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Dare Obasanjo writes about the dangers of taking the Web 1.0 approach in the Web 2.0 world. There's a lesson here for all of us: Pay attention to how the world is changing. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

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David Jonassen urges "Learn to solve problems." If you are struggling with your e-Learning initiative, take a minute to read this and you might find out why our learners aren't learning how to think, reason, and function in the world. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

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Flock Evolves, Announces Public Launch. If you havent heard about Flock yet, check out this Wired story and our profile of Flock from August 26, 2005. It is still in private beta, although you can request a beta invitation on their From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

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Will Richardson tells about Students Producing Content for Real Audiences. Tablet PCs and second year Spanish. How to place technology -- and learning -- in the hands of the learners. "Students were creating and sharing and loving the process. The teacher was using the technology to connect their learning, and it was their learning, not his. They were in charge." [Weblogg-ed News: The Read/Write Web in the Classroom] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Students Producing Content for Real Audiences
So yesterday I spent about 45 minutes observing one of our second year World Language teachers who is in our Tablet PC pilot group. He's amazingly creative and energetic, and he's taken to the tablet in a big way. His classroom is now like no other at our school. I got there before the block started, and as I turned the corner to enter the room, I heard salsa music playing. When I stepped in I saw that on the big screen in front of the class he was projecting a video from his tablet of traditionally dressed Spanish dancers doing some really cool dancing. His students were milling From weblogged News on September 17, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

EdTech Posse Podcast #6 is on the air
Despite a few audio problems and resultant challenges to editing, Rob Wall has posted the EdTech Posse Podcast #6 on the topic of “What good software should be in every teacher’s toolbelt at the beginning of the year”. We discuss: Furl, Spurl, Jots and Raw Sugar Google Earth Delicious Library Notebook Advanced Network Hosts GMail Check out the full description [...] From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on September 17, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..

Saturday grumpiness
Doesn't this seem kind of ironic? An elearning on how to use elearning? Doesn't the necessity to have such a thing indicate a user interface problem? Maybe I'm just grumpy today: Drexel podcasts prepare online learners. eLearning Minute is Drexel University's 4-podcast series to get students ready to learn online. [learnandteachonline.com] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

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Rational trigonometry? No angles? Use algebra for calculations? Distance isn't the best way to show how far it is from point a to point b? oh my ... it's the new math all over again. New trigonometry is a sign of the times. From:   physorg.com Direct link to item tech.memeorandum permalink[tech.memeorandum< From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

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Security problems with Skype and eBay. Gartner: VoIP Security Uncertain in EBay/Skype Deal (TechWeb). TechWeb - In another twist on the eBay/Skype deal, a research firm cautions big businesses should steer clear of the combined companies' technology. The problem: lackluster VoIP security. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

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"Firefox not only has more vulnerabilities per month than Internet Explorer, but it is now surpassing Internet Explorer for the number of exploits available for public download in recent months." Is the Firefox honeymoon over?    [Updated: 9/16/2005 7:22PM] . From:   George Ou / ZDNet Direct link to item tech.memeorandum permalink From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Act like one
In spite of its slightness, my tiny moment of reflection upon filing a 1000th posting here has stayed with me and kept me thinking. I mentioned these values that I thought were connected with staying on task with a blog: If you can find a way to stay engaged in a project as a writer and reader, you can learn more than you imagined, enjoy the distant partnership of many generous... From Weblogs in Higher Education on September 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

Proyectos interesantes II
El buscador y portal Google Hurricane Katrina Resources lanzado por Google. La oferta de Buenos días Silicon Valley de trasladar las inquietudes de la blogosfera hispana en su presentación a la Web Spam Summit que organiza Technorati. El uso de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

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This site on design, inspired by thoughtless acts, may infuriate, inspire, or bore you. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Question regarding Flickr photo badges
Is there a way to create a Flickr photo badge out of a tag-based stream of public photos? It looks like I can only create badges based on my own photos. Is that correct? [Sebastian Fiedler] From Seblogging News on September 17, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Sleepwalking to the end of earth
Geoffrey Lean reports from a gathering of climate scientists in Exeter (invited by Tony Blair) after alarming signs have been discovered that the climate change could be faster and much worse than ever expected - with a point of now return reached before 2020. I don't even want to quote from this article - you got to read it yourself. The second half is a illustration about the emerging consequences: water wars, disappearing nations, flooding, uninhabitable earth, rainforest fires, the big freeze, starvation, acid oce From owrede_log on September 17, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

