Tags: canada
Tags: canada
Happy 400th birthday Quebec
Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 2:48 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, North America, Canada Four hundred years ago on July 3, 1608 Samuel de Champlain established the first French settlement in Canada giving Québec City its start. The whole district is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Watch out, Canada alters bumper standards
Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 6:41 am, Over one day old at Autoblog
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Bill C-61 Locks Us Into a Closed Education Model
Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 5:48 am, Over one day old at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 2.0
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Copyright Follies Redux; Can We Afford to Treat Openness As a Luxury?
Posted Wednesday June 18, 2008, 9:54 am, Over one day old at OLDaily
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Reading the Future
Posted Friday June 13, 2008, 5:13 am, Over one day old at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 2.0
I'm not really sure what to make of the CCL's report on literacy, the one released this week with the catchy assertion that Canada's literacy rate will not improve in the years ahead. For example: literacy in old people is lower than literacy in young people.
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Technology Support Providers for Adult Basic Education
Posted Friday June 13, 2008, 5:13 am, Over one day old at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 2.0
The final report on the concept and feasibility of the Canadian Consortium of Technology Support Providers for Adult Basic Education has been released.
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The Canadian DMCA: A Betrayal
Posted Friday June 13, 2008, 5:12 am, Over one day old at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 2.0
Michael Geist sums it up: "in a country whose Supreme Court of Canada has emphasized the importance of balance between creators rights and user rights, the Canadian DMCA eviscerates user rights in the digital environment by virtually eliminating fair dealing.
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Towards the Creation of an Educational Heritage of Standards-Based Learning Resources
Posted Wednesday June 11, 2008, 4:33 am, Over one day old at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 2.0
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I?m Still A Part of the Vancouver Blogger (Alumni) Group
Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008, 7:41 am, Over one day old at Pacific IT Consulting
It seems a number of bloggers have been spurred on by Jonathon Narvey in achieving top Google rank (or SEO as it is referred to in the west) for the words “ Vancouver Blogger”.
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Announcing the birth of Perceptions
Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 7:32 am, Over one day old at Pacific IT Consulting
Hi, and welcome to my brand new blog - Perceptions : The Life and Thoughts of Robert Sanzalone in Japan. If and when I leave Japan to start a new life in another country (or back in my home country of Canada ), I hope to keep this blog rooted as it is - my Perceptions.
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