Edu_Rss

I'm back
I'm back! regular posting will resume from Monday or Tuesday. A little later when I'm more organized, I'll post several pictures in the forum. But for now I'll just leave you with these two teaasers... From Language, teaching, and all things EFL on July 16, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..

University Weblogging: Where, With What System (and How Fast)?
Summary: I started with leads from Jeremy Smith and James Farmer , D'Arcy Norman, among others. I have compiled a synthesis of higher education multi-user weblogging implementations. The result: table below, noting institutional adaptations also a list that with mention of some of the softwares available. There were more institutions and softwares mentioned than I have shared. Why? If I, rightly or wrongly, had the impression that in-early-development From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on July 16, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Headlines I really, really misread
The Governor forced to shake Mr. Muscle Headline on an AP story in the Globe and Mail about Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'm embarrassed to say this, but at first I thought "Mr. Muscle" was his pet name for, um, The Urinator.... From Joho the Blog on July 16, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

From public relations to public relationships
Tim Bray has a terrific post on the Old and New public relations. Here's how I think about what's going on with PR. (Note: Sweeping generalizations ahead.) For decades there's been a split in the industry between The Spinners and the Connectors. The Spinners think their job is to manipulate the truth for the one-sided benefit of their clients. They think they're behind enemy lines and allowed to use every trick in the book to Win. The Connectors think their job is to connect the media and their clients and then get (pretty much) out of the way. Both, of... From Joho the Blog on July 16, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

Satellite-delivered WiMAX the Next Big Thing? - Windows for Devices
A satellite communications company has called satellite-delivered WiMAX "the future for handheld devices." At a WiMAX Forum Plenary today and tomorrow in Vancouver, PanAmSat will use WiMAX to deliver what it claims to be the first-ever live video sent by From Techno-News Blog on July 16, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Microsoft Reveals New Longhorn, Office 12 Features - Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch
Longhorn Beta 1 is still a few weeks away from release. And Office 12 Beta 1 isn't slated to debut until this fall. But that isn't stopping Microsoft from peeling back the covers on some of the new features slated for the pair of products due to ship in t From Techno-News Blog on July 16, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

A Quantum Leap in Cryptography - Karen Epper Hoffman, Technology Review
Until recently, quantum encryption has been hidden away in specialized laboratories. But its advocates say the technology -- in which single particles of light, or photons, are used to encode data -- is now ready to make the leap to the real world. In re From Techno-News Blog on July 16, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Copy creates Culture?
Es ist nicht nur dieses kurze Interview mit Lawrence Lessig, "Cyberjurist an der Universität Stanford", wie er im Header genannt wird, das den Besuch dieser Seite lohnt. Es sind die Links und weiterführenden Hinweise. Lawrence Lessig ist sicher einer... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 16, 2005 at 7:51 a.m..

Learning Velocity
Elliott Masie macht Werbung für die "Learning 2005"-Konferenz. Aber wie! In diesem 20-minütigen Video spricht er über "velocity", also Geschwindigkeit, und welche Rolle Geschwindigkeit für die Organisation von Informations-, Kommunikations- und Lernprozessen bedeutet. Die Fragen, die er anspricht, reichen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 16, 2005 at 7:51 a.m..

20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Es sind gerade mal fünf Punkte, hinter die ich beruhigt einen Haken machen kann, und weitere fünf, an denen ich unregelmäßig arbeite. Aber das schöne an dieser Liste sind die Links auf weitere Quellen im Internet, die es zu jedem... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 16, 2005 at 6:51 a.m..

Discovery Faces Indefinite Delay
Baffled engineers struggle to fix the glitch that postponed the space shuttle's liftoff. The July launch window appears to be closing. From Wired News on July 16, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Human Feces Powers Rwandan Prison
Genocide suspects being held in an African prison help convert their own waste into methane gas to provide fuel for cooking and lighting. The unlikely project wins accolades from environmentalists. By Cyrus Farivar. From Wired News on July 16, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Six Apart adds earnings capabilities to Typepad weblogs
Each time a visitor clicks through a sponsored link, the weblogger will earn a portion of the proceeds from this ad. The money may help in paying the webloggers' subscription fees. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..

