Monday, May 16, 2005

FSF, OpenOffice.org Team Reach Agreement on Java [Slashdot:] 9:44:19 PM      Google It!.

eXe: the eLearning XHTML Editor. I haven't had a chance to test this, but I've been looking for something like this for a while. "The eLearning XHTML editor (eXe) is a web-based authoring environment designed to assist teachers and academics in the design, development and publishing of web-based learning and teaching materials without the need to become proficient in HTML, XML or complicated web-publishing applications. It can also be used by students for developing web content for presenting project reports etc." Via sachool-discuss. By Various Authors, University of Auckland, May, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 9:40:06 PM      Google It!.

The History of PDAs in Words and Pictures [Slashdot:] 1:01:55 PM      Google It!.

Unorthodox Teaching Aid. Blogpoly: From Monopoly to Blogpoly “It is just a game. It is fun to use the board to lay out the Blogosphere Ecosystem. It helps me to think and learn about blogging culture by transforming the original game into this version. I had to think about which company and enterprise to choose and set up first on the board. The space is limited, so I picked well known names in blogging industry. Besides the private properties, there are two public utilities--the water works and the electric company. Then I thought of ‘Wikipedia’ and ‘Creative Commons’, and then a few more, making ‘criminal’ into ‘spammer’, ‘free parking’ into ‘free hosting’. ‘Chance’ and ‘community chest’ become ‘comment’ and ‘trackback’. Fun -- yes? There is not much difference for me transforming the game than writing a poem, using similes, metaphors and symbols.” [littleoslo, via Boing Boing] This is a nice, visual representation of bloggy and social sites/services. It could serve as an interesting conversation piece in training classes, especially tech CE events. [The Shifted Librarian] 10:45:02 AM      Google It!.

Narrowcasting Your Show. Watch a whole hog barbeque, fly casting in Kansas or movies by indie filmmakers. Niche TV programming is in the works. Small companies like DaveTV will soon use broadband to offer shows catering to special interests. [Wired News] 10:44:16 AM      Google It!.

Natural Gas Diesel May Cut Smog. A secret process that uses cobalt to turn natural gas into a clean-burning diesel fuel could bring riches to the tiny desert sheikdom of Qatar, and help clear big city smog. [Wired News] 10:42:44 AM      Google It!.

Online Course Materials That Enrich the Classroom Experience for Special-Needs Students - Lori Weir, THE Journal. In early 2002, I participated in a training institute for online methodology that provided several practical techniques for teaching online, including how to select and place content, as well as how to facilitate online discussions and assessment strategi [Online Learning Update] 9:57:28 AM      Google It!.

Coventry pilots 'm-learning' scheme - Christina Okoli, Guardian Education. Lecturers at Coventry University have developed a teaching technique called 'm-learning', which allows students to download course material and listen to lectures via their mobile phones. By taking the concept of e-learning a step further, media lecturer [Online Learning Update] 9:54:12 AM      Google It!.

jerryslezak.net TikiWiki : Using Wikis to Empower Student Learning [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:45:31 AM      Google It!.

Hacking the Web with Greasemonkey [Slashdot:] 9:44:11 AM      Google It!.