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Tagging the Star
Alexandra Samuel posts the full text of her story on tagging that ran in The Toronto Star. Good story either way. And, of course, you have to love the way in which posting the full story is getting to be common. [Technorati tags: tags taxonomy]... From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

Spelling makes a comeback
After decades of neglect, the teaching of spelling is receiving new emphasis and scrutiny. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on May 16, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

How almost everyone in Kerala learned to read
This poor, agrarian state in southern India has the highest literacy rate in the country. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on May 16, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Tinderbox Syndicate
Here is someone re-syndicating a number of weblogs created with Tinderbox. He seems to simply aggregate the news item and republish these. From owrede_log on May 16, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Monday, May 16, 2005
TOH and I spent the past weekend at the Parental Country Estate, where we and approximately 40 other friends and family members celebrated the Patriarch's 60th birthday. From RHPT.com on May 16, 2005 at 8:57 p.m..

Nitsitapiisinni
This teaching resource is free on line learning that comes in both French and English. Have look and use what you like to enhance both elementary and high school. The resources are informative and connects Indigenous knowledge to science, etc.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Make Your Blog Pay
How can bloggers make money from their daily efforts? Perhaps by getting paid for favorable reviews. ... J. Ryan has written an interesting story ("Blogging for Dollars") on new hidden forms of advertising that might make their way into the blogging scene. This is not really a story to encourage trust in blogs. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 16, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

TimesSelect: Free the Columnists!
Free-access websites make sense for most general-interest newspapers. So does the idea of newspaper websites offering mostly free content but saving some for premium paid services. That's what the New York Times is doing with its "TimesSelect" offering, announced today.Starting in September, with TimesSelect's $49.95 annual fee (but free for print-subscription customers), paying subscribers will get a bunch of special content and service features. Th From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 16, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Personal Democracy Forum
The tag for those blogging from or about the Personal Democracy confab is pdf2005. Check for updates at Technorati... [Technorati tag: pdf2005]... From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

Making Money From Free Ads
I'm an advocate of newspapers being aggressive in responding to competition from free-classifieds services like Craigslist. The response for some categories of classifieds needs to be to offer free ads for sellers and make money in new ways. That's especially important in cities where Craigslist has achieved very high consumer usage.As Peter M. Zollman reported here last week, the Tribune Co. is rolling out free-classifieds sites under the Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 16, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..

Nora Paul's Lessons in South America
"The power of online research" and "The elements of digital storytelling" were the topics of two seminars by Nora Paul, director of the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota, as she traveled to Peru and Chile recently. She explained in both cases how Internet technologies have changed the way people read and learn from the news.In Lima, Peru, Paul talked to Juan Carlos Lujn from Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 16, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Ontology Is Overrated: Social advantages in tagging (Clay Shirky)
This spring, I gave a pair of talks on opposite coasts on the subject of categorization and tagging. The first was entitled Ontology Is Overrated, given at the O’Reilly ETech conference in March. Then, in April I gave a talk... From Corante: Social Software on May 16, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Political Blogs A Presidential Election Force
Political bloggers emerged as a 'Fifth Estate' during the 2004 presidential elections. From ClickZ Stats on May 16, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Portimão Municipal Council, Optimus, TMN, Vodafone, IT to measure electromagnetic radiation
Project monIT is to provide the general public with information about levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields, in particular those generated by telecommunications antennas. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 5:56 p.m..

Demand for integrated telecoms services grows HYPHEN report
Some 62 per cent of respondents in a survey indicated an interest in purchasing mobile phone/landline integration services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 5:56 p.m..

Yes, the glaciers are melting
George Monbiot has a piece, published by The Guardian, showing exactly how a scientist — David Bellamy — came to the get a letter published in New Scientist that claims that 555 of the 625 glaciers being monitored are in fact growing in size. That figure is crap. Bellamy is president of the Conservation Foundation, the Wildlife Trusts, Plantlife International and the British Naturalists' Association, so his statement has been picked up all over the place. Unfortunately, it's total crap. Monbiot traces it back to a web site touting a book published by the paranoid demagogu From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Chris Lydon, back on the air, and on the Net
You can hear Pilot #2 of Chris Lydon's new radio program, Open Source, which launches officially on May 30. This pilot features Global Voices. Chris and his long-time producer, Mary McGrath, are trying to bust the radio medium open, weaving its conversations into and through the Net. They're in the rare position of knowing the MSM inside out and being true believers about the Net. It's going to be fascinating to watch Open Source develop. [Technorati tags: ChrisLydon GlobalVoices media]... From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Complications, by Atul Gawande
This book ranks high in my list of great reads. (Thanks Venkat). In Complications, Atul Gawande writes about his experiences as surgical resident in a Boston hospital. His main intent is to show how medicine is really practiced -- the story behind the story. And in doing so, he highlights the messiness, the ambiguity and the uncertainties under which surgeons have to make decisions (usually tradeoffs). This book is also one of the best books on organizational learning that I've read. It gi From elearningpost on May 16, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

