Wednesday, January 04, 2006

wireless security Feeling Lost? Ask Your Cellphone Where You Are. MapQuest's Find Me service can pinpoint your current location and display it for you right on your mobile phone. By J. D. BIERSDORFER. [NYT > Technology] 10:27:18 PM    comment

eLearning High schools offering online college courses: Worth the work - Tracy Frank, The Forum. A Minnesota pilot program that allows high school students to take college credits online is catching on, despite its rigorous demands. Six high school students in Hawley, Minn., recently finished a college-level psychology course. After winter break, fou [Online Learning Update] 10:13:04 PM    comment

podcasting Links for 2006-01-04. Courant.com: University of Connecticut psychology professor is offering a podcast featuring informal outside-class discussions. In this mp3, David Miller explains the value of the podcasts in providing supplemental material for his 315-student General Psychology I lecture. This is the first education podcast I’ve seen that’s designed as a supplement to (and not essentially a duplicate of) the main lecture. TheJournal.com: Middle schoolers are taught to create podcasts, perhaps a first in the state of Wisconsin. [Syndication for Higher Ed] 9:45:27 AM    comment

disruptive Portable OpenOffice.org 2.01 Released. [Slashdot] combined wwith portable firefox and portable thunderbird on a USB drive makes your personal office ready to go with you.  USB drives are now up to 8gigs (see previous post) -- This can make the life of a student a bit easier to keep organized. -- BL 9:10:41 AM    comment