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Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the E-books Press Conference Washington, D.C. ~ Wednesday, April 11, 2012 "Earlier today, we filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Apple and five different book publishers - Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. In response to our allegations, three of these publishers - Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster - agreed to a proposed settlement. If approved by the court, this settlement would resolve the Department's antitrust concerns with these companies, and would require them to grant retailers - such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble - the freedom to reduce the prices of their e-book titles. The settlement also requires the companies to terminate their anticompetitive most-favored-nation agreements with Apple and other e-books retailers. In addition, the companies will be prohibited for two years from placing constraints on retailers' ability to offer discounts to consumers. They will also be prohibited from conspiring or sharing competitively sensitive information with their competitors for five years. And each is required to implement a strong antitrust compliance program. These steps are appropriate - and essential in ensuring a competitive marketplace. Beginning in the summer of 2009, we allege that executives at the highest levels of the companies included in today's lawsuit - concerned that e-book sellers had reduced prices - worked together to eliminate competition among stores selling e-books, ultimately increasing prices for consumers. As a result of this alleged conspiracy, we believe that consumers paid millions of dollars more for some of the most popular titles. During regular, near-quarterly meetings, we allege that publishing company executives discussed confidential business and competitive matters - including Amazon's e-book retailing practices - as part of a conspiracy

"links and materials  from  or related to Coursera geospatial revolution mooc 2013 Maps and the Geospatial Revolution  held by by Dr. Anthony C. Robinson ... part of what the geospatial revolution means is the advent of geospatial technology. Geospatial technology helps us create content that can be changed"

Let's Teach the Web Together. You don't need to be a wizard to help others. We've got resources to help teach digital literacy, webmaking, online storytelling and more.

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«Prendete i vostri libri e le vostre penne, sono la vostra arma più potente. Un bambino, un insegnante, una penna e un libro possono cambiare il mondo» (Malala Yousafzai)

Purtroppo, la pubblicazione del mio commento sul tuo blog non è andata a buon fine...per cui, ricorro a questo spazio. Mi premeva condividere l'emozione di chi mi aveva preceduto, sottolineando inoltre la portata storica dell'avvenimento. Aggiungevo anche un altro elemento affatto secondario: Lucia B. parlava di "essere umano" straordinario; troppo spesso ci dimentichiamo che la nostra specie è fatta di due generi ed il fatto che questa coraggiosa battaglia sia portata avanti da una piccola donna, acquista un valore inestimabile. Non ci dimentichiamo che la sua è una sfida contro il patriarcato integralista che ancora domina tanta, troppa, parte del nostro pianeta...

"Why a supposed German breakthrough in e-book DRM is just as dumb as the old e-book DRM By Cory Doctorow | Jul 06, 2013 " > The idea that copyright owners might convince a judge, or, worse, a > jury that because they found a copy of an e-book on the Pirate Bay > originally sold to me they can then hold me responsible or civilly > liable is almost certainly wrong, as a matter of law. At the very > least, it's a long shot and a stupid legal bet. After all, it's not > illegal to lose your computer. It's not illegal to have it stolen > or hacked. It's not illegal to throw away your computer or your > hard drive. In many places, it's not illegal to give away your > e-books, or to loan them. In some places, it's not illegal to sell > your e-books. > > So at best, this new "breakthrough" DRM scheme will be ineffective. > But worse, what makes anyone think this kind of implicit fear of > reprisal embedded within one's digital library is acceptable, or, > for that matter, preferable to old-school DRM?

Risposte molto lucide sulla situazione in mutazione dell'editoria e del diritto d'autore all'epoca digitale - molto di più, delle dichiarazioni di un'altra madrona dell'editoria, Teresa Cremisi, partita lancia in resta gridando "Cocoricò" contro Google Libri all'appello degli americanofobi francesi. Però anche Teresa Cremisi, salvo quella cantonata sul diritto d'autore, è una grande direttrice editoriale. Altre (tra quelle che ho conosciuto come traduttrice): Rosellina Archinto, Elvira Sellerio, Donatella Zigliotto. E nel giornalismo culturale, Rosellina Balbi. Hanno approcci molto diversi, dando ragione a Cristina Foschini nel dire "Non penso ci sia un approccio femminile al 'fare i libri'. Credo che l'editoria sia un lavoro terribilmente personale": però forse le accomuna una spiccata apertura a nuove voci, nuove vie.

Vuvox consente la facile creazione di presentazioni interattive timeline integrando foto, video e musica.

due pensieri dopo l'intervento per i colleghi ENAC

una riflessione sull'uso della LIM

Progetto accoglienza

"Dr. Alice Christie's "Virtual Field Trips" Resource Guide     Virtual field trips (VFTs) are alternatives to more costly real-world field trips. In addition to being inexpensive, they are engaging to students becasue they enable students to make connections between themselves and the wide-ranging environments they can explore virtually. They also offer authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences to students.     This Resource Guide provides links to numerous: profesionally-created VFTs tools to create VFTs teacher-created VFTs other resources helpful to teachers wishing to use VFTs in their classrooms"

Interessante applicazione interattiva della tassonomia (rielaborata) di Bloom. Dalla "Iowa State University - Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching". Partire da questa pagina per una promettente esplorazione di argomenti correlati. In inglese.

101 link?!? Mostruoso... Ma come non condividere? Mi sembra fatto bene! In inglese, ma intuibile perché ben organizzato. Se il numero vi spaventa, cercate solo i cuoricini.