E-rate Sees Surge in Support - David Nagel, THE Journal
Friday, July 3, 2009
The federal E-rate program has seen a spike this year in its approval among applicants, according to a new report released this week by Funds For Learning, a firm that provides consulting services to E-rate applicants. The report was announced at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) be.. .. read more..
13 Groups to Pursue STEM Equity with ED Funding - David Nagel, THE Journal
Friday, July 3, 2009
The United States Department of Education is looking to give girls a boost in science and math. ED revealed this week that it will fund projects from 13 organizations to help high school girls improve their proficiency in STEM subjects. The four-year grants are being provided under the Department of.. .. read more..
Partnership Releases 21st Century Skills Maps for Science, Geography - David Nag..
Friday, July 3, 2009
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has teamed with the National Science Teachers Association and the National Council for Geographic Education to launch the latest in its series of 21st century roadmaps for core academic subjects, in this case K-12 science and geography. The maps were introduce.. .. read more..
US 'concerned' over cyber threat - BBC
Friday, July 3, 2009
The issue of cyber security is of "great concern" to the US, the nation's homeland security secretary has said. Janet Napolitano told the BBC that protecting against virtual attacks was something the US was "moving forward on with great alacrity". Speaking on a visit to the UK, she said the US also .. .. read more..
Jackson?s Death Caused Spike in Web Traffic - Brian Stelter, New York Times
Friday, July 3, 2009
Did your Internet connection seem slow Thursday afternoon? It likely wasn?t your computer, it was the surge of interest in Michael Jackson?s hospitalization and death. Akamai said that traffic to news Web sites spiked around 6 p.m. Eastern, clocking in at one point at 4.2 million visitors per minute.. .. read more..
New York City Starts Contest for Big Apple Apps - Sewell Chan AND Patrick McGeeh..
Friday, July 3, 2009
The winners don?t get a million-dollar Netflix Prize, but, hey, it?s dinner with a billionaire. From our colleagues at City Room: In an effort to improve government transparency and accountability and stimulate development of the digital media industry, New York City is inviting software developers .. .. read more..
Communities of Integrity in Online Learning Courses: Faculty Member Beliefs and ..
Friday, July 3, 2009
This paper describes an investigation into beliefs about academic integrity of faculty members who teach both online and on-campus within the University of Texas System, and their opinions regarding differences between the two environments. The research shows that the majority of faculty members sur.. .. read more..
Online Learning Student Authentication: Verifying the Identity of Online Users -..
Friday, July 3, 2009
This paper addresses how one university has partnered with a corporation to work on the verification of online student identity and describes ongoing efforts to best verify online student identity. Through this collaboration, the university seeks to enhance the credibility of its online evaluation p.. .. read more..
Issues of Academic Integrity: An Online Course for Students Addressing Academic ..
Friday, July 3, 2009
At Kansas State University, an institutional strategy to promote academic integrity involves an honor code that is backed up by the K-State Honor and Integrity System, a student judiciary system, and the ?Development and Integrity? course for students who have been found in contravention of the code.. .. read more..
Project seeks to measure ed tech's value - Laura Devaney, eSchool News
Thursday, July 2, 2009
An ambitious new research project aims to revolutionize education by showing that well-implemented technology initiatives can save states money after an initial investment. Project RED (for Revolutionizing EDucation) will examine the outcomes of educational technology initiatives using a cost-benefi.. .. read more..
LEDs light up InfoComm 2009 - Dennis Carter, eSchool News
Thursday, July 2, 2009
School administrators, teachers, and professors were among thousands at the InfoComm audio-video conference in Orlando June 15-19, where technology vendors unveiled the latest in digital signage hardware and software and LED projectors that could prove energy and cost efficient. Projectors powered b.. .. read more..
Scholarships for College Dwindle as Providers Pull Back Their Support - JONATHAN..
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Students looking for college scholarships are going to have a harder time this year as providers, hammered by falling investment returns and declining philanthropic support, cut back. The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit that works with Los Angeles public high school students, has reduced the number of.. .. read more..
