than an individual. Companies have spent too long coddling the special few. It's time for them to start figuring out how they're going to tap the wisdom of the many." From elearningpost on June 1, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Getting the Most from Content Management A short article outlining the importance of creating a taxonomy: "Creating a taxonomy should be central to any enterprise content strategy. Without that framework, even the best technology may not meet expectations because of the numerous intranet sites and discrete pieces of information it has no way of interconnecting." From elearningpost on June 1, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Political Blogs and the Election Landscape The American Journalism Review has a long, nuanced article this month about political blogging and its influence in the current campaign season, both on politicians and journalists. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 1, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Bravery, Honor The Wall Street Journal last week ran this story about the heroism of an American soldier in Iraq. Memorial Day is about such people, and all the others who have died in service of their country. Rest in peace. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 1, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

It's quiet. Too quiet. It may seem like nothing is happening here, but the horrifying reality is there&#8217;s too much happening at once. In addition to the normal workload (involving three different half-day workshops to deliver in three days, among other things), I&#8217;ve taken on a couple of pretty big side projects &#8212; I shoudln&#8217;t talk about them at this point, but both of... From Object Learning on June 1, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

$75,000 a Record Gift for Yale? Here's How The bulk of a $110 million gift comes from an unusual fund-raising exercise born 25 years ago out of $75,000 in seed money and frustration with Yale's financial management. From New York Times: Education on June 1, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Abstinence-Only: Does It Work? At institutions that accept government money, teachers must advocate abstinence until marriage. But is the policy realistic? From New York Times: Education on June 1, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

New Teachers, Pupils, and Classes With Revolving Doors Jennifer Noble is one of more than 2,000 new teachers recruited last year to the fastest-growing district in the country. From New York Times: Education on June 1, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Arts Students at Columbia Paint a Bleak Money Picture Tuition at Columbia's School of the Arts will reach $39,144 a year in the next three years, significantly higher than the tuition at its competitors. From New York Times: Education on June 1, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

A lot of growing up takes place on the way to the prom To write 'Wonderland,' Michael Bamberger spent a year with the students of Pennsbury High School. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

10 years later, classmates are easier to like Author Chris Colin caught up with his high school classmates long before their reunion. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

We are the parents. Is anyone listening? No Child Left Behind aims at a dialogue with parents. But reaching them has not been easy. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

How the reformers were reformed South Bronx mothers have become a force for positive change in their neighborhood schools. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Schwartz spreads pricing ideas beyond Sun software From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Sun adds Java tools to RFID menu From CNET News.com on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Da Vinci's Notebooks This genuinely is the beauty of the web - an RSS feed showing one page of Da Vinci's Notebooks per day - a project that will take a little more than four years to complete. This commentator writes, "The real question is this: if the information is so marginally useful, is it really a good thing that I'm now adding it to my life? But that, of course, is the beauty of the internet generally: more and more efficient ways to waste time." By Sam, 15 Seconds, May 31, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

CanCore Update I have about an hour to go before the hockey game, and there is no good reason to exclude any of this from today's newsletter, so I am just going to forward Nom's email en masse. I'll read this stuff on the plane tomorrow; you can get a jump on me and read it tonight. Here it is: This being my last day at work (my contract was extended by 2 months), I thought I would update you on CanCore and my other activities. Feel free to include any of this info in OLDaily, should it seem relevant: 1. Version 2.0 of the CanCore guidelines is available in both English and From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Building Distributed Communities of Practice Notes from the International Centre for Governance and Development's workshop, Building Distributed Communities of Practice for Enhanced Research-Policy Interface 28-31 May, 2004, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 31, 2004 [Refer][Research][R From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

The Evolving Concept of the Community of Practice PowerPoint slides from my presentation at the Building Distributed Communities of Practice conference in Saskatoon. Also, the Audacity audio recording software worked perfectly - you will need to download LAME to encode MP3s (just put it in a directory; no install required). So I was able to record my 37 minute presentation - the resulting MP3 file is 32 megabytes, so this one isn't for the faint of heart - but From OLDaily on June 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

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