OMA developing secure user plane location standard
While current proprietary A-GPS systems work only with devices from specific manufacturers, the OMA standard is to enable the positioning service to be used on any A-GPS-capable phone on any mobile network. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Sun, Microsoft announce product interoperability measures
Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are collaborating on systems management to enable interoperability between their operating systems and management products. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Microsoft launches toolbar with Windows desktop search tool
The MSN Search Toolbar enables people to search their desktops from within applications, including Microsoft Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office Outlook. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Telcos join to create OS standard
The multi-technology operations systems interface (MTOSI) is a unified, open interface standard for use between operations systems to support network and service management. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

What’s a Blog? Bag the Stereotypes
Over the past year weblogs have become a popular topic of conversation – both in private discussion and at conferences and other events. Understandably, a lot of people who are talking about blogs have little or no experience with weblogs. For a variety of reasons, these weblog neophytes often are the ones who start or lead high-profile discussions about blogging, especially within organizations and at conferences. While it's good that weblog neophytes are considering and talking about blogs at all, they often fall prey to, and perpetuate, a fair amount of misinformation – esp From Contentious Weblog on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Bridging the Digitial Divide in Cambodia
Robib is a group of six small villages in a remote, practically inaccessible area of Cambodia. In fact it is every such village in the world. Its situation reflects the poverty, isolation, health hazards and limited educational and commercial opportunities... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Unruly pupils should "go private".
A government adviser is calling on independent schools to take in disruptive state school pupils. BBC NEWS | Education | Unruly pupils should 'go private'... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Another reason I like blogs.
Dennis Jerz links to an article in the Balitmore Sun that basically says essays are good, blogs are bad. (See the Metafilter thread of the same name for a lively discussion.) For me, here's the salient "the author doesn't quite... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

The Imagined Classroom
Which is not to say that my online classes don't offer some great interaction and fun learning moments. They do. It's just that all those moments come via text interaction. Throughout the whole semester I learn the students' personalities and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

SAT Writing: More Is Better
More Is Better: "The "new and improved" SAT test was offered for the first time in March and, in one of the major changes, students were required to write an essay as part of the annual ritual. The College Board thinks this alteration makes the test more relevant. Others are not so sure it's an improvement. On Thursday, Tim Stahmer wrote about a report from National Council of Teachers of English that is critical of the writing component of the new SAT. He points out that it looks like the more you write, the better your score. The report, and... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 16, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

College Libraries Set Aside Books in a Digital Age
College Libraries Set Aside Books in a Digital Age: "Books are being cleared away to make room for digital learning laboratories, a phenomenon that is transforming research and study on campuses around the country." (Via NYT > Most E-mailed Articles.)... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 16, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

Visual Bookmarking
Wists. Social bookmarks, wishlists, photoblogs. Category: all This looks kind of interesting. Wists is similar to del.icio.us and Furl in that it allows you to organize sites with tags. It also lets you grab an image from the page to be associated with your bookmark.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 16, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

The Daily Show on CNN's Blogging Feature
The other night, The Daily Show had a great piece on CNN's new blogging feature. It basically is two young woman sitting in front of computer screens reading blogs. Stewart gets in some great comments. Lisa Rein has the clip...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 16, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

My doctor is a hypochondriac
When I travel, I carry a heavy knapsack on my left shoulder, and for the past two weeks, I've been traveling a lot. I've also had a persistent ache in my left shoulder, occasionally in my left pec, and persistent aches and pains in my left arm. I've had no shortness of breath and no sweating. Ibuprofen does a good job relieving the pain. So does changing my position. In other words, I am showing all the marks of a muscular/skeleton problem and only one of a heart attack. Nevertheless, when I called Harvard Vanguard, our excellent (and impossibly expensive)... From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

E-mail matters most to customers HYPHEN survey
Some 70 per cent of the respondents in a survey said that 'the possibility to e-mail questions and get a fast answer' was most important for a company's availability and service through electronic channels in the future. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Nokia demonstrates service management solutions
Nokia's GPRS service auto-provisioning demonstration shows how the mobile device provisioning process can be automated. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Forensic Science Service, BT launch mobile crime lab
The Forensic Response Vehicle (FRV) is the world's first mobile facility capable of in-depth forensic analysis of several different types of evidence. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Western European security appliance market to reach €1.1bn in 2009 HYPHEN report
The unified threat management category is to drive the growth of the Western European security appliance market, says IDC. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 16, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Designing and Managing MCQs
Designing and Managing Multile choice questions.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