Iranians take risks to upload their dissent online - Associated Press
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Iranian protesters sneak their cell phones onto the streets and hit record, frantically trying to evade being caught or beaten. The shaky, grainy images are e-mailed to friends. Then they are uploaded to blogs, YouTube or social networking sites -- offering the world some of the only firsthand g.. .. read more..
China postpones controversial Web filter - Associated Press
Thursday, July 2, 2009
China postponed a plan to require personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software Tuesday, retreating in the face of protests by Washington and Web surfers hours before it was due to take effect. Manufacturers would have been required to include filtering software known as Green Dam w.. .. read more..
A Robot that Navigates Like a Person - Anne-Marie Corley, Technology Review
Thursday, July 2, 2009
European researchers have developed a robot capable of moving autonomously using humanlike visual processing. The robot is helping the researchers explore how the brain responds to its environment while the body is in motion. What they discover could lead to machines that are better able to navigate.. .. read more..
The U.S. Department of Education releases a report on online learning studies -L..
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The U.S. Department of Education, Center for Technology in Learning, recently released their latest report ?Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies?. The findings revealed that on average, online students out performed those re.. .. read more..
Growing Demand for Online Learning Not Yet Matched by Opportunities at K-12 Scho..
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Despite growing interest in online learning, the availability of online classes have not kept pace with demand in K-12 schools and districts, according to a survey report from Project Tomorrow(R), a national education nonprofit organization, and Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), a global leader in edu.. .. read more..
Obama Administration: Technology at the Heart of Education Reform - Geoffrey H. ..
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"Technology is core and essential to the strategies we are using to reform education." That was the message from both Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for innovation and improvement at the United States Department of Education, and Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer in the White House. C.. .. read more..
Gartner Forecasts Better-Than-Expected PC Shipments - Herb Torrens, THE Journal
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Gartner reported a better-than-expected first quarter for PC shipments and is now forecasting a healthy market recovery in 2010, according to a statement. "We may have been a little pessimistic in our previous forecast for 2009," said George Shiffler, research director at Gartner, in a telephone int.. .. read more..
5 States Developing Green Curriculum - David Nagel, THE Journal
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Five states have committed to developing green career and technical education initiatives. In collaboration with the United States Department of Education, the Education Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, and the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, the st.. .. read more..
Protecting an inalienable right in the age of Facebook - Simson Garfinkel, Techn..
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
I'd be a fool to include my Social Security number in this article: doing so would leave me vulnerable to all manner of credit fraud, scams, and even criminal arrest. All of this would surely happen because a few bad people would read the article, write down my SSN, and pretend to be me. We know a l.. .. read more..
Simpler Data Visualization - Kate Greene, Technology Review
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
There are many ways to slice and dice data to better understand what it means. Software like Microsoft's Excel offers a simple way to create charts and graphs, while more complex applications, such as IBM's Many Eyes, provide more interesting ways to visualize more complex data. Specialized programm.. .. read more..
Firefox Aims to Unplug Scripting Attacks - Robert Lemos, Technology Review
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sites that rely on user-created content can unwittingly be employed to attack their own users via JavaScript and other common forms of Web code. This security issue, known as cross-site scripting (XSS), can, for example, allow an attacker to access a victim's account and steal personal data. Now the.. .. read more..
U.S. Push for Free Online Learning Courses - Inside Higher Ed
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Community colleges and high schools would receive federal funds to create free, online courses in a program that is in the final stages of being drafted by the Obama administration. A formal announcement could come in the next few weeks. In addition to the free online courses, the plan would provide.. .. read more..
U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with..
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified over 1,000 empirical studies of online learning. Of these, 46 met the high bar for quality that was required for the studies to be included in the analysis. The meta analysis showed that ?blended? instruction ? com.. .. read more..
