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Monthly Archives: November 2006

Protect your domain name

November 28, 2006 – 7:05 am

DCITA is conducting a review of the .au Internet domain and has released a discussion paper which is worth looking at. Among other issues of governance and policy, it also seeks comment on naming structures and poses the question of whether it should be possible to register names ‘directly at the top level eg […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, domain name | Comments (1)

I think therefore I license

November 22, 2006 – 5:23 pm

Intellectual property and patent issues seem to be popping up all over the place at the moment. This article in the Sydney Morning Herald warns that even owning an iPod could land you in trouble:
“Owning an iPod, camera phone or a DVD recorder might be enough to land you in jail or lumbered with […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, iPod, YouTube, copyright | Comments (1)

Tech truants - or just tech savvy?

November 8, 2006 – 8:19 am

‘If you build it, they wont come‘ is an article that attracted my attention recently. The basic premise behind the article is that technologies such as podcasting are responsible for the decline in student attendance at lectures. More worryingly is the implication that technologies are having some sort of adverse effect on the […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, tech truancy, podcast, technology in education | Comments (2)

Show the world (at least the online bit) how to do something

November 3, 2006 – 11:22 am

YouTube is a phenomenon and gives anyone with access to a webcam/video camera the opportunity to have their 15 minutes of fame (probably at least 3 or 4 hits anyway). I am sure there are all sorts of educational opportunities around YouTube but what do you do if you want to show people (using […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, YouTube, viewdo | Comments (2)