Live in Arts and Science and in death promote them Public Domain Donor
Why let all of your ideas die with you? Current Copyright law prevents anyone from building upon your creativity for 70 years after your death. Live on in collaboration with others. Make an intellectual property donation. By donating your IP into the public domain you will “promote the progress of science and useful arts” (U.S. […]
Read Moreso that singularity…
[From pictures for sad children] — just another word for exploitation
Read MoreBlackboard wins initial round on patent suit damages awarded 3+million
The verdict, announced this afternoon, allows Blackboard Inc. to demand a ban on sales of Desire2Learn’s products in the United States. [From TheRecord.com – News – Local: Jury rules against Desire2Learn in patent case ] —- I cannot help but wonder why this patent has not been invalidated. There has to be innumerable examples of […]
Read Moremorning IM chats on teaching with technology
A colleague brought up the recent inquiry on technology in the classroom here which led to my general use of high technology in the classroom as found below: me: 10:33 way back when i started teaching 10:34 my colleagues introduced me to the most handy bit of kit 10:34 it’s called a codex 10:34 it […]
Read Morethings progress in second life
After spending 1/2 hour or so this afternoon discussing his projects and ideas with Hackshaven of NOAA, I went downtown and met with Suzanne Seggerman of Games for change to talk about having some games for change in Second Life. She was in town because there was a Macarthur event. Rik showed up a little […]
Read MoreNew Tool for Online Collections :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education
Archival collections, impossible to house centrally at many campuses, are about to get easier to use. Starting today, librarians and archivists can upload digital content into online collections with relative ease, allowing them to effectively curate items with open-source tools instead of relying on third-party consultants to build specialized Web portals. [From New Tool for […]
Read MoreKerpoofâ„¢
Making Movies You can make your own movie in the Kerpoof Animation Studio! Pick a background. Pick characters from Kerpoof. See what each character can do. Now make up a story for them. It’s easy and fun! [From Kerpoofâ„¢ How to Play] —– kerpoof looks pretty cool, i think it would be interesting to use […]
Read Morered and black day tomorrow!
Red and Black Day (Special Event) The Virginia Tech and Blacksburg communities are invited to participate in Red and Black Day to show solidarity for Northern Illinois University. For more information, visit the event sponsor [From Event] —- red and black day in support of Northern Illinois University sponsored by Hokies United. If you are […]
Read Moresometimes… the puppets know… they just know.
—- this is a great little puppet show about neoliberalism with great social and political theoretical basis. from monochrome
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