Category Archives: Education

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Daily Links for Wednesday, December 24, 2009

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Red Hat Revenues Up 18 Percent in Q3 eWeek / Darryl K. Taft Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent. For its third quarter ended November 30, 2009, … Continue reading →

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Topics on open source for college classes

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Bob Sutor

I’ve been asked several times for some ideas about topics on open source that would be suitable for one or more classes at universities. While I know there are curricula out there, here are some specific discussion areas that could … Continue reading →

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FaceBook Group: Parents of UChicago Class of 2012

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Bob Sutor

I’ve started a group over at FaceBook for parents of students entering the University of Chicago this Fall. Feel free to join if you fall into that category! FaceBook Group: Parents of UChicago Class of 2012

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Looking for course plans about free and open source

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Bob Sutor

I’m looking for some publicly available course plans that concern free and open source. I don’t mean freely available course content for something like organic chemistry, I mean general, economics, computer science, business or law school curricula that teach how … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-12-19

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Bob Sutor

At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star – New York Times “Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to … Continue reading →

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Sakai Conference in December

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

I’ll be giving the Wednesday morning keynote at the 8th Sakai Conference in Newport Beach, California. The conference runs from Tuesday, December 5, through Friday, December, 7. Sakai is an open source project used for course management and learning, particularly … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-08-27

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Maybe, Just Maybe, It Really Is a Bad Idea Brazil says ‘no’ to Open Office XML – ZDNet UK “The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting … Continue reading →

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Current and future requirements for “talent”

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to some senior educational leaders about the requirements for students who will be entering the IT marketplace in the next few years. In addition to talking about the increasing prominence of … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-07-30

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Virtual Worlds, Architecture Where’s Frank Lloyd Wright?: Architecture in Second Life – Kotaku “The Farnsworth House may be one of the most iconic pieces of modern architecture, and it also happens to be fairly unsuitable for habitation: what better place … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-28

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Mitch Wagner: Relaunching Our Discussion Group In Second Life – Digital Life Blog – InformationWeek “I’m very pleased to report that we’re teaming up with one of the best virtual-worlds news blogs, Metaversed, to beef up our ongoing discussion group … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-18

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Linux and Open Source No Microsoft-Ubuntu deal in the works, Canonical CEO says | Tech news blog – CNET News.com “Anyone expecting a technical and legal partnership between Microsoft and Ubuntu distributor Canonical to follow existing Microsoft-Linux deals will be … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-14

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Linux and Accounting Intuit Tests the Linux Waters with QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions “Intuit has decided to give Linux a try with its release on June 13 of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions—Intuit’s financial and business management software for mid-market companies.” (tags: intuit … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-12

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Bob Sutor

The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: MIT’s Virtual Dormitories for Freshmen “With that in mind, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is turning to the virtual world, Second Life, to help freshmen choose dormitories with the ambiance and reputation that best meet … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-11

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Mac, Games, and Graphics Mac Rumors: World of Warcraft Update and Multithreaded OpenGL in Mac OS X 10.4.8 “Most notable, however, is support for Multithreaded OpenGL for Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher.” (tags: mac opengl worldofwarcraft) Open … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-06-06

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Struggles of writing a research paper on Second Life by one who has been there. “Ryan Bretag’s most recent post on his struggles to write an educational research paper in Second Life are full of … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-22

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Bob Sutor

The M.U.P.P.E.T.S. Project @ RIT “Through capitalizing on research in the areas of gaming and virtual community social psychology, RIT is engaged in a project to develop a Collaborative Virtual Environment” (tags: virtual_worlds education java) Linden Lab Shines New Light … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-14

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents | CNET News.com Again. How tiresome. (tags: microsoft enemiesofopen) CodeGear goes Ruby on Rails route | CNET News.com “CodeGear, the development tool company spun out of Borland Software, has created a product … Continue reading →

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Challenging the knee-jerk use of .doc in education

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Bob Sutor

I was pointed to this from SolidOffice. The article is “Critical Thinking About Word and .doc” in Kairosnews: A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy. It is must reading, in my opinion, if you just keep using .doc in … Continue reading →

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San Jose State University on Thursday

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Bob Sutor

I’ll be speaking at San Jose State University (California) this Thursday afternoon at 4pm in BBC 202. I’ll be talking about open standards, open source, innovation, and maybe throw in some virtual worlds/Second Life stuff for the pretty pictures.

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The college tour, part one

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

As I mentioned last week, my kids have been on vacation this week, and so I’m been mostly away from work and this blog. What I didn’t mention was that we were away on our first serious college tour for … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-03-03

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Bob Sutor

ODF Microsoft playing three card monte with XML conversion | Open Source | ZDNet.com “Gary Edwards of the Open Document Foundation, a leading member of its technical committee, says Microsoft is playing proprietary games aimed at controlling XML file formats … Continue reading →

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Blackboard sort of does a patent pledge

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Today Blackboard, a company in the education and course management area, announced a patent pledge: Specifically, the Pledge commits Blackboard not to assert U.S. Patent No. 6,988,138 and many other pending patent applications against the development, use or distribution of … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-01-18

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Open Source Challenges Vista at U.K. Education Show ‘At the beginning of the assignment, Microsoft’s commitment to ODF was assessed by Oakleigh as being “in denial.” At the end of the assignment it was assessed by them as … Continue reading →

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IBM, universities, and openness

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Bob Sutor

I recommend you look at the article in today’s New York Times called “I.B.M. and Universities Plan Collaboration.” It begins: I.B.M. and seven universities have agreed to embark on a series of collaborative software research projects and to make the … Continue reading →

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Student paper management via online writing and grading

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Bob Sutor

My daughter Katie uses OpenOffice for her high school papers and saves her papers in ODF. She is one cool kid, if you ask me. I did not force this choice upon her. In August when I spoke at the … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-12-02

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Open Source and Education Groklaw – SFLC Asks USPTO to Review and Revoke Blackboard’s Patent “I am very happy to tell you that the Software Freedom Law Center has filed a reexamination request with the USPTO regarding Blackboard’s eLearning patent.” … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-12-01

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Open-source group wants educational patent reversed | CNET News.com “A legal center is trying to overturn a patent it says threatens three open-source educational projects, a sign of the tension between patent holders and the collaborative programming community.” (tags: opensource … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-11-27

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Education, Open Source, and the UK Open Source Weblog: Becta denies open source school barriers “The British Education and Technology Agency, Becta, has strongly denied suggestions made by John Pugh MP in an early day motion before Parliament that its … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-10-10

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Regarding Documents Massachusetts CIO change worries ODF supporters Not me, according to what I said in the blog and am quoted on in the article. Who writes these headlines? (tags: odf massachusetts) tecosystems: Presentation Tools: Offline, Online and Something in … Continue reading →

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Teach your children about open. Even better, show them.

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Bob Sutor

I’ve been in Raleigh the last two days participating in the K-12 Open Technologies Summit at the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University. It was quite intense but this wasn’t a group singalong … Continue reading →

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