tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:54:06 +0000http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)Blogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-5190624323075955264Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:18:00 +00002008-08-23T11:54:06.439-07:00Here is some advice from one of our network security gurus at the UO -- easy to do and well worth doing, just in case. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: deptcomp: Gmail vulnerability and a workaround Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:13 -0700 From: Josh Ward I'm not sure how many of you have been following the session vulnerability that turned up in gmail last week or so. If you're not http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/08/attention-gmail-users-change-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-1374143642858126621Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:27:00 +00002008-08-14T18:32:31.671-07:00<!-- END CLASS="BUCKETTOP" --><!-- END CLASS="BUCKETCONTENT" --><!-- END CLASS="BUCKETBOTTOM" --><!-- END CLASS="BUCKETTOP" -->G<!-- END CLASS="PHOTOLINK" --><!-- END CLASS="BUCKETCONTENT" --><!-- END CLASS="BUCKETBOTTOM" --><!-- INCLUDE STATIC PLAYLIST INSET --><!-- END INSET COLUMN --><!-- START STORY CONTENT -->All Things Considered, August 14, 2008 · People who use the Internet to talk to http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/08/real-multitasking-or-web-security-words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-2243764322274373391Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-08-13T22:21:42.493-07:00 Here is a terrific article by William Hicks in Digital Web Magazine: Think of the library system as something akin to the open-source movement before software. Subsidized institutions buy books, subscribe to journals and proprietary databases, and pay people to help you find “stuff”, all essentially at no cost to you... more>> Mr. Hicks even plugs the highly useful LibX Toolbar plugin. http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/08/getting-most-out-of-your-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-18711793271206425Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:55:00 +00002008-07-25T08:15:49.152-07:00learning spacesSCUParchitectureclassroomsTerry Calhoun (University of Michigan) and friends from the Society of College & University Planners did some good blogging from the 2008 SCUP conference in Montreal. Here are a few entries that grabbed my attention: - Learning Space Design (looking forward to the full report/proceedings on this one) - IT and A/V Classroom Technology Trends. Very good notes from a roundtable discussion (posted http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/07/college-university-planners-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-4567421396302156699Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:30:00 +00002008-07-05T17:38:30.412-07:00University of Oregonarchivestrack and field Steve Prefontaine winning the 10K, 1972 Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, University of Oregon (video still) The Olympic Trials are generating national attention for the UO. Here's a story on NPR, with quotes from Allan Price (VP for Advancement) and Heather Briston (University Historian & Archivist): Catching Up With Tracktown, USAby Ethan Lindsey Listen http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/07/track-town-usa-featured-on-npr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-6177157240723997874Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:05:00 +00002008-07-04T08:15:34.972-07:00University of OregonFacebooklibraries Many thanks to Joshua Kielas, UO Libraries Web Technical Coordinator, for the development effort on this one: We now have a facebook application that searches the library catalog and selected databases (aka "OneSearch Quicksets"). You can add it to a Facebook profile by visiting this url after you are logged in: http://apps.facebook.com/uolibcat/ Please be aware that access to licensed http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/07/uo-libraries-search-facebook-app-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-5937114632296820044Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:12:00 +00002008-07-01T21:38:10.896-07:00University of Oregontrack and field Steve Prefontaine winning the 10K, 1972 Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, University of Oregon (video still) The Olympic Track and Field Trials are underway here at the University of Oregon from June 27 - July 6, 2008 . The UO Libraries are celebrating the event with an exhibit called Leadership and Legacy: Olympic Tradition in Track Town USA. Many of the images can also be explored in the http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/07/2008-olympic-trials-in-eugene-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-7647113370589811405Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:55:00 +00002008-07-01T17:06:06.015-07:00Next-Generation Idenficationminority report Thanks to ProPublica for flagging this story from Popular Mechanics.http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/07/minority-report-technology-watch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-1066574383121716505Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-06-26T10:04:17.325-07:00Facebookdel.icio.usdesignWeb 2.0mediayoutube Here's the "in for a penny, in for a pound" approach to leveraging social networking tools. Modernista (advertising agency) manages its entire web presence with a blend of free user-driven sites -- Wikipedia, flickr, youtube, facebook, Google News, del.icio.us, etc.. Click the link within this post (http://modernista.com/7/index.php) and see what happens. Then try pasting the link into a http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/siteless-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-8401770432127249651Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:52:00 +00002008-06-23T06:35:23.130-07:00journalism This is a very interesting venture in non-profit investigative journalism. ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that will produce investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work will focus exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force. more >> http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/propublica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-3522579999212570414Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:09:00 +00002008-06-17T21:24:28.621-07:00higher education demographicsfrom Computerworld Hong Kong edition: China surpasses the US in Net population By Jonny Evans China has surpassed the US to become the country with the most Internet users.Advisory firm BDA China reported that as of February 2008, China had over 220 million people on the internet, with that number soaring to 233 million by March. The US hosts 216 million internet users.... more >> Several http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/global-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-6329667033671437918Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:52:00 +00002008-06-13T06:06:59.207-07:00games <!--endclickprintexclude--><!--startclickprintexclude--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- CONTENT --><!