Posts from — July 2007

kula video

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Fumi and Joi wanted something to show to digital garage, this is a bit drafty, but it came together ok. yes… it has me doing voice overs for those that love to hear me.

Girls and science: a training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers: SCIENCE (3.01b) :
With women accounting for more than 50% of the world population, achieving gender parity is an issue of global concern. The under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects can be seen as a serious inefficiency in educational systems in countries whose development depends crucially on the generation of human technological capacity.

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this training module might be useful in a variety of ways

Gender Indicators in Science, Engineering and Technology: SCIENCE (3.01b) :
Just out: the UNESCO toolkit on Gender Indicators in Science, Engineering and Technology provides a better understanding of the numbers and needs at stake in these fields, including quantitative and qualitative indicators for the participation of women and under-represented groups, especially in developing countries.

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handy

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog: I CAN HATH CHEEZBURGER?:
Until next tyme, gentils alle, may you hath ur cheezburgers, and ich praye God and Seynt Anthonie the Abbot that ye maye alle fynde ur buckets.

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hilarious.

Please join us in a workshop on learning and research in Second Life on October 17, 2007 in Vancouver at Internet Research 8.0 (http:// wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=About_IR8.0)

Paper Deadline August 15th.

Second Life(R) is a 3d virtual environment created by Linden Lab which has captured the attentions of researchers and teachers from around the world from a variety of disciplines.

This workshop aims to improve the understanding of Second Life as a Learning and Research environment. It will bring 35 researchers together to collaborate, discuss and workshop diverse topics related to research and learning in Second Life. We will pursue a full-day schedule in which participants will discuss their work and interests on four different topics: learning in Second Life, integrated learning, the contributions of research to the community and ethical research methods. How can we better enable learning in this sphere? How can we better enable research?

As a highlight, Robin Linden will give a talk to the group, and members of Linden Lab will participate throughout the day.

We encourage researchers to submit papers and short biography to slworkshop@tmttlt.com which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to those who provide full papers for consideration.

These papers have two purposes: first is to provide a common platform for understanding our research and teaching and second submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop, or possibly in peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion).

Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research/teaching statement and biography. If you are interested in participating, please send an email containing your information to slworkshop@tmttlt.com.

Decisions will be made by September 1st, barring incident. There is a limit of 35 participants at the physical meeting; the event will be simulcast into Second Life.

We welcome professionals, faculty and graduate students to participate.

This workshop is sponsored by Linden Lab creators of Second Life and is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski. Free lunch, coffee breaks and the room is included in participation.

Man Arrested After Telling Women They Were ‘Extremely Beautiful’ – News Story – KMGH Denver:
He told each woman in two separate incidents that they were extremely beautiful and that they should consider modeling.

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america is the land of the free….

MilkandCookies -

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Panda Prison Break

Eurozine – Citizenship as a learning process – Gerard Delanty Disciplinary citizenship versus cultural citizenship:
In the dominant liberal discourse on citizenship, learning processes have tended to be reduced to citizenship classes and formal membership of the polity

In Your ‘puter, Stealin’ Your P0rn::
Consumerist rigs up auto screencast-recording on their PC to catch the Geek Squad copying files from it when they sent it in for service.

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hmmm very problematic. people trust geeksquad i bet…

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cool free documentaries via streaming.