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Ideas & Trends: Intelligent Design Might Be Meeting Its Maker
Behind the headlines, intelligent design as a field of inquiry is failing to gain the traction its supporters had hoped for. From New York Times: Education on December 3, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Rewriting History: Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar
The question of Wikipedia, as of so much of what you find online, is: Can you trust it? From New York Times: Education on December 3, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Are Lawyers Being Overbilled for Their Test Preparation?
BAR/BRI, which dominates the business of helping law school graduates prepare for examinations, is being sued by former students who say its fees are too high. From New York Times: Education on December 3, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Generation @
(Via Miguel Guhlin) Business Week has an article titled "MySpace Generation" that once again paints a picture of the social networks kids are creating: Although networks are still in their infancy, experts think they're already creating new forms of social behavior that blur the distinctions between online and real-world interactions. In fact, today's young generation largely ignores the difference. Most adults see the Web as a supplement to their daily lives. They tap into information, buy books or send flowers, From weblogged News on December 3, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Me at Information Online and Oxford
Lloyd Davis has posted a clip of my presentation at the London conference, a text summary of it, and a video one-question interview(tm) that features me at my jetlagged, adrenalin-receding best. As Rageboy has pointed out to me, the last features a full-pate exposure at the end. (Lloyd also expertly moderated the Open Space-ish meeting of the Open Rights Group last Tuesday.) The Oxford Internet Institute has posted the video of my presentation there. It's close to the one I gave at Online Info - yes, I have a couple of stump speeches - although the questions are obviously different.... From Joho the Blog on December 3, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Rebecca and Ethan talk with Amanda
Amanda Michel of the Berkman Center interviews Global Voices founders Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman. GV is currently being visited by a quarter million people a month, won Deutsche Welle's Best Journalist Blog in English award, and is increasingly being used by the mainstream media to find out what's happening in the world. [Tags: GlobalVoices EthanZuckerman RebeccaMackinnon berkman AmandaMichel]... From Joho the Blog on December 3, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Chess Tournament at Lewis
After the set up I was walking around talking with students and parents and noticed that one student's father was working away on his laptop. We have a building wide wireless network and he said he was getting a nice signal in the cafeteria and appreciated being able to get online while his son took part in the tournament. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 3, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Early EdBlogging Voices
One of the earliest edbloggers is Peter Ford who, with Adam Curry, started schoolblogs a long, long time ago, at least in blog years. Today, Peter has a great post about the state of the edblogosphere and the changes it's undergoing: Weblogs have had great impact so far because they have an inherent flexibility that allow teachers and students to explore, create and find solutions on their own terms. Software that imposes limits on teachers ability to teach wil From weblogged News on December 3, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Massively Multiplayer Online Truth
In some of my talks, I've been suggesting that the ability of people with different subjective viewpoints to talk with one another (via blogs, email, Skype, etc.) creates something new. It's not objectivity. It's not subjectivity. I've been calling it "multi-subjectivity." Someone at my Oxford presentation pointed out that "multi" is entirely the wrong modifier because it implies many individuals, rather than focusing on what's occurring between them. But "intersubjectivity" carries baggage I don' t want. So, how about "Massively Multiplayer Online Truth." Yes, I& From Joho the Blog on December 3, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Me at Information Online
Lloyd Davis has posted a clip of my presentation at the London conference, a text summary of it, and a video one-question interview(tm) that features me at my jetlagged, adrenalin-receding best. As Rageboy has pointed out to me, the last features a full-pate exposure at the end. (Lloyd also expertly moderated the Open Space-ish meeting of the Open Rights Group last Tuesday.)... From Joho the Blog on December 3, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Go Huskies!
Game time is 2 pm (in Saskatchewan, the centre of the college football universe) on TSN. See you at the victory party. From Rick's Café Canadien on December 3, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

Places to Go: Moodle
Ich weiß, dass Moodle, das Open Source CMS/ LMS, auf vielen Wunschlisten ganz oben steht. Da kommt diese Guided Tour sicher genau richtig. Der Autor gibt einen kurzen Überblick und hebt dabei zwei Punkte besonders hervor: Zum einen das... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 3, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

Online Educa 2005
Gerade bin ich aus Berlin wiedergekommen, wo ich zuerst (Donnerstag) einen Tag auf der Online Educa verbracht habe. Es war mein erster Besuch, nachdem ich die Konferenz viele Jahre als vorwiegend akademische Veranstaltung ausgelassen hatte. Dabei hat sich das Programm... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 3, 2005 at 11:51 a.m..

Get Back in the Box
Thought Virus #5: The Ben & Jerry's Syndrome
Here's an excerpt from my upcoming book including part of the argument about congruency. I pose that Ben & Jerry's might not be the best model of a do-good company. I don't mean to say that Ben & Jerry's doesn't do good - or that making ice cream is, in itself, an evil thing. What I do mean to show, however, is that if you're really thinking about building a business from the ground up that does good things for the world, you will do best to pick a business that does good all by itself. The thing you do is the thing you do. Sure, you can use the mon From rushkoff.blog on December 3, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

Welcome to America, Land of the ... Hold on, my computer is down
When I came through JFK yesterday at 4:30pm, we were warned as we approached Immigration that the Immigration computers had been down nation-wide (!) for 1.5 hours. (I can't find any mention of this in Google News, by the way.) The line for foreigners snarled on out of the room. It looked like some of them were going to spend the night sleeping on chairs at JFK. We US citizens, on the other hand, made it through our line in five minutes. There's a case for a country treating its citizens better than it treats non-citizens. But there's also a... From Joho the Blog on December 3, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Rubric Revelation
Paralyzed by the prospect of marking a pile of essays? Melissa Kelly, the About.com Guide for Secondary School Educators, recommends the use of marking schemes, or rubrics, for simplifying the process and ensuring consistency. Kelly explains how to create custom... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 3, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

Off to Paris
Photo from luminouslensTomorrow I'm heading to Paris (t d f) to meet some friends From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 3, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Are U.S. Minivans Endangered?
GM shows off a redesigned minivan in Italy, but SUV aesthetics outweigh practicality in the States. Plus: An Australian company says its hydraulic braking system captures more energy than hybrids' electric systems. From the Wired News blog Autopia. From Wired News on December 3, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Snap 'n' Search With Your Phone
A new service eliminates the pain of hunt and peck to use Google or Yahoo search from your camera phone. Plus: Adobe swallows Macromedia. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. From Wired News on December 3, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Star Trek Fans Engage Enterprise
The original crew embarked on a five-year mission that was cut short. Now a confederation of zealots and Kirk worshippers is finishing the job. By Chris Suellentrop from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 3, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..