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'Social norms' strategy aims to tame bullying
Researchers say that middle-school bullying could be curbed by showing that it's not normal. Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 16, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Louis Schmier - Creating A Motivational Classroom - Random Thoughts
Sometimes I wonder whether I'm right in my approach, philosophy and priorities when it comes to learning, and then out of the blue comes a well-respected source that confirms and crystalizes my thoughts on the issue. Hence, from Louis Schmier: "Too many academics, ignoring the conclusions of Carl Rogers and Edward Deci and Teresa Amabile, if we know who they are and are familiar with their work, think we can "do" something to a student. That is, we can motivate or we can teach. And, too many of us believe we can do it by the pressure of enticement or threat, and control. We crac From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Mark Ahlness - Arbor Heights - a Dozen Years on the Web! - WWWEDU
By looking in the right place, you sometimes find the right thing. The right place, in this instance, is this post by Mark Ahlness on WWWDEV. The right thing was found when I decided it was worth listing here in OLDaily, and is found below. Ahlness writes (I have embedded links into the text), "Today is an important anniversary. Twelve years ago today, August 14, 1994, the Arbor Heights Elementary School web site appeared on the Internet. Below are a dozen items to remember and celebrate: 1) Our first page looked like t From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Alan Levine - Portals Redux - Cogdogblog
RSS, feeds, web 2.0 - they're on your grandfather's portal now. So says Alan Levine. Correctly. Check out Sphere, a blog search engine with RSS feeds. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs, Portals] [Comment] From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Various authors - The Gong Project
More multimedia goodness. "Gong is a free system for voice communication on the Web. It allows groups of people such as students and teachers to participate in discussion groups using their computers, using both synchronous (real-time) and asynchronous chat. It is commonly used by schools and universities for providing a 'voice board' for teaching purposes." Via Scott Leslie. [Link] [Tags: A From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Sonia Arrison - A Laptop in Every Hut? - TechNewsWorld
This opinion column argues that the $100 laptop initiative is a group of "open source zealots are looking to export their ideological crusade overseas, creating a need for their commercial services by tying a new generation of young consumers to laptops running on Linux software." The author is from the Pacific Research Institute, listed at SourceWatch. Via OWL. [Link] [Tags: OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

John Daniel, Asha Kanwar and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic - A Tectonic Shift in Global Higher Education - Change
It would be tempting but wrong to swiftly dismiss this article. The heart of the argument is this: "Undoubtedly, tens of millions of young adults in the third world will be seeking postsecondary education in the coming years... By necessity, those nations are likely to seek a much greater role for private, for-profit institutions than is the case in the developed world. We predict that, seeing a massive market opening, for-profit institutions in the developed world will expand their cross-border provision of educational services, especially distance and e-learning. Establishing quality assuran From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Press Release - Statement Regarding Captain Copyright - Access Copyright
Today's issue has several of the longer posts I have been writing recently. This is unusual, but I do plan to occasionally include the longer posts. It would be useful to receive feedback on this - do people prefer the 100 word items exclusively, or is it preferable to get as much as 500 words on an item from time to time? This item is a statement on the revisions proposed for the 'Captain Copyright' comic, an effort that was widely (and justly) criticized. The authors also say they were "saddened by the misconceptions" regardingb their linking policy (despite what the From OLDaily on August 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Clarity on Best Day to E-Mail
Separating B2B and B2C audiences helps determine the best day of delivery for e-mail marketing messages. From ClickZ Stats on August 16, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Spammers are idiots
In the move to the new host, we inadvertantly cached a few days’ comments to the blog. I just plowed through them. About 25 were legitimate comments, mostly about the BlackBoard patent (snicker, snicker). The remaining fifty were a mix of ads for a Scottish bank, online drug sales, and obvious scams. Who are these people? I [...] From Internet Time Blog on August 16, 2006 at 5:45 a.m..

ipowerweb runaround
iPowerWeb, a large ISP, offers new customers 10 GB of storage for $7.95 a month. I’m an old customer, having been with these guys for several years. When I requested the current deal in late June, they told me I was on an old server and that moving my files to a new [...] From Internet Time Blog on August 16, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Phone-fu
I’m unlucky with cell phones. I left the charger for my Razr in a hotel room somewhere so I reverted to my old SONY/Ericson. Its battery holds a charge for about 30 seconds. I never could figure out how to program either phone or get the Bluetooth to work. Several years ago I dreamed of [...] From Internet Time Blog on August 16, 2006 at 12:45 a.m..