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Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon Bear Originally uploaded by timlauer. One of the perks of my job is that I get to welcome visiting dignitaries to school. Today Cinnamon Bear visited Lewis Elementary... Cinnamon Bear has a long history in Portland. You can read more about Cinnamon Bear on Wikipedia. Unfortunately Britannica does not yet have an entry...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 15, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

How to order a good bottle of wine
I have a little technique that I've developed for ordering wines off a wine list at a restaurant. I've been using it for several years now with a fair amount of success* but caveat emptor: I don't pretend to be any sort of wine expert! I'm not sure I can properly explain the full technique as there's a lot of gut to it, but here goes: I'll start by skimming the whole section of whatever wine I'm interested in (Burgundy, Pinots, "Spicy Reds", whatever they call it), getting a sense of the price ranges and the vintages. What I look f From megnut on December 15, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, November 2005
Record numbers of spam and virus infiltrated inboxes -- everywhere. From ClickZ Stats on December 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

'See Spot run' befuddles fewer Americans
But adult illiteracy puts pressure on national educational policy geared to children. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 15, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Records management: specifications, certifications, and compliance
Priscilla Emery has published an article (actually an excerpt) that discusses records management certifications, and their relevance when selecting a product. To quote: Some people co-equate specifications and certifications, but in fact, certifications go beyond defining a standard or set... From Column Two on December 15, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Darren Kuropatwa - OLÉ! - My Tango ... - A Difference
Nothing like using Blogger as a presentation tool. Today we see a two-parter from Darren Kuropatwa, both parts available from this link. Part 1 is called OLÉ! - Orchestrating a Learning Ecology (or Learning the Tango). It sketches the evolving view of learning as informal and instructured, more like a dance than a script. Part 2 is called Rip, Mix, Learn. It surveys the tools used to support the learning described in the first part. Many, many links and things about the tango I never knew before. [ From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

D'Arcy Norman - Structured Blogging: Semantic Web for the Rest of Us? - D'Arcy Norman dot Net
The concept of structured blogging should be giving educators ideas about a similar approach to learning materials (I wonder what it would take to start something like that...). If it hasn't yet, this closer look at it, via the examples offered by the WordPress plug-in, should stimulate some thinking. A similar initiative is From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - PHP RSS Ticker - Stephen's Web
I got a request over the weekend for info on my RSS ticker, available on Edu_RSS. It was from a PHP site, so I coded up a PHP version that will take any URL and return a ticker. Not fancy code, just some fun. From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Jim Giles - Internet Encyclopaedias go Head to Head - Nature
This one is all over the blogosphere but I'll pass it along because it's directly relevant to some previous discussion here. As the article says, "Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds." What was most interesting was the number of errors found in Britannica; we assume the peer-reviewed work is a gold standard for knowledge, but this standard is actually fairly loose. Also worth noting is how few experts are actually contributing to Wikipedia - if the academic community were to stop carping and start writing, From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Robert X. Cringely - Google Goes Las Vegas - I, Cringely
So anyhow, I went out for a beer last night and ran into someone who has a business in electronic display ads. Small world. So we got to talking about Google and adwords and customer demographics and all that, and it became clear that in his view the only thing preventing extensive profiling is legislation (and that this is already well under way elsewhere). He also streams news content into his service, which makes sense, as it gets people to view the ads, but what surprised me was that the news services From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Ross Anderson - Campaign for Cambridge Freedoms
A dispute has erupted at Cambridge as a result of an administration decision to claim ownership of IP produced by academic staff (expect more of this as belts tighten). From the site, which is a response from academic staff: "A policy change proposed by the University's Vice-Chancellor will severely undermine academic freedom, adversely change the employment conditions of existing faculty by expropriating our copyrights and patents." [ From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Dion Hinchcliffe - The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 - Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
An interesting list that gives you an idea of the scope of Web 2.0. May be biased toward commercial startups; hard to say. Nonetheless, still useful. Via From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Unattributed - Blogger Web Comments for Firefox - Google
This is very nice. "Blogger Web Comments for Firefox is an extension that makes it easy to see what bloggers are saying about a page you're viewing in Firefox and even make your own blog post about it, all without leaving the page you're on." This is basically the same concept as From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Unattributed - Desiging and Building With Ajax - Slides, Code and Resources - Ajaxians
For those of you who have heard of AJAX and were wondering what's up, this site will offer a good introduction, with links and examples galore (Ajax is a simple system that allows Javascript to handle small requests without requiring that the current web page be reloaded). [ From OLDaily on December 15, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Google Earth beta for Mac goes dark
If you wanted the beta release of Google Earth for the Mac, I hope you got it yesterday. I just visited the download site and it said the file was no longer available. Sounds like this was a leaked beta, as Alec Couros suggested, and the leak was just plugged. Oh well, the [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 15, 2005 at 3:50 p.m..

Jon Udell Explains How to Make MP3 Streams into Podcasts...
In his post, A breath of fresh air, Jon Udell explains in a screencast how he time shifts streaming content such as NPR's Fresh Air and saves it as in MP3 format. Kind of a do it yourself TIVO for audio files... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 15, 2005 at 2:50 p.m..

