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Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Price
Robert Greenwalds' new film, "Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price" is now available to order (thanks for the heads up, Peter). Of course, you may know Greenwald from other films such as Outfoxed and the less successful, Steal This Movie. I'm looking forward to seeing this film, as I thought the positively-reviewed Outfoxed was [...] From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on November 2, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..

Oxford Day 2005
I just found out about Oxford Day from a friend at school and also via a comment by Nathan on my Cambridge Day post. Henry Widdowson and Micheal Swan are both presenting at Oxford day. Widdowson will be talking about:contexts and purposes of communication are crucial factors. However, the contexts and purposes associated with the langauge as it is natrually or 'authentically' used are generally quite different from those that are relevant for learning. This talk explores this difference and shows how it leads to a consideration of a number of issues relevant to the defining of Engl From Language, teaching, and all things EFL on November 2, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Reflections on NerdTV's Interview with Avram Miller
Earlier this week I was listening to a podcast that I came across on Yahoo Podcasts of an interview with Avram Miller the co-founder of Intel Capital and now head of the Avram Miller Company whose mission is "Accelerating the deployment of the Internet worldwide." (The program was originally recorded for Robert Cringeley's PBS show, Nerd TV on Oct. 28, 2005.)  Miller had many interesting things to recount about his career in software and hardware development and about his work From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on November 2, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

Is It Bad Enough Yet?
Are things getting bad enough yet for the newspaper industry to start thinking and acting out of the box? Today's big media-industry news is that the largest shareholder in Knight Ridder, publisher of 32 daily papers in the U.S. including the Miami Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer, has demanded that the board of directors sell the company. (There's a good analysis in this Poynter Online Centerpiece.) The investor revolt is in reaction to a 14-percent From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 2, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

'Reactively Moderated' Forums at BBC News Website
BBC News' "Your Say area of its website has been made freer from editing, according to this recent item from the Editors Weblog. Your Say is meant to be a place where anyone can post an opinion on any topic (within reason and abiding by the house rules), and readers can engage in a discussion about it. What I find interesting is Your Say's approac From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 2, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Panasonic Clarifies Tosh Bilowski
Another quick update: As of today, Panasonic's "DefPerception" blog bears this clarification on the home page only, above the first posting: 'Tosh Bilowski is a fictional character used to deliver real information from multiple sources at Panasonic in an entertaining way. We hope you find the information helpful and we look forward to hearing from you." Well, that's some help. However, they could easily do a bit better than that... From Contentious Weblog on November 2, 2005 at 5:56 p.m..

Advanced Economies Losing Lead In Education, Says Analysis by The Conference Board , The Conference Board
There has been much angst expressed in western economies about the rise of the less wealthy nations. But I see this as an unprecedented opportunity, not only for the people living in those regions, but for us in the west as well, to draw from and learn from the rich variety that constitutes global culture. [ From OLDaily on November 2, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Benefits Of Web-Based Applications And Microsoft Announcement Of The "Live" Era , Robin Good
There's discussion all over the internet today about Microsoft's announcement that it will introduce web applications. Microsoft is once again playing catch-up as applications as diverse as Bloglines, Writely and GMail have captured a lot of user loyalty. But few companies can throw the resources at a problem that Microsoft can. Success factor? Whether these online applications are multi-platform, or Windows-only. [ From OLDaily on November 2, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

The Rise of the Norgs , First Draft by Tim Porter
Interesting post that looks at what newspapers need to consider as their medium dies (the average age of newspaper readers is now 55 and circulation continues to decline). Specifically, they need to turn to their core value, which is 'news', not 'paper' - and cast themselves as 'norgs' (News Organizations). Many of the same considerations apply in learning as well, with the result that maybe colleges and universities should recast themselves as 'lorgs'. [ From OLDaily on November 2, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Wikibooks to offer free eTexts for education , ESchool News
Coverage in eSchool News of the Wikibooks project, a plan to provide free school textbooks. Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia comments, "I think that Wikibooks and projects like it will challenge licensed textbooks in the same way that Linux [the open-source computer operating system] and other free software and licensing models are challenging the software world." [ From OLDaily on November 2, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Computers Alone Can’t Bridge The Digital Gap
Here's an interesting article on an older theme which relays that technology integration throughout society must be focused on much more than simply making the technology available. Like many countries, it seems that Argentina suffers from a digital divide, especially between cities with ubiquituous access, to rural areas with poor access. A survey conducted by the [...] From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on November 2, 2005 at 3:58 p.m..

