I'll take a million please
I’ll take a million please: The $100 laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child project just got its first major order – 1 million for Nigeria. I would love to own one, if its internals were swapped with a MacBook. These things will be a serious nerd fetish item when they become available, and a […]
Read MoreFortnightly Mailing: Personal Learning Environments make a step forward. Guest Contribution from Mark van Harmelen.
Fortnightly Mailing: Personal Learning Environments make a step forward. Guest Contribution from Mark van Harmelen.: The UK is increasingly focusing on the development of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) after a slow start that began with client systems such as Colloquia (2000) and the Manchester PLE/VLE Framework (2004). This week saw a two-day meeting (on 6 […]
Read MoreBeacon Journal | 07/24/2006 | Israeli court backs continued holding of UA geography professor
Beacon Journal | 07/24/2006 | Israeli court backs continued holding of UA geography professor: An Israeli court on Sunday decided to continue to hold a University of Akron professor, at least until Thursday. That’s when Ghazi Falah, 53, will be able to see his attorney for the first time. By then, he will have been […]
Read MoreHOTSOUP.com
HOTSOUP.com: HOTSOUP will create a new community of influence among those in government, politics, business and entertainment who make the decisions and those who want to impact them. It will bring the inside world out and the outside world in, and create a richer dialogue and stronger connections among all of these Opinion Drivers. ——- […]
Read MoreNECC 2006 Attendees | Program – Webcasting
NECC 2006 Attendees | Program – Webcasting: We are pleased to announce that several of this year’s Keynote, Spotlight, and Concurrent Sessions will be archived for video-on-demand viewing through a partnership with KZO Webcasting. In addition, we’re providing a number of live interviews with Ed Tech leaders that will also be archived for video-on-demand. ———- […]
Read MoreIntroducing MediaCommons
Introducing MediaCommons: (cross-posted from if:book) I’ve got the somewhat daunting pleasure of introducing the readers of if:book to one of the Institute’s projects-in-progress, MediaCommons. (What follows is long, so I’ve tucked it beneath the fold.) Continued below the fold… ——- This is great stuff, it is sort of like what h-net, the matrix and my […]
Read MoreTheDenverChannel.com – News – Marshals: Innocent People Placed On 'Watch List' To Meet Quota
TheDenverChannel.com – News – Marshals: Innocent People Placed On ‘Watch List’ To Meet Quota: You could be on a secret government database or watch list for simply taking a picture on an airplane. Some federal air marshals say they’re reporting your actions to meet a quota, even though some top officials deny it.The air marshals, […]
Read MorePregnancy centers mislead girls, says congressman – Yahoo! News
Pregnancy centers mislead girls, says congressman – Yahoo! News: Democratic staff on the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee who called up some faith-based pregnancy resource centers said they received incorrect advice aimed at discouraging abortion. “Twenty of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87 percent) provided false or misleading information about the health […]
Read MoreOpen Source Socialtext
Open Source Socialtext: Socialtext just released their wiki code under the OSI-compliant Mozilla Public 1.1 license. You can downloaded it here. The package is called Socialtext Open, and according to the press release, it is “the first open source wiki with a commercial venture as its primary contributor. Over 2,000 businesses run Socialtext Wiki products […]
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