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The size of topics
David L Marcus, recounting how a brief article about "therapeutic schools" turned into a book: As I wrote my nine-paragraph article for U.S. News, I knew I was missing the real story. It was an increasingly familiar feeling. The newspaper and magazine journalism I did seemed superficial, a caricature, a sketch that reflected some editor's idea of an issue. This time the feeling obsessed me. I decided to write a book about teenagers who get themselves into jams... [p. 32, Brown Alumni Monthly, , "Close to Home," March/April 2005, pp. 30-45] We're seeing discourse assume a more "natura From
Joho the Blog on May 25, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..
More Female Podcasters
My "Women in Podcasting List" continues to grow – it now includes nearly 100 shows. Please check it out if you haven't done so already, and let me know about any female hosted/cohosted podcast shows I don't already have listed. Here are the most recent additions to my list... From
Contentious Weblog on May 25, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..
Assistive Technology
One definition of AT is additional hardware or software added to a PC so that students with disabilities can access the computer. Assistive Technology (AT), what is it?... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on May 25, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..
E-Learning threatens publishers.
For half her classes this past year, she no longer had to visit a library to get the reading materials professors had placed on reserve. Instead, she only needed Internet access and a password. ABC News: The Business of Life:... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on May 25, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..
www.I'mAWeblogAddict.com
That's the title of a full page feature that ran in my school's paper last week, a story that for some reason I didn't even see until today. Yikes. Myspace.com and its ilk are described as "a new revolution taking over, like Intstant Messenger." One student reports: By posting blogs and journals entries, it is a way for his friends to read and keep informed with what is going on in his daily life. The word choice strikes me as odd. How do you post a blog, I wonder, unless, of course, the blog is the post? Hmmm. "It's just a craze," [ From
weblogged News on May 25, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Podcasting the News
MSNBC.com and NBC News have entered the
podcasting game. Beginning in June, NBC News will deliver hourly updates and "select portions of its network and cable news programming via podcast."Says NBC News president Neal Shapiro in a press release: "This is one more way that the power of NBC News is made accessible to our audience." So, its content is now delivered via: broadcast television, cable television, the Web, e-mail, cell phones, digital television, satellite radio, and terrestrial radio.The podcasts will be availa From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 25, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..
As Usual
You've probably noticed that posting has slowed, as usual for this time of year. As I noted, I'm wrapping up finals, then it's time for an insanely fun but somewhat anti-climactic senior week and Commencement (I don't graduate until next January), and then it's immediately off to SF and EFF for the summer. I have a couple posts brewing related to the engaging discussion we
started about file-sharing; I'm also starting a project that hopefully I'll post about a bit. Not sure how s From
A Copyfighter's Musings on May 25, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..
A (Flower) Blog Blooms
Online editorial director Peter Bale of the The Times (London) wrote to me about covering a flower show. Well, that sounds a bit dull. But actually, as he points out, the annual Chelsea Flower Show, running this week, is a big deal; U.K. media devote vast resources to covering it.At Times.co.uk, Bale and his crew are running
exclusive edited video of the official Royal Horticultural Society video of the show, presented by Times online gardening correspondent Jane Owen. Owen also From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 25, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..
On Bullshit
Slightly alarmingly, as part of Princeton's 100 Years of ExcellenceH.G. Frankfurt is interviewed about his book "On Bullshit". (There's a video of it which is worth watching, though the interviewer seems to need the bathroom) "One of the most salient... From
Monkeymagic on May 25, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..
Another round with Dean Cronin
Now that Blaise Cronin, Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, has returned to the topic of
blogging, I fear that we'll have another round of complaint and name-calling. If so, that's a waste of time. I thought that his
previous column recognized the bad behavior that... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 25, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..
Reaching My Limits
I have been a "full membership" subscriber to K5, if my memory serves, for about two or three years now, and a member of the community for even longer. My subscription ran out yesterday and I'm debating whether it makes sense to renew it. From
kuro5hin.org on May 25, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..
Wikipedia and critical thinking
From Jimmy Wales, on a mailing list, talking about someone criticizing Wikipedia because (they claim) students read it uncritically: Wikipedia invites critical dialogue with the text in a way that Britannica never could. I mean this not only in the metaphorical sense of "dialogue" — in that you can review the history of a Wikipedia article, and the discussion page, and thus come to a more informed understanding of theeditorial choices that were made. But I also mean this in a literal sense: with Wikipedia, you can simply click to ask the authors aquestions, and they will actually answer From
Joho the Blog on May 25, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..