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- KEEP --> From David Kirkpatrick, FORTUNE Though many adults imagine the frightening Grand Theft Auto when they think of video games, kids appear to be subtler thinkers on the subject. Not only do many of them intuitively realize http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/educational-computer-games-sandra-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-3366939602611624809Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +00002008-06-08T19:04:03.709-07:00From the Chronicle of Higher Educations' Wired Campus Blog: A new wiki provides a directory of online tools for humanities scholars. The site, which uses software that lets anyone edit or add to the material, covers more than 20 categories, including blogging tools, specialized search engines for scholars, and software programs that can record what is on a user’s screen. The site, called http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/humanities-research-directories-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-7140876985574810898Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:41:00 +00002008-06-08T18:55:32.416-07:00 Here is a major magazine feature about the ups & downs of the One Laptop Per Child program.http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/olpc-in-business-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-1703551738656231497Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-06-08T18:56:54.218-07:00educational technologymedia We have a couple of re-organizations underway here at the University of Oregon Libraries: The Center for Media and Educational Technologies (CMET) brings together expertise in classroom technology and video production (from Media Services) with interactive media and web development (from CET:Interactive Media). We are actively recruiting a new director to lead the new department. http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/center-for-media-and-educational.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-6756218504574688911Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:49:00 +00002008-06-05T14:51:54.473-07:00A collaboration of UO Creative Publishing and the UO Libraries. http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/06/university-of-oregon-on-youtubecom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-3803895123830852395Wed, 28 May 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-05-28T12:23:56.807-07:00The students sit in class, tapping away at their laptops as the boring old law professor mechanically plods through his lecture. Except one. Instead of hunching over a portable computer or a notebook, he’s playing solitaire with a deck of cards on his desk. The professor halts his droning. “What are you doing?” he demands. The student shrugs. “My laptop is broken,” he says. It was a sketch, http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/05/banning-vs-using-laptops-in-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-8211451252771219942Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:00 +00002008-05-22T14:55:46.229-07:00social sciencesinterdisciplinarycollaborationhumanities This looks like it is worth watching:Project Bamboo Project Bamboo is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and inter-organizational effort that brings together researchers in arts and humanities, computer scientists, information scientists, librarians, and campus information technologists to tackle the question: How can we advancehttp://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/05/project-bamboo-shared-technologies-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-3200425252310052378Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:00 +00002008-05-01T10:39:23.328-07:00videoSPARCopen accessARL Attention, student video producers! April 30, 2008 Welcome to the 2008 SPARKY Awards. Now accepting entries. STUDENTS: tell us the way it should be. Is open sharing of ideas and information important to you? Form a team or go it alone and make a video to demonstrate the value of information sharing as you see it. Win great prizes! EDUCATORS: a great assignment to design into your fall http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/05/sparky-awards-student-videos-to-promote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-6857153053375884601Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +00002008-04-18T13:44:45.018-07:00 Here is another fine column about facebook from David Kirkpatrick, FORTUNE senior editor. David offers some interesting observations about the News Feed feature: ".... Facebook is different from the many social networks that preceded it for two primary reasons. First, it requires you to join under your real name and use real information about where you live and work, what your interests arehttp://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/04/facebook-watch-is-facebook-worth-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-9105871550542229137Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:08:00 +00002008-04-10T22:14:29.900-07:00 Interested in pedagogy? Educational technology? Meaningful applications of Web 2.0 tools in the university experience? Check out the new blog from my friends at the University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program!http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/04/new-blog-from-uos-teaching.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-3193388997767401311Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:01:00 +00002008-04-09T08:39:14.774-07:00 The Spring 2008 issue of Oregon Humanities includes a thoughtful essay by Caitlin Baggott about facebook and other social networking sites. A few excerpts: ..... some colleges and universities have begun exploring a class for orientation week that teaches students the skills of meeting strangers. At Lewis & Clark College [in Portland, [dean of students W. Houston Dougharty] says http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/04/friend-me-by-caitlin-baggott.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-9090300496534018818Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:43:00 +00002008-01-21T22:08:53.112-08:00 This is an important project from several perspectives. Sites like flickr have several advantages over library websites, at least for public domain content: - the content is accessible and highly visible to millions of people - users are already familiar with the interface from posting their own content and looking at items from their friends, so there is little need to develop http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/01/library-of-congress-photo-collections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-4966245549620215640Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:10:00 +00002008-01-03T11:32:08.011-08:00libraries From the Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Campus blog. Be sure to read the reader comments that follow -- they're all over the map. December 20, 2007 Who Needs a Dorm During Finals? Everything a Student Needs Is in the Library Some students practically live in the library during finals week, but Grant Gilles, a sophomore at Brown University, literally did. From December 12 http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2008/01/24x78-days-in-university-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660381.post-7619498330810028603Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:19:00 +00002007-12-17T13:38:00.601-08:00Still reading, but there appears to be a lot of good stuff in this special edition of Academic Commons. For example, here is a brief excerpt from an interview with James O'Donnell, Provost of Georgetown University: Leveraging Institutional Change: An Interview with James J. O'Donnell ...snip... David Green: What's the role of librarians in this [cyberscholarship; creating & using digital http://www.uoregon.edu/~bonamici/2007/12/cyberinfrastructure-and-liberal-arts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew)