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Wandering Web Watchers - Online

Volume 2, Number 6

Archives  2001 , 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5

June, 2002

Editor's Corner 

 

As we approach another hot, humid summer perhaps the following URLs will have a cooling effect:

 

NOAA Arctic Theme Page

 

This is the last edition of this electronic newsletter.  Your always smiling (but sometimes grumpy) editor is retiring but I will continue to explore the use of technology to enhance the learning and teaching process.  For those who may be interested in future explorations you will find me on the web at MINDdrops.com.

 

Best of luck to you all.

 

Build (and protect) the future.

 

Cheers,

 

Bruce

 

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Send them to blbird@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

 

 

Faculty View

 

A New Direction for Intellectual Property

 

Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary

 

*Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning

*Of Diagrams and Models: Learning as a Game of Pinball 

 

Student View

 

Accepted.com

 

More Family Income Committed to College

 

Major Study Finds IT Workforce Declines Five Percent in Past Year; Hiring Managers Indicate Return of Strong Demand for Workers

Shortage of Nurses Spurs Bidding War in Hospital Industry

 

Assessment

 

CSU Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Web Site  California State University

Diversity

 

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

Digital Divide Network

Latinos and Information Technology: The Promise and the Challenge  (pdf format)

Upping the Numbers: Using Research-Based Decision Making to Increase Diversity in the Quantitative Disciplines   (pdf format)

 

Faculty Resources  

 

*American Philosophical Association

Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching - City University of Hong Kong

Connecticut Community Colleges

*Learning Circuits

Tutorials

Outlook 2000 Tips & Tricks

Getting Productive With Outlook 2000

 

K-12  

 

**Where Do We Stand in 2002?
A Progress Report on Technology Resources in Maryland Schools

Learning Network - New York Times

 

PBS TeacherSource

TAPPED IN™

*PALS - Performance Assessment Links in Science

Distributed Education

The Third Shift: Women Learning Online (2001)

 

Ultimate WebCT Handbook

Teaching with Technology 

* CASE: Technology-Enabled Learning at MIT

iCampus

Let's Meet Online: Collaboration Tools

CCC e-Conferencing

Learning Objects

*Learning Object Approach Is Making Inroads

MINDdrops.com - free learning objects from your ever smiling editor

Web Page Design

National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)

Web Pages That Suck

e-Books

Open An eBook - free eBooks

e-Learning 

Learning Resources Network (LRN)

The MASIE Center

Trends?  

Software

*From a Few Colored Lines Come the Sounds of Music

Sun Rolls Out StarOffice At $75 Retail

Hardware

Your Next Notebook

Internet  

Credit Card Theft Thrives Online as Global Market Losses Grow

Internet2 Land Speed Record

Can .Net Conquer The Enterprise?

Media 

"Copy-proof" CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen

Canon develops Flash player for cell phones

RealNetworks Partners With Sony To Battle Microsoft In Multimedia

Wireless 

Good Technology

The New BlackBerry

Connecting Gadgets, Without Wires

Handhelds

Good™ G100 wireless handheld

Speech, Handwriting, And Processor Technologies Headline Planet PDA

Editor's Choices  (of Pocket PCs)