Lara Hill's Reflections on Technology and Education

Overall Reflections on National Educational Computing Conference

2009-07-03T23:56:00.005-04:00

National conferences are behemoth by nature and when it comes to technology -- much like waking up on a Christmas morning with way too many gifts to comprehend. This year's NECC did not disappoint. Besides the massive exhibition hall with over 500 vendors shouting about their newest and greatest, there were literally hundreds and hundreds of sessions, round tables, poster tables, and more to view. Steve, Donetta, and I spoke about the long time it took for each of us to just narrow down the field to the sessions that we felt would be best for the district. To review the program in detail, check out - http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search.php. I have written separately about most of the sessions I attended in this blog, so I won't go over those again, but I will share some goodies that I think are worth further investigation this year:

Thinkfinity from Verizon (Free) - http://www.thinkfinity.org - excellent interactive activities and lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom. Very dynamic, searchable, and connected to standards.
Google Apps for Schools (Free) - http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html - allows the district to base email and other apps for staff off of the Google tools -- for free. Allows each staff member to have 2 GB of space online, enhanced web-based email, and collaborative documents.
Clicker 5 (Cost) - http://www.cricksoft.com/UK/products/clicker/ - is a cross-platform program that helps pre-rereading / pre-writing students to put together ideas and words to write stories. This looks exciting for our PreK and Kindergarten classes to replace some of the older programs that no longer are being supported. Can also be used with more sophisticated content. To find out more, check out - http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/ideas/using_clicker/index.htm.
Library of Congress' Website (Free) - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/ - one of the best experiences from the conference was a free pass to visit the Library of Congress for a closed evening event. We were treated like royalty with free drinks and desserts as well as free access to the main reading room at the Thomas Jefferson Building. This room is only available to the public about twice a year so we truly were treated as honored guests. There are so many resources available for students and educators at the Library of Congress and even if you have checked out the site in the past, you should take another look.

Here is a picture from the Main Reading Room:

For more pictures from Washington, DC, check out my photo website at http://picasaweb.google.com/lhillclasses/WashingtonDC#.

21st-Century Learning: The New Visionary Administrator Speaks Up!

2009-07-01T08:42:00.003-04:00

The CEO of Project Tomorrow (the non-profit organization that runs the national survey of students, teachers, parents, and admininstrators called "Speak UP!") shared the responses of the Fall 2008 survey with a focus on responses of visionary leaders. From the 2008 Fall survey, Project Tomorrow discovered from the data that there is a growing cadre of visionary leaders whose technology skills and goals are more closely aligned with their students than with their teachers. To view the report, click this link - http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/leadership21_visionaryAdmin.html. My beliefs about student, teacher, and admininstrator's responses to the survey seemed to be along the same lines. Hopefully, we too can participate in this survey this coming fall.

Microsoft Support for Educators

2009-06-30T15:17:00.002-04:00

Innovative Teachers Network - free resources for teachers - http://www.innovativeteachers.com/Pages/Welcome.aspx

NECC SIGAdmin Forum

2009-06-30T13:51:00.002-04:00

Don Kinezek, CEO of ISTE, discussed the importance of leadership support for sustainable positive change in education. Knowledgeable and persistent leadership is key for success and the new national educational technology standards for administrators (NETS-A) details the characteristics necessary. The new ISTE NETS-A sections are (ISTE, 2009):

1. Visionary Leadership
2. Digital Age Learning Culture
3. Excellence in Professional Practice
4. Systemic Improvement
5. Digital Citizenship

The first standard focuses on leadership that nutures effective and positive change. Leaders who cannot affect change positively will not survive. Digital Age Learning Culture (Standard 2), focuses on leaders' ability to model, promote, and support "rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students" (ISTE, 2009).
References

ISTE. (2009). National Educational Technology Standards. From http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS, on June 30, 2009.

Just a piece of NECC's Exhibition Hall

2009-06-30T13:48:00.002-04:00

This picture shows just a piece of the NECC 2009's Exhibition Hall -- it was massive, with over 290 asiles of vendors. Literally, this seemed to just go on and on...

Wordle - Create Beautiful Word Clouds

2009-06-30T13:26:00.006-04:00

Wordle has got to be one of the coolest free tools out there to see your writing in graphical form. Here is one using the words from Robert Frost's poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay.

Kathy Scrock's Winning Strategies for Information Overload

2009-06-30T12:51:00.004-04:00

Kathy used her easy-going manner to share ways to help manage the extensive amount of information that floods all of us. You can check out details at http://kathyschrock.net/score/. Besides giving details about how to filter email and setting up ways to access your email with IMAP, Kathy also gave details about the "must have" hardware which can make life easier to manage information. She recommended 1G 8.9" netbooks for the best bang for your buck. Secondly, she recommended the use of "very smart" phone. She also discussed blogging, microblogging with Twitter, sharing Google Docs with her whole district.

Teaching Elementary Students with Scratch Programming

2009-06-30T11:08:00.005-04:00

Christopher Michaud, Nebo Elementary
Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 11:00am–12:00pm WWCC 150 B

Christopher used his expertise with working with elementary students to help us digital immigrants how to use the free open source program called SCRATCH that allows students to create games, simulations, and tell stories through computer science and programming. The main information for this presentation is located at http://nebomusic.net/necc2009BYOL.html.

Check out Chris' link at http://nebomusic.net/Polygon_Step_By_Step.html which has the directions for creating a shape painter program in SCRATCH.

This is such an amazing and "tangible" way to teach math, logic and technological fluency! I think this activity alone could incorporate so many of the NJ State Standards.

Web 2.0 Exploration Presentation

2009-06-29T11:32:00.005-04:00

Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

"Technology is the support for learning." - Adam Garry, Presenter

I agree with this 100%! So often, as a technology director, so much of the time is gobbled up with the details of supporting the technology equipment, providing professional development, and dealing with mandates / requirements. Although these leeches are essential aspects of leading educational technology, the focus needs to be on finding ways to nurture student AND teacher learning.

Chris O'Neal, one of the presenters, recommended that it is best to find a tangible task and bring it back to motivate a change. Perhaps find a way to have your building administrators actually give technology trainings to their staff.

eToolKit - http://www.etoolkit.org - Web 2.0 tools and resources are on this website.