Study Indicates Benefits Of Online Learning - City and Town Info
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The new meta-analysis--which looks at existing studies for patterns and conclusions--may very likely further fuel the popularity of online education. U.S. News & World Report noted in April that more than 4 million students enrolled in at least one online course last fall, while in 2003 the number w.. .. read more..
The best Firefox extension: AutoCopy - Seth Rosenblatt, CNet news.cnet.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Once you've highlighted anything from a single letter to entire multipage New Yorker articles, the add-on opens a small options box where your cursor is. Through the extension options, you can configure how long that box appears for, or turn it off. If you choose to use it, the post-copy options box.. .. read more..
Cerebral Imprint 2.5.0 for Mac
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
If you're preparing for the bar exam or a gross anatomy quiz, you may want to give Cerebral Imprint the once over. Created by developer Alex Rose, this open source application allows users to create a wide range of flash cards.Visitors can import card decks from existing text files and also export c.. .. read more..
Reading machine to snoop on Web - Mark Rutherford, CNet news.cnet.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
What if the wisdom of Web could be yours, without having to read through it one page at a time? That's what the military wants. DARPA has hired a company to develop a reading machine to reduce the gap between the ever increasing mountain of digitized text and the intelligence community's insatiable .. .. read more..
Waste Online
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sure enough, there is a good deal of "waste" online, so it's nice to learn about the Waste Online website which serves as a great repository for information about an entirely different set of waste-related matters. This British-based website has been funded by the New Opportunities Fund Digitise pro.. .. read more..
What the iPhone teaches us about cloud adoption - James Urquhart, CNet news.cnet..
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Chris Hoff (now a colleague at Cisco, but long a phenomenal blogger in his own right) described in a recent post a fascinating analogy for the inevitable adoption of cloud computing--the adoption of the Apple iPhone: The thing I love about my iPhone is that it's not a piece of technology I think abo.. .. read more..
Intelligent Virtual Environments
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The research goals of the British-based lab, Intelligent Virtual Environments, of the University of Teesside are to develop "new models of interactivity based on Artificial Intelligence techniques." The website contains access to current projects, past and completed projects, technologies, as well a.. .. read more..
Enquiries Rise as UK Funding Announced for Distance Online Learning Technologies
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills of a new task force and ?20 million funding initiative to ensure the UK's universities collaborate more effectively, Asysco has noted a marked increase in enquiries about distance learning technologies. .. .. read more..
Online learning is gaining credibility - Iris taylor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Online learning is gaining credibility and gaining ground in the higher-education field. About 12.2 million consumers enrolled in roughly 11,200 college-level distance-education programs during the 2006-07 academic year, the latest figures available, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Th.. .. read more..
Completing the Semester at a Distance - Dr. Steve Shirley, VCSU President
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
With much cooperation, persistence, and hard work by the entire community and beyond, Valley City has been fortunate to avoid catastrophic loss of property or damage from the flooding Sheyenne River. No doubt there have been some losses, inconveniences, and disruptions, but there has been no loss of.. .. read more..
New Internet2 CTO pushes multicast, IPv6 - Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Computer World
Monday, June 29, 2009
Next week, Randy Frank will take over as the new CTO of Internet2, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based consortium of 200 U.S. universities conducting advanced networking research. Frank joins Internet2 from Fidelity Investments, where he was chief technologist for the financial services firm?s Center for Appl.. .. read more..
Myths and realities of teen media trends - Dave Rosenberg, CNet news.cnet.com
Monday, June 29, 2009
Nielsen is out with a new report on media consumption by teens and the results are counter-intuitive to what we commonly believe to be the norm. According to the How Teens Use Media report (PDF), "teens exhibit media habits that are more similar to the total population than not."Key takeaways from t.. .. read more..
Rendell: Science, math pros needed to teach school - The Associated Press
Monday, June 29, 2009
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is asking the Legislature to create a fast-track into the teaching ranks for technology and engineering professionals. Under Rendell's proposal, candidates for the "residency certification" would have to complete an intensive, four-month training program on instructional.. .. read more..
