From bowser at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar  1 12:40:42 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:40:42 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for February 2005
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050301122703.02ad2e70@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for February 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and Students 
within the MIT Community, to provide updated information regarding new and 
upcoming software products and services.


Topics of the month:
----------------------------------------
1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Mobile Devices
4. Volume & site license software update
5. Software retirement
6. How are we doing?  Let us know

1. Recent Releases
-------------------------------------------------------
Linux
------------------
None

Macintosh
-------------------
See Mobile Devices below

Windows
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See Mobile Devices below


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
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Linux
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RedHat Enterprise 4 - Release effort beginning - March 2005

Macintosh
----------------
Adobe Reader 7 - Release effort underway - March 2005
Eudora 6.2 - Release effort beginning - April 2005
Office 2004 - Release effort underway - March 2005

Windows
-----------------
Adobe Reader 7 - Release effort underway - March 2005
Eudora 6.2 - Release effort beginning - April 2005
Microsoft Anti-spyware - evaluation in progress
VirusScan Anti-spyware enterprise module - evaluation underway

To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please visit 
our page:  http://web.mit.edu/swrt/


3. Mobile Devices:
-------------------------------
Support for PalmOS PDAs and Smartphones began on February 4, 2005 for 
e-mail clients SnapperMail version 2.1 and VersaMail versions 2.7 and 
higher.  For more information, please visit: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/pda/

4. Volume Site License Software Update
---------------------------------------------------------
No update this month.


5. Software retirement
--------------------------------------------------
Keeping pace with current Operating Systems and applications benefits 
everyone.  As a reminder, Windows 2000 workstation will be retired on March 
31, 2005.  MIT has signed a Campus Agreement with Microsoft for use of its 
current operating systems which will assist Departments, Labs and Centers 
(DLCs) and undergraduates in upgrading aging Windows OS software.  For 
additional information, please read the announcement: 
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/announcements/retirement-win2000.html. To read more 
on software retirements during FY2005, please read the announcement: 
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/announcements/de-support-fy05.html
For additional information on the MIT Campus Agreement, visit 
http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/software/msca.html.


6. How are we doing? - Let us know
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of interest 
you would like to see included as well?  Please take a moment to let us know:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and comments 
you have pertaining to this communication or other software release matters.

Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu





From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar  1 13:03:05 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:03:05 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Next Ed Tech Partners meeting - 3/28
Message-ID: <1689f71d0170521ca142a0f1d1458cd3@mit.edu>

Hello,

The next meeting will NOT be next week,  but will be held on Monday, 
March 28. Details about the meeting will be sent out within the next 
two weeks.

-jean-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean L. Foster
Usability Consultant/
Commmunications Coordinator, Academic Computing
MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T)????????????????????????
77 Massachusetts Avenue? Room N42-040F
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
617.253.3909  jfoster at mit.edu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From bowser at MIT.EDU  Fri Mar  4 06:44:41 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:44:41 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Web Browsers at MIT - reiterating support and
	recommendations for FY2005 and beyond
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050304063744.01c8c378@po12.mit.edu>

Date:   March 4th, 2005
To: Members of the MIT Community:  itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu,  sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
linux-help at mit.edu
From:  Information Services and Technology
Subj:  Web Browsers at MIT - reiterating support and recommendations for 
FY2005 and beyond
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


Information Services and Technology, (IS&T), recognizes the continued 
reliance on web browsers to deliver critical information and timely 
services, and that vendor support for web browsers by computing platform 
varies greatly.  Criteria for selecting the best suited web browser by 
computing platform include:  support for x.509 certificates, robustness, 
stability, ease of use, trends in customer preference, and endorsement from 
the key web site providers within our Community.  It is essential that we 
consult all of the key web masters and maintainers across campus before any 
strategy in this communication is implemented; so, that they have adequate 
time to provide any crucial feedback.

This year's collective decision, mirrors the past two years strategic 
direction, IS&T will focus its support of operating system web browsers to 
recommend and support Internet Explorer under Windows, Safari under 
Macintosh and *Firefox under Linux/UNIX.

