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Step-by-step: implementing online forms
My KM Column article for February (released a day early) covers implementing online forms, in the context of a corporate intranet. To quote: Online forms should be a key component of all corporate intranets, as they deliver clear productivity benefits... From Column Two on January 30, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Useful Dead Technologies
As time progresses, we expect technology to progress as well. It doesn't always do so. Whether from corporate greed or corporate stupidity or just plain evil orneryness, some very good technologies have been allowed to die, usually being replaced by something vastly inferior and sometimes not being replaced at all. Listed here are some technologies that were very useful, but have become not more useful but less; or died off completely. These are good and useful technologies that have been superceded by less useful and usually very annoying technologies. From kuro5hin.org on January 30, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

questions of classification (a response to Clay) (danah boyd)
Clay’s right - i’m a huge skeptic, although i don’t attribute it to the academy at all. My first reaction to hype is and always was critique (unless, of course, i’m doing the hyping). This has resulted in me always... From Corante: Social Software on January 30, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Tinderbox and fellow travelers
Steve Johnson's essay 'Tool for thought' in today's NYT Book Review gets to the increasingly real potential of digital writing for those of us who want to do something less than create interactive hypertext novels. "The word processor has changed the way we write, but it hasn't yet changed the way we think... When you're freewheeling through ideas From homoLudens III on January 30, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Taxes for Teachers
I just received the local tax forms in the mail -- something that always gives me an unwelcome wake-up call -- an uncomfortable reminder that there's extra work to be done. And math's involved! I'm a little ahead of the game this year, if only because I got TaxCut for... From PEDABLOGUE on January 30, 2005 at 7:51 p.m..

E-Learning Grab Bag
Here are a few items on the theme of e-learning that have caught my attention lately... TOP OF THIS LIST: "Experiencing knowledge to succeed," by Michael Jones, Yafle.com, Dec. 13, 2004. Excerpt: "Many in education -- and especially many in e-learning -- forget a simple truth. It From Contentious Weblog on January 30, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Book Recommendation: A Theory of Fun for Game Design
Raph Koster’s A Theory of Fun for Game Design is one of the best work-related books I’ve read in quite some time. It is also one of the strangest. Written in a simple, plain-spoken style with relatively few words on a page and an illustration on every facing page, printed… From e-Literate on January 30, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

Looking for avid wikipedia users (Clay Shirky)
Press request by proxy — for someone working on a story about the wikipedia, is there anyone out there whou would consider themselves either an avid user of wikipedia, or an avid contributor to Wikipedia? If so, drop me a... From Corante: Social Software on January 30, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Shafer's mischaracterization
Jack Shafer's piece in Slate misrepresents what went on at the WebCred conference. The piece says the bloggers in attendance "declared blogs the destroyers of mainstream media." (Notice Jack's use of the term "declared" instead of "said" or, say, "ruminated," btw.) That's a long way from what I thought happened. I thought we had a useful, interesting, and many-sided discussion about how blogs are already changing journalism and how they might in the future. Yes, the bloggers thought the change is going to be more radical, inevitable and unpredictable than the mainstream media fo From Joho the Blog on January 30, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

The Measurement of Potential (3): The MAPS process
Untitled Document Summary: Up to this point in the series of entries on measuring potential I have been, perhaps, unduly technical. Unduly because my concern with my children, my grandchildren, your children , all children and all people, is that they have some opportunities and support to develop a best version of themselves. "Best", I know, can be defined in many ways, mi From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on January 30, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Digital hockey season
G4techTV, a cable network that shows people playing video games, has simulated the entire missing National Hockey League season using NHL 2005 from Electronic Arts. According to an article by Hiawatha Bray in the Boston Globe, the network has played all 1,230 games on the NHL schedule using the computer-plays-computer option. (The game has a large set of stats for each player.) The network is releasing the results according to the hockey schedule, so although the computers know who won the Stanley Cup, we don't. The response has been anemic. The network stopped showing its nightly "highli From Joho the Blog on January 30, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Iraqis Voting
Gotta admit, it's pretty cool to watch the seventy-two percent turnout at the polls in Iraq. It's also hard not to have mixed feelings. How do you feel? Are the elections real? Do they vindicate Bush and his posse at all? Are they simply a happy side-effect of an otherwise disastrous war? And how does feeling how you feel make you feel? From rushkoff.blog on January 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Today's Links
iPod Shuffle review iPodlounge | All Things iPod forgets to mention the fact that it is almost indestructible so that people who have iPods and people who don't will buy them for sports or uses where a normal iPod would just be too fragile Tags: apple, ipod, Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 30, 2005 at 2:01 p.m..