Thumbing Windows 7 onto Netbooks - Ina Fried, CNet news.cnet.com
Monday, June 29, 2009
Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive to allow Netbook owners to more easily upgrade their machines, a source tells CNET News. The move, which is still under consideration, is one of several things Microsoft has looked at to try to make it convenient to upgrade machines that d.. .. read more..
The perils of five-star reviews - Finlo Rohrer, BBC News Magazine
Monday, June 29, 2009
A publishing giant got into hot water after offering gift vouchers to anyone who would give their textbook a five-star review. It raises one of the key questions in online purchasing, how much can you trust the customer reviews you read? In the US, it is called "shill reviewing". You are the owner o.. .. read more..
Web slows after Jackson's death - Maggie Shiels, BBC News
Monday, June 29, 2009
The sheer number of queries concerned Google. The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson's death. Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack. Millions of people who searc.. .. read more..
The Online Student - Mike Cattermole, Philadelphia Telecommuting Examiner
Monday, June 29, 2009
I have taken a long deserved break from writing so that I could refresh myself for the upcoming months and the design of a book about life as an online student. I have several years of experience as a college instructor online and for the past year a Doctoral candidate. So, I am using this forum as .. .. read more..
Fund will help students complete degrees online - BCS
Monday, June 29, 2009
The government is to introduce a new fund to enable students at risk of failing their degrees to complete them online. According to the authorities, the new initiative will be an expansion of the role of the Open University, which is now almost completely based online. The fund is aimed at providing.. .. read more..
Cheaper eBook reader challenges Kindle - Maya T. Prabhu, eSchool News
Monday, June 29, 2009
With the popularity of electronic reading devices on the rise, and a handful of colleges set to pilot Amazon.com's Kindle DX this fall, a new eBook reading device from New York-based Interead, called the COOL-ER, offers a less expensive alternative that its creator, Neil Jones, says educators could .. .. read more..
The Disruption of the Traditional Textbook Model Continues - Geoffrey H. Fletche..
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Texas Governor Rick Perry signed HB 4294 June 19, and the world of textbooks will never be the same in Texas or across the country. Because Texas purchases all the textbooks for all the subjects for school districts, and because of its sheer size--more than 8,000 schools educating 4.6 million studen.. .. read more..
German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankings - AFP
Sunday, June 28, 2009
A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday. The Federal Supreme Court, Germany's top civil tribunal, rejected the claim of the teacher, Astrid Czubayko-Reiss, that her right to priva.. .. read more..
Apple iPhone 3GS: The sum ($) of its parts - Brooke Crothers, CNet news.cnet.com
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The iPhone, of course, is more than the sum of its parts, but the cost of individual components adds up--to $178.96, to be exact. A new analysis by iSuppli details the cost of the iPhone 3GS and the motley collection of chips inside. The entry-level (16GB) version of the iPhone 3GS carries a BOM (bi.. .. read more..
Microsoft offers free anti-virus - BBC
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Microsoft Security Essentials is aimed at home users. A trial version of Microsoft's free anti-virus software has been launched in the US, China, Brazil, and Israel. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) promises to provide people with basic protection against viruses, trojans, rootkits and spyware. T.. .. read more..
Student leader Wes Streeting wants universities to abolish lectures - Nicola Woo..
Sunday, June 28, 2009
University lectures are past their sell-by date and should be abolished in favour of virtual teaching, according to a student leader. Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, says lectures are old-fashioned and increasingly irrelevant to modern learning. For generations, students .. .. read more..
$100 Laptop Becomes a $5 PC - David Talbot, Technology Review
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The open-source education software developed for the "$100 laptop" can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run aging PCs and Macs with a new interface and custom educational software. "What we are doing is taking a bunch of old machines that barely run Windows 2000, and turning them into something .. .. read more..