What Is Content Strategy and Why Should You Care? (Series Intro)
This may seem obvious, but the two things which matter most in virtually any aspect of media (including the net) are content and connections. These principles, which are deeply intertwined, form the foundation of all types of value yielded by media -- whether for broadcast TV, a national magazine, a web site, a weblog, or a simple exchange of e-mail messages. If you or your organization has any sort of media presence (especially online), it's useful to consider your overall content strategy: what you intend to say, and when and how to say it, in order to connect and interact constructivel From
Contentious Weblog on May 25, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
Tone Matters
Jonathan Dresner at Cliopatra hits the nail on the head.I don't think any of us can be objective about our own claimed objectivity. -- Daniel Okrent, NYTimes, 4/24/05 ... There are three categories of common arguments in blogspace: * Principles... From
Monkeymagic on May 25, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..
Finish High School
Prospects for those who have finished high school are better than for those who haven't. But who has time to finish high school when they're juggling work and family commitments? Maybe YOU - check out these varied and flexible high... From
Adult/Continuing Education on May 25, 2005 at 3:50 p.m..
File-Sharer Insurance? Huh?
Found
this press release in my mailbox. Vague info about a P2P-based music subscription service with a licensed catalog comparable to Napster, Yahoo!, et al. This caught my eye: "The music subscription service includes copyright infringement insurance. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) may continue to target non-subscribing P2P users with lawsuits, and inadvertently sue RazorPopÂ’s paying customers. The insurance will be capped at $5,000 per subscriber, which is above typical RIAA settlement amounts From
A Copyfighter's Musings on May 25, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..
Seminars in winter term 2005
This semester I am feeling like thinking about the next seminars quite early. If plans do not change one of the next seminars will be called »Continuity«. The seminar will research flow theories, the nature of immersion and pre-concious decision making. Sounds strange though, but it's going to be fun. I am still keeping the idea of setting up a »Personal Information Management« introductory course. All in all I have the feeling that year by year the topics for teaching expand more and more. In other words: I am keeping agrowing list of things that From
owrede_log on May 25, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
Are weblogs different to forums?
Peter Baumgartner and Leiff Pullich had a discussion about the differences between classical forums and weblogs for discussion: In several occasions we had no convincing argument why discussion via weblogs are different from news groups. The productive atmosphere today (oops: yesterday) generated a new argument:News Groups are topics oriented where as weblogs are learner centered I sense there is even a more important aspect that specifically needs to be reviewed when talking about personal web From
owrede_log on May 25, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
A Step Closer to Stem-Cell Heaven
After a heated debate over the ethics of using embryos for research, the House votes to lift the ban on federal funding of such studies. Bush promises a veto. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Encounters of the Worst Kind
We are not alone (again), but this time E.T. wants to kill us. How Steven Spielberg reinvented War of the Worlds in 72 days and learned to love digital filmmaking -- fast. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
The Mad Genius
Unlimited energy. Fast-growing fruit. Free air conditioning. John Piña Craven says we can have it all by tapping the icy waters of the deep. By Carl Hoffman from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Astronaut Wants Asteroid Mission
Will 2004 MN4 slide harmlessly by Earth in 2035? Probably. But a former Apollo astronaut is arguing for a space mission to find out for sure. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Gunning for Stem-Cell Naysayers
A successful online crusader targets for political defeat lawmakers who oppose embryonic stem-cell research. And he has the chops to pull off the purge. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Enthralling Art Leaps Out of Labs
From a spider's naughty bits to Einstein in lingerie, Princeton University stages an eye-popping exhibition of scientifically inspired imagery. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Database Hackers Reveal Tactics
Three suspects in the recent LexisNexis security breach talk about how they got hold of the data and what they planned to do with it. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Hamming It Up at Radio Meets
When amateur radio operators, or hams, get together, the emphasis is on technology and gossip, not fashion. By Mark Baard. From
Wired News on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
100,000th file uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today that the 100,000th file had been uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. The Commons is a repository of free images, sounds, and videos. Any file uploaded to the Commons is instantly available to any of the Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikinews and Wikibooks. The 100,000th file was an illustration drawn by a French Wikipedia user named Stephane Tsacas used in the article Architecture Dataflow. Tsacas manages the computer network of the Curie Institute, a research center on biology and physics in Paris. From
kuro5hin.org on May 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Esperando a Batman
Mientras esperamos el estreno de Batman Begins (17 de junio en España) podemos ir explorando The History of the Batmobile (vÃa ALT1040), y para los nostálgicos de la serie de TV: Batman recuerda.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 25, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..