Google to Branch Into Television - MICHAEL LIEDTKE, the Associated Press
Google Inc. is using its popular Internet search technology to find information and images broadcast on television, continuing a recent effort to extend its reach beyond the Web. The Mountain View-based company planned to introduce the new video searc From Techno-News Blog on January 30, 2005 at 1:57 p.m..

Search Engines Go Mobile - Matt Hicks, eWeek
Web search is cutting the computer cord as the major engines increasingly introduce new ways of retrieving search results through mobile phones and devices. Yahoo Inc. expanded its mobile search offerings Thursday with a local search feature for send From Techno-News Blog on January 30, 2005 at 1:57 p.m..

Congress proposes tax on all Net, data connections - Declan McCulagh, CNET News
An influential congressional committee has dropped a political bombshell by suggesting that a tax originally created to pay for the Spanish American War could be extended to all Internet and data connections this year. The committee, deeply involved From Techno-News Blog on January 30, 2005 at 1:57 p.m..

Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a free, open learning environment and research community. From eLearnopedia on January 30, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

New Beginnings by Various authors from Bloomsbury Publishing - A unique collection of the first chap ...
New Beginnings by Various authors from Bloomsbury Publishing - A unique collection of the first chapters of forthcoming novels by the world's biggest authors in support of the Tsunami relief fund, with all proceeds going to charity From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 30, 2005 at 11:51 a.m..

R.R. Bowker has announced that, starting April 2005, it will directly collect, manage and maintain b ...
R.R. Bowker has announced that, starting April 2005, it will directly collect, manage and maintain bibliographic information regarding all books, audio books and videos published in the United Kingdom. This expansion of service is poised to deliver a most comprehensive and competitive UK information solution to information researchers, library professionals and retail buyers From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 30, 2005 at 11:51 a.m..

Cyber Stalking, Abusive Cyber Sex and Online Grooming
Those who are interested in the online habits of teens, and in particular, the issue of online safety should take a look at the newly released article, "Cyber Stalking, Abusive Cyber Sex and Online Grooming" from the University of Central... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 30, 2005 at 10:57 a.m..

Fraser Speirs' Flickr Export for iPhoto and Flickr's "Edit this batch" functionality greatly reduce the pain of tagging Flickr photos, del.icio.us and others need to learn from it
Amen, AKMA. Before there was the wonderful iPhoto Flickr Export Plugin from Fraser Speirs (I will be sending you $ shortly Fraser!), I didn't use tags on Flickr either! It was too difficult! I used email to upload my first 1000 or so photos without tags. Now, Fraser's wonderful software combined with the iPhoto Keyword Assistant and the "Edit this batch" feature of Flickr means that I can painlessly add tags. Why? Well, Keywor From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 30, 2005 at 8:57 a.m..

Official Criticizes a PBS Cartoon
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings denounced PBS on Tuesday for spending public money on a cartoon with lesbian characters. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

PowerPoint Goes to the Fair
Technology is changing that annual academic ritual, the science project, as more students abandon posterboard displays in favor of computer presentations. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

William A. Bootle, Judge in Desegregation Case, Dies at 102
William Augustus Bootle was a federal judge who, in 1961, set in motion a chain of legal decisions that in a single week desegregated the University of Georgia. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Stephen Roberts, 89, Cornell Polo Coach, Dies
Stephen Roberts coached Cornell University's polo team from 1947 to 1972 and won eight national championships. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

New York Plans Test to Affirm Fitness for Jobs
New York is expected to become the first state to issue a "work readiness" credential to high school students who pass a voluntary test. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New-SAT Takers: Confused Yet?
Anywhere there are high school juniors this season, the new SAT, with all its imponderables, is creating high anxiety. From New York Times: Education on January 30, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Poking Around Weather via WAP/WML
As a geek happens a lot- I get curious and start poking around on the net, peeking at web page source code. Tonight, I was checking out the NOAA weather forecast for near our cabin and there was a little note near the top: New! Cell Phone (wap) URL: www.srh.noaa.gov/wml Now I have a stone age cell phone with no hope of being WAP capable (Wireless Application Protocol) but vaguely recollect how the limited display capabili From cogdogblog on January 30, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

Education for Parents on Welfare
By Thomas Nixon ? How to find resources for making education and real job opportunities possible.... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 30, 2005 at 4:50 a.m..