Jack Welch Launches MBA via Online Learning - Geoff Gloeckler, Business Week
Sunday, June 28, 2009
A corporate icon is diving into the MBA world, and he's bringing his well-documented management and leadership principles with him. Jack Welch, former CEO at General Electric (GE) (and BusinessWeek columnist), has announced plans to start an MBA program based on the business principles he made famou.. .. read more..
Cell Phones That Listen and Learn - Kristina Grifantini, Technology Review
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Researchers are increasingly using cell phones to better understand users' behavior and social interactions. The data collected from a phone's GPS chip or accelerometer, for example, can reveal trends that are relevant to modeling the spread of disease, determining personal health-care needs, improv.. .. read more..
Carnegie Corporation: 'Do school differently' - Laura Devaney, eSchool News
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Urging the nation to "do school differently," a new report recommends a set of concrete actions for federal, state, and local education leaders to take to transform math and science instruction and bring the United States back to the forefront of global competition. "The Opportunity Equation: Transf.. .. read more..
Kids cheating with tech but are schools cheating kids? - Larry Magid, CNet news...
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The results of a survey showing that 35 percent of middle school and high school students with cell phones have used them to cheat at school is indeed alarming. And perhaps more alarming is the finding that nearly a quarter of the students don't even think it's cheating. Cheating is cheating regardl.. .. read more..
Jack Welch Launches MBA via Online Learning - Geoff Gloeckler - Business Week
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A corporate icon is diving into the MBA world, and he's bringing his well-documented management and leadership principles with him. Jack Welch, former CEO at General Electric (GE) (and BusinessWeek columnist), has announced plans to start an MBA program based on the business principles he made famou.. .. read more..
Apple: More than 1M new-model iPhones sold - Associated Press
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful model yet.The iPhone 3G S went on sale Friday in the U.S. and seven other countries.When Apple Inc. launched the previous model last year, it also sold one million units in the.. .. read more..
Computer Clusters That Heat Houses - Duncan Graham-Rowe, Technology Review
Saturday, June 27, 2009
They have been used to model climate change, forecast economic trends, and simulate the intricate complexities folding proteins. Now IBM has something new in store for high-performance computers: heating buildings. Thanks to a novel on-chip water-cooling system developed by the company, the thermal .. .. read more..
UA adds writing credit via online learning to gen-ed system - Ben Korta, Daily W..
Saturday, June 27, 2009
General education courses as students know them now are undergoing change.A team of UA instructors and software programmers is currently developing an online writing course that will soon be paired with general education classes across campus. The course will be introduced as a one-credit supplement.. .. read more..
Drop-out students get help to finish their degrees at home - UTV
Saturday, June 27, 2009
?12m emergency fund will give them a chance to complete their courses via online learning through the Open University. The government is to set up an emergency fund to give students at risk of dropping out a chance to complete their degree online through the Open University. The prime minister tonig.. .. read more..
Online Learning History: The Open University ? 40 today, and a genius for our ti..
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The OU's concept of distance learning began a genuine revolution in access to higher education that continues four decades onThe Labour prime minister Harold Wilson described the creation of the Open University in 1969 as the greatest achievement of his premiership. Four decades later, on the Open U.. .. read more..
Smart Announces Widescreen Interactive Pen Display - Channel Times
Friday, June 26, 2009
Smart Technologies has extended its product line of interactive pen displays with the Podium ID422w. High-definition resolution, a 16:9 aspect ratio and 22-inch display combine to deliver sharp image quality and exceptional performance, the company said. The ID422w is for educators and business prof.. .. read more..
Digital media used increasingly to cheat in school - Techshout.com
Friday, June 26, 2009
A new poll conducted by the Beneson Strategy Group reveals the attitude of students toward technologically advanced chating methods. Displayed by Common Sense Media, the national poll brings to light hte use of digital media used for chating in schools. .. read more..
Grand Canyon University Recognized for Online Tools
Friday, June 26, 2009
Today's higher education institutions increasingly turn to online programs and textbooks to supplement or replace classroom instruction, and the technology and sophistication of online programs has grown along with the interest in this form of learning. With a growing presence in the online world Gr.. .. read more..
