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Blocking emergency radio
A group has been trying to set up a low-power radio station in the Astrodome to broadcast emergency information, job offerings, lost children, etc. Every obstacle has been put in their way. They were required to hand out 10,000 radios. They did. They were told there wasn't enough electricity. They brought in their own batteries. FEMA still won't allow them to broadcast. Sounds ridiculous to me. [Technorati tags: hurricanekatrina]... From Joho the Blog on September 7, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Texas opens schoolroom doors wide
In the wake of Katrina, thousands of school-age evacuees have been welcomed to Texas schools. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 7, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Everyone is telling teachers what to teach
Even in an era of standardized tests, state governments and others are adding mandatory subjects to schools. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 7, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Map of the Net
CAIDA has a map of two weeks of Internet traffic, explained here. The graph reflects 926,201 IP addresses and 2,000,796 IP links (immediately adjacent addresses in a traceroute-like path) of topology data gathered from 22 monitors probing approximately 865,000 destinations spread across 77,678 (50% of the total) globally routable network prefixes. We then aggregate this view of the network into a topology of Autonomous Systems (ASes), each of which approximately maps to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). I don't really understand it, but it sure is purty. [Technorati tags: internet]... From Joho the Blog on September 7, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

A suggestion
Let's repeal the Law of Unintended Consequences to see what happens.... From Joho the Blog on September 7, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Library and RSS
Our campus library has been keeping a blog for library-related news and events, and they've published this on its own site as well as in digest form on the library's main page. But I heard today that they've also started an RSS feed for the blog. Someday a campus of... From Weblogs in Higher Education on September 7, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

Web of Ideas: Sept. 14: David Isenberg
I'm starting up this year's Web of Ideas discussion series at the Berkman Center, and our first guest will be David Isenberg. I'll interview him about the current telco situation and how to keep the Internet open and free, something David has been thinking about for a long time. There'll be open discussion, the event is open to everyone, and I think there will be pizza. It'll be sometime in the early evening on September 14 at the Berkman Center at Harvard, in Cambridge, MA. Details to follow... [Tags: WebOfIdeas]... From Joho the Blog on September 7, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Bug: personal e-mail certificates
It would have been a good idea but today I learned that email ceritificates from Thawte get corrupted as soon as an anti-virus software or else opens the email message. Than - of course - it says "invalid certificate some has edited this email"This way the certificates don't make any sense at all.What a disappointment!!The promise:Personal E-mail certificates - secure e-mail communications: "Why is this From thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 7, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

The Keys To the 5 Kingdoms: Classifying Living Things , SEGA Tech
OK, well I imagine most people know how to classify living things (though it has never been clear to me what a 'kingdom' is or how many there are). Still, what I like about this exploration is that it raises (for me, at least) important questions like: what is the utility of classifying living things to a grade 5er? What is the best way to explain how we go about it? [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Another Way of Looking at Instructional Design , Internet Time
Jay Cross captures in a compellingly written post an approach to instructional design that aligns very closely with my own way of thinking, one based on, as Stuart Brand wrote, "power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested." [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Planting the Seeds for Global Learning and Caring , TechLearning
Interactive videoconferencing, in addition to meeting academic objectives, according to this article, also results in some side-benefits. "In addition to enhancing students' academic learning, our students are becoming more culturally tolerant and aware." [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

CETIS Briefings on E-learning Standards , CETIS
A series of new CETIS briefing papers is now available. "One of the new additions is a briefing on the IMS Accessibility for Learner Information Profile (affectionally known as AccLIP) spec.... The other addition, a briefing on the IEEE LTSC LOM standard, has been available for a while on the CETIS Metadata and Digital Repositories SIG site." [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

E-pod Update , Educause
Is that what they're going to be called? Educational podcasts, I mean. E-pods? Anyhow, author Margaret Maag has created her, um, e-pod and in so doing offers a nice example of the practice. You can From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Semantic MediaWiki: Attributes and Relations ,
I'm somewhat intrigued by the idea of a semantic wiki, but express caution that it could get complex (and hence, obscure) in a hurry. I mean, straightforward prfopositions involving concrete entities ("Berlin is the capital of [[is capital of::Germany]], Berlin has [[population:=3.390.444]] inhabitants" seem so intuitive. But semantics has a way of getting away from you. For example, quantification, conditionality, modality and propositional attitudes all offer challenges for expression. How would you mark up a sentence like "It is widely believed that the same people responsible for the From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Quickie Videos Made and Distributed by Instructors ,
Discussion of a phenomenon we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years, online video snippets made by professors using laptops, screen captures, and maybe video cameras. The technology is to the point where almost anyone with a ffew hours to spend can learn how to do it, and the bandwidth is reaching the point where it actually makes sense to do them. [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Wouldn't it Be Nice If... , Scott's Workblog
A one-liner from Scott Wilson that concludes "... conference wireless access didn't routinely block chat? I'm at ALT-C and suffering AIM withdrawal" (That's the entire post so you don't need to click on the link). The conference also blocks VPN, which means I am not able to easily send emails, so if you're waiting for a response from me, sorry, I will respond, really, but it may be a day or two. While writing I will say that Scott was admirable in his endurance at the From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

