Edu_Rss

Asalto a las estanterías
Mientras en España andamos indignados con el Plan Antipiratería del Gobierno o la reforma de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, y mientras en EEUU una reforma legal puede deparar más cárcel para quien piratee una película que para quien realice abusos sexuales, en Francia una nueva hornada de activistas han salido de Internet para asaltar con productos sin copyright los canales de distribución comerciales: el el "Don A l'Etalage", o "regalo en la estantería". El mayor representante de este movimiento es el (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on April 24, 2005 at 10:49 p.m..

Spammed student work
I hope few teachers run into this problem, but let me just say that if a student's site is attacked by spammers, the openness we prize quickly becomes hugely frustrating for the student, both because of the terrible content of the spam and the relentlessness of the attack. We need to choose software as carefully as we can, adjust its security wisely, work with IT on any other recautions that are available, and have a plan for responding if there is an attack. From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 24, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Thanks to Michelle N. Lamberson for dropping me a note about this article. This is very cool, how do I get them to design one for Saskatoon? Fair View Junior School, in Gillingham, Kent, teamed up with the makers of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Rosen on blog essences
Writing today about Tim Porter's journalism blog, First Draft, Jay Rosen for all practical purposes defines excellence in blogging. It seems that we need: 1. A significant topic: I practiced journalism, but . . . . 2. A problem: . . . I had precious little information about... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 24, 2005 at 7:49 p.m..

LAMS: Learning Activity Management System
I haven't yet tried the LAMS software but want to re-post this message from Auricle for reference. I have used another open source tool, Moodle, with instructors and can report that if functioned very well; most instructors liked it as well as the commercial product Blackboard. LAMS appears very promising from the reportage at the web site. The release of high quality open source course management software is a hopeful trend because many colleges and universities can no longer afford the high-priced commercial products; even for those that can pay the high prices of acquisiti From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on April 24, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Pop Quiz: What’s Missing from this Article?
Check out this AP article published today on the web site of the Arizona Republic about a new online resource offered by the US. Federal Reserve: "Fed starts financial education web site." Pop quiz: What's missing from this article?... From Contentious Weblog on April 24, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Trend: Mobile Reality (A Tale of Two Experts)
What's currently working in m-learning, and why? What's been stopping its widespread adoption? And what's necessary to make it more pervasive? From eLearnopedia on April 24, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

Upcoming Blogging Events in Colorado
These two upcoming events in Colorado should be pretty interesting for people in and around Boulder and Denver (my area)... From Contentious Weblog on April 24, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

The happiest course of study in the world
Marlin: ... If you studied all the arts and sciences just for themselves, or just for learning, you would be a megalomaniac, like the lady ho walked into Macy's and asked for one of everything. But if you studied all the arts and sciences as they relate to your identity - to your Me-ness and humanness and livingness, et cetera - your quest would be valid and practicable. You would be seeking your own position in the web of things. You would be trying to determine exactly what does pertain to the Me, and how it pertains, and what on the other hand is shared, and how it is From Seblogging News on April 24, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

It's not clever to send too many texts and e-mails
CONSTANT text messaging and e-mailing causes a reduction in mental capability equivalent to the loss of ten IQ points, according to research. Tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking messages on a handheld gadget temporarily reduces the performance of the brain, according to the study into the effects of "infomania". The psychologist behind the research has concluded that obsessive use of phones and e-mail devices could impair mental capability even more than smoking cannabis - and suggested the modern culture of information could cause a perm From Seblogging News on April 24, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

Workflow: Moveable Type Plug-In
This is something I've been looking for in Moveable Type. David Raynes has created a Moveable Type plug-in called Workflow, that allows a Moveable Type editor to grant authoring privileges to authors to post drafts, which then can only be published by the editor. This will be great for those in education that seem to get very worried about teachers posting content to the web without it first being cleared by a principal or some other web gatekeeper. Of course they have no problem trusting these same teachers with a room full of 7 year olds, but for some reason... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 24, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Canadian mashups
From an email from Jon del Mothe: Our prime minister (Paul Martin) and his party (liberals) are in a fair amount of hot water over an ad sponsorship scandal in Quebec. On Thursday night he took over the airways to try and calm (and avoid an immediate election). All other Media covered it their usual fashion - we took a different approach and mashed it in the mag, cover can be seen here and then let our audience mash back. Some good ones! There are indeed some good ones. I'm particularly fond of the second one by Marc L that... From Joho the Blog on April 24, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

