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Dvorak users snubbed by "smart" phones.. article in the Wall Street Journal.  - WSJ.com (True, this is why i won't get an iPhone yet.)

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p/Review /via Stephen Downes.. the future holds eBooks, netbooks, interactive whiteboards and more.. interesting article. What does your future hold?

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iranians using a range of technological strategies to get past government blocking, including the internet proxy browser.. Could people in the NSW education dept learn something from this? 

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fascinating article on bogus statistical research.. examples include a graph which has become famous.. but was never in the book it claims to come from. Will investigates this and other cases. 

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Brilliant story about a researcher who brought millions into the CSIRO for future research. This man was studying black holes, and he ended up enabling the wi-fi cafe. Cool.

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US Republican party is losing supporters even more, apparently. some say there's a "Cold Civil War" going on about now.. as the Right gets further and further from reality, trenchantly clinging to old versions of their story. (is trenchant a word?)

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Blogging is an ecosystem.. Lilia explains in this post. It's all about connecting with your network. 

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internet privacy is becoming a thing of the past.. detectives, debt collectors and stalkers alike using social networking sites like facebook to track people down.. 

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Now here's an encouraging article.. South Australian school attempts to cater for the teenage brain, by paying attention to the way people learn. Nice one. Fingers crossed that someone with influence is reading this. Sounds like what they're doing at Coburg High School. 

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a writer goes to town to attack "deplorable PPT habits", not necessarily the software itself. Worth skimming.. i'm looking forward to the sequel, if not powerpoint, then what? (NAU e-Learning Center)

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Good piece about how teachers are often misunderstood.. especially note the line: every hour in class demands at least one more hour outside of class. Note also nasty argument in comment section. Don't read that. (UK) (School Gate - Times Online - WBLG)

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Good collection from the Times UK.. standard big sites, but valuable nevertheless.. eg pbs.org, national geographic etc

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This article examines implications of a world where 40% of Windows PC's are Zombie machines. BotNets rule, unfortunately. "WE previously showed.. almost half.. all Windows PCs.. compromised, costing.. trillions of dollars." (Boycott Novell)

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interesting to see expectations that online education could be the fastest growing industry in Australia this financial year. Annual growth rate nearly 30%. (| The Australian )

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interesting article on libraries in schools.. in the face of changing cultural expectations (ie da internet).. thought-provoking.

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Potential positive outcomes for cognitive development - research. "The results suggest that searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise that might be employed to enhance cognition in older adults," said Teena D. Moody, the study's first author and UCLA researcher.

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interesting article from How stuff works.. how to volunteer/ help people with *low literacy skills* (hardly anyone is fully non-literate!) If you're in Melbourne, head down to Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre (CNLC) and volunteer. They'll train you.

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elliot masie writes a "think piece" for the latest knowledge tree (october09).. how the "e" has evolved. "Learning in the age of youtube".

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Some good tips from Jo Macek on the skills of online facilitation.. an introductory article.

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your phone can do everything your ordinary computer can do (with exception of useful dvorak keyboard.. or even normal phone txt keyboard.. hmph!)

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