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A quick and easy process for getting the records you need.... From Adult/Continuing Education on July 31, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Key benefits of a single intranet or public website
Gerry McGovern has written an article on the benefits of having a single intranet or website. To quote: Someone once said that "you get the intranet you deserve." Certainly, the intranet says a lot about the organization. Many organizations have... From Column Two on July 31, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

How To Give A Great Presentation
Nice summary here. I’m finding lots of interesting tips via Todd Finley: How To Give A Great Presentation: Posted July 20, 2005 — Public speaking can be very stressful. I know that whenever I get up in front of a crowd I go through a panic moment. It takes a lot of discipline, practice and preparation [...] From Martindale Matrix on July 31, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Good Experience Games - good games, fun games
A listing of free online games that offer a good user experience, according to Mark Hurst. I haven’t tried most of these. Good Experience Games – good games, fun games: These are online games that, in my opinion, offer a “good experience” – good game design with an overall attention to quality. Unless otherwise noted, they’re all [...] From Martindale Matrix on July 31, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Jotspot
An interesting wiki-like tool for collaborative work: edugadget » Blog Archive » Jotspot: What: Jotspot is a wiki hybrid that allows people to easily manage projects and other things online. A blurb from the Jotspot site says… From Martindale Matrix on July 31, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Blogs in a college course
A report on students using blogs in a college business course. The Community Engine Blog: A Learning Blogosphere (1): Into the Deep: In Fall 2004, I developed a distributed learning blogosphere for non-technical students at the University of Michigan. Ninety-five percent of participants felt blogging improved their learning. Here I provide the hard, pragmatic lessons [...] From Martindale Matrix on July 31, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

The Genetic Origin of Ashkenazi Genius
A genetics paper published in the Journal of Biosocial Science in June, “Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence,” makes the following claims about Ashkenazi European Jews: They have the highest average IQ of any ethnic group. Their intelligence advantage is genetic. Their intelligence advantage is recent. Jews as a whole are not of above-average intelligence, just the Ashkenazi. Ashkenazi intelligence is a result of natural selection. The paper is important not just for what it says about the Ashkenazi, but also for what it says about the nature of intelligence and From kuro5hin.org on July 31, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Hannibal Lecter: Transhumanist Icon
In certain circles you hear the word Transhumanism a lot lately. This is the idea that new technologies will make people so intelligent, powerful, healthy, and long-lived that we will not be merely human any more; we will transcend what is commonly called the "human condition" and become something more like gods. Of course it's very difficult to imagine what it would be like to become something so much better and different than ourselves. But it's also an old dream of ours, and some of our brightest thinkers have tried to imagine it for us. Come with me on a slightly diff From kuro5hin.org on July 31, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Ballpark
Developed by Adriaan Tijsseling, Ballpark is a small Mac OS X app that loads Yahoo's MLB GameChannel information into a separate window which can float over others, or become part of the desktop background. By sticking it into the background, you can use Exposé to quickly hide all your open windows and reveal the gamechannel information. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on July 31, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..

Freedom and Empowerment: An Essay on the Next Step for Education and Technology
The confluence of technology and our natural tendency toward freedom and empowerment will press against and eventually flow around and over the physical boundaries of our schools. Freed from location, what forms will Internet-based education take? How will our roles change? No one can know for sure, but we can guess. Here is my projection. From eLearnopedia on July 31, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..

University as publication
Notice that knowledge moves through the university in at least two directions in the third paragraph of this striking old post by Dave Winer. Notice also that the university's location creates the opportunity -- identity and geography go together, if the university is willing to work that way. Some probably aren't willing. Winer says: Starting weblogs at... From Weblogs in Higher Education on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..

Use your entire life
In his July 28th piece called How To Be Heard, Stephen Downes offers detailed advice about how to launch a blog. I want to point to a couple of my favorite parts. In a section called "Eventually," Stephen talks about making writing a daily habit. If it needs to be written, he says, blog it. In other words,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on July 31, 2005 at 1:51 p.m..

My Guestmap - Google Maps Mashup
MyGuestmap allows your visitors to add pins to a map, showing where they are and leaving a message. Kind of like the old guest-books from the early days of the web... The administrative interface allows you to control map width and height, zoom level, and also set the latitude and longitude of where your map is centered. I centered mine on the latitude and longitude of my school. I like the idea of tagging locations on a map. Could think of lots of ways that we could use this at school. Having student research the local neighborhood history and then... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on July 31, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Salon reads your inner heart, and possibly inner thighs
I read an article at Salon about the New Age branding of airlines I thought RageBoy might enjoy, so I used the page's handy "email this article to a pal" form. The next day, I hear from RB that I've sent him a link to "The Hot Sex Handbook." Wow. That's really not the sort of mistake you want a site to make with any of your friends, except maybe RB. And while I'm being uncharitable about site mistakes made by my betters, what's up with page 10 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? The site, therefore, of Fudge... From Joho the Blog on July 31, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Sunrise photos
Click for larger version Click for larger version [Technorati tags: sunrise]... From Joho the Blog on July 31, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Technologies of Persuasion - the course
I've finally finished the syllabus for the first semester of my new NYU/ITP course, Technologies of Persuasion: Marketing, Politics, and Propaganda in a Digital Age. The whole syllabus can be found here: http://www.rushkoff.com/itp/persuasion.html Here are some highlights.his seminar will explore influence techniques from print, graphics, traditional media and social reality as they migrate to the interactive space. We will first study the fundamentals of persuasion, influence, and coercion, and then look at From rushkoff.blog on July 31, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Geeks gather at 'What The Hack' - CNN News
This is the three-day "What The Hack" convention, a self-styled computer-security conference dealing with such issues as digital passports, biometrics and cryptography. Borrowing heavily from Woodstock and the more professionalized Def Con conference that From Techno-News Blog on July 31, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Talk Is Cheap, but Not That Cheap - M.P. DUNLEAVEY, New York Times
Remember when the phone bill was just one bill? Last month, I realized that my husband and I were paying for six different phone/cable/D.S.L./local/long-distance/cellular services. Not only is it a pain to keep track of all these charges, our monthly tele From Techno-News Blog on July 31, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Ears recommended for biometrics - BBC
A scientist in the UK has proposed that the unique pattern inside each individual's ear could be used as a biometric identifier, in the same way fingerprints are used. Professor Mark Nixon of University of Southampton told BBC World Service's Outlook pro From Techno-News Blog on July 31, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

We Are the Web
Ich weiÃŸ nicht, ob "We Are the Web" nicht schon lange unter bestehende Titelschutz-Regelungen fÃ¤llt. Der Autor, Senior Maverick bei Wired, hat den Ball jedenfalls noch einmal aufgenommen und prÃ¤sentiert eine unterhaltsame Insider-Story. Es beginnt mit frÃ¼hen Kronzeugen wie... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 31, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

Cost Comparison: Instructor-Led Vs. E-Learning
Der eine oder andere wird sicher noch einmal mit der Aufgabe konfrontiert werden, eine Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung fÃ¼r sein e-Learning-Projekt aufzustellen. Zumindest war das eine Anforderung an die Caterpillar University, und die hat gleich ein entsprechendes "mathematisches Modell" entwickelt. Das Resultat ihrer... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 31, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Rising Anger Over a Library Long Locked
The Bedford Library has been closed since October 2002 for repairs, and neighbors are fuming. From New York Times: Education on July 30, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

In Crown Heights, a New Museum Shows Children the Faith of Their Neighbors
The world's only Jewish children's museum, a tall shiny building with a 10-foot-high steel dreidel in front, opened in April on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights. From New York Times: Education on July 30, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..