Vodafone, France Telecom/Orange join mobile phone initiative
Vodafone and France Telecom/Orange have joined the 12 largest makers of mobile phones, which have been members of the Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI) of the Basel Convention since inception. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

Unisystems, Nortel to establish joint venture in Greece
The joint venture, where Unisystems will be the majority partner, will be a vehicle for sales of Nortel carrier packet, wireless network and enterprise solutions into Greece and Cyprus. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

Sophos launches zombie alert service
More than 50 per cent of all spam today originates from zombie computers, according to estimates from security firm Sophos. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

Site to show children how to go out and play
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a website that offers children suggestions and ideas about how they can get outside and start playing. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

Ericsson to provide Oni with telephony soft-switch upgrade
Ericsson's telephony soft-switch solution will provide ONI with a secure evolution from a circuit-switched to a multi-service network. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 16, 2005 at 4:55 a.m..

GOR 2006: session on social software?
Jan Schmidt is looking for people to work out a joint session on social software:The Call for Paper of the GOR 2006 conference (21/22.3.2006, Bielefeld, Germany) states that besides regular submissions "there will also be the opportunity to propose a group of (3-5) interrelated presentations within one session". I would like to organize a session on social software because I would like to see some presentations on topics like Weblogs From Mathemagenic on July 16, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

What do you want to know about weblogs at Microsoft?
It's nice when others think about you: Jack Vinson sent me a pointer to James Robertson's post which in turn linked to a post by Rashmi Sinha on corporate anthropology.  A small quote from it: Anthropology focuses on the complete individual, what drives them, how they work and play, how they think. This is more or less what I'm From Mathemagenic on July 16, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

On being rich and famous
I'm not the first one who will be leaking this in the blogosphere  last year Jeff Maurone wrote a story about dinner at Bill Gates' house he joined together with other Microsoft interns.    It seems to be a tradition, so I guess I'll go through more or less the same experience... Im thinking about what I'd ask if I get through the crowd of others who probably will be hungry for an interaction. Funny enough, what I'm really interested is not rela From Mathemagenic on July 16, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Life in Seattle: cooling down
Last night I had a pretty bad (customer) experience, thought of writing it up, decided to leave it till morning, was busy for the whole day and now it seems that it cooled down, so I don't feel like writing the whole story. The bottom line is: if you think you driving license serves as a valid ID in this state this may be not true - it only works for US or Canadian licenses Century Ballroom is an amasing place for dancing, but you would probably appreciate as less contact as possible with the staff From Mathemagenic on July 16, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

BlogWalk in Seattle: (un)conference? blogging?
We were cooking it a bit on the background, but I guess it's time: BlogWalkSeattle is planned for 2 September and I'm very glad that Nancy White joins for facilitating it. This time the theme is (un)conference? blogging? We are going to focus on parallels, differences and synergies between blogging and face-to-face gatherings. The topics we are likely to touch: what happens when bloggers who met online, mee From Mathemagenic on July 16, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Search experts: who? what?
Lou Rosenfeld has written a blog entry that discusses who are the search experts in the industry, and what they should know. To quote: I'd love to know who else is out there (please comment below), but perhaps I'm barking... From Column Two on July 16, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

Flash goodness
Flash goodness. setPixel, getPixel, and the Flash 8 Beta bandwagon. while of course i'm testing all existing sites with the beta Flash 8 player, i'm also playing with all the cool stuff people are "discovering". while there are a growing number of filter experiments floating about the web, here's one i did that demonstrates the coo From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 16, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Make Captivate audio available for podcasting
Make Captivate audio available for podcasting. I am not exactly sure how you would use this tech tip in a practical way for delivering e-Learning, but Macromedia posted the procedure so the application is up to you. The net result is that the process described will export all the audio (1 audio file per slide) from your Captivate project for podcasting. From [Captivate TechNote] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 16, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Students Say High Schools Let Them Down
A large majority of high school students say they would work harder if courses were more demanding or interesting, according to an online nationwide survey of teenagers. From New York Times: Education on July 16, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..