The Chronicles of Narnia on CD
This past week was Mo's seventh birthday, and among the many great gifts that came his way was a great version of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, sent by my parents. This audio collection is unabridged, read aloud by some superb actors, including Kenneth Brannagh, Michael York, Ian Richardson, and others on something like 25 CDs. We're busy working our way through the Magician's Nephew, the first of the collection, and we're all entranced. Well worth checking out. From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on January 30, 2005 at 3:53 a.m..

The Social Customer Manifesto: The Business Blogging Field Guide, Part 5: The Customer Advocate
http://socialcustomer.typepad.com/the_social_customer_manif/2005/01/the_business_bl_4.html This... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 30, 2005 at 3:52 a.m..

Blogs Get Noticed by Marketroids - Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization
http://www.seochat.com/showblog/7512/Blogs-Get-Noticed-by-Marketroids "Cincinnati-based... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 30, 2005 at 3:52 a.m..

Fairvue Central >> Bloggies >> Fifth Annual Weblog Awards
http://2005.bloggies.com/ "In the nomination phase: URLs are required. The maximum number of... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 30, 2005 at 3:52 a.m..

JD on MX
http://www.markme.com/jd/ A site for people who use Macromedia MX - says he works for Macromedia... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 30, 2005 at 3:52 a.m..

Online Student Evaluation of Teaching for DE.
Given the limited number of currently available resources, one public mid-western university is working to develop and implement an effective and appropriate means for online student evaluation of teaching in distance education courses that is useful and beneficial for all... From Teaching and Developing Online. on January 30, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

The Future of Technology and Education
Today's school leaders face a serious dilemma: Communities expect their graduates to be ready to thrive in the Digital Age, but the 21st century skills required for such success are not well defined. Those skills are not included in many... From Teaching and Developing Online. on January 30, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Teen Gets Prison For Blaster
A federal judge sentenced a teenager to a year and a half of prison Friday for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that was used to attack more than 48,000 computers. Wired News: Teen Gets Prison for Blaster... From Teaching and Developing Online. on January 30, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

21st Century Skills: The Future of Technology and Education
A website of resoures by Louis Loeffler for a presentation on 21st Century Skills: The Future of Technology and Education From eLearnopedia on January 30, 2005 at 1:52 a.m..

Online Student Evaluation of Teaching for Distance Education: A Perfect Match?
This paper outlines the issues considered and challenges faced in the search to employ reliable and valid online student evaluation for distance education courses... From eLearnopedia on January 30, 2005 at 1:52 a.m..

Education Next
Published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Education Next is a journal designed to explore the various issues involved in transforming K-12 education in the United States. From eLearnopedia on January 30, 2005 at 12:52 a.m..

The 2005 Horizon Report
The report highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. From eLearnopedia on January 30, 2005 at 12:52 a.m..

Sundance News: Sony's new $5000 HD cam makes news
Jody Eldred, cinematographer for some CBS shows leaves his Sony F900 camera (which costs a mere $165,000) for Sony's new HVR-Z1 HD Camera. Apple's prepared for HD with the latest releases of Final Cut Pro HD and iMovieHD. Cinema Minima SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION by Cyndi Greening From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on January 29, 2005 at 11:59 p.m..

Accessibility From The Ground Up
A primer for the Web designer. Following accessible design practices as a part of everyday design ensures that you will reach more users, both with and without disabilities. From eLearnopedia on January 29, 2005 at 11:52 p.m..

How to facilitate Google crawling
A set of tips to help configure open-access scholarly repositories for full-text Google crawling From eLearnopedia on January 29, 2005 at 11:52 p.m..