ALT-C - Day1 - Aidan ,
Ironically, the link to the website is inaccessible here at the conference (probably because it uses port 8081) but the text of this conference summary blog post was accessible to me through RSS. A bit terse, but it offers a number of links. [ From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

SSHRC - National Consultation on Research Data Archiving, Management and Access Systems ,
I hadn't seen this before Daniel Lemire sent me an email, but there's still plenty of time to get your submissions in - the deadline is October 31, 2005. Basically, the question is whether Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council should institute a process of open archiving, or as the email says, "Should SSHRC adopt a regulation requiring that one copy of all research results be deposited in an institutional repository? Should such a regulation apply to all forms of research outputs..." Searching through From OLDaily on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Small discoveries on the way
It's been ages since I travelled alone - I almost forgot how meditative it could be... This time I was hesitant - scared by the great distances in Olympic peninsula, "what if I miss that ferry", shower forecasts and lots of work that could be done over the weekend to make my last week in Seattle easier... I'm glad I went. It was between wandering through driftwoods and sand of Dungeness spit, clouds of Hurricane Ridge, showers on the way, rocks of Cape Flattery, sunset tide pools of small beaches along North coast, and miles of winding roads... Somewh From Mathemagenic on September 7, 2005 at 9:52 a.m..

BlogWalk Seattle: conference attention modes
These are more "notes to myself" from the discussions at BlogWalk Seattle on the nature of (un)conferences; not a coherent text. The world is changing: opportuniy to connect with and to meet far away people being there (physically or online) costs more (energy, time, money) - also because now we can connect with those far away Getting together f2f: critical mass is important to make sure interesting things happen you want to be sure in that to get into what it takes From Mathemagenic on September 7, 2005 at 9:52 a.m..

Electronic courseware in higher education
In this paper we consider electronic course management systems from a pedagogical perspective, with the goal of aiding educators to effectively utilize electronic courseware in the classroom. From eLearnopedia on September 7, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Cats in the classroom: Online learning in hybrid space
Students and instructors share a learning experience, but they also occupy local environments that influence their learning and indirectly influence the experience of everyone in the online class. From eLearnopedia on September 7, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Audioblog de Recursos Humanos
El programa de radio Foro de Recursos Humanos (miércoles de 21.00 a 22.00 horas, Radio Intercontinental Madrid-918 AM) estrena la temporada con un audioblog: El Foro de los Recursos Humanos. Vía: Diego García Cabello.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Technorati Blog Finder
Technorati lanza en versión beta un buscador temático de weblogs: Technorati Blog Finder. Technorati Profile Vía: El Telendro.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Saúl Klikowsky es de Boca
Por suerte para la buena salud mental de la blogosfera, Hernán Casciari sigue haciendo de las suyas. Ya se había desdoblado en gorda, en princesa y en vidente. Ahora es un emigrante: Me llamo Saúl Klikowsky, soy argentino y vivo... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Blogroll extendido
Preparando la mudanza a WordPress, quiero conservar en forma de post el blogroll de eCuaderno 2.0, ya que en la siguiente versión será mucho más abreviado.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Jogging
También running, aerobismo o simplemente correr: hoy conseguí hacer los 10 kms. en 1 hora. No todo va a ser blogging. Cuando comencé a correr en 1978 (irregularmente practicado desde entonces) me entusiasmé con la lectura del libro de James... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Programa del II Encontro de Weblogs
João Manuel Canavilhas del Laboratório de Comunicação de la Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal) me hace llegar el Programa del II Encontro de Weblogs que tendrá lugar en Covilhá los días 14 y 15 de octubre: Sexta-feira - 14 de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

