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***** MOVING TOGETHER #23 *****
An email-based sporadic publication of technology-related items for kinesiologists compiled by Ken Daley


QUOTE OF THE DAY

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. - E. W. Dijkstra


HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBJECT: Technology Conference
KEN'S NOTE: I would highly recommend this conference to anyone who is interested in the impact of technology to the field of Kinesiology. It ranges from hands on to cutting edge ideas. See you there!!!

Join us at the National Technology Conference
Sponsored by NASPE and Southern District AHPERD
Chattanooga, TN - July 29-Aug.1, 1999
See more information at: http://www.aahperd.org
Click on Districts
Then click on Southern District

Mary Ellen Saville
NASPE
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1598
FAX 703-476-8316
msaville=AT=aahperd.org


HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBJECT: Teacher Education Conference
NASPE's Teacher Education Conference will be held October 14-17, 1999
at the Indian Lakes Resort,
Bloomingdale, IL.
Call 1-800-213-7193 Ext. 413 for more details.

Mary Ellen Saville
NASPE
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1598
FAX 703-476-8316
msaville=AT=aahperd.org


HIGHER EDUCATION

Edunotes for Educators is a monthly newsletter that provides information and tips on using computers and the Internet.

To join this list, fill out the form at http://www.educyber.com/edunotes/edunotes.shtml or send a blank email to info=AT=educyber.com with "subscribe Educators Edunotes" as the subject. The web version of this newsletter is accessible at the URL above.
--
Brian DeLaet
Educyber, Inc.
The Computer & Internet Education Specialists


HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM:
http://wwwhost.cc.utexas.edu/ world/lecture/
The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.

HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM: Educators' Edunotes Newsletter: February Edition
(http://www.educyber.com)

Lesson Plans
Want a great source of K-12 lesson plans? Subscribe to the Lesson Stop, a weekly email publication that is an annotated list of links to resources on the Internet. Lesson Stop is a free service for educators provided by Therese Sarah. The lessons, both on the web site and in the email, are organized according to subject categories and grade level so you can quickly find the resource(s) that are right for you. Visit them on the web at http://www.lessonstop.org or send a message to majordomo=AT=frii.net that says: subscribe lessonstop.


INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES
FROM: Edupage, 5 January 1999

HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
Release 4.0 of Hobbes' Internet Timeline, an authoritative Internet history, is now available by e-mail from timeline=AT=hobbes.mitre.org or on the Web at the Internet Society site (http://www.isoc.org/z akon/Internet/History/HIT.html)


INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES
FROM: Mary Ann Wallace <wallace=AT=naples.net>

An online emergency medical encyclopedia.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg


INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES

The following three items were recently added to the database and will be of particular interest. Don't forget that there are over 2,200 other valuable resources in the database:

Arctic Winter Games Economic Impact Study
http://www.lin.ca/resource/htm l/arctic.htm

Peak Performers - Staff Recruitment (presentation, given at the 1998 PRO Aquatics Conference on November 5, 1998)
http://www.lin.ca/resource/html/peak.htm

Nepean Parks and Recreation PRICING GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES
http://www.lin.ca/resource/htm l/nepean.htm

Agnes Croxford
Leisure Information Network
Tel: 416 426 7176 Fax: 416 426 7421
http://www.lin.ca


INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES
FROM: Educators' Edunotes Newsletter: January Edition
(http://www.educyber.com)

Health Help
Are You Sagging? Are you in danger of contracting that new malady known as PC Rear (otherwise known as enlarged rear), you need to think about your health. Even if you are on your feet all day, you ought to think about how to keep your body fit and healthy. Luckily, there are lots of web sites to help you whether you are interested in desk exercises or eating right.

Check out Women's Wire five-minute workout tips at http://www.womenswire.com/work/takefive/
Try the American Heart Association's Just Move website at http://www.justmove.com/
Or the American Health for Women site at http://americanhealth.com/
Visit Dr. Koop's comprehensive health site at http://www.drkoop.com/


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 24 December 1998

PLASTIC CHIPS
Silicon Valley is looking to the future and it sees... plastics. Within five years, silicon-on-plastic technology will be commonplace, with companies reserving more durable straight silicon chips for some of the heavier computing tasks. "Silicon on plastic was inevitable," says MIT professor Akintunde Akinwande. "This technology could be used to create foldable computer displays." Initial uses will be for the military, because that's where the money is, says Akinwande. "The military can pay prices of $100,000," for sophisticated flexible computer screens, while "the consumer market needs prices of under $1,000... Sheets of this material could be put on a wall to create a (constantly changing) environment." (Investor's Business Daily 23 Dec 98)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 12 January 1999

IBM TOPS PATENT LIST
IBM Corp. was granted the most U.S. patents for the sixth consecutive year in 1998. With 2,682 U.S. patents, the company topped its 1997 numbers by about 40%. The No. 2 receiver of U.S. patents was Canon Inc. of Japan. (Los Angeles Times 11 Jan 99)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 12 January 1999
COMPUTER ALGORITHMS CAN BE PATENTED
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling that mathematical algorithms used in a computer program may be given intellectual property protection as long as they produce "a useful, concrete and tangible result." The case in question concerned a program that allowed financial managers to pool and calculate mutual fund investments in a way that let them to avoid certain kinds of regulatory review. (New York Times 12 Jan 99)

TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 21 January 1999

COMPUTING TO GET A BOOST IN 2000 BUDGET
The federal budget for fiscal year 2000 will include a 6% raise for the National Science Foundation -- the largest percentage increase of any basic research agency. The $200 million increase will go a long way toward funding the administration's as-yet-unnamed computing initiative, which initially will involve NSF, NASA, the Department of Energy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The initiative was first conceived in response to an August '98 report issued by a White House task force that recommended an additional $1 billion over five years be spent on information technology research. Computer scientist Ken Kennedy of Rice University calls the new budget proposal "a very positive start" in fulfilling the recommendations of the task force. (Science 15 Jan 99)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 24 January 1999

CIVIL LIBERTARIANS WARY OF PENTIUM III's SECURITY FEATURE
A new feature of Intel's forthcoming Pentium III chip intended to facilitate electronic commerce has civil libertarians worried because it will allow a person's moves to be tracked throughout cyberspace, unless s/he turns the feature off. Every Pentium III chip will have a unique serial number that will, unless turned off, be automatically transmitted whenever the computer is connected to a network. Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union says, "It's the computer equivalent, if you will, of Social Security numbers, which in this country is a common identifier. It will follow you through cyberspace." But Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff says there are times when you simply can't be anonymous, on the Internet or anywhere else: "You can't buy anything anonymously... You can't get the most personalized sites anonymously." (Washington Post 22 Jan 99)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
KEN'S NOTE: If you want the most up-to-date numbers this is the place to go. This is a very extensive demographic report on the on-line world.

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released the results of a recent poll that concluded that the makeup of the online world was starting to parallel the makeup of the real world.

As they state:
Online Newcomers More Middle-Brow, Less Work-Oriented
THE INTERNET NEWS AUDIENCE GOES ORDINARY

The Internet audience is not only growing, it is getting decidedly mainstream. Two years ago, when just 23% of Americans were going online, stories about technology were the top news draw. Today, with 41% of adults using the Internet, the weather is the most popular online news attraction.

A few findings:

  • Few Internet users experience information overload -- and most (63%) say they spend neither too much nor too little time online.
  • Nearly one-fifth of Internet users get customized news reports and an equal number receive emailed news. Slightly more regularly get news stories online instead of from newspapers and TV.
  • Trying to find something on the Internet is the top source of frustration for users, followed by the speed of Internet connections and the speed of searches. And these complaints aren't limited to beginners -- experienced users express more frustration than new users in each of these areas.
  • Americans are not overly concerned about computers crashing in the Year 2000. Only 13% worry a lot that computer systems will fail next year.

The full report:
http://www.people-press.org/tec h98sum.htm


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 14 February 1999

IBM HOME DIRECTOR IS WIRED FOR SOUND
Bell Atlantic customers soon will be able to link their TVs, VCRs, and eventually PCs together to control remote appliances and share Internet signals. The IBM Home Director "will allow interplay between all these devices," says the general manager of enhanced services for Bell Atlantic Communications & Construction. In addition, the Home Director will enable music downloaded from the Internet to be piped into any room in the house via stereo speakers installed in the walls. Bell Atlantic is working with 100 building contractors to install the Home Director in new houses, and will be offering a retrofit package for existing homes later this year. The company plans to have Home Director in 200,000 households by the end of 2000. (Broadcasting & Cable 8 Feb 99)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 26 January 1999

MEDICAL SMART CARDS GET CHECK UP AT WASHINGTON U
Researchers at Washington University are testing a "smart card" capable of accessing a patient's complete medical records stored on a secure Web site. Each card requires a confidential password to gain access to the cardholder's record. Alternatively, a physician would use a card that supplies access to the records of all of his or her patients. A test of the system is planned, involving 250 pregnant women at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Half will use the electronic record system, and half will use paper records. If successful, the electronic record system, which relies on an Internet connection and a $75 card reader, could be implemented in other medical settings. (Chronicle of Higher Education 29 Jan 99)


TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATION
FROM: Edupage, 26 January 1999

MICROTUNE'S TV TUNER ON A CHIP
Startup company Microtune Inc. of Plano, Texas, has developed a TV tuner on a chip, an achievement long sought by giant electronics firms. A TV tuner -- the part of the television that selects a channel and filters others out -- typically is made of a few dozen components, so reducing that function to a single computer chip eventually could significantly simplify TV manufacturing. "To a lot of companies that make chips for TV, the silicon tuner is the holy grail to complete their portfolio of components," says an engineer at a major TV-set maker. Microtune plans initially to market its chip to makers of cable set-top boxes. (Wall Street Journal 26 Jan 99)


This publication is a collection of bits and bytes that I assemble as I wander about on the Internet. If you have notes to share send them to me.

Moving Together is not an official publication of Maharishi University of Management. It is nothing other than a personal try to share/create a collective wisdom in the area of technology as it impacts professional Kinesiologists.

Ken Daley
kdaley=AT=mum.edu
http://www.mum.edu/exss_dept/daley.html
Associate Professor
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, Iowa USA 52557
Member of the Internet Developers Association

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