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Intellectual Property Threatened by Spyware
Spyware is a concern to over 62 percent of IT professionals, though prevention is effectively undertaken by only a minority of IT departments. From ClickZ Stats on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Josie Fraser - Edublog Awards - Nominations Open - IncSub
The 2006 Edublog Awards nominations have opened. Nominations are made confidentially and "only current edubloggers are invited to nominate contenders." The usual set of categories, with some additions, including the inscrutable "Best research paper on social software within learning and teaching" (why not just 'best research paper'? Weird). Librarians, teachers, undergraduates and newcomers each get their own categories (nothing for graduate students, researchers or Zoroastrians). 'Best wiki use' is a bit of a stretch. 'Most beautiful blog' is gone, sadly - I neve From OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Tim Lauer - Google Earth Adds Additional Educational Content - Education/Technology
Tim Lauer reports, "Last week Google added quite a bit of new featured content to their Google Earth application. This includes historical maps from the Rumsey Maps Archive, two layers that deal with Africa, and imagery from the European Space Agency." What I really like is that this is showing clearly how to put the education into the application, rather than (as is much more common) trying to put the application into the education. Like this look at using Skype in education (by Jeff VanDrimmelen) for From OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Sean J. C. Lancaster and Paula E. Lancaster - Technology Shaping Learner Dispositions - Australian Flexible Learning Framework
A 'disposition' is "...a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way". Philosophically, we would consider a disposition to be an instantiation of a counterfactual property in an individual - it describes what a person would do if stimulated in a certain way. Why do I describe it like this? Well, thus understood, dispositions constitute the central idea in Gilbert Ryle's behaviourist theory of mind. So we should be asking, I think, whether we should measuring dispositions. [OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Katy Campbell, Richard A. .Schwier and Richard F. Kenny - Conversation As Inquiry: A Conversation With Instructional Designers - Journal of Learning Design
The authors write, "In this paper we offer instructional designers' stories of practice through which we explore two interconnected theoretical frames using four lenses: reflexivity, voice, strong objectivity, and power/authority. These lenses themselves are woven together by the idea of moral action." I'm not agreeing with everything in this paper - I certainly don't agree that "learning involves shared thinking or understanding" and would question the proposition that it is "most effective if embedded in social experience." I'm also not comfortable with the idea of theore From OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Steve Hargadon - Nancy E. Willard Audio Interview on Internet Safety
I haven't listened to this yet but I have been reading Nancy Willard's authoritative voice on mailing lists for many years. "Nancy keeps talking about the hard topics of safe internet use, filtering, online predators, disinhibition, and cyberbullying." [Link] [Tags: Mailing Lists] [Comment] From OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Doug Belshaw - Personalising Learning - teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk
I have come to despair talking to groups of educators - at one talk recently I said bluntly, "I'm talking to the wrong people." As Doug Delshaw summarizes, "The problem is, as Will Richardson mentions in his post Owning the Teaching... and the Learning, teachers have forgotten how to be learners: 'I hate to generalize, but the thing that seems to be missing from most of my conversations with classroom teachers and administrators is a willingness to even try to re-envision their own learning'" I'm not sure, honestly, that they ever learned. I once gave a talk (in an airplaneOLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - Barcelona Photos - Flickr
I have uploaded a very large set of photos from Barcelona (still have some from Castelldefels and Sitges to come, but this is the bulk of them). I'm really pleased with this set - grab a coffee, sit back, and let the slide show play in all its glory. I now move into a period of change and transition. I have been required by my director to move my website off NRC servers by November 22, so you should expect to see s From OLDaily on November 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

CLOâ€™s Tim Sosbe
Tim Sosbe has joined the Brandon Hall as Editorial and Events Director. With Tim and Gary Woodill on board, watch for what was once Brandon Hall.com to morph into Brandon Hall Publishing. Best of [...] From Internet Time Blog on November 14, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..

Javascript error with Google Docs
If you, like me, have been getting an error message from Google Docs telling you to enable Javascript, but Javascript is already enabled, a Google discussion board has come up with an answer: Turn off Google Accelerator and reload Google Docs. [Tags: google javascript google_docs]... From Joho the Blog on November 14, 2006 at 7:48 a.m..

Skype Help on MacBook
I’m using Skype on my MacBook and all of a sudden none of the people in my contact list show up as being online. I’m thinking this may have something to do with some connection configurations that some folks did for a presentation I gave last week, but now I’m not sure how to change [...] From weblogged News on November 14, 2006 at 7:48 a.m..

The MySpace Effect
A recent article in School CIO magazine discusses the use of social networking in schools, highlights one school that is trying to find the middle ground with the blog and wiki abilities of Blackboard, and quotes another school as not going down the Read/Write Web road because none of the teachers have asked to. (Oy.) oeTogether, [...] From weblogged News on November 14, 2006 at 7:48 a.m..

No career path for an intranet manager?
Jane McConnell has written about the perceived lack of career path for intranet managers. To quote: One evening during KMWorld & Intranets, I stood in the dark streets of San Jose, light rain falling, talking with a colleague discussing career... From Column Two on November 14, 2006 at 7:47 a.m..

Rants & Raves: Rev It Up
Readers weigh in on BMW's working hybrid and the corporate culture of Gracenote. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Seaweed Curbs Stem Cell Tumors
Australian scientists encapsulate stem cells in seaweed to prevent them from forming tumors. In Bodyhack. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Zune Questions Remain
On the eve the MP3 player's release, questions from Wired News readers about its adherence to Creative Commons licenses, susceptibility to Wi-Fi viruses, and use of a comment-happy marketing street team go unanswered. In Listening Post. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Forget Watch Lists, Find Weapons
A new report says better weapons detection would more effectively foil terrorist attacks than passenger profiling. In 27B Stroke 6. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Gallery: Robot Gangs of N.Y.
Manhattan's streets teem with life and this past weekend they teemed with lifelike as well, as robots from the ArtBots regional show stormed the Big Apple. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Apple's iPhone is Calling
Why Apple's iPhone will be like an unlocked handset from Asia. Commentary by Leander Kahney. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Election '08: Vote by Tivo
Proponents say elections will run smoother and be more inclusive when citizens vote over the internet, ideally from a hacker-proof set-top box in their living rooms. Critics howl there's no way that can be secure. By Keith Axline. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

Picking Sides in the Console War
Look out, Xbox: Sony and Nintendo launch their new gaming consoles this weekend. Which next-gen entertainment platform is right for you? By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..

As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics
For the second time in a generation, education officials are rethinking the teaching of math in American schools. From New York Times: Education on November 14, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..