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Monthly Archives September 2006

Beyond Boundaries 2006 – Prensky

sUND started a technology conference, Beyond Boundaries, five years ago. The conference has grown enough that it is attracting higher ed folks interested in technology from outside the immediate area. A mix is important for generating new ideas. The opening keynote was provided by Marc Prensky – the digital immigrant/native guy. Past posts would indicate [...]

Posted 28 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Berkeley Lectures Online

Berkeley, self described as one of the preeminent public research and teaching institution in the nation, has decided to offer a variety of course lectures online. The range of topics is narrow (no educational psychology yet) but I took a look at several examples from biology (I have an undergraduate major) and information systems (perhaps [...]

Posted 27 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Criticism for Colleges of Education

eSchoolNews (Sept. 19) offers an article summarizing criticisms of colleges of educations based on a recent study. You may have read a similar article in your local paper. Among the many criticisms – school administrators find new hires poorly prepared to deal with a number of practical issues (including the integration of technolgy). Access the [...]

Posted 22 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

One Web Day

I thought today was going to be a day like most other days. But no, today is OneWebDay. This day has its own entry in wikipedia. Today is the day to “celebrate online life.” If I was not on a diet, I would go looking for a piece of cake. My toast – In a [...]

Posted 22 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Wikipedia to “fork”

Ben Vershbow reports on if:book that one of the cofounders of Wikipedia wants to develop a similar project with a more controlled approach. The new approach will make use of editors so that there is greater control of the introduction and modification of content. The “fork” allows individuals to use Wikipedia content in creating a [...]

Posted 19 September 2006 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Browser-Based Apps Will Compete With Web-Expanded Desktop Apps

Ebrahim Ezzy outlines how he sees the coming competition between web-based apps (e.g., Writely, Google Spreadsheet) and what he describes as web-expanded desktop apps. As I understand this second category, he is describing the effort of the companies who provide commercial applications to offer web options from within these programs (e.g., blogging from MicroSoft Word). [...]

Posted 15 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

DragonFly TV

When Apple upgraded iTunes and the iTunes store to offer movies I could not resist. I paid my $10 and downloaded Pirates of the Caribbean just for the experience. My problem is that I am one of those people who has a TIVO, netflix and several cable movie channels and watches about one movie a [...]

Posted 14 September 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) °