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ID position at SAIT
via Patti Dyjur in Calgary: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS Competition Number: 189/192-04-bb2 Permanent Positions Available Centre for Instructional Technology and Development SAIT has served more than 73,000 students last year alone, and we are now delivering specialized training in 17 countries around the world. This makes SAIT a true world-class institution. Technology drives almost every aspect of our lives and the potential [...] From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on December 12, 2005 at 7:54 p.m..

With his own hands
Now that he's turned down the appeal for clemency, Governor Schwarzenegger should have to kill Tookie Williams with his own hands. The death penalty, torture, preemptive war...it'd be good if we Americans could forswear at least one of our barbaric practices. [Tags: TookieWilliams CapitalPunishment schwarzenegger]... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Intranet portals and scent are made for each other
Jared Spool has written an article about intranets and information scent. To quote: As we observed employees using their organization's intranet, we saw a stark trend: Almost always, users only fire up their browser when they have something to do.... From Column Two on December 12, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

In Defense of Wikipedia
I was mulling over a response to the response to the latest Wikipedia ugliness, but now I don't have to, thanks to Alan. I am tired of the WikiPedia flogging going on- yes the issue is worth discourse, but it seems to be the only conversation now, and what is being lost in the wash, is the un-heralded, social software fueled human explosion that pushed WikiPedia out there, that created an explosion of inf From weblogged News on December 12, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

BlogTalk Reloaded - the call
Well, after some time considering what to call for we are ready to receive your submissions for BlogTalk (t d f) Reloaded. We especially ask developers, information architects, business consultants and researchers From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 12, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

2005 Holiday E-Shopping Exceeds Last Year's
This holiday season, books, music, and video are the highest-growing category over last year's shopping season. From ClickZ Stats on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Various authors - Online Rights Canada
Recently launched: "Online Rights Canada (ORC) is a grassroots organization that promotes the public's interest in technology and information policy. We believe that Canadians should have a voice in copyright law, access to information, freedom from censorship, and other issues that we face in the digital world." [ From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Alan Levine - Throwing Stones at the Wiki Glass House - Cogdogblog
I've been contributing to the discussion of this item, a commentary on Will Thalheimer's From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Alec Couros - Public Domain Movie Torrents - Couros Blog
Haven't been able to follow this up the way I wanted, but I'd like to pass it along before it becomes history. [ From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Tom Hoffman - Nothing Feels Good - ESchool News
The main point of this oddly titled article is that "A lot of the anxiety we're seeing about Myspace.com is exactly, exactly the same fear and loathing of groups of teenagers that for decades has shut down teen dance clubs and the like all over the country." As an unreformed underground publisher and rabble rouser, this article not only speaks to me, it speaks for me. "Messageboard culture, punk rock, and zines." Thrash metal, Fidonet, Xerox warriors, guerilla media. Yeah, BBS me, I can take it! [ From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Teemu Leinonen - Urinal as a Learning Object - FLOSSE Posse
My own definition of a 'learning object' is very similar to this - actually, it is exactly this, with a slightly different emphasis: "Learning object is any entity, digital or non digital, that is From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Associated Press - Handhelds Go to School - Wired News
Breathless story about the use of wireless mobile in schools. And (unlike the old Wired, which focused on content and community) this article misses the point: "I don't know if it's that they feel cool or they're just jazzed about the technology," Ross said. "But having some of those bells and whistles make the kind of information they really need to learn exciting." Sigh. Must be time for Christmas sales. Via From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Randy Bush - FidoNet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History
Because, in a few minutes, you'll want to refer to this article. "FidoNet is a point-to-point and store-and-forward email WAN which uses modems on the direct-dial telephone network." [ From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