While we are recommending specific browsers by platform, web site 
developers should design their sites to comply with web standards rather 
than developing towards specific browsers.

While we are recommending specific browsers by platform, web site 
developers should design their sites to comply with web standards rather 
than developing towards specific browsers.  For more details, see 
http://web.mit.edu/ist/web/reference/create/standards.html.

We encourage you to consider web browser support within your department and 
anticipate software upgrades prior to June 2005.  Natively supported 
browsers are closely linked to their operating systems and appropriate 
upgrades should be planned, too.  Fiscal 2006 recommended operating systems 
are:

      Red Hat Linux 3 or later

      Solaris 9 or later

      MacOS X (10.3 or later)

      Windows XP professional with latest service packs

Recommended Browsers by computing platform:

    -- Linux users:  Firefox 1.0.1 will be introduced as a recommended and 
supported browser this spring.
Mozilla will remain a recommended browser although we anticipate steady 
decline in use throughout FY2006.

       -- Macintosh users:  Safari v 1.2.2 or later (x.509 personal 
certificate support), Apple's developed and maintained web browser for 
MacOS X (10.3.3 or later) is currently supported.  We anticipate 
recommending support for Safari v 2.0 which will be included with MacOS X 
(10.4) later this Spring.

       -- Windows' users:  Internet Explorer, IE 6 SP2 or later, is the 
recommended and supported web browser for the upcoming fiscal year. It is 
important that the web browser version be current with the operating system 
and all critical web browser patches be kept current.

*Firefox version 1 or later is a popular and viable alternative browser on 
Windows and Macintosh platforms, although it is currently not fully 
supported by IS&T.

We hope that providing this information and recommendations now will allow 
our colleagues to plan accordingly.  We remain confident that these web 
browser recommendations are adequate for the upcoming year and lessen the 
burden on desktop maintenance. Please feel free to share this announcement 
with colleagues who may be interested and should you have any pressing 
questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Software Release team at 
<swrt at mit.edu>.

Sincerely,
Deb Bowser
IS&T Customer Support Services
Software Release Team
W92-176
617-253-3879

From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar  2 14:22:37 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:22:37 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Free LabVIEW Training
Message-ID: <200503021922.j22JMb4U024391@jaki.mit.edu>

(((((((((((((( Ed Tech Times Update: Free LabVIEW Training ))))))))))))))

                             March 02, 2005


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    This Friday, March 4,  IS&T Academic Computing is sponsoring
    two sessions of an introductory LabVIEW workshop taught by
    representatives of National Instruments, Inc. (NI) This is an
    opportunity to get free, hands-on experience with a tool used
    by many across campus for data acquisition, signal processing,
    controls, and other instrumentation needs. Each attendee will
    also receive a free copy of the LabVIEW student edition for
    personal use which includes 14 toolkits and usually costs $70.
    You have a choice of either a morning or afternoon session.

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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Fri Mar  4 11:49:15 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU)
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:49:15 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Jackalopes,
	Ocotillos,TechnologyCuriosities
Message-ID: <200503041649.j24GnFhm029112@jaki.mit.edu>

 Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Jackalopes, Ocotillos, Learning eXchanges, RSS, and Other Arizona Learning Technology Curiosities 

                             March 04, 2005


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    Alan Levine from the Maricopa Center for Learning and
    Instruction (MCLI) will discuss how the Center uses cutting
    edge technologies to support teaching and learning.
    
    (Thursday, March 10, 2:30, Bush Room)
    
    Click on the link below for more information.


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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Fri Mar 18 10:43:39 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:43:39 -0500
Subject: [edtech] 
 [Fwd: NERCOMP - Tech Support for Foreign Language Learning- March
	30]
Message-ID: <1111160619.4103.3.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: NERCOMP <ldimauro at wesleyan.edu>
To: jfoster at mit.edu
Subject: NERCOMP - Tech Support for Foreign Language Learning- March 30
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:15:18 -0500

Dear Friends, 
Seats are still available for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: 
"Providing Technology Support for Foreign Language Learning"

DATE: 
March 30, 2005

TIME: 
9:00- 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)

PRICE: 
NERCOMP Members: $78, Non-Members: $178

LOCATION: 
College of the Holy Cross 
Hogan Campus Center 
Worcester, MA.

