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Make: Online | Walled Gardens vs. Makers - 0 views

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Claude Almansi on 02 Jun 11

Cory Doctorow. Make. June 2011. "Consider the iPad for a moment. It's true that Apple's iTunes Store has inspired hundreds of thousands of apps, but every one of those apps is contingent on Apple's approval. If you want to make something for the iPad, you pay $99 to join the Developer Program, make it, then send it to Apple and pray. If Apple smiles on you, you can send your hack to the world. If Apple frowns on you, you cannot. What's more, Apple uses code signing to restrict which apps can run on the iPad (and iPhone): if your app isn't blessed by Apple, iPads will refuse to run it. Not that it's technically challenging to defeat this code signing, but doing so is illegal, thanks to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which makes it a crime to circumvent a copyright-protection technology. So the only app store - or free repository - that can legally exist for Apple's devices is the one that Apple runs for itself. Some people say the iPad is a new kind of device: an appliance instead of a computer. But because Apple chose to add a thin veneer of DRM to the iPad, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applies here, something that's not true of any "appliance" you've ever seen. It's as if Apple built a toaster that you can only use Apple's bread in (or face a lawsuit), or a dishwasher that will only load Apple's plates. Apple fans will tell you that this doesn't matter. Hackers can simply hack their iPads or shell out $99 to get the developer license. But without a means of distributing (and receiving) hacks from all parties, we're back in the forbidden-knowledge Dark Ages - the poverty-stricken era in which a mere handful of ideas was counted as a fortune."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Cory Doctorow. Make. June 2011. "Consider the iPad for a moment. It's true that Apple's iTunes Store has inspired hundreds of thousands of apps, but every one of those apps is contingent on Apple's approval. If you want to make something for the iPad, you pay $99 to join the Developer Program, make it, then send it to Apple and pray. If Apple smiles on you, you can send your hack to the world. If Apple frowns on you, you cannot. What's more, Apple uses code signing to restrict which apps can run on the iPad (and iPhone): if your app isn't blessed by Apple, iPads will refuse to run it. Not that it's technically challenging to defeat this code signing, but doing so is illegal, thanks to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which makes it a crime to circumvent a copyright-protection technology. So the only app store - or free repository - that can legally exist for Apple's devices is the one that Apple runs for itself. Some people say the iPad is a new kind of device: an appliance instead of a computer. But because Apple chose to add a thin veneer of DRM to the iPad, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applies here, something that's not true of any "appliance" you've ever seen. It's as if Apple built a toaster that you can only use Apple's bread in (or face a lawsuit), or a dishwasher that will only load Apple's plates. Apple fans will tell you that this doesn't matter. Hackers can simply hack their iPads or shell out $99 to get the developer license. But without a means of distributing (and receiving) hacks from all parties, we're back in the forbidden-knowledge Dark Ages - the poverty-stricken era in which a mere handful of ideas was counted as a fortune."</div>

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Claude Almansi on 05 Jun 11

We discussed this article in the forum of lascuolachefunziona.it. Someone objected that the iPad was a great tool and gave far more liberty to developers than traditional print publishers. I retorted that it was precisely because the iPad was such a great tool that its proprietariness about content for it was irritating. Then Elena Favaron made an illuminating comparison: "There are also people who make coffee machines that work only with dedicated coffee capsules, and there are folks who even buy them..."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We discussed this article in the forum of lascuolachefunziona.it. Someone objected that the iPad was a great tool and gave far more liberty to developers than traditional print publishers. I retorted that it was precisely because the iPad was such a great tool that its proprietariness about content for it was irritating. Then Elena Favaron made an illuminating comparison: "There are also people who make coffee machines that work only with dedicated coffee capsules, and there are folks who even buy them..."</div>

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How teachers Facebook & tweet for students - 2 views

Net Family News Anne Collier Facebook and Twitter are very different but social utilities just the same, so there are about as many ways teachers use them as there are teachers. And their creativi...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 10 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

Plan Would Force U. of Wisconsin to Return $39-Million in U.S. Broadband Grants - Wired... - 0 views

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Claude Almansi on 09 Jun 11

"June 8, 2011, 7:01 pm By Marc Parry A budget approved by a legislative committee last week would force the University of Wisconsin to return $39-million in federal grants awarded to expand high-speed Internet access across the state, state education officials said. The plan would also require all University of Wisconsin institutions to withdraw from WiscNet, a nonprofit network cooperative that services the public universities, most of the technical and private colleges in Wisconsin, about 75 percent of the state's elementary and high schools, and 95 percent of its public libraries, according to David F. Giroux, a spokesman for the university system. (...) Another provision in the plan would bar any University of Wisconsin campus from participating in advanced networks connecting research institutions worldwide, according to Mr. Evers's memo. For example, the Madison campus would have to withdraw from Internet2, a high-speed networking consortium, said Mr. Giroux."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"June 8, 2011, 7:01 pm By Marc Parry A budget approved by a legislative committee last week would force the University of Wisconsin to return $39-million in federal grants awarded to expand high-speed Internet access across the state, state education officials said. The plan would also require all University of Wisconsin institutions to withdraw from WiscNet, a nonprofit network cooperative that services the public universities, most of the technical and private colleges in Wisconsin, about 75 percent of the state's elementary and high schools, and 95 percent of its public libraries, according to David F. Giroux, a spokesman for the university system. (...) Another provision in the plan would bar any University of Wisconsin campus from participating in advanced networks connecting research institutions worldwide, according to Mr. Evers's memo. For example, the Madison campus would have to withdraw from Internet2, a high-speed networking consortium, said Mr. Giroux."</div>