Traveling the Web Together - Erica Naone, Technology Review
Friday, June 26, 2009
A browser plug-in aims to make it far simpler to browse the Web with friends. Many online activities are deeply social: writing and reading blogs, visiting social-networking sites, sending instant messages and e-mails, and making Internet phone calls. However, actually browsing the Internet is usual.. .. read more..
Search Me - David Talbot, Technology Review
Friday, June 26, 2009
What might Wolfram's system do that Google can't? Say you wanted to know how much cholesterol and saturated fat lurked in a slab of your grandmother's cornbread. You'd transcribe its ingredients from her yellowed index card to an online query bar, and Alpha would run computations and produce a USDA-.. .. read more..
AT&T's 3G upgrades to improve iPhone service - Marguerite Reardon, CNet news.cne..
Friday, June 26, 2009
AT&T is upgrading its network and using 850MHz spectrum to beef up its 3G wireless network, which should help alleviate dropped calls and slow network connections for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S users. Apple said this week that it sold more than a million of the iPhone 3G S model worldwide this past w.. .. read more..
Online technology revolution stops at classroom doors, report says - Rebecca Att..
Friday, June 26, 2009
Mobile internet and social networking have found their way into the everyday lives of those on campus but have not yet followed university students and teachers into the classroom, a think-tank has claimed. A report published today by Demos argues that technology needs to become better ingrained int.. .. read more..
Universities urged to make better use of technology: Social media and online lea..
Friday, June 26, 2009
UK universities need to make better use of technology or risk losing their pre-eminent standing in global education, according to research for education body Jisc.?Technology is changing universities as they become just one source among many for ideas, knowledge and innovation. But online learning t.. .. read more..
Lessons go to online learning as swine flu spreads - MICHELLE COOKE, East And Ba..
Friday, June 26, 2009
Swine flu outbreaks in schools are fast-tracking online learning programmes. Principals and teachers are preparing online homework in case schools have to shut down or students are made to stay home. Newmarket School introduced wikis, an internet learning tool its students can use at home, only two .. .. read more..
US Dept of Ed Study: Both Blended and Online Learning Better than Face to Face
Friday, June 26, 2009
The meta analysis showed that ?blended? instruction ? combining elements of online and face-to-face instruction ? had a larger advantage relative to purely face to face instruction or instruction conducted wholly online. The analysis also showed that the instruction conducted wholly on line was more.. .. read more..
Become an online tutor: jobs for experienced teachers and students - Cindy Ausbr..
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The current state of the economy has impacted numerous working professionals, and even teachers have not been spared. Even those aspiring educators who enter Arkansas? nontraditional program, in which college graduates may teach while working toward their full certification, have failed to find jobs.. .. read more..
The rise of Hate 2.0 - Daniel Emery, BBC News
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The number of hate and terrorist websites has increased by a third in the past year, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights organisation put the figure at more than 8,000 in its 2008 report Hate 2.0. It said the presence of such sites "demeans and threate.. .. read more..
Memphis in July?must be Laptops?
Friday, January 2, 2009
The digital age has provided me the opportunity to learn through a vibrant and expanding network of amazing minds - my personal learning community. The chance to engage in conversations with colleagues from around the world through blogs, skype, twitter, etc. has exposed me to many ideas that push .. .. read more..
A New Year
Friday, January 2, 2009
I am never sure just how to feel when we return to school in January. The Christmas Break was much different for me this year - I hardly “worked' at all. I spent the break enjoying time with my wife, our kids, my new “wiki” (see previous post) and reading about trains and travel .. .. read more..
A Wiki for Christmas?
Friday, January 2, 2009
My wife has long shared my love of animals, yet resisted adopting one due to her allergies. While we do have several fish, since my cat passed away three years ago I have not been able to replace him with either a cat or a dog. Last night before our family dinner, a [...] [From: Whip Blog , Februar.. .. read more..
