Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Technologies of Cooperation. Technologies of Cooperation (.pdf) - a very useful report presenting eight clusters of cooperative technologies (including social tools, self organizing mesh networks, knowledge collectives, etc). Page 15 includes an excellent matrix displaying the eight clusters with strategic guidelines (structure, resources, identity, etc.). [elearnspace] 11:10:09 PM

Text-to-speech for your weblog. Talkr. Not sure how many elearnspace readers listen to podcasts, but I came across this site (via unmediated) - Talkr: "Talkr provides a service that allows you to listen to your favorite text-only news sources rather than read them. If you can point us to an RSS feed (a machine-readable version of your favorite blog or news source) we will convert that feed from text to speech." I've applied for elearnspace. Will post once it's approved. [elearnspace] 11:09:19 PM

Actually, Microsoft has patented music appreciation. Microsoft patents music learning. Blog: If ever there was something to take the magic out of music, it's reading a Microsoft patent on teaching people to understand... [CNET News.com] 11:08:19 PM

Another way to think about what learning is and what it includes. MIT's Anklebot to help stroke patients. The Anklebot teaches stroke victims how to move their ankles again. A Shoulderbot may be next. [CNET News.com] 11:05:35 PM

How to Moodle. "Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. " [Moodle] Moodling Around. Tomorrow is the first full day training for our Tablet PC pilot and I've been hammering away on the Moodle site I've created for the course. This is my first attempt at Moodle and I have to say I am very, very impressed. Once you get the feel for it, it's very intuitive, and it's got a very rich feature set. The wiki tool alone was enough to sell me. (No blog, however...) Anyway, just thought I'd share a link to the site and invite anyone who is interested to take a look around. Just click on the "New Classroom Model Pilot Course" link at the lower left, and then login as a guest. It's read only. If there are any Moodle-ists out there with advice, I'm all ears. (BTW, my favorite thing in Moodle is being able to get up to the minute logs of all the users and where they are going. I've had five or six of my "students" digging around the site already, and it's interesting (at least for now) to see the directions they go and the things they're looking at. Good stuff!) [Weblogg-ed News] 11:04:25 PM

Will the new bankruptcy law affect entrepreneurial attitudes about risk? When Entrepreneurs Risk It All and Lose. The bankruptcy law President Bush signed in April may have damaging ramifications for the nation's entrepreneurial culture. By LOUISE WITT. [NYT > Business] 11:00:52 PM

Podcast audience numbers growing. Researcher: Tenfold growth in podcast consumption. U.S. podcast audience will number 56 million by 2010, according to a new forecast. [CNET News.com] 10:58:15 PM

Palm OS scores another one. LG Chooses Palm Operating System for Future Smart Phone (PC World). PC World - Could be the first phone to use new Linux-based Palm software. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 10:57:16 PM

Theft of service prosecuted. Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal (AP). AP - Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 10:56:24 PM

Fear motivates new online behavior. Fear of Spyware Changing Online Habits (AP). AP - Internet users worried about spyware and adware are shunning specific Web sites, avoiding file-sharing networks, even switching browsers. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 10:55:28 PM

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