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Taking a Light Saber to Tired Old Teaching
Out of his own uninspiring education, George Lucas has assiduously yet quietly built a foundation devoted to education reform over the past dozen years. From New York Times: Education on August 30, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

SAT Math Scores at Record High, but Those on the Verbal Exam Are Stagnant
This year's college-bound high school graduates reached a record-high average score of 520 on the SAT math test, but verbal scores remained flat at 508. From New York Times: Education on August 30, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Math SAT scores set record highs
The improved results across ethnic lines are being attributed to wider access to high-level courses. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 30, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Will Google's Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification?
Der Autor argumentiert, dass Google's Schlagwort-Suche und Anzeige der Suchergebnisse zwar für die schnelle Informationssuche nützlich sei. Für das sorgfältige Studium einer Sache und die systematische Auseinandersetzung mit einem Thema ist Google jedoch ungeeignet. Hier führt kein Weg an den... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 30, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

Interactive Television Market Grows
Interactive television will create revenue opportunities in TV-based gaming, television commerce, and interactive or direct response advertising as the market grows. From ClickZ Stats on August 30, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

That's why G-d gave us remotes
From a scary Salon story by Michael Scherer on the FCC perhaps planning on outlawing what it considers to be indecent material from cable: In 2003, he [Kevin Martin, head of the FCC] shared his concerns over indecency in a letter to the Parents Television Council, a group that has called for a boycott of shows like the WB's "Everwood" because it features adults who encourage teenage characters to use birth control and, in one case, have an abortion. "Certainly broadcasters and cable operators have significant First Amendment rights, but these rights are not without boundaries," Martin wro From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Read this next week
Now's not the time to start pointing the political finger for what wasn't done that could have ameliorated the devastating effects of Katrina. So read this article next week. Right now, check with Wikipedia for news and for links to places, like the Red Cross, looking for help... (PS: David W. Stephenson has started a category of his blog for Smart Mobs relief for Katrina and other natural disasters.) [Tags: katrina hurricane]... From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Starting Conversations
I think and write so much about the creation and contribution of content using blogs and wikis and the like that sometimes I think I neglect the other half of the equation, the consumption of blog and wiki and podcast content by students and teachers. And it's becoming obvious that it's a much needed and important dialogue that I have to start with teachers here, especially those in the English and Social Studies departments where the research loads are heaviest. I was reminded of this by a conversation I had this morning with our school librarian who had seen a mention of weblogged News on August 30, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Social Software Classes
From the Courses Wed Love to Teach Dept. is the graduate course Social Software Affordances at Teachers College at Columbia. The very comprehensive syllabus says that: Social software represents the promise of truly networked human communities extending across the online and offline dimensions of reality. But beyond the hype, a critical approach to social software is necessary in order to explore its impact and possibilities. Students are asked to set up aggregators and blogs, and there wil From weblogged News on August 30, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

Horizon Wimba Acquires Silicon Chalk
(8/30/05) New York, NY HYPHEN (August 30, 2005) HYPHEN Horizon Wimba, a provider of collaborative software applications for online education, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Silicon Chalk, the Vancouver-based company that creates software which, from within a class, broadcasts an instructor's prepared notes and lecture materials to local and remote students. (Silicon Chalk was the second brainchild of Murray Goldberg, the first was WebCT) From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on August 30, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Andrew Rasiej for Public Advocate
I've never used this space to support a political candidate, but Andrew Rasiej isn't really a political candidate - he's simply a great person running for New York City's job of Public Advocate, and the person I've chosen to support.You can find out about him and his ideas on his website. I've known him since he founded Mouse.org, a non-profit dedicated to bridging the "digital divide" in public schools. (But I've benefited from him since he opened Irving Plaza, where I saw Gang of Four for the firs From rushkoff.blog on August 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

