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The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, May 2006
Employee spam management accounts for up to 12.5 percent of lost time on the job, while false positives pose problems in business and personal matters alike. From ClickZ Stats on June 19, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Alec Couros - Shoutout - Couros Blog
Some new blogs: Technology Integration in the Classroom, by George Couros, and The Teaching Life, by Cyril Kestin. Also mailed into me this week was iSean, by Sean Lancaster. And new to me recently was pault@LTG, by Paul Trafford, who wrote an overview of the recent PLE experts' meeting. Also new to me is From OLDaily on June 19, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Tim Lauer - Google Maps Reads Google Earth Files... - Education/Technology
As much as I have loved Google Earth, I have always felt limited by the fact that it is a desktop application, which meant that the nifty KML files it uses could not be used on the web. Now at least this capacity exists in Google Maps. Sort of. I tested the system using the instructions posted on the Google website. I first had to set the server's mime types - if your KML files are failing, this is probably why (see the very bottom of the instructions). Then, some of my KML files worked, OLDaily on June 19, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Jay Cross - Not Without Purpose - Internet Time
Article on informal learning. "Training, development, knowledge management, performance support, informal learning, mentoring, and knowing are all components of performance networks." Good enough. "Networks expand or die." I still don't believe this is true. Networks can exhibit a steady state behaviour; what we call 'growth' is very often a matter of perception than of physical fact. [Link] [Tags: Networks, OLDaily on June 19, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Wesley Fryer - Imbee Supports Safe Digital Networking for Kids! - Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Some people have taken an interest in some posts on my other blog, including one on adults and learning and another on whether teaching is dead. Like most of the posts on my Half an Hour blog, they are intended less as public writings and more as exercises in which I work out my thoughts. Anyhow, From OLDaily on June 19, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - The Students Own Education - Open University
Video from my talk at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, is now available; this is the link (I'll provide an audio MP3 file as soon as I can). You can view the slides right on the video, which uses a nifty two-screen display, or you can download the slides and follow along that way. Or, if you don't want to listen to two hours of audio and video, you can read Tony Hirst's excellent From OLDaily on June 19, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

The Man Who Makes Monsters
Effects whiz Dennis Muren creates some of modern movies' most memorable imagery. But the creatures that stalk through his 1967 flick The Equinox came alive the old-fashioned way. Wired News interview by Jason Silverman. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

The Naked Truth About Sex Ed
A new book recognizes that young people today live in a very different world, sexually speaking, than their elders did. Thank goodness. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Where 2.0 Gives the World Meaning
Building on technologies like Google Earth and increasingly available digital maps, "neogeographers" gather in Silicon Valley to swap recipes for a machine-readable planet. Annalee Newitz reports from San Jose, California. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

New Thinking on the Album
Navio, the company that will soon try to open the iPod to other music stores, has another trick up its sleeve: a new type of album customized for the digital age. In Listening Post. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Plug-In Hybrids Accelerate
Toyota toys with the technology, and Minnesota waits with checkbook in hand. In Autopia. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Banner Blindness
Readers take a stand against intrusive advertising, tiny text and other web-usability pet peeves. Plus: Some missed mentions from the link-aggregator shootout. In Webmonkey. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

NASA Sets Summer Shuttle Date
Despite the space agency's chief engineer and safety officers recommendation against a shuttle liftoff attempt this summer, the decision is made to go ahead on July 1. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

You Dirty, Healthy Rat
A new study checking the immune systems of lab rats against those captured from sewers and farms shows the slum dwellers are healthier. Does the sanitized Western lifestyle make us sick? From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Kazakhstan Launches Satellite
An oil-rich Central Asian country joins the space nations with the successful launch of its first satellite, a geostationary orbiter that will provide TV broadcast and communications for several countries. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Mine Data not Details
Some computer nerds think if they could make programs to hide personal details by using cryptography or other hocus pocus, then data mining would be A-OK. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Rise of the Phantom Phones
Betting that consumers will crave custom content, mobile virtual network operators are revolutionizing the wireless industry. From Forbes.com. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Gallery: Bound by Law
See pages from a new comic book that tells documentary filmmakers how to avoid common copyright headaches. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Battling the Copyright Monster
Documentary filmmakers should read a new comic book called Bound By Law? that tackles the legal pitfalls of copyright. Why? Because history hangs in the balance. Wired News interview by Fiona Morgan. Plus: Bound by Law gallery From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Tune in Next Week for Gaming Fun
Episodic gaming will save the narrative video game, one vivid installment at a time. Commentary by Clive Thompson. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Diesels Are the New Heroin
Backpackers in Southeast Asia skip smuggling heroin. What's the point? It's much easier to peddle counterfeit jeans on eBay. Jeff Koyen reports from Bangkok, Thailand. From Wired News on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Public Lives: Putting Millions Where Her Heart Is, in Schools
Thinking globally is a snap, and a must, for the iconoclastically inclined educator Courtney Sale Ross. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Miami-Dade School Board Bans Cuba Book
A parent said that a book in school libraries contains deceptive information and paints an idealistic picture of life in Cuba. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