Samsung Develops Flash-Based Hard Drive - ExtremeTech
Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it had developed a solid-state hard disk based on flash memory. The new drives will be available in capacities up to 16 gigabytes in total, although the prices of the drives were not announced. All of the drives wi From
Techno-News Blog on May 25, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..
Next iTunes to support podcasts - BBC
Apple says the next version of its iTunes music management program will give people a way to find and subscribe to podcasts, MP3 audio files online. Podcasts are downloadable "radio shows" that can be created and listened to by anyone with the right equi From
Techno-News Blog on May 25, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..
Too much technology for K-12
As for me, I agree with both sides. Appropriate use of computers can be a good thing...without adequately trained teachers to integrate computers into the learning experience, computers can turn into nothing more than babysitters. Chasing the Dragon's Tale: Too... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on May 25, 2005 at 6:49 a.m..
Learning Objects R.I.P.
Teemu Leinonen, one of the members of the FLOSSE Posse has bravely cast out the notice in "Learning objects - Is the King naked?". He argues that the IEEE definitions of "any entity, digital or non digital hat may be... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on May 25, 2005 at 6:49 a.m..
It's not about Old Media versus the Pajamahideen
When conversations turn to the rivalry between Old Media and the
Pajamahideen, I try to steer another course. Blogging, rightly understood, isn't going to take down newspapers, magazines, and TV, it's going to energize them. The adversarial rhetoric mostly just gets in the way. ... From
Jon's Radio on May 25, 2005 at 4:37 a.m..
It's not about Old Media versus the Pajamahideen
When conversations turn to the rivalry between Old Media and the
Pajamahideen, I try to steer another course. Blogging, rightly understood, isn't going to take down newspapers, magazines, and TV, it's going to energize them. The adversarial rhetoric mostly just gets in the way. ... From
Jon's Radio on May 25, 2005 at 4:37 a.m..
It's not about Old Media versus the Pajamahideen
When conversations turn to the rivalry between Old Media and the
Pajamahideen, I try to steer another course. Blogging, rightly understood, isn't going to take down newspapers, magazines, and TV, it's going to energize them. The adversarial rhetoric mostly just gets in the way. ... From
Jon's Radio on May 25, 2005 at 4:37 a.m..
The Sad, But Interesting Truth About Naked Lunch and William S. Burroughs
If you have never read Naked Lunch, this essay will serve as an appropriate introduction to the work of a man who was both a 20th century genius and a 20th century failure. The purpose is to color your viewpoint in the correct shade, so that often controversial antics in the real world (which usually precedes an initial reading of Burroughs) will be superseded by the respect for his important literary contributions to the canon of English Literature. Call it a preemptive strike on misguidance. That being said, the first essay is about his life, just to get that part out of the way right away, From
kuro5hin.org on May 25, 2005 at 4:35 a.m..
EdNA 2005 Workshop Program Launched
EdNA Online has launched its 2005 workshop program. Close to 100 sessions will be held throughout Australia for school education, higher education and vocational education and training. A focus of this year's workshop will be EdNA Groups - a free collaborative community area for education and training committees, professional associations, and project teams. From
EdNA Online on May 25, 2005 at 4:34 a.m..
The College Dropout Boom
Though the primary focus of this article is the growing phenomenon of college dropouts in the United States, the bulk is devoted to an examination of inequality of opportunity. Despite programs designed to ensure accessibility, colleges and universities continue to serve the children of the wealthy while posing often insurmountable barriers to children of the less wealthy. Related: the University of Richmond, despite having a billion dollar endowment,
raises tuition 31 percent, to $40, From
OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Donald Trump Looking For New Apprentices Online
Sign of a trend: Trump Univedrsity. "The school consists of online courses, CD-ROMs, consulting services and seminars. The for-profit university doesn't offer degrees or grades. Courses cost $300 and take one to two weeks to complete." By Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, May 24, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Learning Objects R.I.P.
