Real Player
This item was sent to me through the grapevine: "In case anyone was interested; There is a version of Real Player, available through the BBC, that is add free and ready for download. The BBC has strict guidelines on advertising (being a gov't run non-profit news agency) and therefore they provide this special version of real player. More...
TechKnowledge
Jay Cross offers coverage of the TechKnowledge conference almost as good as being there. Day One, Day Two and Day Three. Best bit: "People today want to be doing things. They want control. They want tools. Along with the book review, add a button for buying the book. More...
Two Boyds on YASNSes
I've had one of those days where attention to agreements and intellectual property and licensing prevented any real work from getting done. So I'll leave it to Seb Paquet to refer this quote from Marc Canter: "The business sector is floundering around - trying to 'wrap their arms' around something - that is un-wrappable. Since social software is not a single market or even single trend - the VCs wanna know "where's the beef?" "What's the business model?" "Who do we invest in?" But the thing about it is - social software is more than a trend or fad. It's a raising of the bar - bringing humans into the equation of software. More...
Oats-Based Initiative
As I've said before, "Apple uses music to sell iPods..." and today, Quaker uses learning to sell oats... Yes, of course it is, as Joho points out, an abdication of our responsibility to teach children. More...
We Are Morons: A Quick Look at the Win2k Source
The good news? The Windows source code is better than people thought it would be and not likely to be pirated. The bad news? It was written by... well, better to let the Microsoft authors desribe themselves. More...
Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
This item is a few weeks old, but it's a good article, though very introductory, which is why I didn't run it before now. More...
VeriSign Works to ID Kid Surfers
The idea is that kids will receive an ID token that they plug into their computer's USB prot that gives them access to kid-safe areas. Of course, given that adults control kids, it seems that they wouldn't be hard to come by. Nancy Willard, on WWWEDU, spots the larger problem. More...
The Semantic Social Network
Two types of technologies are about to merge. The technologies are content syndication, used by blogging websites around the world, and social networking, employed by sites such as Friendster and Orkut. More...
Déclinée en deux "piliers" - la prévention de la précarité, notamment chez les plus jeunes, et l'accompagnement vers l'emploi -, cinq "engagements" et 21 "mesures", la stratégie dévoilée ce jeudi se présente comme le produit d'une phase de consultation ayant largement associé tous les acteurs : collectivités locales, associations, travailleurs sociaux... et les bénéficiaires des politiques sociales. Plus...
Le plan Prison présenté par Nicole Belloubet en conseil des ministres le 12 septembre 2018 prévoit la création de structures d'accompagnement vers la sortie (SAS) qui permettront de former des détenus et de mieux préparer leur réinsertion. Des enjeux qui reposent en partie sur les régions, responsables depuis la loi du 5 mars 2014 de la formation professionnelle des détenus. Plus...
/https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
