eLearning + eTourism

30.1.06

internet: in the future of libraries

internet archive "universal access to human knowledge"
google library project

24.1.06

eGovernment: Italia e Svizzera

IT: il Codice dell'amministrazione digitale
CH: Strategia del Consiglio federale per una società dell'informazione in Svizzera

internet/eGovernment: 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

just published: 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

21.1.06

internet: a master thesis on blogs

BLOGS. A GLOBAL CONVERSATION, a Master’s Thesis on the Social Phenomenon of Blogs, by James Torio (in pdf)
a master student at the USI - University of Lugano is writing her thesis on the use of blogs in education (more to come...)

20.1.06

technology: byte wars

Waging war through the Internet America is far more vulnerable to terrorists who hack systems than missions to blow things up, by John Arquilla (Sunday, January 15, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle).

a book to be read on the subject: Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology, by Edward Yourdon

technology: how to put furniture on the internet

worth a trial:
http://www.icovia.com/

technology: virtual cities by Planet9

http://www.planet9.com/demos.html

(google and Microsoft maps going in this direction).

10.1.06

technology: build your own CNN channel online

a new life to "push" sytems? www.cnn.com/pipeline/

about push systems see: Benedetto Lepori, L. Cantoni e Riccardo Mazza, Push Communication Services: A Short History, a Concrete Experience and Some Critical Reflections, «Studies in Communication Sciences», 2/1 (2002), pp. 149-164 (soon available online in the NewMinE Library)

eLearning: un corso d'area sanitaria da provare

il corso: Emergenze a rischio di vita nello studio dentistico, sviluppato dal NewMinE Lab per la SSO - Società Svizzera di Odontologia e Stomatologia.

p.s.: da guardare anche www.firstaidpod.com

7.1.06

internet: browsers' war 2005

23.12.05

tantissimi auguri di un santo Natale! Merry Christmas!

Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427)

Adorazione dei Magi

1423, Tempera su legno, Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze.

internet: search engines

The Year in Search: A 2005 Review >>>

21.12.05

Technology: The MobiLenin system (nothing to do with Gulag)

09.11.05 Best Arts Paper Award. Jürgen Scheible and Timo Ojala were awarded the Best Arts Paper Award at the premier international ACM Multimedia 2005 conference in Singapore. Paper: MobiLenin – Combining A Multi-Track Music Video, Personal Mobile Phones and A Public Display into Multi-User Interactive Entertainment.

eGovernment: disponibile il nuovo Osservatorio semestrale della Società dell'Informazione

Osservatorio semestrale della Società dell'Informazione. Evoluzione dell'innovazione in Italia secondo i parametri eEurope 2005, Federcomin Centro Studi MIT, N.3 - novembre 2005

14.12.05

eLearning - eTwinning: more than 10000 registred schools

eTwinning is the main action of the European Union's eLearning programme.
It promotes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at schools in Europe. Teachers and students use the Internet to work together across borders. They cooperate, exchange information and share learning materials >>>

eTwinning è la principale iniziativa nell'ambito del programma di eLearning dell'Unione Europea.
Promuove l'uso delle tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione (TIC) nelle scuole europee. Gli insegnanti e gli studenti usano Internet per collaborare al di là dei confini. Cooperano, scambiano informazioni e condividono materiale didattico >>>

11.12.05

eGovernment: accessibility of public websites

eAccessibility of public sector services in the European Union, a report by the UK e-Government Unit, Cabinet Office