The toolkit has resources on data gathering and information such as surveys and data collection assessments. information also includes Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is the overlay of technology, content, and pedagogy. Additionally, there are many tips on how to get policymakers behind your vision. Overall, this website provides constantly-updated resources to support movement towards the new / updated version of school. ISTE provided a copy of Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum's (2007) book entitled, Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools.

Tammy's Tech Tools

2009-06-29T08:37:00.005-04:00

Bright and early, Steve Chard, Donetta Marconi, and I arrived for our first real session. Her handout can be found at...

http://www.tammyworcester.com

Tammy's session was very practical and a great way to get started. She started out by sharing the gem called - http://www.todaysmeet.com which allows you to set up an impromptu chat room for free using a web browser.

Highlights from session:

Tammy's Tech Tools

Check out the link for the handout with all of the links - http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tammys_Favorite_Tips,_Tricks,_%26_Tools/Web_Tools.html.
Jamstudio - http://www.Jamstudio.com - allows students to use web to create music with various software instruments and then they can download and used in PowerPoint or other location.
Vocaroo - http://vocaroo.com - allows you to freely create recordings that can be embedded into web pages. Great use for posting to a class blog -- have students come up individually each day and record what happened during class that day.
Jing - http://www.jingproject.com and Skitch (best for Mac) - download the program to then capture screen shots, but instead of just sitting in the clipboard, you can annotate and do so much more. Additionally, this will record your voice and mouse movement. You can also move to Screencast which allows you to embed your video /image or download.
Similar Keepvid - http://www.keepvid.com - which allows you to harvest YouTube videos, KickYouTube helps teachers to download videos to bring into school. When you find the YouTube video on YouTube, in the address bar, just add "kick" before the word "youtube." Then you will be able to download it various formats. This is a huge advancement in working around streaming issues. No downloading, no fees, no extra links.
CoolTools - http://www.cooltools.net - has a Random Name generator http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.php/?fruit_machine that pulls up invidual names one by one for students to answer a question... You can use this when you are asking students to review facts as well if you enter the facts in the text box and then "pull the lever" to see which fact comes up for the student to answer. Another option is that you can embed this tool into your blog.

Too much on my desktop!

2009-06-28T00:53:00.001-04:00

Here is a test!

2006-07-19T10:18:00.000-04:00

I have been having freezing and hanging problems on Interent Explorer on my PC. I downloaded Firefox (go to http://www.firefox.com). Much better...

La

2006-07-19T10:10:00.000-04:00

Diigo - social annotation and social bookmarking

Entourage - Outlook Export and Import Script

2005-08-01T11:44:00.000-04:00

Moving data from PC to Mac can be a bit tricky when using Outlook and Entourage. However, I found this script online at http://scriptbuilders.net/files/exportimportentourage1.3.8.html .

I need to install and review.

Lara

Amazing Sites for Tracking Maps, Locations, WebCam, and Photos Tracked by Location

2005-07-23T07:20:00.000-04:00

Technology is constantly evolving and growing. I was googling a bit early this Saturday morning and I discovered some sites that were just awesome.

Google Maps - http://maps.google.com

Mappr - http://www.mappr.com - Mappr takes the tags that users submit with their photographs that they post online to Flickr (http://www.flickr.com). Mappr then shows the photographs on a map so you can search by a location. Currently, they are using zipcodes and place names, but they are working on including longitude and latitude. Nat at O'Reilly Radar has gathered some powerful web sites and tools that are focused on images, tagging by location, and more (http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/07/where_20_a_coll.html). Here is a cheat sheet for adding tags that tie in longitude and latitude from Phillip Torrone (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/07/how_to_gps_tag.html).

NJ Elite 2005 - Engaging the Digital Mindset

2005-07-21T12:59:00.000-04:00

Open-Source Software Resource Information

2005-07-11T15:51:00.000-04:00

Open-source software is exploding all over the educational world and for very good reason. It is free! Also, many of the software programs are completely compatible with the epensive protected software.

Here are some links that provide information about using open-source:

1. http://richtech.ca/seul/ gives a directory of open source software by category. Also, you can search through the database by keyword to discover which software is for you.

2. http://richtech.ca/cgi-bin/seul/seulview.pl?recnum=656 - (http://sourceforge.net/projects/helpmeict/) - HelpDesk for Educational environment

3. http://www.brunswickwdi.com/features - - BIE allows you to bring data from various locations and protocols and merge them together to transform data in to information.

CSS Style Sheets Reference

2005-07-03T14:49:00.000-04:00

Here is a wonderful reference for CSS stylesheets - http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp

NECC - Debate about the use of Technology in Education Reform

2005-06-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

Does Technology Enhance or Detract from School Improvement Efforts? [Concurrent Session at the NECC 2005 conference in Philadephia, Pa.] - http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=7480354
David Freitas, Indiana University South Bend with Janet Buckenmeyer
Description of session: Two educators will debate the effect of technology on school improvement. Based on reality, relevant research, and best practices, conventional wisdom will be challenged.

To access the full handout, go to: http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/uploads/NECC2005/KEY_7480354/Freitas_buckenmeyerNECC2005.pdf

According to Freitas and Buckenmeyer (2005), they reveal the following point / counterpoint about the future of technology in education:

Issue 4: The Future
Point
Technology integration is another educational fad. It’s an initiative doomed for failure. When student achievement stagnates or declines, a lack of technology support will likely be blamed. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, fortunately no excuses are acceptable.