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Claude Almansi on 09 Jun 11

That's what Lessig had in mind when he said: "Think about the question of broadband policy. (…) The US has been a dismal failure in this respect. As we watch the US going from number 1 in broadband penetration, now to, depending on the scale, number 18, 19, or 28. And that change is because of policies that effectively block competition for broadband providers. Their answer, these broadband providers brought to our government, and got our government to impose actually benefited them and destroyed the incentives for them to compete in a way that would drive broadband penetration. (…)" From Lessig's Keynote Address at g8 7:48 - 8:42 - http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/C6wmjKWrZwlP/

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">That's what Lessig had in mind when he said: "Think about the question of broadband policy. (…) The US has been a dismal failure in this respect. As we watch the US going from number 1 in broadband penetration, now to, depending on the scale, number 18, 19, or 28. And that change is because of policies that effectively block competition for broadband providers. Their answer, these broadband providers brought to our government, and got our government to impose actually benefited them and destroyed the incentives for them to compete in a way that would drive broadband penetration. (…)" From Lessig's Keynote Address at g8 7:48 - 8:42 - <a href="http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/C6wmjKWrZwlP/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/C6wmjKWrZwlP/</a></div>

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NGLC Pumps Funding into Ed Tech Focused on Common Core - 0 views

NGLC Pumps Funding into Ed Tech Focused on Common Core By David Nagel 06/14/11 http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/06/14/nglc-pumps-funding-into-ed-tech-focused-on-common-core.aspx The Next Gener...

Common Core David Nagel Next Generation Learning Challenges Proof of Concept

started by Bonnie Sutton on 15 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

President Obama's unusual education roundtable - 1 views

Permalink to the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/president-obamas-unusual-education-roundtable/2011/07/18/gIQAf3UJMI_blog.html (odd that the Diigo software didn't inc...

President Obama educators Roundtable Foundations

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 Jul 11 1 follow-up, last by Claude Almansi on 23 Jul 11

Teaching in "Culture of Fear, Intimidation and Retaliation" - 6 views

URLs: quoted article: http://www.educationnews.org/ednews_today/159157.html originally published in http://npe.educationnews.org/Review/Essays/v7n7.htm (with appendices containing many further links)

School cheating culture of fear leadership abusive administrative behavior

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 1 follow-up, last by Claude Almansi on 01 Aug 11

Shared Tools for Teachers - 4 views

_As part of the Top 100 Tools activity that I run, I analysed the way people are using their online social networks, and it so much more than just for having fun with friends, people are using them...

common standards

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Aug 11 2 follow-ups, last by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Aug 11

Web Transformation - 2 views

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Semantic Web Commercial as we know it and the future

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

Who Needs Parental Control FOSI resources, - 1 views

http://www.fosi.org/research/900-who-needs-parental-controls.html A Survey Of Awareness, Attitudes, And Use Of Online Parental Controls Findings From A National Survey Among Parents FOSI believes ...

Fosi Parents use of internet social network infograph

started by Bonnie Sutton on 14 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

US Regulator Proposes Wide Reforms of Rural Telephony Subsidy - 1 views

http://cellular-news.com/story/51224.php By: Simon Davies | 6th Oct 2011: 4:57pm The US telecoms regulator has outlines plans to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compe...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Authors: Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engi... - 2 views

Authors: Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; Policy and Global Affairs; N...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 13 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

The New Academic Publishing: Digital First - 2 views

The New Academic Publishing: Digital First http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/the-new-academic-publishing-digital-first/ Filed in: Schools Filed by Sarah J. 7.11.11 | A growing grou...

Publishing digital content academic journals. white papers reports Scholarly blogs and projects.

started by Bonnie Sutton on 16 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Tal... - 2 views

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness i...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 05 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

the publication of Origami^5: Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science, Mathemati... - 1 views

We are pleased to announce the publication of Origami^5: Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science, Mathematics and Education. You can download the Table of Contents at: www.origami-usa.org/...

Origami Robert J. Lang Mark Yin

started by Bonnie Sutton on 30 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

ISTE REPORT - 4 views

Web News Briefs 1. My ISTE 2011: Takeaways from a conference To me, ISTE - with some 13,000 attendees from 68 countries having converged on Philadelphia this week - is like looking out the window...

Anne Collier NetFamily News on ISTE horizon report

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

Save Our Schools March Guiding Principles - 3 views

Guiding Principles [Translate] For the future of our children, we demand: http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/about/guiding-principles/ Equitable funding for all public school commun...

education opportunities multicultural_multilingual curriculum smalll class size

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

E-Learn 2011 Sheraton , Waikiki Beach - 2 views

October 17 - 21, 2011 * Honolulu, Hawaii FINAL Call for Participation conf/elearn Proposals Due: August 31, 2011 aace.org/ http://aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm Proposal Submission ...

Online conference virtual and face ot E-Learn 2011

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

Labour market scrambles for new tech stars - 1 views

By April Dembosky in San Francisco and Maija Palmer in London A war for talent is raging in Silicon Valley where internet companies, from big groups such as Google down to the smallest start-u...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

Feds ,Companies work to close the Digital Divide - 1 views

Feds, companies work to close digital divide New survey reveals 17 million American children still don't have broadband access at home From staff and wire reports Read more by staff and wire servic...

lack of Broadband internet service

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

The Great Tech War - 1 views

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/tech-wars-2012-amazon-apple-google-facebook?partner=homepage_newsletter ilbert Wong, the mayor of Cupertino, California, calls his city council to order. "...

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