On the road again
Traveling to Seattle today for two days at a Microsoft social software conference, a morning at Amazon doing research for my book, and a morning talking with CNN about taxonomic stuff. Back on Thursday night, possibly too late to catch Steve Johnson's free talk at Harvard, which you would be nuts to miss if you're anywhere nearby.... From Joho the Blog on April 24, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Saudi Oil Close To Peak - So What?
The cost of oil has risen by about 50% in the last year. This time in 2004 the cost per barrel of oil was about $35, now it's about $53. The reason why oil prices have spiked is because of many things: winter requires a lot of energy to heat homes, summer requires even more energy to cool homes, a good part of it is speculation that emerging countries like China and India will require more and more oil along with North America's dependence on the sweet stuff. In general, for economies to grow, they require more energy each year which means more oil. Peak oil is what happens when oil From kuro5hin.org on April 24, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Victory for Censorship Tech - Red Herring
Embattled ClearPlay gave a four-star review to the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, which played successfully to a packed House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company benefits greatly from legislation contained in the From Techno-News Blog on April 24, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Microsoft Pushes Old Windows - Red Herring
Microsoft unveiled what it calls a oefresh, imaginative advertising campaign to attract new users to its three-and-a-half-year-old Windows XP operating system on Monday. The 15-month campaign called oeStart Something will be larger and run longer than th From Techno-News Blog on April 24, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Windows 2000 Users: The Clock Is Ticking - Mary Jo Foley
June 30 marks the end of mainstream support for both the client and server Windows 2000 releases. A Windows 2000 rollup pack is still due by midyear. While Microsoft's Windows team is laser-focused on Longhorn, many Windows users are more concerned with From Techno-News Blog on April 24, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Online Learning Takes Center Stage
Collection of resources, videos and interviews about the current state of online learning created by The George Lucas Educational Foundation with input from the Southern Regional Education Board and the BellSouth Foundation. From eLearnopedia on April 24, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

SCCS Teacher/Developer Survey
The teachers/developers at the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School were asked to fill out a survey. The following are a couple of questions asked and the results. 1.) How many years have you been involved in cyber school? If you round... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..

SCCS Survey Comments on the best aspects
The survey was given to the developer/teachers at the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School. Most of the teachers teach in the face to face environment for a portion of their day and then drive to the pod (the cyber school) where... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..

SCCS Survey comments on the worst aspects.
The survey was given to the developer/teachers at the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School. Most of the teachers teach in the face to face environment for a portion of their day and then drive to the pod (the cyber school) where... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..

Why politicians might blog
Griff Wigley, a weblog coach at ReadMyDay, describes five reasons politicians might blog, and he rejects two instantly: I think [one politician's] use of his blog as a leadership, problem-solving, and listening tool is a more effective campaign strategy than in-your-face PR or... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 24, 2005 at 6:52 a.m..

Kids searching the internet.
Are your children starting to explore the Web? It's easy to get them started in the right direction. A few wise choices will go a long way. The best place to start on the Web is a search site. From... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..

Hard Drive Fun
I get this question all the time from listeners to the show and readers of my columns, "I am giving away a computer. How do I make sure that the data on the hard drive is gone for good?" Komando.com,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 24, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..

'Info-mania' dents IQ more than marijuana
More perils of the attention economy: "The relentless influx of emails, cellphone calls and instant messages received by modern workers can reduce their IQ by more than smoking marijuana, suggests UK research." From elearningpost on April 24, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

Saturday, April 23, 2005
Due to a very horrible customer service experience, I have a $25 gift card from the local Best Buy store burning a hole in my pocket. From RHPT.com on April 24, 2005 at 4:57 a.m..

Amid Affluence, a Struggle Over Special Education
The debate between parents and the school district in Westport, Conn., reflects a national conflict over the needs and costs of special education. From New York Times: Education on April 24, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Habemus Papam
Whether we like it or not: Habemus Papam ("we have a pope"). As an atheist, it is an amazing spectacle around the pope that I enjoy more than most sports events, and also unbelievable that no one on K5 has managed to get through the voting barrier yet... From kuro5hin.org on April 24, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Del.icio.us bundles (David Weinberger)
Del.icio.us has a feature in beta that lets you collect a set of your tags into a “bundle” that then shows up at the top of the your personal page. For example, if you declare the tags “parody,” “sarcasm” and... From Corante: Social Software on April 24, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

Del.icio.us bundles
Del.icio.us has a feature in beta that lets you collect a set of your tags into a "bundle" that then shows up at the top of the your personal page. For example, if you declare the tags "parody," "sarcasm" and "puns" to be part of a "humor" bundle, all three of those tags will be listed under a big, bold "Humor" on the right hand side of your del.icio.us home page. You can create a bundle by going to http://del.icio.us/settings/YOURUSERID/bundle. (Thanks to Hanan Cohen who found this at LibraryStuff who found it at BlogDriversWaltz. Very interesting discussions at both those... From Joho the Blog on April 24, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..