Podcasting News, 4:45:07 AM. NASA Astronaut Steve Robinson First Podcaster From Space. NASA has announced that STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson has transmitted the first "podcast" from space. The recording was made on the Space Shuttle Discovery, in orbit over Indonesia. No podcast newsfeed is available at this time, but NASA has published an MP3 download. Above photo: Podcaster and…
Daily Archives September 8, 2005
Hear the Big Pop? A Chinese Search Engine Went Public. The driving force behind the spectacular market debut of shares in the Chinese search engine company Baidu.com was its resemblance and ties to Google. By DAVID BARBOZA. [NYT > Technology]
Do You Speak American?. "Do You Speak American?" is the companion website for a film that takes us cross-country to examine the dynamic state of American English and ask: Why do Maine lobstermen and Texas cowboys speak English so differently? How many varieties of American English are there? Topics include 100 common mispronunciations, how language is changing, local color in…
Two-thirds of schools specialise. More than two-thirds of England's secondary schools have achieved specialist status. [Source: BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition] [Bill: Education - International]
Schooling beyond the curriculum. Is the state trying to take over the role of the parent asks the BBC's Mike Baker. [Source: BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition] [Bill: Education - International]
What is the thinking on schools?. The BBC's Mike Baker challenges readers to play "spot the parent power pledge". [Source: BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition] [Bill: Education - International]
Work experience 'badly planned'. Schools are failing to encourage links between work experience and learning, a survey suggests. [BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition] [Bill: Education - International]
A 'Multiple Intelligences' (MI) Approach to Education. This is the text of an address given by Howard Gardner in April 2005 to a Multiple Intelligences Conference at Manchester University. In the address Gardner talks about theories of intelligence, myths about MI, educational applications, and MI issues for the Future. [Source: EdNa] Also, see http://www.centralrangesllen.org.au/forum2005/ [Bill: Education - International]