Counterpoint
It must be acknowledged that a similar argument was made concerning other technologies, most recently and notably television. Some “research” studies at that time referred to this new invention as insignificant. Proponents, however, envisioned the education’s future through this new media. They argued that since the teacher in the box (television) was every bit as good as the teacher in the classroom, teachers could be replaced with the televised teacher at significant cost savings. Fortunately, this theory quickly short circuited. Few can argue the fact that the effects of computer and related technologies are pervasive and far-reaching. Such technologies are rapidly changing and affect every area in which we live, work, and play. Our graduates are expected to be comfortable and proficient with technology. If schools don’t prepare students to enter the workforce, aren’t they ignoring an important societal expectation? Accountability is one of the cornerstones of the No Child Left Behind Act. Now, the rising student achievement rates of every school, or lack thereof, is publicly shared. Success and failure will be analyzed. What role did technology play? This examination will likely yield more evidence of the link between technology and student achievement. (Feritas & Buckenmeyer, 2005, pp. 11-12)

Lara's Comments
First of all, the budget for next year sent by President Bush completely wiped away all funding for the EETT portion of the No Child Left Behind Act. Unless Congress puts money back in to fund educational technology, then educational technology advocates will declare that failure will be inevitable. Money is not everything, but it is necessary when upgrading school districts to be part of the digital world that is already in place outside of schools.

I would take this even further to state that educational technology when infused responsibly in to the curriculum and productivity of schools will not only help to meet the societal expectation, but also transform the depth of learning. Throughout the NECC 2005 conference, it is evident that educational technology is not about the business of bringing in gadgets that are fads, it is about empowering people - students, faculty, staff, parents, community members - to reach out to the macro and micro world in which they are a part. Weinberger (2005) in his keynote presentation at NECC 2005 addresses just this issue. He asserts that the individual's role in society is greatly expanded by the use of technology such as blogging, podcasting, etc. Evidence of this is seen through the dramatic example of Dan Rather of CBS News who was called on the carpet by a blogger. Individuals can now speak to a vast audience instead of just the confines of their community. Weinberger (2005) goes further to say that knowledge itself has been transformed (for more information, access Weinberger's site at http://www.hyperorg.com/).Today's students will be faced with a world that is more complex than the one that we currently reign within. Educational technology allows students in school now to move past the memorization of rote materials such as the periodic table and in to the ways that those elements can interact in a purposeful way to create something new and wonderful. Educational Technology is society's greatest hope for reaching towards the empowerment of all memebers of society to reach their fullest potential.

Lara

References

Freitas, D., & Buckenmeyer, J. (2005). Does Technology Enhance or Detract from School Improvement Efforts? Retreived June 29, 2005, from http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/uploads/NECC2005/KEY_7480354/Freitas_buckenmeyerNECC2005.pdf.

Weinberger, D. (2005). The New Shape of Knowledge. [Webcast of keynote presentation at the National Educational Technology Conference (NECC) 2005 in Philadelphia, Pa.]. Retreived June 29, 2005, from http://www.kidzonline.org/necc/agenda.html.

NECC - Podcasts and Blogs about NECC

2005-06-29T09:29:00.000-04:00

It is amazing that in just a year, blogging and podcasting has exploded! The NECC 2005 conference is covered by numerous blogs - such as mine as well as podcasts from various ed tech leaders in the field. These communication methods are powerful ways to reach out and share the experience and knowledge.

To check out some of the podcasts and blogs - http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/glance/blogging.php

Enjoy!

Lara

NECC - Webcasts

2005-06-29T09:26:00.000-04:00

To access webcasts of the most popular sessions from NECC - http://www.kidzonline.org/necc/agenda.html

If you have Windows you will need to have Windows Media Player.
If you are using Mac, you will need the following:
1. Mac OS X
2. Windows Media Player 9
3. Internet Explorer for Mac - does not work on Safari

NECC - Session - Using Moodle

2005-06-28T13:37:00.000-04:00

Use Your Noodle: Learn Moodle: A Free Alternative to Board
https://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=7486473

Link for Moodle: http://www.moodle.org
Downloads can be found - http://download.moodle.org/?lang=en
Instructions for how to install can be found here - http://moodle.org/doc/?frame=install.html
Presenter's Own Moodle Class Web on Exploring Moodle - http://imp.usd465.com/moodle/ - - create your own login and password
Based on Social Constructivist Pedagogy
Resource for teachers using moodle - http://www.facultyroom.org
Check out this web site where educational developers put updates about what they are doing on their open-source - http://eduforge.org/wiki/wiki/nzvle/wiki?pagename=MoodleRoadmap

Quiz on Attitude Towards Thinking and Learning - http://imp.usd465.com/moodle/mod/survey/view.php?id=246

FREE - Open Source Software
Over 4,000 developers working collaboratively on this project

Experience with Using Moodle
- Every upgrades that the district has used over the last 2 years has been seemless.
- Linux platform is more robust, Mac OS X Server does have some issues, can be installed on Windows Server 2003.
- Can use LDAP authentication for this. There are documents at Moodle - - http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=25
- When editing your profile:
- Time Zone should be changed to ours.
- Use HTML editor
- DO NOT autosubscribe to forums
- The question about city - use school name instead of city
- Can filter words out, but because everything is logged, it really does not become a problem

To Gain Support from Staff - sell the modules that are easy and useful for them

Moodle Modules

Assignment
- You can put a bunch of assignments in and they can be scheduled in advance.
- Allows electronic submission
- Online or Offline
Chat
- can set it up so that all chats are trasncripted so you can monitor.
- There is an instant messaging feature.
- Can be turned off
- Chat room is only for your server, your people
Choice
- Allows for polling features. Shows list of names who have chosen each one.
- Can allow for one time response or multiple
- There is an optional new module for questionaires
Forums
- Where most learning takes place
- Can be set up to limit who can post
- Can include rating for the posts (students, and / or teachers)
- Posts can only be at a set time
- Can spell check
Glossary
- creates hypertext dictionary
- any user can submit, or additions can be restricted
- can be turned off for quizzes
- can be rated and comments
Lessons
- The Lesson module is a content creation tool that allows teachers to create a set of linked pages. Each page in a lesson provides information and a question; the next page in the lesson is dependent on the answer chosen by the student.
- create flash cards
- provide content and assess learning in one activity
- Creates a series of linked pages
Quiz
- Create and give online quizzes
- Variety of formats
- Immediate feedback
- Students learn more effectively with immediate feedback
- can include media
- can include equation editing
- Can require password or specific network address
- Option to set time limit
- Variety of statistics provided for teacher
- incredible statistics for teacher
SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) - standards for learning online
- Look like flash interactive
- Go to http://www.google.com and search for SCORM and moodle
- Check out - http://www.simplelearningcreator.com/
Surveys
- Pre-built surveys about teaching and learning
Wiki
- Wikis allow multiple users to collaborate
Setting up Class
- Can set up separate groups that do not see each other - like different periods of each classes
- Can also have visible groups or no groups
- There are 3 formats - weekly, topic, and social
- Can copy courses and archive them
- Show grades - if you choose no - then just the student will see the individual assignment grade
- Force language could be useful for foreign language class
- Meta course is a group of courses - for example like in a team setting

I created a test class on their server at http://imp.usd465.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=253&edit=on, my login in is my old one with my old pw.