Gay marriage conspiracy rapidly achieves its nefarious secret goal of becoming normal
The Times has a good editorial on the normalcy of gay marriage. Apparently here in Masachusetts, a year of legalized same-sex marriage has not led us down the slippery slope of incest, child rape and bestiality. Despite the warnings of some conservatives, it turns out that we Americans are not so easily led into sin. Of course, the United States is #42 (and falling) in the world when it comes to low infant mortality rates, so I can understand why it's so important for the protectors of family values to focus on making sure that the reproductive equipment of loving... From Joho the Blog on September 17, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Bush decides maybe the Office of Women's health shouldn't be led by a male veterinarian
Salon's Tim Grieve has the story of the Bush administration's appointment of a male trained as a veterinarian to head up the Office of Women's Health, an announcement that seems to have been quickly un-announced in favor of the appointment of a woman Associate FDA Commissioner. (Ok, so Norris Alderon, the guy, has also been an FDA Asssociate Commissioner for Science. But, jeez, he's also listed as the Federal Lbaoratory Consortium's current Lab Representative for the Center of Veterinary Medicine. I mean, he still has one hand up a horse's butt.) BTW, Alderson is From Joho the Blog on September 17, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Eslambolchi at the Berkman: The Podcast
The Berkman Center now has a page for its podcasts. Yay! (Thank you, Danny Silverman.) Here's the podcast of Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi's 45 minute discussion at the Center. Dr. E is AT&T's CTO. Everyone in the discussion believes passionately that the Net needs to be free and open. But the disagreement about what those values mean and how to instantiate them in bits, silicon and policy was stark and deep. (And polite.) The discussion centered on whether we need to change the Internet's architecture to solve some of its problems. Do you have to make it intelligent by putting s From Joho the Blog on September 17, 2005 at 9:48 a.m..

The brains business
Es kommt nicht allzu häufig vor, dass der Economist in einer Sache so klar Partei ergreift. In diesem Fall heißt die "real story", "that America has the best system of higher education in the world". Wer hier noch Begründungen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 17, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Die nächste Woche ...
... wird es auf diesen Seiten etwas ruhiger werden. Heute geht's ab in den Schwarzwald zum Radfahren, dann folgen e-Learning in Hamburg ("Campus Innovation") und einige geschäftliche Termine, die auf dem Weg liegen. JR... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 17, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

Open Internet, We Hardly Knew Ye - Jennifer Granick, Wired
Hurricane Katrina tore families away from their homes and from each other. And with the Gulf Coast in chaos, electricity out and cell-phone towers down, people in far-flung places across the United States turned to the robust, decentralized internet to fi From Techno-News Blog on September 17, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Dutch Treat: Personal Database - Associated Press
The Dutch government will begin tracking every citizen from cradle to grave in a single database, opening a personal electronic dossier for every child at birth with health and family data, and eventually adding school and police records. The Health Minis From Techno-News Blog on September 17, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Congress Releases Draft Broadband Bill - Anne Broache, ZD New
Congress on Thursday took another step toward overhauling a telecommunications law to include provisions that account for technologies like broadband Internet and voice over Internet Protocol. The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce committ From Techno-News Blog on September 17, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Decision Deferred on Porn Domain
Catalan speakers receive their own domain name, but porn aficionados still have no idea when, or if, they'll get theirs. From Wired News on September 17, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Next Gen Takes Back Seat in Tokyo
The games industry is abuzz with talk of next-generation hardware, but the best software is still on today's consoles and portables. Chris Kohler reports from the Tokyo Game Show. From Wired News on September 17, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

I.B.M. Unveils Plan to Train Employees to Be Teachers
I.B.M. announced a new program that would pay to train some of its veteran employees for second careers as teachers. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

$200 Million Is Pledged for Higher Education in Africa
Six major American foundations announced that they would spend $200 million over the next five years to strengthen higher education in seven African countries. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Plan Will Pay 90% of Costs for Students Hit by Storm
The Department of Education announced a plan to pay 90 percent of the educational costs of students and schools affected by Hurricane Katrina for one year. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Ajax
If you think Ajax is an old-fashioned brand of cleanser, maybe it's time to update your vocabulary. From [Computerworld News] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

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TechCrunch offers another new word for your vocabulary: Mash-ups.  From [TechCrunch] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

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George Siemens points to Knowledge Sharing with Distributed Networking Tools. What you need to know about webfeeds, social software, networked learning, tags, and read/write web. From [elearnspace] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

eBay, Skype, and Constant Communication
eBay, Skype, and Constant Communication. This story hit the news this week, and many people will not understand just how significant it is. From The Economist From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

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TechCrunch: Netvibes - Personal homepage.  "The aim of it is to provide a place on the internet where you can set just the content you like, a super easy way of building your personnalized homepage, available anywhere, anytime. No registration is needed, however if you want to access your page from another computer youll be able to do it by registering with your email address and a password."[TechC From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 17, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..