[PN] Social Software (28 Jan. 2004)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Reference Website

DE Basics: Technologies for Distance Education
Farhad Saba, Distance-Educator.Com, January 26, 2004
http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/Article10507.phtml

* Periodical articles

Battle on with patience
S. Indramalar, The Star Online, Malaysia, January 25, 2004
"At a recent conference on the teaching of Science and Maths in English,
teachers were told not to 'fight English' but to keep an open mind and
a positive attitude to help students get through the transition."
[One of Mahathir's last innovations has been handled well,
as one would expect of Malaysia, but there are still unresolved
or misunderstood issues in areas such as bilingualism - Ed.]
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/1/25/education/6869866&sec=education

At home in japan without the kinks
Kaori Shoji, The Japan Times, December 23, 2003
Recommended by Kevin Ryan in Tokyo, who writes:
"Japanese girl grows up on the East Coast US, returns to Japan
and now compares the two. Insightful. Well-turned phrases."
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20031223zg.htm

The One-Note Superpower
Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, Feb. 2 issue
"While the war on terrorism has dominated headlines,
the great engine of globalization has kept moving"
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4051669/

Red Ink Realities
By PAUL KRUGMAN
"The right cleverly blames the deficit on George Bush's domestic
spending, but tax cuts and tax evasion by the wealthy are the real
culprits."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/27/opinion/27KRUG.html

Is social software bad for the Dean campaign?
Clay Shirky, Many2Many: a group weblog on social software
Corante Tech News, January 26, 2004
http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2004/01/26/is_social_software_bad_for_the_dean_campaign.php

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
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