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Topics of the day:
1. K12> The Game of Go -- A Beautiful Mind
2. RESOUR> [DIGITALDIVIDE] digital divide stories, facts and commentary from
BBC News
3. MISC> TOOLS OF THE TRADE: COMPUTER: KEYBOARDS AND KEYBOARDING: Giving the
Mouse a Mickey: Keyboarding Shortcuts for Windows Linux and MAC
4. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] SENEGAL MIXES COMMUNITY AND PCS
5. MISC> NEWS: Researchers Stymied by Clampdown on Government Records
6. K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Doors to Diplomacy" International Competition:
Scholarships, Cash, & Trip to Washington DC
7. RESOUR> One Night, Two Spaceships
8. Last: posting for Wednesday, October 16, 2002
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:20:10 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> The Game of Go -- A Beautiful Mind
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10/16/02 8:11:03 AM
Greetings!
You may remember seeing a board game called Go in "A Beautiful Mind",
the recent film about John Nash, a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician who
at Princeton University. Go originated in China roughly 3,000-4,000
years ago, so it's much older than Chess. You would have to guess that
it must be both a challenging and entertaining game to have lasted so
long, and you'd be right.
One 20th century novelist described the game this way: "Go is to Chess,
as philosophy is to double-entry accounting." Perhaps that analysis is a
bit prejudiced, but let's just say that if you enjoy learning about
Asian cultures and religions, you will find that Go is a fascinating
game that is steeped in Oriental tradition and legend.
For example, the black and white pieces used on a Go board are often
said to represent Yin and Yang. Amazingly enough, the rules of Go are
very simple, so it's easy for students to learn how to play their first
game.
On the other hand, the combinations that result during a
professional-level Go game are much more complex than Chess. If you
don't believe me, consider the fact that there is still no computer
program that can beat a professional Go player. Programs like Deep Blue
and Deep Fritz wouldn't even come close. Software is available that will
teach Go, and play at the advanced amateur level. If you can't find a
human player to challenge, the Internet Go Server allows players to meet
and play online.
Go is still extremely popular in Asia today, and is now played all over
the world. As you might expect, Go clubs can be found in many large
cities and on university campuses. We have a Go club here in my hometown
at Syracuse University. You might check the math, engineering, and
philsophy dept at a local college to see if there are Go players your
neighborhood. They can sometimes be found hiding in Chess clubs, too.
In the K12 classroom, Go can be used to introduce students to the study
of Asia. Having student learn to play Go will add a whole new meaning to
the idea of "hands-on" lessons in your class! One possibility would be
to contact a school in Japan, China, or Korea, and arrange to have their
students teach your class to play Go. I'm sure the participants on both
continents will find this a delightful way to get to know each other.
The relationship could then grow to include class-to-class projects for
other topics in social studies, science and the language arts.
Have a look at the sites below, and feel free to ask if you have any
questions.
Anton
What is Go? by Mindy Adams
http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/gointro.html
"A Beautiful Mind" game suddenly popular - article
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3383195&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_
id=425695&rfi=6
Film puts ancient game on the Go - article
http://www.nj.com/mercer/times/index.ssf?/mercer/times/02-24-I0QR1Z1B.ht
ml
A Very Brief History of Go
http://www.usgo.org/resources/gohistory.asp
American Go Association - resources, club list, tournaments
http://www.usgo.org/
Internet Go Server - play Go online worldwide
http://igs.joyjoy.net/
Ibuki - supplier of Go sets & books
http://www.ippi.com/top_go.html
Samarkand - supplier of Go sets & books
http://www.samarkand.net/
Yutopian - supplier of Go sets & books
http://www.yutopian.com/go/
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Anton Ninno, K12 Tech Integration Trainer
Voice: 315-431-8407 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.ocmboces.org/
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
6820 Thompson Road, Syracuse, NY 13221
NYGPS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nygps/
Fun with GPS http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/gps.html
RIC http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=RIC
43N, 76W
http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=43&lon=-76&visit=3
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:16:02 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [DIGITALDIVIDE] digital divide stories,
facts and commentary from BBC News
From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jayne Cravens
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] digital divide stories, facts and commentary
from BBC News
