The End of IP Addresses?

As the majority of our discussions on this blog relate to the Internet, it seemed necessary to discuss the issue of vanishing IPs. According to Vint Cerf, a main developer in creating the Internet, the Internet protocol addresses (IPs) days are numbered.

In 1977, Vint Cerf and his colleagues created the web using the IPv4 system. The IPv4 system uses 32 binary numbers that create a unique number which allows Internet devices to communicate with each other. However, the fast expansion of devices and an increase in Internet consumption has decreased the current amount of IP addresses. Current figures that the Internet will run out of IP addresses in 2010. Cerf recommends that current Internet users should transfer to a new system, the IPv6 system which uses 128 binary numbers. Here is the full article.

Classroom 2.0

We have Web 2.0, but what about Classroom 2.0?

Classroom 2.0 is a wikispace that educators and anyone else interested in learning more about web 2.0, collaborative and transformative technology tools. I thought the space created a nice network for sharing and learning new technology tools. It was really neat to see how they created a Classroom 2.0 experience by allowing people to offer online “classroom” sessions about various topics. These “class” sessions use Elluminate to create the learning environment. Coming up today, September 22:
“Successful and unsuccessful managers are often distinguished by their ability to motivate others. In this session, Bhushan Bhatia, an expert management trainer tells you how you can motivate others. He will touch on the topics: what are soft skills, concept of motivation, types of motivation, various theories of motivation and how to motivate people to make things happen.”

Visit the schedule page to learn about offerings in the future, or to join the network and offer your own “class” session.

Facebook for the CIA and FBI

A new social networking website, known as A-Space, was released on September 22, 2008 for the use of the CIA and FBI. A-Space will be used to share information as well as opinions of those issues between intelligence personnel with proper security clearance.

The goal of the A-Space is to protect the United States by assessing all the information available to the spy agencies.

The information on A-Space is highly classified and will not be available to the public. This will allow analysts to share data that they have never been able to share before.

So, now when the boss tells them to start using Facebook at work don’t get worried they are slacking off…they are social networking in the secret world of spying!!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/05/facebook.spies/index.html

--Lynn

E-Learning alphabet A-Z

Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. has put together 26 brief video introductions to some of the issues you are likely to encounter in your e-learning experience. She starts with the letter A and goes all the way to Z.

Dr Nash has a background in interdisciplinary, she has been involved in eLearning and technology-enhanced training and education since the early 1990’s. She has published many books and has many online resources; these videos are only one resource she has.

In these videos she covers everything from online courses to gaming.

All videos can be downloaded to your iPod or PSP. You also have the option to listen to the podcast instead of watching the videos.

This all can be viewed at http://mlearners.com/

Here is an example of the letter I. Dr Nash has chosen Institution for I. She talks about traditional classes vs. distance learning. I am sorry I wasn't able to get a better picture but you can view this at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=498642980929266102&hl=en

You can read more about Dr Nash by visiting: http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/
--Lynn

I stumbled across a website that is a great resource for eLearning. The website is eLearningPulse http://www.elearningpulse.com/; “Your daily source of all things eLearning” is their slogan.

eLearningPulse is an independent online community that focuses on everything eLearning. It includes job postings, discussions, videos, a development community and the latest news information.

This is a great website to visit everyday. So many eLearning topics are being discussed; it ranges from Google Chrome to Web 2.0. The website includes the latest eLearning news and blogs. There is so much information on this website, it’s worth visiting!

--Lynn