¿Qué leen mis suscriptores?
Llega el Experimento 03 de Fernando Plaza en CompareBlogs.com. La pregunta ahora es ¿Qué leen mis suscriptores?. Vale la pena probarlo. Relacionados: Fuente RSS completa y Proyectos interesantes.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

El director del gratuito 20 minutos comienza un blog
Arsenio Escolar se ha animado con la herramienta que nos seduce y nos aterra por igual a los periodistas veteranos. Lo cuenta Escolar en Todo queda en casa y lo analiza Varela en Primer blog de un director en España.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

El manifiesto online de Carlos Soria
"Internet no es un medio de comunicación. Es otra cosa, un millón de veces más importante que un medio de comunicación" Con Carlos Soria he tenido el honor de compartir claustro en la Universidad de Navarra y una apasionante operación... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Herramientas para facilitar al usuario la suscripción a la fuente RSS
El recurso a los botones del tipo: ciertamente ayuda a los usuarios, pero llega un punto en el que -debido a la multiplicación de lectores de fuentes RSS- acabamos convirtiendo las barras laterales de los blogs en auténticos medalleros. Me... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Shout if you want to be heard or Technorati blog finder
For all the unhappy ones: Technorati performance and scalability improvement progress and Technorati blog finder (via David Sifry). Things to know: 1. You have to categorise your weblog manually:By default, the blogs are presented in order of authority, which means highly-linked blogs appear first. So each of these Blog Finder From Mathemagenic on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

CETIS writeup on Alt-I-Lab 2005 Demonstrators
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/content2/20050901184010 It's been eagerly awaited (at least by me!), and likely delayed because of all the other stuff going on at CETIS and the need for the good folks there to take a well-deserved break this summer, but we are all fortunate to finally get a more detailed write-up on the interoperability demos from the past Alt-i-lab sessions held in June in the U.K. While this writeup does put some more meat on the bone and From EdTechPost on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

RLG-NARA Audit Checklist for Certifying Digital Repositories
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20769 Via David Mattison comes this interesting link to an effort to establish a set of guidelines for determining whether a digital repository can be certified as a trusted location for digital collections. Note that 'repositories' are being used here very much in a library-centric way, and that these may or may not apply to the same degree to learning object repositories, but some interesting things to learn from and expect From EdTechPost on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Zur Didaktik des Einsatzes von Lernplattformen
Wenn man das Stichwort "Evaluation von Learning Management Systemen" liest, fällt in der Regel unweigerlich der Name von Rolf Schulmeister. Er hat 2003 eine der umfangreichsten Untersuchungen zum Thema publiziert und ist seitdem gern gesehener Gast auf allen e-Learning-Konferenzen. In... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

E-Learning-Strategien deutscher Universitäten
Ein weiterer, umfangreicher Bericht zur Lage des e-Learning an deutschen Hochschulen liegt vor. Die Ausgangslage ist bekannt: Nach Jahren, in denen es vorrangig um die Entwicklung und Umsetzung einzelner e-Learning-Projekte ging, rücken strategische Fragestellungen in den Vordergrund. Die Zeit... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Eternal Bits. How can we preserve digital files and save our collective memory?
Der Artikel liefert einen guten Überblick über die Probleme, mit denen man es bei der Archivierung digitaler Informationen zu tun hat, z.B.: "The problem of digital preservation confronts everyone, even people who don't suspect that it could ever affect them.... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Lebenslanges Lernen und Weiterbildung
Die Frankfurter Rundschau widmet ihr Bildungs-Dossier dieses Mal dem Thema "Lebenslanges Lernen". Es sind vor allem Geschichten vom Lernen und von Lernenden, Senioren und Berufstätigen. Wie man Lernen zu einer Grundeinstellung eines langen Lebens machen kann; wie Lernen aber auch... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Lessons from Extraordinary Women
Feeling left out of the back to school excitement? Cheer up. Formal education is not the only way to learn. Documentary filmmaker Kellie Dearman cites several examples of LIFE as adult education from her series, "Second Chance: Making It Work."... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 7, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Ed Tech Coast to Coast #2 is Up...
On Thursday afternoon, I sat down to talk, via Skype, with Will Richardson and Tim Wilson and the result is Ed Tech Coast to Coast #2. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Katrina's Aftermath...
Katrina Evacuees Go All the Way to Memphis At a Red Roof Inn in downtown Memphis, general manager Michelle Williams and hotel guest Randy Adams are coordinating efforts to help a weary collection of hurricane evacuees cope.... After all the stories of the slow response from the government it was nice to hear the story of Michelle Williams and Randy Adams, two people to rose to the occasion... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Google Maps as a Visual Disaster Wiki
Wired has an interview with Jonathan Mendez and Greg Stoll who have created a map using Google Maps, that allows people to report on the condition of locations damaged by Hurricane Katrina... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Get Really Small - Joanna Glasner, Wired
Few new technologies seem to generate as many headlines these days as nanotechnology, the field of building things at scales of billionths of a meter. Major breakthroughs are coming at a torrid pace. Earlier this month, researchers in Texas and Australia From Techno-News Blog on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Piracy crackdown spurs shift in online file-sharing - Adam Pasick, Yahoo News
Traffic in the popular file-sharing network BitTorrent has fallen in the wake of a crackdown on piracy, but file sharers have merely shifted to another network, eDonkey, new data released on Monday showed. Popular movies like "Star Wars: Episode III - Rev From Techno-News Blog on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Universities Hit by Katrina Tap Technologies To Stay Afloat - Dian Schaffhauser, Campus-Technology
In spite of a lack of power, a hugely damaged telecom infrastructure, and increasingly explosive civil unrest, university staff and students in Louisiana are applying what technology they can use to communicate with each other and helping in the arduous p From Techno-News Blog on September 7, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Red Cross Gets Squatter's Number
A telecommunications company that owned the phone number 1-800-RED-CROSS has it taken away and given to the relief organization in a rare emergency action by the FCC. By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Burning Man Mourns the Big Easy
The drowned city gets a New Orleans-style memorial at the annual desert art festival. Daniel Terdiman reports from Black Rock City, Nevada. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