Extended classroom?a tale of connection.
Friday, January 2, 2009
I can be guaranteed to get a reaction from students, colleagues or parents when I talk about learning in the new digital landscape. With ever-increasing connectivity and digital spaces, I have no doubt that going to a physical “school” on a daily basis for an education will be an option .. .. read more..
what Pink Thinks?
Friday, January 2, 2009
I am excited about tomorrow….and not just for ANOTHER dump of snow that most teachers and students hope will cancel school. On Sunday noted edublogger Karl Fisch, who calls Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado home, finally made mention of a kewl new project involving two 9th grade hono.. .. read more..
Trying not to sink?
Friday, January 2, 2009
My recent lack of blogging activity has even resulted in a couple of people have inquired as to my health. Truth is, I am fine, just slightly overwhelmed. There has certainly been no lack of blog fodder, with many ideas flowing through my cranium. It's just a pure lack of time. With my day [...] [Fr.. .. read more..
Overwhelmed? ?Glad it?s Friday!
Friday, January 2, 2009
As I was sitting at my desk - staring at my screen - I began to feel a bit overwhelmed. Open was my twitter, skype and netvibes (my current feedreader). I have found lately that skype and twitter have pushed blogs (including my own) to the background. Like our kids, I like the immediacy [...] [From:.. .. read more..
Connected to the Top of the Earth?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Breaking down the walls of the classroom and having students connect with the world is one of the powerful learning opportunities afforded by Web 2.0. Fredericton native Brian Jones is taking his concern for the environment and for student learning to a whole new level in a couple of months when he .. .. read more..
Wanted: International Middle Schools for 1001 FWT
Friday, January 2, 2009
A little over a year ago Korean educator and edublogger Clay Burell and myself were playing around with a number of collaborative tools together online. It was interesting to connect with someone around the world, a full twelve hours away. From there both he and I have gone on to develop vibrant and.. .. read more..
Feeling the warmth?
Friday, January 2, 2009
I have never been to Australia…at least not until yesterday (today?). Some students at our school are participating in the upcoming middle school writing workshop of the 1001 Flat World Tales project, along with another Canadian school, four US schools and two schools from Australia. After ass.. .. read more..
Aperture 2 is out
Friday, January 2, 2009
Apple has got Aperture 2 out now. There is an upgrade price for us Aperture 1.5x users, so I'm thinking that the Education price on this is going to be pretty good as well. It looks like the minimum specs are about the same, so older hardware should be able to run it… not [...] [From: EDITing .. .. read more..
Sprout
Friday, January 2, 2009
I just got my invite to take a look at Sprout, an interesting little widget builder that can take a number of resources and make them “flashed” - essentially you could use this to replace PowerPoint or Keynote if you want to deliver webcentric presentations. If you combine this with Yaho.. .. read more..
Pic of the Week - Dali?s Clock
Friday, January 2, 2009
Dali's ClockOriginally uploaded by idarknight. Well, with the weather warming up, everything is starting to melt and the kicker is that it's raining outside today. The last time that I was in the rain this winter? London. So I thought this was only appropriate. [From: EDITing in the Dark , Februar.. .. read more..
Google, what?s with the deal with slow scripts?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that various Google apps - Reader, Mail and iGoogle are not playing nice with Mac browsers - at least on Macbook Pros? This has happened on two machines that I support - to the point where FF and Google are not playing nice and locking up [...] [From: EDITing.. .. read more..
A first look at Spore
Friday, January 2, 2009
Wired seems to have got the scoop - at least on the screen shots and associated blurbs. I almost picked up Endless Ocean last night, but wanted to read a review first. The reviews all say that it's an incredibly unique game that fills a niche that is unfilled, just as Spore does, of creativity [...].. .. read more..
Spore Disperses Sept 7
Friday, January 2, 2009
According to the Guardian and on the official site as well. [From: EDITing in the Dark , February 20, 2008] 286388 .. read more..