Style vs. Design
The article that dared to suggest that design was more than an opportunity to show off one's knowledge of current visual vernacular is back, baby. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on December 15, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Boston media on blogging
The Boston Globe reports on local citizen journalism, including Lisa Williams' H20Town. Says Lisa: "I have two small kids — you have to put off youthful fantasies of taking off for India. H2otown let me travel deeper rather than farther." The Boston Phoenix reports on video blogging. Steve Garfield says: "There are stories to be told. And there are a lot of stories out there." [Tags: blogging media LisaWilliams SteveGarfield]... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Ethanz on how many Iraqi civilians have been killed
Ethan Zuckerman, who, unlike me, is a data-driven guy who happens to have a heart that isn't stopped by borders, re-considers the disputed-until-ignored Lancet report that said there were about 100,000 more Iraqi deaths during the war than there would have been without the war. Ethan thinks there's good reason for thinking the report's methodology and numbers are pretty reliable. As Ethan says: "It's hard to have a debate about what to do about the morass we face in Iraq. But it's lots harder to have it if the numbers we're working with may be low by a factor of.. From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Wippit Offers 60,000 MP3s for 90 Bucks
Not sure if I missed it or this has just been poorly publicized, but have a look at Wippit's new model.  Parts of their website are so out of date (e.g., they no longer use P2P), that the service has often confused me.  At the least, I think they've licensed much more music than when Wippit 2.0 came out.Here's the pitch from the A Copyfighter's Musings on December 15, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Empirical tags experiment
Looks like Prof Chuck and his graduate student might be about to do an interesting experiment. "a study where we compare information retrieval times and errors when people are using 2 kinds of info organizations: traditional hierarchical/taxonomic categories versus tags.... From Monkeymagic on December 15, 2005 at 12:53 p.m..

Peace and courage
Haitham is a Palestinian blogger who went to the Global Voices conference in London last week. As the result of a long walk and conversation — and who knows what else happens in someone's heart — he has changed his mind, in public, an act of personal and political courage. In his post you see hope gaining an ally. Thank you, Haitham. "It is not incumbent upon us to finish the task, but neither are we free to refrain from beginning it." — Rabbinic quote, cited by the Velveteen Rabbi.... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Great Deconstruction of Student Wiki Work
Very few educators are doing more with wikis in the classroom than Paul Allison. (I think I've said that before.) While it hasn't all been smooth sailing of late (see this post about some recent issues that have cropped up), Paul's work is worth watching carefully because it's really showing us what the potential is in a very transparent, honest way. Case in point: his recent post titled "High School Students weblogged News on December 15, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Wikipedia vs. Britannica
In case you didn't see it, The Journal Nature compared 42 entries in Wikipedia to the same 42 entries in Britannica and found the each had four major mistakes, and that on average Britannica had three minor errors in each entry compared to four in Wikipedia. Now, from where I sit, despite the somewhat more awkward and less polished writing, the up to date-ness of Wikipedia is worth the chance of one additional minor error, especially since we're supposed to be checkin From weblogged News on December 15, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Call for ED-MEDIA 2006 Participation–Deadline: December 19th
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm _______________________________________________________________ ED-MEDIA 2006 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 15, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Don't take no for an answer
Hey everyone. First, thanks so much for your rapid and enthusiastic response to my plea to purchase my book this week. As you may know, the first week out of the gate really matters - much in the way opening weekend box office returns can make or break a movie. Just the reality of modern publishing.Another sad reality is that in a highly leveraged and computerized environment, little snafus can lead to big problems. In my case, an administrative glitch has led to the book not being available - at least in the nearterm - at most physical bookstores. You can special order it, but it From rushkoff.blog on December 15, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

How to: Flickr Intro at BenBishop.me.uk
Ben Bishop has posted a very nice introduction to Flickr, the social networking photo sharing site. He very simply explains the different fee structures, and introduces concepts such as sets, tagging, groups and other aspects of the tool. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 15, 2005 at 9:50 a.m..

A Revised Tube Map
Oskar Karlin has done something wonderful. For his London College of Printing course, he had a go at redesigning the London Underground map. After worrying about how impossible a job it was to improve on a design classic, he decided:"I... From Monkeymagic on December 15, 2005 at 8:53 a.m..

China Outlines Lunar Ambitions
Chinese astronauts will reach the moon by 2017, if the country's carefully plotted lunar program succeeds as planned. From Wired News on December 15, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

'Tis a Very Saucy Christmas
Victorian England gets sexed up at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, where the public can experience olde England while parting with their modern American money. By Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on December 15, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Hold the Photons!
A research breakthrough duplicates the security benefits of quantum cryptography using conventional electronics and copper wires. Making it practical is another matter. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. From Wired News on December 15, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Great Gamers' Gift Guide of 2005
From the coolest new game systems to the hottest new titles, discover the season's clear winners (and some titles to avoid). By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on December 15, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

E-Paper's Killer App: Packaging
Think the Flash ad banners on certain websites are annoying? A new display technology promises to put pulsating electronic signs on everything from cereal boxes to medicine vials. By Bruce Gain. From Wired News on December 15, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Us, Them and the Internet
One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no From Monkeymagic on December 15, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Concursos
Concursos: Visibilidad en Internet: HazRuido.com, Blogs en español: Atina Blog Awards 2005 y Videoblogging: 1er. Concurso Intel de Video Blogs From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..