The Company (News) Blog
From Business Week Online today came an alert about its new Byte of the Apple feature, a blog devoted exclusively to Apple Computer, which debuted today. The blog is being written by BW's Peter Burrows, Arik Hesseldahl, and Cliff Edwards. Apple's a hot company right now, and the blogging format is ideal for such narrowcast coverage. Seeing this reminded me to remind newspapers, especially, and local news broadcasters to consider something similar online. Is ther From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 2, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..

The wheels on the bus go round and round, and then stop, and it goes up in a fireball
Peggy Noonan, former Ronald Reagan speechwriter, has a really good, really depressing Zeitgeist piece in the WSJ that generalizes from her personal slice of the Zeit's Geist, which is interesting in itself. She says that the "elite" assumes the wheels are coming off the trolley and there's nothing we can do about it. Oh, she spends a short paragraph at the end saying that there "are a lot of people ... trying to do work that helps," but that comes across as a mere hand wave. The piece seems to me to be broken in the middle. After several excellent... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Narrowing the 'digital divide'
Maria Mejia spends all day packing onions. Cuauhtémoc Ramirez loads boxes of lettuce 10 hours a day. Joel Mora paints and welds, and works on plows and earth-rippers. At nightfall, they begin more work " as students. The three join... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 2, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Blogging for Strength
Not long ago, a guy I deeply respect joked derisively in conversation that too many people "blog for therapy." His evidence: a recent AOL survey in which nearly half of respondents said "they write a blog because it serves as a form of self-therapy." My friend said (and I'm paraphrasing), "Oh yeah, that's just what everyone wants to see." Well, of course it's not what everyone wants to see, but so what? I've gotta admit, the tone of my friend's comment (and the AOL press release, for that matter) really rubbed me the wrong way. In our culture, we tend to dismiss per From Contentious Weblog on November 2, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Session on International Child Sex-Trade
The Program in Culture and Human Development, in the Department of Psychology, is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Savelia Curniski Savelia Curniski, Motivational Speaker and a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan, is the Founder of NASHI, an Organization that works hard to divert Ukrainian children from the sex trade, providing them with sponsorship programs and education. She [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on November 2, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Lost and Found Plea in Comic Life
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lost and Found, originally uploaded by lewiselementary. Am having a lot of fun using Comic Life at school. Today our newsletter contained this plea for parents to come take a look at our growing lost and found collection...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 2, 2005 at 1:50 p.m..

Channel Adoption Supports Online Holiday Sales Growth
To save gas and minimize hassles, more consumers will turn to the Web to shop this holiday season. From ClickZ Stats on November 2, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

Where the Heck Am I?
Good grief. ... Here's another one of my perennial complaints. I wound up on the site of The Truth, a newspaper that operates the site etruth.com. Pretty standard site. But where the heck is it? The name of the newspaper doesn't tell me. The site doesn't tell me. The "current weather" webcam doesn't, either. (It's probably downtown somewhere. But where?) Why on earth should any site keep secret where it's located? It's typical of a newspaper mindset -- assuming that visitors to our website kn From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 2, 2005 at 12:55 p.m..

ATRAER MENTES
Las empresas, las ONGs, los organismos públicos, están reconsiderando la importancia y el magro presupuesto que se le viene destinando a la comunicación on-line. Es hora de prestar una mayor atención ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 2, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

Tras el ansiado despegue del e-learning en España
Se habla mucho del e-learning en el mundo de la formación continua, aunque se sigue echando de menos la voz de los usuarios. Parece apuntarse que una de las claves para la esperada explosión de este m... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 2, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

Jornadas Corporativas e-Learning en acción
"e-Learning en acción" es un espacio colaborativo, donde ejecutivos y profesionales podrán aprender, unos de otros, en un ambiente horizontal de comprensión profesional y construcción colectiva del co... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on November 2, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..

Rasiej post-mortem
Micah Sifry has a long and frank analysis of what went wrong (and right) in Andrew Rasiej's run at the office of the NYC Public Advocate. It was an experiment in grassroots, Web-based campaigning, but Andrew ended up with just 5% of the vote. I was disappointed, but still proud of Andrew, Micah and the other people who worked hard on the campaign. Micah's analysis is one of the good things that has come out of the campaign. [Tags: politics MicahSifry AndrewRasiej]... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

TDC Mobil extends 3G contract with Ericsson
TDC Mobil has extended the 3G network contract it originally signed with Ericsson in 2002. Ericsson is the only vendor to supply all three WCDMA networks in Denmark. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 11:57 a.m..