James Farmer - Education & Blogs @ Les Blogs - Incorporated Subversion
Ewan McIntosh, who launched edu.blogs.com last July, represented the edublogger community at the recent Les Blogs conference in Paris, his meanderings causing James Farmer to comment, "the total [and] blanket ignorance of what I might describe as the edublogosphere and of the broad and innovative uses of blogs in education over the last 5 years in these kind of forums does worry me." What has been happening is, of course, as Peter Ford describes it, "Educational blogging consultants seem to be springing up all over the place, some aiming for the guru-status of being paid for hot-air production From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Norm Friesen - Learning Object Metadata Editors - CanCore
Norm Friesen writes, "Tools that support the creation of high-quality learning object metadata are indispensable to the successful implementation of the IEEE LOM standard... This document provides an overview of a number of these tools." Got tools? Send them a note. [ From OLDaily on December 12, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Is there a future for corporate trainers?
Vorneweg: Die negative Antwort des Autors dürfte niemanden ernsthaft überraschen. Inhouse-Trainer in großen Unternehmen sind eine aussterbende Art, das gilt für die USA wie für Deutschland gleichermaßen - und der Autor liefert einige beeindruckende Zahlen! In seinen Augen spiegelt sich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 12, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Why People Don't Read Online and What to do About It
Wer e-Learning entwickelt oder einkauft (oder gar am Bildschirm lernt!), wird über kurz oder lang auf dieses Problem stoßen - und irgendwann dem Kunden nachgeben, indem er die Inhalte eines Lernprogramms zusätzlich auf einige druck-und lesefreundliche pdf-Dokumente verteilt. Aber das... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 12, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Ubiquitously Connected and Pervasively Proximate
I love questions, especially ones that make me think real hard about the answer. Maybe that's why I'm having so much fun these days, 'cause there are so many difficult questions being posed about education and technology and the mixture of the two. Via Harold Jarche comes a link to someone else who is posing big questions, Mark Federman of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. Like this one from hi From weblogged News on December 12, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

More to Read...
So now that I can leave tabs open when I shut down Firefox knowing they'll come up again when I bring it back up, I've got about 20 tabs that I don't want to close. So, I gotta clean house again. Here's some stuff I've been reading and wanting to write about but just don't think I'll get the time to post about. (And I mean I'm doing all of my shopping online and everything...oy.) Solving America's educatio From weblogged News on December 12, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Massachusetts CTO cleared - Now where did the charges come from?
The Boston Globe reported on Saturday, in an article by Stephen Kurkjian, that Peter Quinn, the Commonwealth's CIO, did not violate any rules by going to 12 tech conferences over the past year. The trips, it turns out, were all approved by his boss, and the reimubrsements he got for travel expenses were all legit. The charges came as the controversy grew over Quinn's decision that the Commonwealth will only buy office software that supports open document standards, a policy that has apparently driven Microsoft apeshit. It does make you wonder where the Massachusetts government got th From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 4:46 p.m..

When Hi-Fi Meets the IPod - Keith Axline, Wired
An unlikely confrontation is taking shape, where the seemingly unstoppable iPod is meeting with an immovable object -- the audiophile's love of good old-fashioned vinyl. It's not yet a dust-up of Mothra-versus-Godzilla proportions. But this showdown betw From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

Google takes the bus - Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News
Google has debuted a test version of a service that tries to map out the most direct route for public-transportation users. Google's transit trip planner, launched Wednesday, is currently limited to Portland, Ore., but may eventually launch on a global s From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

Microsoft offers a new angle on maps - Elinor Mills, CNET News
Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a beta version of Windows Live Local, which is based on its Virtual Earth aerial image application and integrates local search, mapping, driving directions and yellow pages with a bird's-eye view of major U.S. cities. The s From Techno-News Blog on December 12, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