Digital Destinations
An ever-growing series of stories, facts and commentary about the
Digital
Divide in developing countries, created by BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/digital_destinations/d
efault.stm
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jayne Cravens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Online Volunteering Specialist
United Nations Volunteers
http://www.unvolunteers.org
Bonn, Germany
UNITeS http://www.unites.org
Netaid http://www.netaid.org/OV
Global portal to volunteering: http://www.iyv2001.org
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:16:45 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> TOOLS OF THE TRADE: COMPUTER: KEYBOARDS AND KEYBOARDING: Giving
the Mouse a Mickey: Keyboarding Shortcuts for Windows Linux and MAC
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:06 AM
Working at computers there is an increasing tendency as ones
time on the computer continues to find ones right or left hand,
depending on handedness, increasingly glued to the mouse such
as the mouse may not be able to get fresh air. This may also
not be good for ones hand biomechanically. Below are some
websites that provide keyboard shortcuts that allow one to
keep the mouse at arms length for Windows, Linux and MAC
operating systems.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE:
COMPUTER: KEYBOARDS AND KEYBOARDING:
Giving the Mouse a Mickey:
Keyboarding Shortcuts for Windows Linux and MAC
Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q126449
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
http://www.out-loud.com/keyboard_shortcuts_for_windows_95.html
List of Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/winshortcuts/index.shtml
Keyboard Shortcuts
http://canadiantom.com/shortcuts.htm
Windows Hotkeys - keyboard Shortcuts -
HOTKEYS - Windows (r)
<http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/
keyboard_shortcuts_windows_98.htm>
Mozilla Keyboard Shortcuts
<http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/moz_shortcuts.html>
Keyboard Shortcuts in Opera
<http://www.opera.com/features/keyboard/>
POUL PETERSEN
Linux guide - commands, keyboard shortcuts.
<http://www.poulpetersen.dk/linux/ukcomman.htm>
Red Hat Linux 7.2: The Official Red Hat Linux
Getting Started Guide
Appendix E. Keyboard Shortcuts
<http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/
getting-started-guide/keyboard-shortcuts.html>
Useful keyboard shortcuts
<http://linux.about.com/library/tips/bl_tip001.htm>
Netscape Keyboard Shortcuts
<http://help.netscape.com/netscape7/shortcuts.html>
Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
<http://www.feh.com/illus-shortcuts.html>
Keyboard Shortcuts for Troubleshooting
Solving Common Mac Problems
<http://macsupport.about.com/library/weekly/
aa061402a.htm?PM=ss14_macsupport>
Computing With Bifocals
by Nancy Carroll Gravley
A column for people who remember what
the world was like before there was color.....
Keyboard Shortcuts & Commands [PART I]
November 8th, 2000
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/firstmac/
2000/20001108.shtml>
88 Keyboard Shortcuts & Commands, Part II
November 15th, 2000
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/firstmac/
2000/20001115.shtml>
I hope the websites on keyboarding shortcuts will provide readers
with enough cheese to tempt them away from their mouse.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204-4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:22:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] SENEGAL MIXES COMMUNITY AND PCS
From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Henri Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] SENEGAL MIXES COMMUNITY AND PCS
>From today's Benton headlines...
ht
SENEGAL MIXES COMMUNITY AND PCS
Residents in Senegal are bettering their livelihood, improving their
businesses and maintaining contact with family and friends through
telecentres. The computer hubs are allowing residents to get online at
reasonable prices to search for information and even improve business
efficiencies - "Now we have the chance to bill people properly," says
Ibrahim Fall, a car mechanic who runs a repair shop near the telecentre.
A
center located in the Al Baraka suburb of Dakar allows residents to not
only use a computer, but also gives them access to a telephone.
Telephones are very scarce in the suburbs and many midwives are taking
advantage of
telephone access to obtain help and advice on difficult births. More and
more centers are springing up around Senegal, giving residents a new
opportunity to learn about technology and benefit from its access.
[SOURCE: BBC News]
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2296993.stm)
> M. Henri' Thompson
> Graduate Student Intern
> Benton Foundation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.benton.org
>
>
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:37:21 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> NEWS: Researchers Stymied by Clampdown on Government Records
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:36 AM
This news story discusses the increasingly tightening control over
information in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2002.
