Academe Links May 10, 2007

Sorry, in late today.

Resource (future): Encyclopedia of Life

http://www.eol.org/

IBM Executive Calls for 'Virtual Planet'

http://www.pcworld.com/article/131511-1/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws

New Brain Plasticity Theory to Create a Population of Life-Long Learners http://brandon-hall.com/richardnantel/2007/05/05/new-brain-plasticity-theory-to-create-a-population-of-life-long-learners/

Social Computing Forecasts

http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/010286.html

Social Networking and Responsibility.

http://sailingsound.blogspot.com/2007/05/social-networking-and-responsibility.html

Why go global? or Learning for the Future!

http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/05/09/why-go-global-or-learning-for-the-future/

80% with a Second Life

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/05/07/80-with-a-second-life/

Game Language

http://clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/

More Commencement Speakers

http://chronicle.com/free/speakers/?today=05-10-2007

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005; Graduation Rates, 1999 and 2002 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2005

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007154

Tool: Instacalc

http://instacalc.com/

A Lesson in Perception and Attention

http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/a_lesson_in_perception_and_attention/

Resource: Librarian's Internet Index (weekly update via rss) http://lii.org/

©opyright in the Digital Age: An Update

http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=1281

Facing up to Facebook fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6639417.stm

Tool: Thagoo

http://help.thagoo.com/whatis

Tool: Website Grader

http://www.websitegrader.com/

R. C. Rybnikar

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