The King of Digital Art
Gallery owner Steven Sacks is turning high tech into a hot commodity. Next he wants to bring new-media masterpieces to the masses. By Tom Vanderbilt of Wired magazine. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Computer, Heal Thyself!
Soon, electronics will repair themselves when they break. By Sunny Bains of Wired magazine. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Can Kazaa Go Legit?
An Australian court ruling threatens the peer-to-peer network's future, but the P2P party is in no danger of coming to a close. Commentary by Patrick Gray and Evan Hansen. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

My Dream Date With the Ford GT
No matter how many laps you drive in a video game, nothing can prepare you for the experience of getting behind the wheel of a really fast car. Commentary by Mark McClusky. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Sci-Fi Fans Chase the DragonCon
America's largest annual fantasy fest attracts Star Wars stormtroopers, Harry Potter clones and more Klingons than you can shake a bat'leth at. Annalee Newitz reports from Atlanta. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Sat Phones Surge After Katrina
Nobody wanted a clunky satellite phone until disaster struck in New Orleans last week. Now retailers can't keep up with demand, even though it's tough to ship to the battered Gulf region. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Getting the Gulf Back on the Grid
An unlikely alliance between the FCC and grass-roots communications experts helps reconnect areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. By Xeni Jardin.PLUS: Red Cross Gets Squatter's Number From Wired News on September 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

In tomorrow's NYT editorial
Is this kind of blatant racist, xenophobic stupidity unnoticed by the final draft editors?!! But disasters like this are not a city or a state issue. They concern the entire nation and demand a national response - certainly a better one than the White House comments that "tremendous progress" had been made in Louisiana. We're used to that dismissive formula when questions are raised about Iraq. Americans deserve better about a disaster of this magnitude in their own country. And what, pray tel From homoLudens III on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

In New Jersey, Another Year of Cramped and Dated Schools
For many New Jersey students, Tuesday was the first day of school, and it served as a reminder of the litany of problems never addressed by a school construction program that canceled several projects this summer. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

School That Had Fatal Shootings Opens With Enhanced Security
Red Lake High School, the site of a school shooting in March, opened Tuesday with armed security guards and metal detectors. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

A Standout Teacher Who Also Stands Out
For twenty-three years, Irene Ray has been teaching and making waves at Huntington High, a high school in a small city in West Virginia. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Lawmaker and Educator Propose Incentive Pay for Teachers in Troubled Schools
Representative Charles B. Rangel and Arthur Levine, the president of Teachers College at Columbia University, proposed a 25 percent salary bonus for teachers who work at troubled schools. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Across Nation, Storm Victims Crowd Schools
Experts said the movement of students from storm-ravaged areas could become the largest student resettlement in the nation's history. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Back to School and Waiting for Politics to Settle Down
The fate of the New York public schools is effectively in a freeze-frame with its fate tied to electoral politics and the outcome of the mayoral contest in November. From New York Times: Education on September 7, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..