10 de mis películas favoritas
Montse me pasa el testigo del meme cinematográfico, y la verdad es que limitado sólo 10 películas me sabe a poco (tengo más): Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Ciudadano Kane (Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941) El Padrino (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) La guerra de las galaxias ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

CHI 2006 Workshop on Mobile Social Software, 22-27 April 2007, Montreal
Workshop on Mobile Social Software at CHI2006, Montreal, Canada, April 22-27, 2006 (organised by people I know well :) Social software has seen a tremendous jump in usage over the past few years and looks to take another significant leap forward as it becomes integrated into mobile devices we carry at all times. As designers of social software systems, we can now design for typical users who want to dosocial computing w From Mathemagenic on December 15, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

BlogTalk reloaded: 2-3 October 2006, Vienna
In case you haven't seen it yet: BlogTalk is reloaded. Why reloading BlogTalk! Because it's time for a conference that slows down the speed of picking up memes. What we need - I think - is time to develop a meaning and concepts of what's going on in our society in relation to the web and its tools. We need to take a break from those 5 minutes of speed-tal From Mathemagenic on December 15, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

Away from blogging
It has been almost two months since I'm away from blogging. Being overstressed with all things going in life and at work I just decided to take things easy, letting myself not to be worried about not blogging, hardly reading weblogs. missing all interesting things around... What is more important I also took a break from my PhD research, focusing on a project laying further from blogging than many things I did over last couple of years. I guess it's time to come back. It similar to a feeling of coming back from a vacation that wasn't too short - fee From Mathemagenic on December 15, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

E-learning 2.0, whatever that is
"What is E-learning 2.0? Well first of all it's a rhetorical manoeuvre by e-learning suppliers and consultants to distance themselves from the failures of the first wave of e-learning. Secondly it appears to be the bastard neologism offspring of e-learning... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 15, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Training: an overview
Das renommierte britische CIPD hat einige nützliche Übersichten veröffentlich. Ich habe die über "Training" gelesen, eine über "Learning and Development" gibt es auch. Nützlich sind diese Übersichten, weil sie im Lexikonstil eine aktuelle Begriffsverschiebung festhalten: "'Training', 'learning', and 'development'... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 15, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

What I Wish I Had Known by Roy Tennant
I've followed Roy Tennant's thoughtful writings for years. Here's another worth reading and worth thinking about. A sample: "I wish I had known that the solution for needing to teach our users how to search our catalog was to create a system that didn't need to be taughtand that we would spend years asking vendors for systems that solved our problems but did little to serve our users. I wish I had known that we would come to From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on December 15, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..

See Baby Touch a Screen. But Does Baby Get It?
More parents are buying electronics for their young children, but there is little evidence that the devices are educational. From New York Times: Education on December 15, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Three Technology Companies Join to Finance Research
Google, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems will underwrite a $7.5 million laboratory on the Berkeley campus. From New York Times: Education on December 15, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Suit Challenges California's Tuition Rule for Illegal Immigrants
The lawsuit targets the University of California's allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. From New York Times: Education on December 15, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Ponga un Sudoku en su web
Lo dicho: Pon un Sudoku en tu web [vía]: Y no se pierdan la miniserie: Consejos para resolver Sudokus From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2005 at 1:52 a.m..

Microsiervos y los comentarios
La comprensible, aunque seguramente polémica, decisión de Microsiervos de cerrar comentarios nos pone ante una de las múltiples paradojas que enfrentan los weblogs cuando cambian de escala: ¿cómo se puede mantener una conversación de calidad cuando se multiplica la cantidad de voces más allá de lo razonablemente gestionable? Ese dilema explica ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 15, 2005 at 1:52 a.m..

Ivy Leaguers Tap Into Sun's Grid - Clint Boulton, Internet News
To date, Sun Microsystems has found some takers for its Grid Compute Utility, which lets customers tap into computing power for $1 per hour per CPU. But now Sun is giving away the computing tool. The Santa, Clara, Calif., company granted Princeton Univers From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2005 at 1:49 a.m..

Study finds ID theft fears may be hype - Reuters
New study shows the smaller the breach, the greater chance personal info will be misused. A new study suggests consumers whose credit cards are lost or stolen or whose personal information is accidentally compromised face little risk of becoming victims From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Pirates stunting software growth - Reuters
Software piracy, rampant and hampering economic growth, is increasingly performed by organized groups regarded as legitimate businesses in some countries, results of a survey revealed Thursday. About 35 percent of the world's software is pirated, coming d From Techno-News Blog on December 15, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Macintosh beta of Google Earth
Alec Couros provided a link to a new beta release of Google Earth for Mac. I went there and fought through one of the more annoying “free” download services I’ve ever encountered. But as Alec pointed out, don’t let this stop you. The application works and it is a welcome addition [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 14, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..