Throw Sugar out the Window
Friday, January 2, 2009
Wired is reporting that the XO rev that is Windows capable is now getting field tested. Wired is saying that this is likely as much to do to ensure that kids in the developing world are “hooked on Windows”. While, I would agree - not being an MS fan - I think there might be [...] [From: .. .. read more..
Aperture 2 - first impressions - on an old Mac
Friday, January 2, 2009
Well, Aperture 2 is certainly impressing me so far on my old mac - Power Mac G5 (Dual 2 with 2GB RAM and a 64MB video card). There is still a lag when you want to start into some of the more processor intensive tools, but the wait is considerably shorter than what it was [...] [From: EDITing in the .. .. read more..
FireFox3b3
Friday, January 2, 2009
After having issues with Google and FF2, I decided to try 3b3. Having read that 2 was not very stable and not good on Flash, I tried b2 and watched it die a nasty death on Facebook and several Flash sites. b3 however seems to be running along fine and so far is not having [...] [From: EDITing in the.. .. read more..
Idea Sex - yeah the title got my attention too
Friday, January 2, 2009
Leave it to The Escapist for titles like this now eh? First from the article: No.2 … Keep the classroom, but change it and everything around it. Make the money in education slosh a different way. Have schools, colleges, communities, businesses and all other parts of the education system talk t.. .. read more..
Google Analytics Time-saving Tip - Share Profile Access Among Accounts
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
I have my wife to thank for teaching me this one. If you have mutliple Google/Gmail accounts, and you use Google Analytics under one of those, you've probably experienced the inconvenience of having to log out of one Google account in order to log into the other to see your Google Analytics stats. .. .. read more..
How to measure the effectiveness of interactive media?
Monday, April 2, 2007
That's the big question, isn't it? Paul Baker and I will be appearing in a browser near you tomorrow at 1 pm EDT to share as much as we can share on the topic in 90 minutes. It looks like registrations are still open. Check the Academic Impressions page for more info. Many thanks to Paul for the in.. .. read more..
Tools, Tips, and Tricks for Workgroup Productivity
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Sunny San Diego was the setting for my NACUBO presentation this morning with Brendon Connelly of George Fox University. For the talk entitled “Tools, Tips, and Tricks for Workgroup Productivity, we hit a few key web-2.0 type tools that people from world of student financial services might fin.. .. read more..
Links for 2-6-2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
PR and the Web 101 - Karine Joly’s latest UB column Teens Frequent Online Video Users (Podcasting News via MicroPersuasion ) Google Co-op - Creating customized search engines for education (screencast) by Jean-Claude Bradley. A great how-to on leveraging Google Co-op to create custom search e.. .. read more..
HigherEd BlogCon Update
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
After much deliberation and discussions with Dan Forbush , my HigherEd BlogCon organizing partner, we’ve decided to postpone another event until later this year or possibly until 2008. The 2006 event was a tremendous success, and we’re grateful for all the support and encouragement we&#.. .. read more..
Welcome to the Blogosphere, Dennis Miller
Friday, January 12, 2007
How about a shout out to Dennis Miller , of Mansfield University podcast fame? I’d been following Dennis’s work at Mansfield for quite a while, then had the pleasure of meeting him at an Academic Impressions conference in Orlando this past fall. A most welcome addition to the higher ed .. .. read more..
Google Page Rank (PR) Update Reportedly in Progress
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Micah Sparacio at BlogHerald.com reports there’s a Google PR update in progress - suggesting that pages that have suddenly dropped to zero may not be as serious a concern as it seems - at the moment. I can confirm that some of my sites dropped from PR6 or so to zero - and Micah has a plausibl.. .. read more..
Peterson's RSS page
Friday, December 29, 2006
In a final note for the year, and filed under the heading of either “shameless promotion” or “achievements” - whichever you prefer - is this word about our new RSS page that represents a compilation of feeds that have existed for a while now across the Peterson's sphere. The.. .. read more..
