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From Joyce Valenza’s Neverendingsearch blog (on the School Library Journal website) I learnt about the November Learning’s Building Learning Communities conference (which took place in Boston, USA 2 weeks ago) and the 28 powerpoints from it that have been put on Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/tag/blc09 The presentations include ones such as: – Top 10+ Online Web 2.0 Lesson Plan Makeover v2 – School library 2.0 – Narrative inquiry (“How to compose a story that represents experiences truthfully while also acknowledging that we can never really tell the whole truth”) Brought to you by: Work Literacy

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Web 2.0 / Schools

” Blogging innovation and marketing insights for the greater good” Blogging Innovation Home Services Case Studies News Book List About Us Videos Contact Us Blog A leading innovation and marketing blog from Braden Kelley of Business Strategy Innovation Sunday, August 02, 2009 Is Innovation Helped

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Blogging Innovation: Is Innovation Helped or Hurt by Self-Censorship? – Latest innovation articles, videos, and insights

Atlantic City wants $20M a year to promote itself ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? Many Americans know that “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” That’s because the nation’s largest gambling market spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to promote itself. But Atlantic City, the nation’s second-largest gambling market, has no such luck

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Atlantic City seeking $20 million a year to market itself to gamblers, vacationers

Microsoft to put Office programs on Nokia phones SEATTLE ? Microsoft is working with Nokia to put Office software and other programs on smart phones. The companies say people will be able to read, edit and create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote programs on Nokia smart phones, which run an operating system called Symbian that competes

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Microsoft, Nokia agree to bring big versions of Office programs to tiny smart phone screens

Woman in head-to-toe swim suit denied pool entry PARIS ? French officials say a Muslim woman wearing a head-to-toe swimsuit has been denied access to a public swimming pool in a town southeast of Paris. Emerainville Mayor Alain Kelyor said Wednesday the 35-year-old woman was not allowed to swim in the pool wearing a so-called “burquini” covering

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French Muslim woman denied access to swimming pool for wearing head-to-toe swim suit

Yemeni government counters Shiite rebellion SAN’A, Yemen ? Yemeni government forces used artillery and aircraft to attack Shiite rebels near the border with Saudi Arabia killing dozens in an escalation of the five-year-old conflict, rebels and local officials said Wednesday. The government offensive, which is believed to have started late Tuesday and continued Wednesday, followed reports of

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Yemeni government forces bomb Shiite rebel stronghold near Saudi border killing dozens

Pro-reform party blames Iran’s president for abuse TEHRAN, Iran ? A key pro-reform political party blamed Iran’s president and interior minister Wednesday for the abuse and death of protesters detained after the disputed presidential election at a facility the group likened to Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Reformists have seized on the mistreatment of detainees at Kahrizak

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Prominent pro-reform party blames Iran?s president for abuse of detained protesters

Honda has reached this stage of importance here in India solely due to the City, this being its smallest offering until the Jazz was launched. Right from day one the City has evoked a lot of interest among buyers looking for the latest technology and others who intended to take their ride to the next level with alloys, body kits, ECU remaps and other fitments. This week we’re driving the new Honda City which shares its underpinnings with the Jazz

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Test Drive – New Honda City Initial impressions

“It gets worse.  The judge in the case, in addition to enjoying torturing Microsoft with an injunction, ordered Microsoft to pay i4i over $290 million in damages.  At this point I paused and pondered why a Canadian company was suing Microsoft in East Texas.  Maybe it’s warmer there.  I certainly know the beer isn’t better.  I could keep going, but I’m running out of sarcasm (has someone patented that yet?)” – Brad Feld-  A Patent Ban on Microsoft Word and a Haiku Brad has a huge issue with our current patent system and he’s right.

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"It gets worse.  The judge in the case, in addition to enjoying torturing Microsoft with an…"

The IFP has announced its line up for the 31st annual Independent Film Week, taking place in NYC Sept. 19-24. In a release the organization has also announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with the Sundance Institute; and new partnerships with B-Side, the four-year-old tech company which runs websites that handle ticketing and mine audience response data for 250-plus fests in North America, and The Good Pitch, a forum produced by Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation which brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group of expert participants from charities, foundations, brands, government and media to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films.

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IFP ANNOUNCES 31st ANNUAL INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK LINE UP

Ohlendorf leads Pirates over Rockies, 7-3 DENVER ? Ross Ohlendorf pitched solidly into the seventh inning, Andrew McCutchen stole three bases and scored three runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 on Tuesday night to end an eight-game losing streak. Troy Tulowitzki, who had five hits, seven RBIs and hit for the cycle Monday

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Ohlendorf had solid outing, Pirates beat Colorado 7-3 to end an eight-game skid

Fed likely to leave rates at lows to aid recovery WASHINGTON ? Signs are growing that an economic recovery may finally be taking shape, but with dangers still lurking about, Federal Reserve policymakers are all but certain to leave a key interest rate at record lows to make sure any nascent turnaround gains traction. Fed Chairman Ben

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Fed widely expected to leave key interest rate at record lows to nurture economic recovery

Officials see rise in militia groups across US WASHINGTON ? Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends. The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise,

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Report: Officials see rise in militia groups across the country, similar to the ?90s movement

Disabled Dallas woman rescued from truck DALLAS ? Police say a developmentally disabled Dallas woman who was rescued from the back of a locked box truck had been beaten and left for more than an hour in 100-degree heat. Police say 21-year-old Latisha Morris was dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion when police and fire-rescue workers found

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Developmentally disabled Dallas woman rescued after being padlocked in truck on 100-degree day

Neeson walks 1st red carpet since wife died NEW YORK ? Actor Liam Neeson has walked the red carpet for the first time since the death of his wife, actress Natasha Richardson. Publicists at the New York City screening of Neeson’s new film, “Five Minutes of Heaven,” told members of the press Tuesday all personal questions were

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Liam Neeson makes 1st red-carpet appearance since death of his wife, Natasha Richardson

Devastation marks scene of California prison riot CHINO, Calif. ? Blood-soaked mattresses, singed bedding and abandoned medical supplies littered the campus of a Southern California prison Tuesday, a testament to the mayhem and violence of a weekend riot that shut down part of the institution and injured about 175 inmates, some critically.

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Devastation, blood-soaked debris mark scene of California prison riot; 11 still hospitalized

Matsui, Posada power Yankees past Blue Jays, 7-5 NEW YORK ? Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers leading off the eighth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Tuesday night for their eighth win in nine games. Matsui hit a 3-2 pitch from Jesse Carlson (1-5) deep to right

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Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers to power Yankees past Blue Jays 7-5

Report: Pitino tells cops he paid for abortion LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10 million, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported on its Web site that Pitino told police he

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Newspaper: Louisville coach Rick Pitino had sex, paid for abortion for woman in extortion case

Evangelical group faces ’serious’ shortfall DENVER ? A “serious budget shortfall” at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious “Love Won Out” conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.

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Conservative Christian group Focus on the Family suffers ?serious budget shortfall?

Focus on the Family has ’serious’ budget shortfall DENVER ? Conservative Christian group Focus on the Family says it is facing a “serious budget shortfall.” Jim Daly, president and CEO of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based evangelical ministry, explains in a letter to approximately 800,000 donors that projected income for the year is $6 million short of expectations. The

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Leader of Christian group Focus on the Family says it is facing ?serious? budget shortfall