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10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

2009-02-12T06:22:00.000-08:00

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

2008-11-06T16:40:00.000-08:00

Change.gov
Utilizing the power of social computing by Barack

2008-10-24T06:11:00.000-07:00

The Tower and The Cloud
Higher Ed in the age of cloud computing by EDUCAUSE

2008-09-23T07:25:00.000-07:00

Teaching Philosophy 101 - Chronicle.com
Even if you're not teaching philosophy, you as a professor may check it out.

2008-09-11T07:14:00.000-07:00

aung zayar's blog
new look to the blog, emphasizing shared items from Google Reader since I haven't posted any in a while.

2008-07-27T08:59:00.000-07:00

Personal Genome Project
Controversial but tons of potential. Look forward to participating. You can register now to be notified when enrollment is available this year.

2008-07-04T04:28:00.000-07:00

Google Blog: What comes next in this series? 13, 33, 53, 61, 37, 28...
How important it is to keep the homepage clean.

2008-06-16T19:32:00.000-07:00

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008
Firefox 3.0 will be out tomorrow at 10 am PST. It is on a mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software download in 24 hrs. Be sure to pledge and download it tomorrow. Check out new features before you go ahead to pledge.

2008-06-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

Buffett's bet: Hedge funds can't beat the market
for a cool $1 million to a charity in 10 years

2008-06-08T03:35:00.000-07:00

Obama's Drucker-Style Win
noting Drucker's five questions for every organization.

2008-05-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

The Adventures of Bollywood Blackboardwala
Really funny mashups, involving Blackboard, Moodle and Sakai

2008-05-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

Support disaster relief in Myanmar (Burma)
via Google Checkout

2008-04-08T09:57:00.000-07:00

academhack » Twitter for Academia
13 ways to use Twitter in Academia

2008-04-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

File and Media Sync, Web Backup and Mobile Access - SugarSync
The best sync and backup solution I've seen so far. Very clean interface. Ease of use. And, pricing more reasonable now with founders' circle pricing for everyone. Hopefully, they will raise storage level in the future the way Google does with Gmail.

2008-03-21T06:06:00.000-07:00

Pleasing Google's Tech-Savvy Staff - WSJ.com
Changing enterprise IT

2008-03-12T20:25:00.000-07:00

Change Congress Beta Launch (Lessig Blog)
It launches on March 20, 2008 at 1:30 pm (EST). Hope that it will expand the same way Creative Commons is now.

2008-03-07T14:43:00.000-08:00

ChangeThis
a cool website using CC. a quick way to scan books and ideas.

2008-02-28T02:45:00.000-08:00

Google Sites Under Apps
Finally, it is here. Wiki-like site building from Google - from JotSpot acquisition. Google is pushing wikis to mainstream by letting users recognize that wikis are super easy-to-use websites such as portals, classroom sites, etc. I just had a brief scan, and it is not bad at all for the first version.

2008-02-20T04:40:00.000-08:00

Two announcements (Lessig Blog)
You should check out this 10 minute video by Larry regards to the launch of his Change Congress movement (part of his fight on "corruption - influence of money in politics") and the decision he'll try to make (around Mar. 1) about running for Congress in a special election for CA-District 12. He's one of my most inspired thought leaders. Obviously, he's reaching out for an almost impossible goal with tackling corruption - essential for monumental innovation and change. Is it already the right time to run or would there be enough support for his beliefs? It is not an easy task to change our current system of politics and hope you can support his efforts towards a revitalized system of politics where influence of money won't take politicians to wrong decisions.

2008-02-18T09:17:00.000-08:00

eLearning Reviews: research on elearning – reviewed for you
lots of information, yet worthwhile to check it out

2008-02-15T05:05:00.000-08:00

movingforward » home
A good wiki for educators, either K-12 or colleges. Examples of many good wikis.

2008-02-13T02:37:00.000-08:00

Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement - Chronicle.com
It is an important step for open access and content movement. Hope Alliant can support the movement in near future and have open access as part of its vision.

2008-02-09T11:31:00.000-08:00

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Networked journalism
Any possible analogy with higher education? with Open Content efforts?

2008-01-29T13:16:00.000-08:00

Horizon Project
2008 Horizon Report is now available from ELI and NMC.

2008-01-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

Inspiring quote to me
"The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well." by Horace Walpole, English author (1717 - 1797)

2008-01-01T06:13:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!
Very glad to see Creative Commons raised $584,572 in its 2007 campaign.

2007-12-19T06:42:00.000-08:00

Google Talkabout: Merry Christmas, God Jul and 圣诞快乐
Get instant translation or interpreter while chatting.

2007-12-14T02:01:00.000-08:00

Google Knol - Google's Play To Aggregate Knowledge Pages
Interesting App. It seems like a bit of Wikipedia, Yahoo! Answers, and Mahola. Although you cannot access it at the moment, there is a screenshot. Also, post on Google Blog.

2007-12-13T06:21:00.000-08:00

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Must-see viral video. The principles from Made to Stick are very apparent.

2007-12-04T05:44:00.000-08:00

What the Google Intranet Looks Like
Ideas for other intranet sites

2007-11-30T13:54:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth
A nice innovative feature out of Microsoft in a while

2007-11-30T04:48:00.000-08:00

Blogger in Draft: New feature: OpenID commenting
First step by Google towards open single sign-on identity

2007-11-29T19:36:00.000-08:00

Google Experimental Search
Beginning of a Google social search or customized search?

2007-11-21T05:58:00.000-08:00

Google LatLong: Think globally, mark locally
You can now move markers in Google Maps to more exact locations by yourself. And, of course, you can continue to see the original mark if you want to. Many who know me realize that I mostly favor Google products/services over others. The new features like this are the reasons I find Google admiring.

2007-11-21T05:50:00.000-08:00

Top 12 Areas for Technology Innovation through 2025
ChangeWaves - Observations on the Future from Social Technologies
A nice summary - hope to see more specifics over next few weeks.

2007-11-18T06:31:00.000-08:00

23andMe
The personal genetics service is now open to the public at $999. Interestingly, deCode just came out with its deCODEme service, while both companies use Illumina technology.

2007-11-12T15:36:00.000-08:00

one learning child. one connected child. one laptop at a time
Until Nov. 26, for $400, you can donate a XO laptop to a child in a developing country AND receive one for yourself (AND one free year of t-mobile wi-fi access in the U.S.). I'm hoping to donate one and is anyone interested in joining me or contributing to mine?

2007-11-10T03:42:00.000-08:00

FreeRice
Find out and improve your vocab level while donating rice to the poor for free - thanks to ads. A simple website with a simple idea, making a difference.

2007-11-04T04:48:00.000-08:00

Virtual video cutter
cool that it creates small chunks of content from longer streaming audio or video files.

2007-11-02T06:10:00.000-07:00

New Century Learning Consortium
It "will assist with the implementation of high quality, large-scale online and blended learning programs at a limited number of small and mid-sized colleges and universities." Should Alliant be joining the consortium?

2007-10-29T20:19:00.000-07:00

Livescribe Blog
You may remember Livescribe, smart pen and paper based technology, from June and Sept posts. Its blog just came out today. Hopefully, it will come out as early as possible in Q1 2008.

2007-10-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

Corruption Lecture - alpha version (Lessig Blog)
Although I already mentioned it under shared readings, I wanted to emphasize the lecture again in this post. It's Lessig's first presentation (alpha version) on 'corruption.' If you are an educator, scholar, tech evangelist, or someone who cares about influence/effects of money on reason/decision-making/society/politics, it is a worthwhile piece to explore and ponder.

And, you may already be familiar with his simple presentation style. As he moves into a new research area, note the change in font - nice font. Note the use of html code format.

2007-10-02T06:08:00.000-07:00

Management guru Gary Hamel: Break free! - Sep. 27, 2007
Achieving innovation and discipline at the same time!

2007-09-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

Visualizing Economics
A cool site about economics info, bringing data into life

2007-09-18T06:54:00.000-07:00

Marc Lesser: Accomplishing More By Doing Less

2007-09-18T06:35:00.000-07:00

Common Craft - In Plain English
Explaining products/services in plain English.

2007-09-17T22:40:00.000-07:00

TechCrunch40 Conference 2007
40 hottest startups showing their products/demos

2007-09-17T22:20:00.000-07:00

Google presentation software already out tonight
Eventually, it is here! Let's see how good it is for collaboration. Of course, it isn't intended to compete with MS PowerPoint features to features (at least for the time being).

If you're new to Google Docs, watch this video to learn more about creating and collaborating on documents (and now presentations!).

2007-09-10T05:35:00.000-07:00

Is Technology-Enhanced Learning Effective? Recent Research and the "No Significant Difference" Hypothesis - Digital Media Center - University of Minnesota

2007-09-07T15:22:00.000-07:00

Novel Resizing of Images
Software developed by Shai Avidan and Ariel Shamir. It changes the whole concept of limited image resizing that we become used to. Wondering when the product may be available.

2007-09-06T11:35:00.000-07:00

Participatory Media Literacy
Howard Rheingold - Resources for educators and students

2007-09-06T07:06:00.000-07:00

My Library feature on Google Book Search
I haven't really tried it out in details. Useful tool for students.
Link on Google Blog.

2007-09-06T06:08:00.000-07:00

KnowledgeWorks - Map of Future Forces Affecting Education
Must-see site

2007-09-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

OpenID: an actually distributed identity system
Open source alternative for authentication. When will Google support it?

2007-09-03T11:30:00.000-07:00

Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath
Worthwhile reading if you need to communicate ideas!

2007-09-01T05:54:00.000-07:00

LiveScribe Smartpen: The Entire D5 Demo With Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD
You can now see the whole demo online! Too bad, we'll have to wait until 1st quarter next year.

2007-08-22T04:56:00.000-07:00

Introducing Sky in Google Earth - Press Release
Expansion of Google Earth to include views to the sky/space - better 3D.

2007-08-03T05:13:00.000-07:00

Top 100 Tools for Learning
important to note that many are not necessarily specific educational tools and that most popular ones are free (9 out of 10, and 16 out of 20). And, web 2.0 dominates the list, though it certainly has bias of technologists and early adopters.

2007-06-28T05:13:00.000-07:00

Technology Review: Handwritten Passwords
A step in the right direction re: authentication.

2007-06-25T06:35:00.000-07:00

UC Berkeley CIO: Shelton Waggener
CIO Sessions Vision Series on ZDNet.com
Covers many aspects including Sakai.

2007-06-11T13:37:00.000-07:00

Physics for future Presidents
Must-see physics course materials for non-physics majors
See web/podcasts
See UC Berkeley article about the class
Teaching methods are exemplary as well.

2007-06-10T22:00:00.000-07:00

What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer
from Slate. How technology affects organizations and processes over time for productivity.

2007-06-07T05:56:00.000-07:00

Livescribe :: Sneak Peek
Smart pen and paper-based technology, previewed at D: All Things Digital in Carlsbad last week by Jim Marggraff who also invented FLY Pentop. With recommendation from head of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Around $200 by end of year, targeting college students. Could have tremendous ramifications on education - hope that mostly positive.

2007-06-05T06:25:00.000-07:00

Open Culture
Blog on podcasts by Daniel Colman of Stanford

2007-06-01T06:46:00.000-07:00

Best Business Blogs
according to Fast Company

2007-05-29T16:07:00.000-07:00

Authentic Learning for the 21st Century from ELI
including what it is, why it is important and effective, examples such as inquiry-based learning, IT support for it, etc.

2007-05-21T09:27:00.000-07:00

A Fair(y) Use Tale
a 10-minute short video on copyright by Eric Faden of Bucknell U. Also, link from Slashdot

2007-03-28T04:42:00.000-07:00

A new generation of office tools
at the Under the Radar conference
fr. CNET News.com

2007-03-28T04:05:00.000-07:00

Meraki
- cool and cheap wireless mesh networks
- Google as an investor
- too bad that WPA is not yet included
- "Internet for the next billion"

2006-10-11T15:14:00.000-07:00

... towards Tomorrow's Learning Support System
NetGens Perspective
CMS - extension of the classroom - seamless partnership - my starting off point for exploring web - see simulations
Visual learner - multimedia approach - more text, more disengaged - to show us in the right directions to good research - some resource links
Too many PDFs - no reading by students
Give us a tutorial
Consider traditional vs. non-traditional students
Development path for CMS that tie with learning paradigm
Web 2.0 - Future CMS
Learning: "How People Learn," multi-pass through learning content, when associated with social aspects, active process, people who is doing is the person who is learning the most,
Lecture, transcript, Handout review, Handout authoring,

Web 1 Web 2
Britannica Wikipedia
Publishing Participating
Personal website Blogosphere
They, the media We, the media
Big content Micro content
Authority Collective
Best seller Long tail
Control Cooperation

Teaching Paradigm Learning Paradigm

CMS 2.0
- Enable mashups
- Enable tagging and bookmarking
- Content management
- Collaboration and team tools
- Themes, not just courses
- Peer tutoring collaborations
- Facebooks, not portals
- Social note taking

Active, social, interactive
"where" the students "are"

CMS - web posting, grades, one-to-many communication

What problems do we want to solve? Fundamental infrastructure tool
Expand the Mental Model: "Course" - learning opportunity
Expand the Mental Model: "Management"
Expand the Mental model: "System"