Computer Assisted Assessment
This site was designed to provide information and guidance on the use of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in higher education. CAA Centre Resources... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

Developing Computer Aided Assessment
The aim of this module is to enable participants to make informed decisions, based on sound educational principles, about the use of computer aided assessment. On completion of this module, participants will be able to: describe different types of computer-assisted... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

39 things I should do
If you're into food, and wondering, "what the heck should I do next?" check out the [UK] Observer's list, The top 50 things every foodie should do. To celebrate OFM's fiftieth edition, we asked some of our favourite bon viveurs what they considered most essential to do before they died. Amazingly, I've already done ten of the items they've listed! Is that because I'm a "bon viveur"? Maybe From megnut on May 16, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Darknet: The Installments
JD Lasica is beginning to post long installments from his entertaining new book, Darknet: Hollywood's War against the Digital Generation. First up: The story of some teen film-makers. He'll also be posting new material. [Technorati tag: drm]... From Joho the Blog on May 16, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

IMS Leads Collaborative Delivery of Learning Technology
Participants in the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS/GLC) have configured their international organization to accelerate the adoption of innovative online learning technology and techniques in the education and training industry. Following a 6-month strategic planning effort that involved meetings with industry leaders and a survey of key decision makers in the IMS membership, the Board and staff of the Consortium have realigned the eight-year-old organization. Efforts to consolidate software and content interoperability, develop metrics to validate the economic and social impact of learn From IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. on May 16, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Valuable Content Portals
Highly targeted, focused sites that are related to specific market segments are highly advantageous and can often be created using existing web content. The key is to provide value. These highly focused content sites can be great supplemental portals that are invaluable as a marketing tool for niche products. Niche portals help define expertise in a specific market segment, not to mention the added benefit of providing valuable topic-specific links. The topic-centric portals also tend to achieve high search placement and will often provide advertisers high quality exposure, allowing From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on May 16, 2005 at 11:53 a.m..

Student Raises the Specter of an Attack on Intel Chips - John G. Spooner, eWeek
Companies running servers based on certain Intel Corp. chips could come under attack from the inside, due to a new type of software timing attack. A research paper released on Friday by Oxford University computer science student Colin Percival details a m From Techno-News Blog on May 16, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Go Forth and Multiply, Little Bot - Stephen Leahy, Wired
It has long been held that self-replication is one of the fundamental processes separating the living from the nonliving. To watch a robot make it happen is a bit spooky. A robot that makes functional copies of itself was announced this week in the journ From Techno-News Blog on May 16, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Gates: Windows Mobile 5.0 Will Make Your Phone Smarter - Shelley Solheim, eWeek
Microsoft on Tuesday launched the next version of its mobile operating system platform for handhelds and smart phones, Windows Mobile 5.0. "Software is driving the future of these devices, and that for us is a great opportunity," said Microsoft Corp. cha From Techno-News Blog on May 16, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Business Intelligence en español
En La Gacela de Wirayut anuncian el lanzamiento de Todo BI: El recurso en español sobre Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Cuadros de Mando, CRM y mucho más... Parece que corren buenos tiempos para los blogs temáticos.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 16, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

No Wrong Answer: Click It
Students call them clickers -- handheld devices used to key in instant response to a professor's question. The class can see results on an overhead readout, and the gizmos seem to increase student participation in discussions. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

PC Gamers Muster Using Xfire
Getting a group of players together for online battles in multiplayer games is easier now than placing a conference call. Xfire is a free instant message program that lets PC gamers know when and where buddies are playing. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Narrowcasting Your Show
Watch a whole hog barbeque, fly casting in Kansas or movies by indie filmmakers. Niche TV programming is in the works. Small companies like DaveTV will soon use broadband to offer shows catering to special interests. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Natural Gas Diesel May Cut Smog
A secret process that uses cobalt to turn natural gas into a clean-burning diesel fuel could bring riches to the tiny desert sheikdom of Qatar, and help clear big city smog. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

First Aid for Health Care
A few radical inventors could wreck America's dysfunctional medical system. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Super Water Kills Bugs Dead
A new miracle liquid proves deadly to viruses, bacteria and fungi, but harmless to humans and animals. It might even wipe out antibiotic-resistant superbugs -- and you can drink it. By Skip Kaltenheuser. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Brazil Schools U.S. on Renewables
Reducing dependency on foreign oil borders on fantasy in the United States, but it's reality in Brazil. Here's how they did it. By John Gartner. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Fuel-Cell Tanks Buck Convention
Researchers may have turned the corner in fuel-cell technology: They propose building an incredible shrunken hydrogen tank using carbon nanostructures. By Mark Anderson. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Microsoft Battles Halo 2 Holes
In a popular virtual universe coded in Redmond, the player who finds the most holes in the game engine wins. Who loses? 'Glitchers,' who exploit the hidden flaws to blast the competition. By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Hey Google, Map This!
Inventive web developers are taking Google's online map service to a new level, layering in house sales and apartment rentals, real-time traffic stats and Flickr photo tags. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on May 16, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