NECC - Session - Bernie Dodge - Making WebQuest Creation Easier

2005-06-28T11:54:00.000-04:00

Bernie Dodge, the real creator of the web quest, spoke about the challenges that creators face when making a web page. He breaks down the problems with creating web quests, the skills needed (both techonlogical and pedagogical). He is posting his PowerPoint. There is a webcast of this session as well - http://www.kidzonline.org/necc/agenda.html.

I wonder about the ways that teachers and students can create web quests that they like and that they created in a library. It would be wonderful to have an easier system for filling out the forms for creating web quests. My thought for our use of web quests is to use Word to create the web quest, find a mechanism for easily saving the links to pictures for the link and then the ability to zip and post to Edline as a web site that it will automatically unload. We need to investigate this further.

NECC - Resource - Vocabulary Site

2005-06-28T11:51:00.000-04:00

Vocabulary University at http://www.vocabulary.com has a rich site that is free with games and learning tools for increasing vocabulary. Primarily aimed at younger groups - K-5. The site is not well laid out and is not very pleasing to look at, but the content is worth the sifting.

Collaboratory Portal - Home for the IP Videoconferencing Workshop

2005-06-27T13:21:00.000-04:00

The Collaboratory allows for media to be shared. Much like Edline. Sources of other web sites with information are valuable.

The PowerPoints are located here.

The collaboratory web site is http://collaboratory.nunet.net

NECC - Videoconferencing over IP - Basic Hardware and Technology Issues

2005-06-27T11:23:00.000-04:00

Robin Woodstone, Illinois Century Network

rwoodsome@illinois.net

Login for The Collaboratory for me is in my PDA.

Hardware and Technology Issues with Video over IP

Vocabulary
- Gateways - technology bridge
- connects various types of protocols so they can interact together
- MCU - meeting place
- if you build the system and have the mcu, there is no charge
- can go through other companies
- price is about $50,000
- Gatekeepers
- hardware
- not necessary for IP to IP
- Codecs
- these do the decoding and encoding
- these are part of the camera usually
- Software Systems for Videoconferencing
- allows for more computer tools
- Whiteboard, remote desktop, chat
- Quality is not as high because of the applications
- Lots of variety of commercial meeting points available
- SIP (Session Initiated Protocol
- MPEG4 and more

IP Issues
- Cannot do multiple videos unless you have MCU
- you can purchase a switch that allows you to have multiple cameras and then just switch back and forth

Network Considerations
- Hubs - video and audio packets can't wait
- Network speeds at least 10/100 network
- Switches - consider congestion - how are they being used
- Routers - quality of service, memory, processing speed and congestion
- If you have a bandwidth problem, quality of service is poor, minimum bandwidth should be at least 512K for only video
- Bandwidth monitoring tools

Firewalls
- Source of greatest configuration problems because they do their job
- Private IP address - Static Public to Private
- Newer firewalls include video and audio packet service
- Firewall transversal systems (Ridgeway as an examle)

Troubleshooting
- Keep cell phone numbers handy
- Call test number to make sure it is not you
- Isolate the problem
- On network or off network
- Use common network tools - ping, trace route, bandwidth monitors
- Packet loss and jitter
- Always have plan B, C, D, etc. - Redundancy is important
- Include in extra time
- Use technology troubles to teach students and others critical thinking skills and technology skills by modeling and explaining details.

Ideas for Haddon Township School District
- Camnet has a gateway
- We have IP conferencing - that is just fine now.
- Colleges have MCUs, gateways, and gatekeepers - we might be able to use these during the day if we make a connection.
- We need to get network monitoring software
- MRTG - bandwidth monitoring -
- Ethereal - network analyzer
- Iperf - Network analyzer -

NECC - Live from the Heart Video Conferencing Program

2005-06-27T10:55:00.000-04:00

During the IP Video Conference workshop that I attended on June 27, 2005 at the NECC, we saw a demonstration of a live open-heart operation. The program is from the Museum of Science and Technology in Chicago, IL. The web site is http://www.msi.org.

The web site is wonderful! Filled with lots of resources. The teachers attends a 2.5 hour prof development program that allows them to experience the surgery and understand the process of the lesson. The students receive journals to complete before and during the program. The surgeons and nurses are connected to mics and there are cameras in the operating room. The cost is $240 for the entire event with the educational materials. The program is for 8th - 12th graders, mostly 11th - 12th graders. The program fills up very quickly. They begin scheduling for the next year in May.

This would be an excellent supportive piece for the Anatomy class at the district's high school.

The museum also has a "Take Flight" program that runs about 45 minutes.

Equipment requirements - uses Videoconferencing software for Video over IP.

Open Source Software that is completely compatible with MS Office for free - OpenOffice.org: Home

2005-06-22T15:50:00.000-04:00

We need to investigate installing OpenOffice or another such program to those machines that we do not have enough licensens for. It is completely free and compatible.

OpenOffice.org: Home

Educational Research - Creswell - Companion Web Site

2005-04-25T23:56:00.000-04:00

Companion Web Site for Educational Research (2nd Edition), John Creswell.

ISTE Membershib Home

2005-04-25T15:24:00.000-04:00

ISTE | Home

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APA PsycARTICLES Direct - Homepage

2005-04-25T11:03:00.000-04:00

APA PsycARTICLES Direct - Homepage

Database of Psychological Journals that you can search for articles. You have to pay a small fee, but this might be a good resource for finding articles, references, and noteworthy researchers.