More reaction to the
FLOSSE post linked here recently to the effect that the concept of 'learning objects' per se is dead. As Levine notes, the learning object is, in essence, a website , and it can be given an educational context by means of a link. Or as I would say, there is nothing inherent in a resource that makes it a learning object; it becomes one strictly through its use in learning. By Alan Levine, CogDogBlog, May 24, 2005 [
OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Ready To Jump Five Years Ahead of the Rest of This Crap?
An interesting set of links to resources that will get you thinking a bit. One link is to Simile, a system intended to enable semantic interoperability in unlike environments. What does that mean? The idea is partly explained through the story of '5', a piece of data in search of a lable. This is good stuff, challenging, and yes indeed, in some sense, the future. By Tom Hoffman, Ed Tech Insider, May 24, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Five Instructional Design Principles Worth Revisiting
This article, written about a year ago (and well hidden since then) is well worth visiting. Supported with good research, clearly written and accessible, this is certainly one of the better statements of the core principles of instructional design I've seen. And while I would dispute descriptions of learning as "the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of knowledge" such disagreement does not lessen the value of the principles and the advice. Introductory level, but recommended. Via
George Siemens. By Brenda Sugrue, The Cr From
OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Ed 'Visionaries': Schools Must Change
Some pretty neat ideas in this summary of talks from ten speakers at Intel's fourth annual Education Visionary Conference. Some of the stuff gets me rolling my eyes - the whole depiction of education as preparing the workforce and building economic competitiveness seems to me to miss the point (because 'competitiveness' is only one economic model, and in many respects, a dysfunctional one). But that said, projects like
Talbot Hill, which "virtually emulates democratic society in the school", seem to me to be very From
OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
The Living Arts: The Future of Learning Online
Slides and
MP3 Audio of my talk today at the University of Guelph. The title is derived from my walking tour yesterday of Mississauga, a tour that led me to the Living Arts Centre. I used this as a metaphor for a picture of education as immersion in what might be called real-world activities, showed how game based learning and workflow learning are steps in this direction, and explained how the mechanisms of content syndication and e-portfolios, as described in Scott Wilson's
OLDaily on May 25, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
What Good is a GED?
By Lisa Tabachnick Hotta - How do colleges and employers regard the GED (General Educational Development) high school equivalency credential?... From
Adult/Continuing Education on May 25, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..
Schoolwork
The secretary of education talks about standardized tests and creationism — and aces a pop quiz on state capitals. From
New York Times: Education on May 25, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..
Google Adsense in RSS: Bad Idea
There's news here and there about Google's new service that adds advertising to RSS feeds. The definitive word on this new service can be found at the
Longhorn blog. When that post was written the experminet was still in Alpha testing. Apparently it's gone further now as I noted the presence of ads in one of the blogs that I subscribe to. My reaction? I removed the blog from my... From
Brain Frieze on May 25, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..
Interactive prototyping: easy PDF prototyping
Dave Rogers has written an article on using PDF to create interactive prototypes. To quote: Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to create digital, interactive prototypes as quickly and easily as paper prototypes? One that didn't require... From
Column Two on May 25, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..
UI Patterns and Techniques
Jenifer Tidwell has created a collection of design patterns, for web or UI design. To quote: Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems. They're common problems, and... From
Column Two on May 25, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..
Menos mal que nos quedan las bibliotecarias
En el anterior comentario me hacÃa eco de la polémica (un poco aburrida ya) existente dentro del gremio periodÃstico sobre si los Blogs, y los medios digitales en general, son o no son periodismo. La polémica no sólo es aburrida, sino absurda: no todo lo que se publica en papel o lo que se emite por radio o televisión es periodismo, ¿no? ¿Por qué Internet iba a ser diferente? Está claro que dentro de Internet hay contenidos informativos y contenidos que no lo son (la gran mayorÃa, como en los demás soportes). (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 24, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..
Informelles Lernen im Betrieb
Ein kurzer Ausschnitt aus einem Interview mit mir, das seit heute online ist: CHECKpoint elearning: "In einem ihrer Vorträge machten sie deutlich, wo die Unterschiede zwischen dem Corporate Gedanken für Wissensmanagement und dem Persönlichen Wissensmanagement lägen. Abschließend sagten sie, es... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 24, 2005 at 11:50 p.m..
XP networking fix of last resort
I seem to go through periods when attempts to access a computer on my home network gives this error msg from XP: "... is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found." Google tells me I am not alone. After trying many many different fixes, this time changing node types worked. No, I don't know what a node type is, but neither do I much care. The solution may work for you if you meet the... From
Joho the Blog on May 24, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..