MyInternet: K-12 View
Looks at technology adoption from the perspective of K-12 schools. Good analysis, with a valuable diagram showing that most schools purchase smallish systems that 'nobody got fired for buying' - a reflection of a relatively slow uptake, small technology budgets and limited time for implementation (and consequent dependence on providers to support technological needs). Tasmania is cited as the exception that proves this rule - I wish I had more details on that. More...

Interoperability: Why does it matter?
"Why can't we do it?" asks Evan Arthur to kick off this astonishing workshop on technical standards for learning education and training held last week in Melbourne. "Because it's just too damn hard." Kudos to the organizers for getting this up so quickly, while it's still fresh. In today's OLDaily I carry nine links from the workshop - yes, nine. More...

FirefoxIE
It never bears repeating enough: if you are using Internet Explorer, switch to Firefox. There. Now that I've convinced you, you may be wondering how to get all those doo-dads that made Internet Explorer so nice. More...

Disruptive Technologies Spark Upheaval in Corporate Learning Technology
Today's newsletter is about perception, networks and blogs. Realities that people will not see and new ways of understanding the semantic web. More...

Understanding Online Interaction
With the first part of a course he is teaching in the fall, David Wiley wonders "why we don't peer review each others course materials all the time" and then observes "Oh, right, most people are trapped in proprietary, closed LMSs." There's a certain risk to posting your course on the open net like this - especially when you know I will be one of the first to read it and comment (and you can see my comments in the discussion thread). More...

Welcome to VideoPaper Builder 2
This interesting item came through DLORN from MERLOT (I would observe that the definition of learning objects being collected by these systems is very loose indeed). More...

Announcing the Commonwealth
In various fora I have warned of the danger that Creative Commons will commercialize. It would be too great a temptation, I argued, to create special 'business' Creative Commons licenses for commercial content, possibly charging a fee for managing the license. When the Creation Commons 'Education' licenses were proposed a few months ago, I warned that this was first step in the process (here, here, here, and here). More...

Fireworks How To: The Ultimate Aqua Button
Nice step-by-step tutorial on how to create aqua buttons using Firewworks (aqua buttons are those see-through buttons you see on Apple systems). The effect is pretty neat and the lessons show you some things about images in general. More...