L

Reading Online - Research: Mental Imagery in Reading

2005-04-25T10:55:00.000-04:00

Reading Online - Research: Mental Imagery in Reading

Meta research on mental imagery from Mark Sadoski.

Mental Imagery - Theories and Experiments.

2005-04-25T10:53:00.000-04:00

Mental Imagery - Theories and Experiments.

Excellen resource for web sites, information about mental imagery.

Journal of Mental Imagery

2005-04-01T09:06:00.000-05:00

Journal of Mental Imagery

Reading First LISD - Information about How We Learn to Read

2005-04-01T09:03:00.000-05:00

Table of Contents

Basic information about how we learn to read

Are Theories of Imagery Theories of Imagination? An Active Perception Approach to Conscious Mental Content.

2005-04-01T09:01:00.000-05:00

Are Theories of Imagery Theories of Imagination? An Active Perception Approach to Conscious Mental Content.

Cognitive Science Web Site from the National Science Foundation

2005-04-01T08:36:00.000-05:00

Cognitive Science

Detailed information about the science of cognition.

Active Meter ~Project Title

2005-03-23T19:41:00.000-05:00

Active Meter ~Project Title

This site allows you to track the visitors to your site over a period of time. I created this NWP project with the same login and password as the NWP site on Tripod.

Digital Edge Learning Interchange

2005-03-22T13:39:00.000-05:00

Digital Edge Learning Interchange

Great teaching resources for infusing technology.

Poynter Online

2005-03-20T21:18:00.000-05:00

Web site about ways to be a better e-journalist - powerful site.

Poynter Online

Eyetrack III - About the Research

2005-03-20T21:08:00.000-05:00

This web site discusses online news consumer behavior in the age of multimedia.

Interesting possibility for dissertation.

Eyetrack III - About the Research

eThemes | eMINTS

2005-03-13T21:40:00.000-05:00

eThemes | eMINTS

Professional Development Modules

2005-03-13T21:28:00.001-05:00

Professional Development Modules

2005-03-13T21:28:00.000-05:00

Professional Development Modules

WebWatchersOnline - Tips for Kids

2005-03-10T22:45:00.000-05:00

http://www.webwatchersonline.com/TCorner.aspx

Apple Learning Interchange - Digital Learning Events

2005-03-09T13:29:00.000-05:00

Apple Learning Interchange - Digital Learning Events

Generation YES � Youth & Educators Succeeding

2005-03-08T16:58:00.000-05:00

Generation YES � Youth & Educators Succeeding

New Jersey Association for Educational Technology

2005-03-08T16:33:00.000-05:00

New Jersey Association for Educational Technology

techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders

2005-03-04T16:34:00.000-05:00

techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders

Sophos - Minimising spam

2005-03-04T16:25:00.000-05:00

Sophos - Minimising spam

Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Digital Disconnect

2005-02-26T16:01:00.000-05:00

The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools

8/14/2002 | Report | Doug Levin, Sousan Arafeh, Amanda Lenhart, Lee Rainie

Using the Internet is the norm for today’s youth. Due in large part to high profile and sometime controversial education technology public policy initiatives, it is conventional wisdom that much of this use occurs in schools. The American Institutes for Research was commissioned by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to conduct a qualitative study of the attitudes and behaviors of Internet-using public middle and high school students drawn from across the country. The study is based primarily on information gathered from 14 gender-balanced, racially diverse focus groups of 136 students, drawn from 36 different schools.

Internet-savvy students rely on the Internet to help them do their schoolwork. They describe dozens of different education-related uses of the Internet. Virtually all use the Internet to do research to help them write papers or complete class work or homework assignments. The students employ five different metaphors to explain how they use the Internet for school: The Internet as virtual textbook and reference library, as virtual tutor and study shortcut, as virtual study group, as virtual guidance counselor, and the Internet as virtual locker, backpack, and notebook.

Many schools and teachers have not yet recognized—much less responded to—the new ways students communicate and access information over the Internet. Students report that there is a substantial disconnect between how they use the Internet for school and how they use the Internet during the school day and under teacher direction. For the most part, students’ educational use of the Internet occurs outside of the school day, outside of the school building, outside the direction of their teachers. While there are a variety of pressures, concerns, and outright challenges in providing Internet access to teachers and students at school, students perceive this disconnect to be the result of school administrators setting the tone for use at school, the wide variation in teacher policies regarding Internet use in and for class and poor and uninspiring quality of Internet-based assignments. Students say they face several roadblocks when it comes to using the Internet at schools. In many cases, these roadblocks discourage them from using the Internet as much, or as creatively, as they would like. They note that quality of access, heavy-handed filtering and the inequalities in home access among students constitute major barriers to Internet use in and for school.

Of course, student use of the Internet for school does not occur in a vacuum. Students’ experiences, and those of their states, districts, schools, teachers, and parents, strongly affect how the Internet is adopted in schools. Nonetheless, large numbers of students say they are changing because of their out-of-school use of the Internet—and their reliance on it. Internet-savvy students are coming to school with different expectations, different skills, and access to different resources.

Stated Educational Technology Director's Association

2005-02-26T15:58:00.000-05:00

Toolkit for 2003 - Tons of information about technology leadership.

About the National Leadership Institute (NLI)
On December 6-10, 2003, SETDA hosted the second annual National Leadership Institute (NLI). The NLI was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education. Participation at the NLI included more than 105 state leaders from 46 states and the District of Columbia. There were also 10 staff members from the U.S. Department of Education, more than 25 resource specialists and directors from six of the Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC).

The NLI was an intensive hands-on workshop structured to produce deliverables that will aid state technology leaders in effectively implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. A planning committee comprised of SETDA members developed the work group topics and the Institute's agenda to ensure relevant and significant areas of focus.

Each Institute participant selected one of the following work groups.