Extensiones para el navegador Firefox
Las extensiones, también llamadas plugins o add-ons, son aplicaciones que interactúan con un programa informático para añadirle prestaciones, mejorar su rendimiento o personalizarlo. El popular navegador de código abierto Firefox dispone de un vasto repertorio de extensiones que se recogen en Firefox Add-ons (hay una categoría específica para Blogging). ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 12, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Brookline going wifi!
My home town is looking to provide free wifi in public spaces and low-cost wifi in private spaces. Excellent! [Tags: wifi MuniWifi brookline]... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Tag, you're gay! (David Weinberger)
The Guardian has a story by Mark Honigsbaum about an attempt to identify gay-related items: Backed by the museums documentation watchdog, MDA, the group Proud Heritage this week began sending out a two-page survey requesting that institutions throughout the country... From Corante: Social Software on December 12, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Tag, you're gay!
The Guardian has a story by Mark Honigsbaum about an attempt to identify gay-related items: Backed by the museums documentation watchdog, MDA, the group Proud Heritage this week began sending out a two-page survey requesting that institutions throughout the country list the gay and lesbian documents and artefacts in their collections. "For the first time ever, we are asking museums, libraries and archives throughout Britain to revisit their holdings and reveal what they have that is queer," said Proud Heritage's director Jack Gilbert. "At the moment these are not classified correctly, or From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Ross on regulating anonymity
Good piece by Ross Mayfield over at Many2Many on the dangers posed by John Siegenthaler's complaint about Wikipedia. [Tags: wikipedia RossMayfield JohnSiegenthaler]... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Nations Pledge Climate Talks
Although more than 150 nations agree at a U.N. conference to launch formal talks on mandatory greenhouse gas reductions, the United States still balks at participating. Exploring the issue might hurt the economy. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Congress Goes After Meth Trade
Limits on over-the-counter cold medicine are part of a deal connected to the Patriot Act reauthorization. The idea is to keep pseudoephedrine out of the hands of methamphetamine makers. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Handhelds Go to School
School districts integrate PDAs, laptops and remote-control clickers into curriculums as they try to engage students used to instant messaging and interactive games. Some wonder if these 'digital natives' will grasp the basics. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

How Safe Are Nanoparticles?
Lots of new products, from toothpaste to khakis, use nanotechnology. But some say we don't know enough about the health and environmental risks from the particles tiny enough to penetrate cells in lungs, brains and other organs. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Live From New York!
A DIY comedy troupe goes from online to big-time with nothing but a used Mac, free bandwidth and some gut-busting humor. By Xeni Jardin from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Cut Emissions and Pump More Oil
A new technique keeps greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and boosts petroleum production to boot. By Stephen Leahy. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

TV Writers Must Sell, Sell, Sell
Hollywood is trying to get to the ad-skipping TiVo viewers by making writers work product references into scripts. The scribes holler 'script invasion' and want more pay if they have to do it. By David Cohn. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Games Tackle Disaster Training
If bird flu becomes a pandemic, we're going to need more health-care workers fast. Luckily, we can beef up the ranks quickly -- training volunteers with video games. By Abby Christopher. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

The Firefox Hacks You Must Have
With a new version of the open-source browser out, we offer our guide to the nifty, fun Firefox extensions that will change your life. By Quinn Norton. From Wired News on December 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

(re) Descubriendo blogs
Una selección periódica, muy personal, de buenos weblogs de hoy y de ayer. Actualidad Apuntes peruanos doRego discurre La crónica de Juan Marín La Huella Digital Agregadores Asociación 3.0 Canal Blogosfera Tecnicalia Teleplaneta.com Arquitectura AE arquitectura SCALAE Bldg Blog Cibercultura La máquina del tiempo Narrativemedia.org Mirá! Comunicación Chão de Papel Cine de Hoy Cursos (para)lelos Deuzeblog e-galeradas MétaMédias Robert Andrews Versión original Corporativos y Negocios BusineesBlogWire Diveka Diseño y Usabilidad El factor humano From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 12, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Parents Seek Greater Voice in Schools From Chancellor
The chancellor's Parent Advisory Council has issued a demanding set of requests to Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein. From New York Times: Education on December 12, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..