Six sentenced in E-bay 'phising' scheme
The group received sentences ranging from six months to four years for stealing nearly 200,000 pounds ($360,000) from over 160 E-bay users. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 11:57 a.m..

Worldwide smart-phone shipments up 75% in Q3 HYPHEN report
Nokia maintained its huge lead with year-on-year growth of 142 per cent, almost twice the market average, while fastest growing vendor in the top five was fourth-place Motorola. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 11:57 a.m..

Gary Turner is getting odder
Gary has posted the second in his series of Traffic Art. This time, he claims the graph of his traffic shows "a white supremacist and his attack dog standing on some rocky ground." Um, sure it does, Gary. And rotated 90&ampdeg; widdershins, it's Flipper after he got his nose stuck in a pencil sharpener and had his chin cleft surgically deepened. [Tags: GaryTurner humor]... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Easymobile launches in Germany
Easymobile offers internet-only service with flat tariffs - 16 cents per minute for national calls, 12 cents per SMS message - and no contracts. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 10:56 a.m..

Intel unveils dual-core server platforms
The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7000 sequence, formerly code-named 'Paxville MP,' is shipping with speeds up to 3.0 GHz and a 667 MHz dual, independent system bus. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 10:56 a.m..

Deutsche Telekom to lay off 32,000 employees
In the next three years, about 32,000 staff in Germany HYPHEN mostly from Deutsche Telekom's fixed-line division T-Com HYPHEN are to leave the company, and around 6,000 new positions are to be created. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 10:56 a.m..

System administration is a conversation
For the book I'm trying to write, I wanted to get some information about Wikipedia's servers. In response to a query, Jimbo "Wikipedia" Wales replied: I'm cc'ing Brion, our CTO. We don't really have a "the sys admin for wikipedia's servers in Florida" — there is a wiki style group of people who run the show. The only person actually *in* Florida who touches the servers is an independent contractor who does some physical work (installing new machines, replacing broken hard drives, etc.) but he isn't really a sys admin. So, depending on what you're a From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Deutsche Telekom not to offer counterbid for O2
The German telco will not counter-offer Telefonica's €26.2bn bid for the UK mobile operator. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 9:57 a.m..

Microsoft previews online Windows, Office services
Microsoft has begun testing an online version of its Windows and Office software. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 9:57 a.m..

Centrum launches Czech Republic's first 'paperless' newspaper
Aktualne.cz will function like a daily newspaper, with its own staff of reporters, and will also feature video and audio content. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 9:57 a.m..

Final Call - EDCUR Mini-conference
8th Annual ECUR Graduate Mini-Conference This is the final call for potential attendees and presenters for the proposed mini-conference tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 26. We have only had five people notify us of their intention either to attend or to present at the conference. Because the deadline for notification is November 4, we regret that we may be forced [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on November 2, 2005 at 9:55 a.m..

McVittie appointed as ECUR Grad Coordinator
Announcement from Edwin Ralph: Please note that Dr. Janet McVittie has been named as the new Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Curriculum Studies, effective January 1, 2006, and she will replace Dr. Edwin Ralph in the position. Dr. McVittie has been heavily involved in the Graduate Program in the College of Education for the many years. [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on November 2, 2005 at 9:55 a.m..

O2 Airwave wins national fallback service contract
O2 Airwave has won a contract with the Police Information Technology Organisation, taking the value of new business won by O2 Airwave in the current financial year to some €1.1bn. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 2, 2005 at 8:55 a.m..

Why wait for history to judge? Impeach him now.
Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega in The Nation calls for the impeachment of Pres. Bush. Well, she actually calls for investigations that, if they were to be carried out fairly, would inevitably lead to his impeachment. (Am I prejudging the results of those investigations? Damn right.) I know he's not going to be impeached, much less be removed from office. But for the sake of democracy, as well as for our standing in the world, we need to show that we think lying to get us into a war is a more serious offense than lying about blow... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

The first step is the hardest. Ok, so maybe the steps 2 through n are the hardest.
John Landry, ex Sr. VP at Lotus et al., has kicked off his blog with a single, one-sentence post that summarizes the feeling most of us had when we started. I'm guessing that for many of us, it's not discipline but love (= connection with others) that keeps us blogging. [Tags: JohnLandry blogging]... From Joho the Blog on November 2, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Semi-Private Tagging in del.icio.us
(via Jon Udell) Now that I'm happily bookmarking at del.icio.us again (even though I hate the fact that I'm limited in the length of the comment I can leave) it's great to know that I can use it to create private lists for other users as well. All you have to do is add a tag that says for:willrich, replacing, obviously, the willrich in the example with whatever username I wanted to add. So if I wanted to save something privately for weblogged News on November 2, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..