Group One: Building Partnerships & Leveraging Resources
Group Two: Technology Leadership Skills for 21st Century Challenges
Group Three: Data Collection/Data Driven Decision-Making
Group Four: Professional Development Models/On-Line Learning
Group Five: Virtual Schools/Distance Learning

The outcomes of the five work groups are included in the 2003 SETDA National Leadership Institute Toolkit: States Helping States Implement No Child Left Behind. While the Toolkit was developed for use by state leaders, SETDA does encourage sharing the tools broadly so that all educators and administrators can utilize the Toolkit to assist them in improving learning for all students through the use of technology. Additional copies of the Toolkit can be downloaded at www.setda.org.

Presentation about Teenage use of Internet and the Implications for Education and the Future

2005-02-26T15:44:00.000-05:00

http://www.pewinternet.org/ppt/2003%208.14.03%20--%20Singapore%20Youth.Net%20Conference.ppt#258,1,Teenage Life Online: The Rise of the Networked Generation Lee Rainie – Director Youth.Net Conference - Singapore August 12, 2003

Route 21 - Interactive Guide to 21st Century Skills

2005-02-26T15:43:00.000-05:00

Partnership for 21st Century Literacy Skills

2005-02-26T15:41:00.000-05:00

This site is chock-full of information about 21st century literacy skills, tools for determining your organization's level of 21st century literacy skills, and help to implement and integrate technology and 21st century literacy skills in to curriculum (including subject maps with benchmarks for 4th - 12th grade).

Enjoy!

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Creating a Mission Statement

2005-02-26T14:53:00.000-05:00

Leader to Leader Institute - Formerly the Drucker Foundation - http://www.leadertoleader.org/leaderbooks/sat/mission.html

Building a mission statement. This web site also has a lot of information about leadership in the non-profit sector. Powerful resources!

La

Copyright Information for Students

2005-02-10T13:50:00.000-05:00

"Intellectual Propery Primer" from Court TV, student forum of high school students on teh complex legal and moral questions raised by downloading music, games and movies on the Internet.

Other links:

Copyright Kids: http://www.copyrightkids.org
iSafe: http://www.i-safe.org
Power to Learn: Internet Smarts: http://www.powertolearn.com/internet_smarts

NCLB Video Seminars for Teachers

2004-11-15T01:48:00.000-05:00

Interesting link to investigate.

Questions to ask:

Is the quality adequate?
What about follow up?

Links to Open Source Modules for PHP

2004-11-13T15:12:00.000-05:00

Fat Scripts is a central location for open-source developers to post information. This one is focused on PHP and it is listed by category.

Learning Virtual Environment Module for PHP

2004-11-13T15:11:00.000-05:00

Amazing open source software that works with Mac OS X. Allows teachers to create quizzes, exercises, discussion board, chats, etc. We must try this out!

L

Cool Training Resources for Mac OS X and Kidspiration

2004-10-26T09:07:00.000-04:00

There are free online tutorials on how to use Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther

http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxx.shtml - Jaguar
http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxpanther - Panther

Other Tutorials:
Kidspiration 2.0 Demo - http://www.kidspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/interactive_demo/index.cfm

Other Resources:
http://www.kidspiration.com/standards/index.cfm?fuseaction=state_detail&state=NewJersey - NJ State Standards Correlations for Kidspiration

GarageBand.com Website to access ermerging artists and post music!

2004-10-10T13:36:00.000-04:00

GarageBand.com

http://www.garageband.com/htdb/index.html

Computer Management in Panther Server

2004-10-01T16:19:00.000-04:00

I set up a test list of computers in computer management in workgroup manager. I then deleted the list but when I tried to create the full list of everyone, I received an error message that stated the computer was already on another list. I checked and it is not on any list. Seems like a carbon to unix hiccup. Any ideas?

Lara

Computers in 2004?

2004-09-24T16:43:00.000-04:00

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~shnayder/computer.jpg

Check out this picture of what the scientists in the 1950s expected computers to look like in 2004! How amazing! This computer would not even fit in my house!

Self-Assessment Survey Example from Conroe SD

2004-09-15T12:27:00.000-04:00

Here is an example needs assessement survey - http://www.conroe.isd.tenet.edu/departments/tlc/survey/assessment.htm

Assessment tools for ICT in education

2004-09-15T12:25:00.000-04:00

Assessment tools for ICT in education

http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/v2/info.asp?id=11088

Great site for listing out of assessments for site technology. Investigate this.

RSS Reader - Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

2004-09-05T14:36:00.000-04:00

Here is my RSS Reader.

Logging in to Mac OS X Server using Windows XP Computer

2004-09-05T13:19:00.000-04:00

We have a business lab with a number of brand new Windows XP computers. We are unable to log in to the Mac OS X Server X.3.4, eventhough we have Windows Services on and the Mac OS X Server is set up as the PDC.

I found the following helpful discussions:

- http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?13@206.RzcIaN89vNW.7@.68998011/0 - discusses how to do it:
"On your server, configure Windows services as a PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and define a domain.

At your PC, logon as as administrator and go to Network Neighborhood and see if you can see the domain. If you can, you need to set the PC up to access the domain. On W2K, it's My Computer/Properties/ Network Identification. Click on "Properties" and check Domain and enter the OSX PDC domain name. You will be asked to logon to the OSX server (admin) and after a long minute you should receive a message, "Welcome to XXXXXXX Domain". You will be prompted to reboot.

At the logon screen, enter a OSX username (long name or short name) / password. Make sure you enter the domain you wish to enter. If you don't see a "Log on to ________" box, select options and then select the domain. This should get you on the server.

To verify, open My Computer and you should have a H: drive assigned with the shortname of the user you signed on as. "

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More detailed information comes from the File Services Administration manual from Apple on pages 55 - 72 :

"Changing General Settings
You can use the General pane of the Windows service settings in Server Admin to
provide a server description, name, and workgroup and specify the server’s role in its domain.
To configure Windows service General settings:
1 Open Server Admin and select Windows in the Computers & Services list.
2 Click Settings, then click General.
3 To specify how your server participates in the local domain, choose from the Role popup menu.
4 In the Description field, type a description that is meaningful to you or your users.
This description appears in the Network Neighborhood window on client computers,
and is optional.
The Description cannot exceed 48 characters.
5 In the Computer Name field, type the server name you want users to see when they
connect.
The default name is the NetBIOS name of the Windows file server. The name should
contain no more than 15 characters, and no special characters or punctuation.
If practical, make the server name match its unqualified DNS host name. For example, if your DNS server has an entry for your server as “server.apple.com,” give your server the name “server.”
6 In the Workgroup field, type the name of the workgroup that you want users to see in the Network Neighborhood window.
If you have Windows domains on your subnet, use one of them as the workgroup
name to make it easier for clients to communicate across subnets. Otherwise, consult
your Windows network administrator for the correct group name.
The workgroup name cannot exceed 15 characters.