Several different ways of looking at: courses, campus, multiple campuses

Lecture: No PowerPoint reading; discussions are essential for students to show up
Room for both web 1/CMS 1 and web 2/CMS 2 - need both

Watch student behavior and access what they are doing
Open service buses - SOA - open and common standards
Open Source - when to switch - now, 3 years or 5 years? - no free lunch

2006-10-11T08:15:00.000-07:00

The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century: the Impact on Education and Society
Timing is an essential key in inventions
Doubling time
Disability technology - reading machines - portable
AI - www.kurzweilai.net
Future predictability
Projecting linear is going to be way too conservative - rate is accelerating - exponentially
Linear function on logarithmic graph - though each paradigm runs out of steam eventually - but another paradigm starts - of course, ultimate limit - still far away
Moore's law to molecular computing
Democratization of knowledge creation
Virtual attendance - going to virtual reality
Biotechnology revolution - turning off specific genes, enzymes - artificial red blood cell
Reverse engineering of the brain - will be a key towards AI - will succeed in modeling most regions in 20 years
bulk of human intelligence - pattern recognition - an example of self-organization
language translation will be a feature on the phone.

2006-10-10T08:32:00.000-07:00

Automated Classroom Video Streaming Pilot at the University of Minnesota
Class Capture to be the norm in 3-5 years
Value-added study aid
without operator is the key
vendors - Tegrity, Sonic Foundry, etc.
$7 million program implemented
3 phases
3rd phase: "low-end" - low-cost - asynchronous video streaming
AMS panel, mediapoint encoder, quicktime streaming server,
Sony color PTZ amx
Vadeo - expensive, $7k
high resolution video possible due to declining encoder prices
audio downloads - preferable for social sciences

2006-10-10T06:42:00.000-07:00

EDUCAUSE 2006: Cerf's Uncovering Science in Computer Science

400 million webhosts
1TB memory on his home computer
Things that need improvement
- semantic web w/ tags - in early stage - manual - maybe moving to automated
- indexing sounds/imagery - much difficult w/ raw data
- localized - geo-indexing, also include time dimension
- meta-topics
- information decay - what do they mean? IP territory - to find ways to keep info useful
User-centric services - self-service, inverting a great deal of previous paradigm
Children - natural scientists - "Take this job and ship it" -
Technology Enrichment Programs
New Sputnik - global warming - framework for improving science in K-12
InterPlanNetary Internet - JPL - flexibility, 28kbps - transmission rate - now 128kbps - making standards - interplanetary backbone
NetNeutrality - Internet freedom - not very much choices -

2006-04-22T10:25:00.000-07:00

Official Google Blog: Avoiding RSI

2006-03-28T05:38:00.000-08:00

Official Google Blog: And we're back
A good way to deal with your own mistakes.

aungzayar's

2006-03-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

aungzayar's is launched today! Recommit to aung zayar's 'blog' as well.

2005-07-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

Mossy Nissan Sentra List

2005-06-19T06:33:00.000-07:00

AutoTrader.com - Find Your Car: Search Results

2005-06-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

ShoesOnTheWeb.com Display adidas Results

2005-06-18T22:48:00.000-07:00

Finish Line :: Products

2005-05-23T22:28:00.000-07:00

Are You a Star at Work?

2005-05-19T14:01:00.000-07:00

Wired Campus Blog
From Chronicle

2005-05-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

A VC: The Starbucks of the Internet
Interesting post on Google, its rapid growth and array of new services versus revenue-generating ones.

2005-05-12T09:01:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Silicon Valley

2005-05-11T00:31:00.000-07:00

Yahoo takes on iTunes with new music service | CNET News.com
$5 a month is the way it should be for music. We'll see how long Yahoo! will run as $60 a year since it said it is only introductory.

2005-05-09T08:22:00.000-07:00

MercuryNews.com | 05/09/2005 | Text streaming service lets users read material as fast as they can

2005-05-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

LinkedIn
Social Networking, more business focused.
Tribe.net - "tribes" of mutual interest
Friendster - more social
MySpace - for music
Thefacebook - for college students

2005-04-30T01:47:00.000-07:00

New Scientist Google searches for quality not quantity - Technology

2005-04-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

Blogs Will Change Your Business

2005-04-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

How To Finance a Hollywood Blockbuster - Start with a German tax shelter. By Edward Jay�Epstein

2005-04-23T11:02:00.000-07:00

Craiglist housing and Google Maps combined

2005-04-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

Free Software Magazine - Free Software Magazine

2005-04-22T22:54:00.000-07:00

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