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CELDA2005 submission deadline extended
Deadline for submissions: 24 july 2005 (for all contributions) IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2005) December 14-16, 2005 - Porto, Portugal http://www.iadis.org/celda2005/ * Conference Outcomes (publications) The proceedings of the conference will be... From Rick's CafĂŠ Canadien on June 5, 2005 at 7:53 p.m..

In case of emergency, play video game
As games become more mainstream entertainment, developers are turning that knowledge to the nongame-playing world. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 5, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Conservatives see liberal bias in class - and mobilize
Fourteen state legislatures have considered bills aimed at colleges that would restrict professors; why not public school K-12 as well? From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 5, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Technology knitting memory
David Berlind, in the course of researching his genealogy, came across Yizkor (memorial) books, a type of citizen journalism in which the life and lives of European Jewish communities are recorded. More than that, he discovered how the Net can stitch together memories against the will of the strongest, most malevolent forces.... From Joho the Blog on June 5, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Chuck Olsen's blogumentary
Chuck Olsen made a good documentary called "Blogumentary." Now someone is trying to bully him out of the name. Not being a lawyer, I don't know who has legal rights to the name, but now that I've seen how this new guy responds to a civil inquiry, I have asked him to drop me from his list of interviewees.... From Joho the Blog on June 5, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Ring Tone Dancer: The original
Apparently "Ring Tone Dancer" is one of the leaders in the Contagious Media contest. I prefer the version my daughter and I made a few months ago. And, no, I am not biased in the least.... From Joho the Blog on June 5, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

IMS Public Dispatch
The May issues of the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.'s Public Dispatch has been released. The Dispatch is provided to keep you informed of happenings in IMS. From IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. on June 5, 2005 at 1:51 p.m..

Why I should not be let near hardware
I have this morning failed to install a new motherboard (an Asus P4P800-E) on my machine. The little internal LED is on indicating that power is getting to it somewhere somehow, but nothing else comes on. Yes, I've checked that the internal power connectors are connected. Tomorrow I will bring it to the friendly local computer store where they they have the decency not to laugh at me until I've left.... From Joho the Blog on June 5, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Molecular Transistor Breakthrough
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that researchers, led by Robert Wolkow, at the University of Alberta have made a breakthrough in molecular transistors. From kuro5hin.org on June 5, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

BlogWalk Mechelen: the post-its
I have transcribed all the post-its we created during the BlogWalk session in Mechelen. They are posted in the wiki (including the original pictures) Elmine Wijnia and Jeroen Steeman check out the first wave of post-its (tag: Seblogging News on June 5, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

The RSS Files -- Readers Weigh In - Robert MacMillan, Washington Post
"We do what we must and call it by the best names." Using Ralph Waldo Emerson as my guide, I suggested in a column last month that we rename a new technology that makes it easier for us to get information quickly on the Internet. My suggestion was to scra From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

A Tidy Option for Data Pack Rats - Bob Tedeschi, New York Times
Millions of PC users have relied on Flash drives or other pint-size hard drive storage units to safeguard valuable files. But those portable drives can be broken or lost. And if you need critical documents - or favorite songs or photos - while on the road From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Forging an anti-terrorism search tool - Stefanie Olsen, CNET News
The government is counting on new search technology to sniff out terrorists. Google is the No. 1 free tool to snoop on friends or strangers. But government agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration are investing in a new search engine being From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Blog for Life?
Reading James’ I see that he muses that a blog for life out of an education context is coming soon. It’s arrived in the media program I’m involved with. Every student gets a blog. Every student must use this blog (in my subjects it is usually worth 30% of assessment so I make it Seblogging News on June 5, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..