An Introduction to Breeze Presenter
My latest tutorial at Community MX went live yesterday. This time around I'm looking at Macromedia Breeze Presenter in a free 10 minute video overview of the software cleverly titled An Introduction to Breeze Presenter. Here's the description from the article abstract: With so much going on in the world of Flash-based eLearning content, it's easy to overlook one of the little gems... From Brain Frieze on November 2, 2005 at 7:56 a.m..

BlackBerry Goes to the EDGE
The new 8700c looks like a Treo and taps into Cingular's speedy wireless network. Plus: SanDisk's USB/SD card gets bent. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Yapping While Driving Made Easy
Motorola's new car kit turns cell-phone-happy drivers into smooth operators. The voice-activated system works with any Bluetooth mobile phone and automatically mutes the radio when calls come in. From the Wired News blog Autopia. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Weirdest Apple Shout Out Ever
Wu-Tang's new compilation album pays homage to Apple in the most peculiar ways. Plus: SmashMyiPod coughs up some answers about where the extra money went. From Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Big Rush on Stem-Cell Bank
After announcing it would accept applications from Parkinson's and spinal cord injury patients, the new World Stem Cell Hub in South Korea is inundated with applicants, nearly bring down its website. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Taking One for the Team
Social-networking site TeamDating.com brings new hope to the group grope. Plus: E-closure.com's inspirational breakup letters could be the ultimate document dump. From the Wired News blog Sex Drive Daily. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Inside The Baghdad Bomb Squad
Buried roadside explosives. Armor-piercing shrapnel. Rooftop gunfire. Just another 29-hour day at the office for Team Mayhem and its army of claw-tipped robots. By Noah Shachtman of Wired magazine. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Drug Cocktail, No Hangover
In a potential breakthrough for customized medicines, patients can now go online to find out if their genes are canceling out the beneficial effects of their prescriptions. By Michael Bradbury. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?
Neuros wants the open-source community to write the user interface for its new portable media player. Whether this will inspire a revolution or devolve into a publicity stunt remains to be seen. By Bruce Gain. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Formula 1 Eases Into Passing Lane
F1 cars might be marvels of speed and performance, but they can't compare with NASCAR's comparative bricks for pure excitement. A new split-tail design could change all that. Commentary by Mark McClusky. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

DNA Dose Seeds Living Tombstones
Harvesting genetic material from the dearly departed and infusing it into thriving trees could create the ultimate memorial. By David Cohn. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Catholic Schoolgirls Unravel DNA
Led by a nun with a passion for science, high-school students at the Sacred Heart Academy in Connecticut join top genetic scientists at the cutting edge of research into the roots of osteoporosis. By Michael O'Neill. From Wired News on November 2, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

Detecting Tutor's Hand in Applicant's Essay
Colleges have a new tool to help them discern how much help students are getting on their applications: the SAT essay. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

On Education: Are Schools Passing or Failing? Now There's a Third Choice ... Both
Unfortunately, it may be that the more we test and the more rating we do, the less we know. From New York Times: Education on November 2, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Communiquer = soigner les rapports avec les parents
Le moment de la première rencontre avec les parents approche. En discutant avec des collègues et ma stagiaire, aujourd'hui, il m'est apparu que les communications régulières avec les parents assuraient des relations plus harmonieuses. À dire vrai, je ne me... From Osmoze on November 2, 2005 at 1:55 a.m..

Techlearning > > The Promise of Social Networks > November 1, 2005
Techlearning > > The Promise of Social Networks > November 1, 2005: Techlearning has an article about the use of Flickr in an educational environment.... Nice to see some type of educational publication take a rational look at social software tools such as Flickr. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 2, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Morphing Microsoft - Steven Musil, CNET News
In the shadow of Microsoft's reorganization announcement last month, many may be surprised to learn that the software giant is looking admiringly at Apple Computer's success. As Microsoft gears up its services push, the company has taken a hard look at A From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Add Content and Traffic to Your Site with a Blog! - June Kaminski, BellaOnline
Over the last five or so years, Blogs have become the rage for many web site owners, from large corporations to personal page sites. Many people use them as an easy way to begin an electronic community about a topic or cause of interest. Learn how you can From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks, desktops? - Michael Kanellos, CNET News
Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard will likely celebrate this Thanksgiving season by attempting to crush their competitors with low-price desktops and notebooks, according to a Web site that tracks bargains. Black Friday 2005, which posts information about ret From Techno-News Blog on November 2, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..