SAT Scores Show Student Gains in Math but Not Verbal Skills
Scores on the College Board's math SAT test hit a record 520 last year, but verbal scores remained flat at 508, well below their historic high, the College Board said today. From New York Times: Education on August 30, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Security experts stake out Windows spyware hiding place - Tom Sanders, vnunet.com
Security experts are debating if a security vulnerability in a Windows tool could offer a hiding place for spyware. According to a report filed by security researcher Igor Franchuk, the Registry Editor in Windows XP and Windows 2000 suffers from a securit From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Colleges Lead Charge for Secure, Open Networks -Paul F. Roberts, eWeek
After being stung by high-profile cases of data theft, prominent colleges and universities are in the forefront of efforts to introduce effective security to networks, while preserving the openness and unhindered use that have long characterized campus co From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

FCC Extends VoIP E911 Notice Deadline - Roy Mark, Internet News
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday gave Voice over IP (define) providers another 30 days to inform their Internet telephone subscribers of the E911 limitations that come with the service. Under the new FCC order, customers who do not ac From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

Flick off!
Since it's start in 2002 Flickr has seen an enormous success. Flickr's design is clean, lean and simple - giving room for the stars of the show: the photos and photographers. Something fundamental about the Internet: stuff like Flickr is not hip because of their interface design. They are hip because of their independence, their spirit and their smartness. Flickr was a playground not only for everyone taking pictures, but also for professional photographers. It didn't play a role that hobbyists were populating the ground, because Flickr was pure and focussed on ph From owrede_log on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Deforestation via Google Maps
Google Maps offers an unprecedented view on the deforestation of the Brasilian rain forest. I wonder what on the mind of the Brasilian government to allow this amount exploitation. From owrede_log on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

One Giant Leap for Moviegoers
Tom Hanks takes Imax to the moon. By Spencer Reiss of Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Skull Scanner Reveals Alzheimer's
A brain-scanning technology commonly used to monitor patients during surgery could become the first definitive tool for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease before death. By John Gartner. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

'Swift Boating' Science
Chris Mooney skillfully uncovers the Bush era's institutionalization of spinning, distorting and ignoring science in The Republican War on Science. Book review by Brian Alexander. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Let's Get Really Small
Nanotechnology is poised to unleash a new era of micro-electronics, but investors should proceed with caution or their wallets could be the first thing the nascent industry shrinks. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Cash Rescues Eyes on the Prize
After several new boosts in funding, the groundbreaking civil rights documentary is poised to clear the copyright hurdles keeping it from U.S. viewers. The series could be up and running by next year. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Anime, the Next Generation
Smitten by hits like Dragon Ball, U.S. networks are placing big bets on Japanese cartoon imports this fall. But it's not the kids they're after this time. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on August 30, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

(re) Descubriendo blogs
Una selección periódica, muy personal, de buenos weblogs de hoy y de ayer. Activismo Cyberagora Actualidad EuroGaceta Agregadores Edu_RSS Planeta Educativo Arquitectura Transfer Arte GuiArte Cibercultura Napsterization Cine O charme discreto da bloguesia Ciudades Noti Los Angeles Comunicación Brandcode Chica... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on August 30, 2005 at 5:46 a.m..

Experimenting with creating an ontology based on weblog content
Anjo documents the experiment of creating a cooking ontology by running smart tools through the content of Chocolate and Zucchini: From Weblogs to Ontologies Cooking: Creating a Corpus Cooking: Utensils - Anjo, did you try correlating terms with (exp From Mathemagenic on August 30, 2005 at 5:46 a.m..

Can I have tags instead of folders with my RSS feeds as well?
What I really want is RSS reader that would allow me tagging feeds - folders do not scale anymore :( May be it exists, but I'm suffering from not knowing - tell me then... And, since I'm here - my ideal feed reader would*: be web-based synchronised with desktop client (so I can read feeds offline as well) let me read password-protected feeds let me tag feeds - no folders any more!!! have "remember" link under every post, creating a subset of posts per feed that I'd like to remember - and it would From Mathemagenic on August 30, 2005 at 2:51 a.m..

Scientific Savvy? In U.S., Not Much
The findings of Jon D. Miller, a political scientist, about how much Americans know about science are not encouraging. From New York Times: Education on August 30, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

More Third Graders Promoted After Summer School This Year
However, nearly half of those who attended still could not pass exams to qualify for fourth grade. From New York Times: Education on August 30, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..