From the Command Line
You can also change the Windows service settings by modifying the serveradmin
command in Terminal. For more information, see the file services chapter of the
command-line administration guide.

PAGE 60:
"Changing Advanced Settings
You can use the Advanced pane of the Windows service settings in Server Admin to
choose a client code page, set the server to be a workgroup or domain master browser,
specify the server’s WINS registration, and enable virtual share points for user homes.
To configure Windows services Advanced settings:
1 Open Server Admin and select Windows in the Computers & Services list.
2 Click Settings, then click Advanced.
3 Choose the character set you want clients to use from the Code Page pop-up menu.
4 Next to Services, choose whether to enable domain browsing services.
“Workgroup Master Browser” provides browsing and discovery of servers in a single subnet.
“Domain Master Browser” provides browsing and discovery of servers across subnets.
5 Next to WINS Registration, choose how you want the server to register with WINS.
Choose “Off” to prevent your server from registering itself with any external WINS
server or local name resolution server.
Choose “Enable WINS server” to have the file server provide local name resolution
services. This allows clients across multiple subnets to perform name/address
resolution.
Choose “Register with WINS server” if your Windows clients and Windows server are not
all on the same subnet, and your network has a WINS server. Then enter the IP address
or DNS name of the WINS server.
6 To simplify setting up share points for Windows user home directories, select “Enable virtual share points.”
When you enable virtual share points, home directories are mounted automatically
when Windows users log in to the server, without you having to set up individual share points for each of your users.

From the Command Line
You can also change the Windows service settings using the serveradmin command
in Terminal. For more information, see the file services chapter of the command-line
administration guide."

Page 64
"Enabling Domain Browsing
If there are no Microsoft servers on your subnet or network to control domain
browsing, you can use these options to restrict domain browsing to a single subnet or
allow browsing across your network.
To enable domain browsing:
1 Open Server Admin and select Windows in the Computers & Services list.
2 Click Settings, then click Advanced.
3 Next to Services, select Workgroup Master Browser, Domain Master Browser, or both.
Select Master Browser to let clients browse for and locate servers in a single subnet.
Select Domain Master Browser to let clients browse for and locate servers across your
network (subnets).
4 Click Save."

Page 67 - HOW TO CONNECT USING WINDOWS NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD:
"Connecting to the Server Using Network Neighborhood
Before trying to connect to the server from a Windows client computer, find out the
workgroup or domain of both the client computer and the file server.
You can find the workgroup name of a Windows client computer in the computer’s
Network Neighborhood window. To find the server’s workgroup name, open Server
Admin, click Windows in the Computers & Services list, click Settings, then click
General.
To connect to a Windows server using the Network Neighborhood:
1 On the Windows client computer, open the Network Neighborhood window. If you are
in the same workgroup or domain as the server, skip to step 4.
2 Double-click the Entire Network icon.
3 Double-click the icon of the workgroup or domain the server is located in.
4 Double-click the server’s icon.
5 Log in using your Windows login name.
Connecting to the Server by Name or Address in Windows
You can connect to the Windows server by double-clicking its name in the Network
Neighborhood. You can also connect without using the Network Neighborhood.
To connect to the Windows server without the Network Neighborhood:
1 On the Windows client computer, choose Start > Find > Computer.
2 Type the name or IP address of your Windows server.
3 Double-click the server to connect.
4 Log in using your Mac OS X Server login name."

The full PDF can be found at - http://a1872.g.akamai.net/7/1872/51/90d4af5d78e651/www.apple.com/server/pdfs/File_Services.pdf

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Once we can log on to the PDC, the following discussion discusses how to modify registry to make things easier for users:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?128@@.6891391b

Feed Burner RSS and ATOM feed of this Blog

2004-09-05T13:15:00.000-04:00

http://feeds.feedburner.com/LaraHillsReflectionsOnTechnologyAndEducation

Mailman on Mac OS X Server Not Receiving Mail for Lists

2004-09-05T13:03:00.000-04:00

When I created a few mailing list groups on my Mac OS X Server mailman using the Web Page admin at http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/mailman/admin - I am receiving emails from the server, but I am not able to send back to the mailing list.

Here is the error message I receive in the returned email:

A message (from ) was received at 5 Sep 2004 16:42:59 +0000.

The following addresses had delivery problems:

Permanent Failure: 550_:_User_unknown_in_local_recipient_table
Delivery last attempted at Sun, 5 Sep 2004 16:43:01 -0000

I found some information, that I am including below:
At Apple Discussions for Mail Services / Mailman, I found this discussion - http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.6896bbc9 - that recommends a terminal command to resolve a domain name issue in mailman's configuration file.

I also found this kbase document:

"We hit a Bug" message when creating a Mailing List: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107889
Mac OS X Server 10.3 includes a Web interface for mailing list administration. If you create a new mailing list with this tool, you may see a message that says, "We're sorry, we hit a bug!"

This Mailman interface is available at http://myserver.com/mailman/admin, where "myserver.com" would be replaced with the address of your server.

When you try to save a new mailing list, you see this message:

Bug in Mailman version 2.1.2

We're sorry, we hit a bug!

If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks!

This message is followed by a detailed traceback.

To resolve the issue, follow these steps:
Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/).
Type: sudo chmod g+w /var/mailman/data/aliases.db
Press Return.
Use Server Admin to remove the partialy created list.