More at Risk of Repeating Fifth Grade
More than 8,900 New York City students are in danger of being held back because of failing scores on reading and math tests, officials said. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

A Memorial at Last for Columbine Killings
Construction began in a quiet spot in a park where Columbine High School students took refuge in 1999. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

With a Little Help, Gaining Broader Access to Better-Paying Jobs
Nearly 100 New York City residents are completing a workplace-skills and remedial-education course intended to help them pursue unionized construction jobs. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Google Print -- the debate redux
Next Monday, June 12th, in Los Angeles, there's another Google Print Debate, this time at the LA Public Library. Tickets are free but you must reserve them here. From Lessig Blog on June 19, 2006 at 12:54 a.m..

Schloss v. Joyce
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project has filed a law suit against Stephen Joyce, who claims the right to control access to the papers and letters of James Joyce. The context of the suit is described well in this article appearing in the New Yorker by D. T. Max. The complaint in the case can be found here. This is the first in what we expect will be a series of From Lessig Blog on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Archives Enlists Xena for Battle of Digital Age
Launched by the National Archives of Australia, the innovative software application, Xena, will ensure our digital heritage survives into the future. In 2002 the Archives determined that digital records of archival value, created in any format, were to be preserved. This principle has guided the research and development of software and hardware infrastructure to support digital preservation. This year the R&D work culminated in a working prototype of a digital archive, including Xena, which converts digital file formats into a small number of open formats based on XML. From EdNA Online on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Learner Identity Management Framework
In April 2005, the Australian Education Systems Officials Committee (AESOC) endorsed AICTEC's proposal to examine the desirability, nature and options for the development of a national, cross-sectoral Learner Identity Management Framework (LIMF) for the education and training sectors. Specifically, the project was about developing protocols for a reliable and accountable system for jurisdictions and sectors to access and exchange the records, progress and characteristics of individual learners. This page includes a copy of the final report to AICTEC. From EdNA Online on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Queen's Birthday Honours for Australian Educators
Over 100 Australians received 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to education. Search the It's an Honour website database for recipients in each state. The process for nominating other worthy educators is also available. From EdNA Online on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

ICTS and Indigenous Students: ACEC2006 Featured Topic
Early Bird Registration closes 24 June for the Australian Computers in Education Conference in Cairns, October 2-4 2006. Other featured topics include: Games in Learning, Network managers and ICT coordinators, Early Childhood and Computing Studies Teachers. From EdNA Online on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Social Software and Learning
An Opening Education report from Futurelab that explores the relationship between the emergence of social software and the personalisation of education. It suggests that there is a changing view of what education is for, with an emphasis on the need for young people to develop the skills necessary for today's evolving global knowledge economy. Alongside this development is the rapid growth of social software, characterised as software that supports group interaction, and by combining these two trends there is significant potential to see a new approach to education. From EdNA Online on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Google to focus on London for next growth phase
Also: Ten blooming U.S. cities for tech. From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Microsoft (still) taking on the iPod
Blog: Given the subject matter of Reuter's story Friday about Microsoft's alleged development an iPod and iTunes rivals, it's no surprise... From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

Video shows meteoroid hitting moon
Blog: Meteoroids and other "lunar impacts" apparently hit the moon all the time, but rarely are they caught in the act on video. This... From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

An umbrella to lighten your mood
Blog: One of the few staples of life that have remained surprisingly low-tech is the umbrella--until now, anyway. "Twilight Umbrellas"... From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

The power of puzzles and learning
Blog: We at Blogma have long been suspicious of conventional learning principles, especially when we got lousy grades. So we welcome... From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..

PodOMatic: Now everybody's a podcaster
Blog: At the Under the Radar startup love-fest last week, I was critical about the podcasting companies presenting. I believe that... From CNET News.com on June 19, 2006 at 12:53 a.m..