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Researchers Stymied by Clampdown on Government Records
<http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/
document.asp?documentID=17113>
By The Associated Press
10.15.02
INDIANAPOLIS Some scientists are running into a major post-Sept. 11
stumbling block: Federal restrictions have eliminated access to
information vital to their studies.
The government has cut Internet links, stripped information from agency
Web sites and even required federal librarians to destroy a CD-ROM on
public water supplies. Researchers worry that the rush to protect
national
security will hurt their efforts and the public.
<snip>
The White House in March provided government agencies with a guide to
help
them review information that could be "misused to harm the security of
our
nation and the safety of our people."
<snip>
"If there was a question about whether something should be declassified
or
not before Sept. 11 probably the attitude was to declassify," Kimberly
said. "Now there's a more conservative approach."
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Full text of this story may be seen at the URLs above and below
Researchers Barred From U.S. Papers
By RACHEL KIPP
Associated Press Writer
October 14, 2002
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?Date=20021014&Category=APA&ArtNo=210140857&Ref=AR>
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?Date=20021014&Category=APA&ArtNo=210140857&Ref=AR>
This related recent news article below may also be of interest and the
full story will be found at the URL below:
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Better access to information fading
Governments says more study needed before law is changed
Jim Bronskill
The Ottawa Citizen
Friday, October 04, 2002
<http://canada.com/national/story.asp?
id=%7B1A7ED472-8E4B-4C4E-B5CE-9D0AE4829E31%7D>
Prospects for reform of Canada's freedom-of-information law faded
yesterday amid talk of further government study of possible changes.
Key officials involved in a review of the Access to Information Act
indicated there would be many months of consultations and preparatory
work
before proposals could be drafted for consideration by the federal
cabinet.
The remarks at the annual conference of the Canadian Access and Privacy
Association effectively scotched rumours the Liberal government would
soon
carry out a long-awaited overhaul of the law, which has barely changed
since taking effect in 1983.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:01:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Doors to Diplomacy" International Competition:
Scholarships, Cash, & Trip to Washington DC
From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Yvonne Marie Andres
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Doors to Diplomacy" International Competition:
Scholarships, Cash, & Trip to Washington DC
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PERMISSION TO RE-POST:
October 15, 2002
State Department Announces
=93Doors to Diplomacy=94 International Web Site Competition
The U.S. Department of State, in concert with Global SchoolNet, is
sponsoring a new Doors to Diplomacy Award. This educational award will
recognize the student-created Global SchoolNet Web site that best
teaches
others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy.
Global SchoolNet is a not-for-profit, Internet-based education
foundation.
The Doors to Diplomacy Award will be presented to a team entered in the
CyberFair contest, which encourages students and educators to join
together
to build high-quality, educational Web sites on a variety of topics. The
web site entries will be available on the web as learning tools to
millions of people around the globe.
The winning team will be announced in spring 2003, and the winning web
site
will be able to be viewed from www.state.gov. Each student member of the
team that wins the Doors to Diplomacy Award will receive a $2,000
scholarship, and the winning coaches=92 schools will each receive a $500
cash
award. The State Department also will sponsor a trip to Washington, DC
where the winners will receive a private tour of the State Department
facilities, meet with key officials, and participate in a special award
presentation ceremony.
For a project description and information on eligibility and judging
criteria, visit http://globalschoolhouse.org/doors/
Contacts:
Janice Kiser
U.S. Department of State
202-647-8207
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yvonne Marie Andr=E9s
Global SchoolNet Foundation
San Diego, California
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (760)635-0001 Fax: (760)635-0003
http://www.globalschoolnet.org
Collaborate, communicate & celebrate learning!
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:22:05 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> One Night, Two Spaceships
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of NASA
Science News
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:12 AM
To: NASA Science News
Subject: One Night, Two Spaceships
NASA Science News for October 16, 2002
Wednesday and Thursday (Oct 16th and 17th) are unusually good days for
North Americans to spot the International Space Station. The space
shuttle
Atlantis undocked from station Wednesday morning, Oct. 16th. Alert sky
watchers may be able to see both craft tonight soaring overhead in
tandem.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/16oct_spaceships.htm?list853937
If you need to get in touch with us directly, please go to
http://science.nasa.gov/comments
Home page: http://science.nasa.gov
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:58:30 -0500
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