FileMaker Family: Comparison Chart

2004-08-19T02:34:00.000-04:00

FileMaker Family: Comparison Chart: http://www.filemaker.com/products/fm_comparison.html

We are trying to determine the best solution for our purchase order needs in the school district. We currently use a customized FileMaker Pro Database (made using Filemaker Pro 3.0). We have mixed databases and clients and we need to move up to at least 5.0 because the Windows 2003 server cannot handle the 3.0 - 4.0 versions without crashing. Most of our client computer user's needs do not include the full install of FileMaker Pro, so we are hoping that we can create a solution that will allow us to make a mini-program where the information can be updated and posted onto the server. We do not currently have a WAN, so the server solution will not be necessary yet. Based on this link, I am going to purchase a 5-pack of File Maker Pro 6.0 for current users and File Maker Pro Developer 7.0.

Dent du Midi - MIDI File Converter for GarageBand

2004-08-18T14:11:00.000-04:00

Dent du Midi - MIDI File Converter for GarageBand: http://homepage.mac.com/beryrinaldo/ddm/

This program allows you to convert midi files into separate tracks for each instrument type. You can then use these files and drag them into garage band. Too cool!

University of Michigan - LSA Mac OS X Lab Environment

2004-08-18T13:40:00.000-04:00

LSA Mac OS X Environment: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsait/AdminTools/osx/mac_env.htm

Dave Case recommends this site for information about setting up Mac in a lab environment.

4am Media, Inc. - Apple Trainer

2004-08-18T13:26:00.000-04:00

4am Media, Inc.: Apple Trainer Site with Information: http://www.4am-media.com

Another source for information on using OS X Server.

Apple - Remote Desktop - Upgrade

2004-08-18T13:13:00.000-04:00

Apple - Remote Desktop - Upgrade: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/upgrade.html

This is the link that gives a comparison between Apple Remote Desktop 1.2 and 2.0. All computers that you want to command with 2.0 must have 2.0 client software package installed. The new software only sees OS X machines.

WebDav Access on Mail

2004-07-31T16:38:00.000-04:00

Index of /webdav

One of the key plug-ins that my users wanted was to use WebDav to post their iCals so they would not have to pay for .mac. I have resolved this issue with the upgrade of the new Panther server for email. I added the WebDav module and then set up a share point in /Library/WebServer/Documents/ called webdav . I set up webdav by going to Server Admin / Web / Settings / Options and then clicked on WebDav and clicked save. Then I went back through Server Admin to Web / Settings / Realms and set up a new realm that pointed to my /Library/WebServer/Documents/webdav directory. Once that was set up, I added users that could browse and / or author. I took off the default "Everyone" so that a password would be required to see the folder listing of the webdav directory. Finally, I found a note in the web services documentation that you have to manually change the permissions on the webdav folder to be have owner as www with read / write privileges.

Once that was all set up, I connected in a couple of ways:

1. Finder / Connect to Server / and entered http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/ to access the folder that way.

2. Go to Safari and enter http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/ this will ask you to log on and then take you to the directory.

3. Go to iCal, click on a calendar you want to publish, and then click on Calendar in the menu / and then click on Publish - for the path - enter: http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/ , choose the options that you want and then click Publish. To see an image of the setup dialog box, go to http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/icalsetup.pdf

4. To access the folder via Windows, go to Network Places, add a new network place, enter the path: http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/ and then click on Finish. You will have to enter your login and password. You can then save your calendar from Outlook as a web page, by going to File / Save as web page / navigate to the webdav network place you just added and then set up the options as you wish. Click on Save. To access your calendar, just go to http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/ and then the name you gave the file with .html on the end.

This is very cool! I uploaded my calendar to http://mail.haddon.k12.nj.us/webdav/lhill082004.html . Life is good!

Sending Mail from Squirrel Mail Does Not Refresh Page

2004-07-31T13:41:00.000-04:00

Users can't send email within SquirrelMail: "sudo apachectl stop
"
"In certain circumstances, users see a browser error or the page doesn't reload when they try to send a message via SquirrelMail."

We had this problem on server set up - 7/29/2004. Correction was implemented as stated below from this web site:

"The issue happens if the Apache environment includes definitions for SSL related settings while the server is not actually running via SSL. This can occur when the Web server is restarted via Server Admin. To resolve the issue, execute these two commands in Terminal:

# sudo apachectl stop

# sudo apachectl start"

This corrected the problem! Yeah!

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

2004-07-30T12:10:00.000-04:00

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

This link is the tool so that you can add the mini-Blog interface to your browser.

MacDevCenter.com: LDAP in Mac OS X Server

2004-07-29T13:17:00.000-04:00

MacDevCenter.com: LDAP in Mac OS X Server

This is a good article about setting up LDAP on Mac OS X.3 Server for open directory. This might be something to look at later. There are a few other links that look good to like:

More LDAP in Mac OS X Server - http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/18/ldap.html

Open Directory Page from Apple - http://www.apple.com/support/macosxserver/opendirectory/

We got the mail server up and running, but we can not change the password back to the LDAP server. This still needs to be finished.

Blue Wrench from Landmark-Project.com

2004-07-23T16:59:00.000-04:00

David Warlick, owner and creator of the Landmark Project (http://www.landmark-project.com), has created a powerful tool for teachers / educators called Blue Wrench which allows teachers to create their own class sites. My example page is located at http://pinetlibrary.com/classpage.php?page_id=2805&status=last To edit the page, I just have to click on the Blue Wrench at the bottom of the page and enter my password.

I love this, but I wonder how much this overlaps with Edline?

I know that there is an aspect that allows us to connect my bookmarks from Dave's PiNet Library to this page as well. Hmmmm.... some more to think about.

Lara

Creative Commons License

2004-07-23T16:55:00.000-04:00

I found an amazing site today which manages some of the copyright issues surrounding all of us in this Information Age.

You can choose to have a limited copyright so that others may use your work for non-commercial use and you can allow them to modify or not allow them as well as other options.

I created a license from their wizard by going to http://creativecommons.org/license/ and then choosing the options that I wanted. I created this license for images that I post on my blog and on http://www.Flickr.com, where I post my photos.

Below is the badge and the tag that covers my pictures on this blog.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lara

PS - As an example, here is a site that keeps a directory of images under creative commons licenses: http://web2.unt.edu/weblibrary/freemedi/gallery/index.php

Welcome

2004-07-23T16:54:00.000-04:00