La Nao Victoria llega a Japón
En Kirai.net se anuncia la llegada de la Nao Victoria a Japón. La expedición cuenta con un cuaderno de bitácora: Diario de Abordo, auténtico weblogging desde alta mar.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 16, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

II Jornadas Internet y Solidaridad
Los días 7 y 8 de junio se celebrarán en Barcelona las II Jornadas Internet y Solidaridad: Tengo el gusto de compartir cartel con: David Casacuberta, Jorge Cortell, Juan Tomás García, Javier Candeira y José Cervera, entre otros. No se... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 16, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

Bill on Bawdy Cheers Faces a Dim Future
A bill approved by the Texas State House to ban bawdy cheerleading routines will apparently not be passed by the Senate this year. From New York Times: Education on May 16, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Connecticut Considers Putting a Healthier Menu in Its Schools
State legislators are leaning toward the example set by New Haven's schools, which banished candy and sodas from their cafeterias two years ago. From New York Times: Education on May 16, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

On Boards Without Boys, Girls Reassert Their Power
The All-Girls National Chess Championships, a rare pink-and-ponytailed respite in the testosterone universe of checkmate, is one new effort to promote chess among girls and women. From New York Times: Education on May 16, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

A Shift in the Light
She ruins you. A page into Amy Hempel's latest slim collection of stories, The Dog of the Marriage, and you're captivated. A couple of chapters later and you're in love. That last page -- that goddamned last page -- it breaks your heart. It's over and you'll wonder how you'll ever read anyone else again. But don't take my word for it. Amy's stories present a montage of scenes that assemble themselves in your mind like a dream. Gritty, raw, funny, erotic. "At any horrible moment," Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk says, "you might pick up a copy of Hemp From kuro5hin.org on May 16, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Sydney IA-Peers - Wednesday, May 18th
Forwarding details on the upcoming Sydney IA-Peers meeting: Great news! I've received confirmation that Jesse James Garrett will be able to make it to this month's IA Hour. Who: IAs and like-minded folksWhen: Wednesday, May 18th @ 7:00pmWhere: Out of... From Column Two on May 16, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

He's Henry ... Oh Henry ...
So I guess I am most like "Henry the Explorer". I am... HENRY THE EXPLORER by MARK TAYLOR. When I get fed up with my life, I run away for just a little while. You know, I do that in... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on May 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

Appropriate Leadership for the Learning Organization
As learning organizations seek to expand their distance programs (online and mobile technologies), and to find the best and most appropriate use of technology, there is an increasing awareness that the strategic planning methods of the past are often inadequate.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:54 a.m..

How to Write Tests
This site is about how to write tests. It covers both test-taking and good test design. Test Guide... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 4:54 a.m..

Beyond Intranet Design (Singapore and Malaysia)
I will be running a two-day intranet workshop titled Beyond Intranet Design: Executing Best Practices on the following dates: KL, Malaysia: 20-21 June 2005 Singapore: 23-24 June 2005 This will be a packed two-day workshop, specifically designed for organisations who... From Column Two on May 16, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

Online Trainers keep their distance.
SCOTT MADDIX, a self-described "computer potato," went without consistent exercise for years, in part because he found gyms and their trim clientele intimidating. "I historically have been a fairly antisocial type," said Mr. Maddix, a 35-year-old shipping clerk. "The idea... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 16, 2005 at 1:54 a.m..

Explaining and showing broad and narrow folksonomies
Thomas Vander Wal has written a blog entry introducing the concept of broad and narrow folksonomies. To quote: I have been explaining the broad and narrow folksonomy in e-mail and in comments on others sites, as well as in the... From Column Two on May 16, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

Another Reason I Like Blogs
Dennis Jerz links to an article in the Balitmore Sun that basically says essays are good, blogs are bad. (See the Metafilter thread of the same name for a lively discussion.) For me, here's the salient "the author doesn't quite get it" quote: Any dot-commer can blog - a serious journalist with years of experi From weblogged News on May 16, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Send Anne Your Good Thoughts
I've met a lot of good folks during my most excellent blogging adventure, none finer than Anne Davis who has done more to bring blogs to the classroom than any of us. This week, Anne will be undergoing an operation in Los Angeles to treat a tumor that's been growing on her auditory nerve. If Anne has in some way been a part of your blogging world, head on over and send her your best wishes. Here's to a speedy recovery Mrs. Davis! From weblogged News on May 16, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..