DESCRIPTION: 
Historically, foreign language faculty have been innovators when it has come to integrating technology into teaching and learning. Technology has provided teachers with a means for bringing native speakers and foreign cultures into the classroom and has offered students more 
Individualized opportunities to practice using the language and receive feedback on their progress. Still, supporting the technology needed to teach foreign languages is often challenging because language learning often requires different software to deliver and record audio, display 
non-Western language fonts or test language skills. This SIG will discuss many of these challenges and offer solutions frequently used by directors of language labs/resource center.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: 
http://www.nercomp.org/sigs/0405/033005Lang&Tech/LangTechSched.html

We would be grateful if you would pass this announcement on to friends and colleagues who might find it of interest. 

To view other SIGs events, click here: http://www.nercomp.org/

If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please reply to this email with "Please Remove from NERCOMP list" in the subject line.

Thank you very much. We hope to see you on March 30th.

Sincerely, 
Lisa DiMauro 
NERCOMP

-- 
Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>

From ocw-mail at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 21 10:48:47 2005
From: ocw-mail at MIT.EDU (ocw-mail@MIT.EDU)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:48:47 -0500
Subject: [edtech] The MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 3
Message-ID: <a0621020dbe649d47899b@[18.89.2.233]>

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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: March 2005

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
----------------------------------------------------------------

The March 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Published
2. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
3. Utah State University OCW
4. A Frequently Asked Question
5. Comments
6. Newsletter Available Online at 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm



1. New Courses Published
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<http://ocw.mit.edu>MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to 
announce that 175 new courses will be published over the course of 
the next month, which will push the total number of courses available 
at http://ocw.mit.edu to almost 1100.

This Spring 2005 publication represents a significant achievement for 
people across the Institute who worked with the MIT OCW Team over the 
last six months, including the MIT Libraries, MIT's department heads, 
and most importantly, MIT's remarkable faculty. Close to two-thirds 
of MIT's faculty have now voluntarily participated in MIT OCW, and we 
know that MIT OCW would not be succeeding were it not for the 
faculty's dedication to MIT's institutional mission and belief in the 
promise of openly sharing their materials through OpenCourseWare.

We are pleased to call your attention to the following new MIT 
courses. When looking at the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm>complete MIT OCW 
Course List, look for the red NEW to indicate courses recently 
published:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-782Fall-2003-Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
1.782 - Environmental Engineering MEng Project, Fall 2003 - Spring 
2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-801Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
6.801 - Machine Vision, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-343Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
7.343 - Protein Folding, Misfolding, and Human Disease, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-344Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
7.344 - RNA Interference: A New Tool for Genetic Analysis and 
Therapeutics, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-511Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.511 - Theory of Solids, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-368Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
11.368 - Environmental Justice, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Earth--Atmospheric--and-Planetary-Sciences/12-864Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
12.864 - Inference from Data and Models, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-06Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
14.06 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-778Summer-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
15.778 - Management of Supply Networks for Products and Services, 
Summer 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-974Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
15.974 - Practical Leadership, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-315Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.315 - Comparative Health Policy, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-428Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.428 - American Foreign Policy: Theory and Method, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-460Fall-2002/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.460 - Defense Politics, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-484Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.484 - Comparative Grand Strategy and Military Doctrine, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-952Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.952 - Great Power Military Intervention, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-953Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.953 - U.S. Military Budget and Force Planning, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-960Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
17.960 - Foundations of Political Science, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-305Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
18.305 - Advanced Analytic Methods in Science and Engineering, Fall 
2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-315Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
18.315 - Combinatorial Theory: Hyperplane Arrangements, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-338JFall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
18.338J - Infinite Random Matrix Theory, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-965Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
18.965 - Geometry of Manifolds, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-342Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21A.342 - Environmental Struggles, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-705Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21F.705 - Oral Communication in Spanish, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-712Fall-2003/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21F.712 - Spanish Conversation and Composition, Fall 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-301Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21H.301 - The Ancient World: Greece, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-430Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21L.430 - Popular Narrative: Masterminds, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-702Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
21L.702 - Studies in Fiction: Stowe, Twain, and the Transformation of 
19th-Century America, Fall 2004



2. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
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MIT OCW and the "opencourseware" concept is a part of the larger open 
knowledge movement that promotes free and unrestricted access to the 
primary teaching materials for courses taught at educational 
institutions. So it is with great excitement that we are pleased to 
tell subscribers about the creation of two new OCW projects, at the 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/>Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public 
Health and <http://ocw.usu.edu/>Utah State University.

The <http://www.jhsph.edu/index.html>Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore, MD, is world-renowned as a 
leading international authority on public health. Every day, JHSPH 
works to keep millions around the world safe from illness and injury 
by pioneering new research, deploying its knowledge and expertise in 
the field and educating tomorrow's scientists and practitioners in 
the global defense of human life.

In February, JHSPH opened its <http://ocw.jhsph.edu>pilot OCW project 
with two courses and has since added two more; six more courses are 
scheduled for publication in April 2005. As part of its mission to 
protect health and prevent disease and disability, JHSPH feels a 
moral imperative to provide equal and open access to information and 
knowledge about the obstacles to the public's health and their 
potential solutions. At the heart of every public health triumph is 
an individual. <http://ocw.jhsph.edu>JHSPH OCW provides encouragement 
for the self-learner to seek formal education, complementary 
materials for the student at JHSPH or another institution, 
information with which faculty can plan a course curriculum, and 
continuing education for the public health practitioner.

Visit JHSPH OCW at http://ocw.jhsph.edu to see the courses currently 
available, 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/UnderstandingCostEffectiveness/>Understanding 
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care, Spring 2005, 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/StatisticalReasoning1/>Statistical 
Reasoning I, Fall 2004, 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/FamilyPlanning/>Family Planning 
Policies and Programs, Spring 2005, and 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/immunizationPrograms/>Problem Solving 
for Immunization Programs, Winter 2004.



3. Utah State University OCW
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<http://www.usu.edu/>Utah State University (USU) is one of the 
nation's premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant 
universities. Located in scenic Logan City, UT, USU faculty receive 
national recognition for their teaching and research in publications 
such as The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chronicle of 
Higher Education, and USA Today. USU can count four Goldwater 
Scholars and a Rhodes Scholar among its graduates in recent years.

<http://ocw.usu.edu>USU OCW supports USU's institutional mission to 
serve the public through learning, discovery, and engagement. It is 
true to USU's guiding principle that academics come first. As USU 
enters the 21st century, services like OpenCourseWare enable the 
University to more fully accomplish its land-grant mission.

The <http://ocw.usu.edu>USU OCW pilot project opened in February with 
eight courses from six disciplines. Visit the USU pilot project at 
http://ocw.usu.edu to discover what courses are available, including 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2005-01-04.4060386981/course.2005-01-04.5349642866/Course_listing>Cultural 
Anthropology, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2004-12-20.1328839294/course.2005-01-19.7202583537/Course_listing>Biochemical 
Engineering, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2004-12-20.1328839294/course.2004-12-24.5449159931/Course_listing>Irrigation 
Conveyance and Control Systems, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2004-12-20.1328839294/course.2004-12-22.7704203541/Course_listing>Sprinkle 
and Trickle Irrigation, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2005-01-27.4608626113/course.2005-01-28.8455650901/Course_listing>Soil-based 
Hazardous Waste Management, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2004-12-29.9286476474/course.2005-01-08.2862528806/Course_listing>History 
of Utah, 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2005-01-03.9290525154/course.2005-01-04.2998066821/Course_listing>Understanding 
Online Interaction, and 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/Courses/department.2005-01-07.0201380510/course.2005-01-07.1479971233/Course_listing>Computer 
Assisted Language For Non-English Speakers: Spanish.



4. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: How do I contact a specific member of the MIT Faculty?
ANSWER: MIT OCW is intended as a publication of MIT course materials 
on the Web, and not as an interactive experience with MIT faculty. It 
provides the content of, but is not a substitute for, an MIT 
education. The most fundamental cornerstone of the learning process 
at MIT is the interaction between faculty and students in the 
classroom, and among students themselves on campus. MIT OCW does not 
offer visitors to the Web site the opportunity for direct contact 
with MIT faculty. Inquiries related to specific course materials will 
be forwarded to the MIT faculty member associated with that course 
for their consideration. However, due to the tremendous volume of 
email inquiries received, it is unlikely he or she will answer all 
emails.



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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 21 14:29:19 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:29:19 -0500
Subject: [edtech] 
 Ed Tech Times Update: Ed Tech Partners Meeting - Monday, Mar. 28, 11:30
Message-ID: <200503211929.j2LJTJTj026635@jaki.mit.edu>

 Ed Tech Times Update: Ed Tech Partners Meeting - Monday, Mar. 28, 11:30 

                             March 21, 2005


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    (Please forward this announcement to colleagues you think might
    be interested.)
    
    Hal Abelson will be presenting on the Creative Commons
    organization he helped to found in 2001.
    
    What: Ed Tech Partners Meeting (with lunch)
    Where:  W20-Private Dining Rooms 1&2 (3rd floor of the Student
    Center)
    When: Monday, March 28 at 11:30 p.m.
    Title: Creative Commons
    Speaker: Hal Abelson
    RSVP: By Thursday, March 24 to edtech-requests at mit.edu

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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 21 15:39:19 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:39:19 -0500
Subject: [edtech] test
Message-ID: <f72124eed9c275c0719f6b15a3f417de@mit.edu>

test


From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar 23 12:15:50 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:15:50 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Fwd: New Instructional Technology Leadership Program from
	the EDUCAUSE Institute
Message-ID: <a7d10a851342f605eea4cf58e6ba15b2@mit.edu>

FYI:
Begin forwarded message:

> From: EDUCAUSE <educause at EDUCAUSE.EDU>
> Date: March 22, 2005 4:59:43 PM EST
> To: ITL05-ANNOUNCE at LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 28 10:02:08 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:02:08 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Hal Abelson on Creative Commons - today at 11:30 in W20,
	Private Dining Rooms1&2
Message-ID: <1112022128.30468.47.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

What: Ed Tech Partners Meeting (with
lunch)
Where:  W20-Private Dining Rooms 1&2
(3rd floor of the Student Center)
When: Monday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m.
Title: Creative Commons
Speaker: Hal Abelson



Abstract
Creative Commons is dedicated to minimizing legal barriers to sharing
creative works like writings, music, and video. Many of these barriers
arise because copyright law, as it has come to be practiced, is poorly
matched to the realities of the Internet. As a result, sharing on the
Internet which could be an great enabler of collaborative creation for
humanity, has become mired in legal uncertainties and studded with
obstacles that prevent creators from excercising choice in the
dispositions of their creations. Creative Commons builds technology and
standards to help restore that choice.

Prof. Abelson will also talk about the new Science Commons project that
is being incubated at MIT. Science Commons is dedicated to easing
unnecessary barriers to the flow of scientific knowledge and technical
information. The goal is to encourage stakeholders to create areas of
free access, inquiry and innovation using standardized licenses and
other means.
-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean Foster
Usability Consultant/
Communications Coordinator
MIT IS&T Academic Computing
77 Massachusetts Ave, n42-040
jfoster at mit.edu, 617.253.3909

From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar 29 10:28:49 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:49 -0500
Subject: [edtech] [Fwd: Scholarly Communication Website]
Message-ID: <1112110129.30468.1984.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

Thanks Margret!

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Margret Branschofsky <margretb at MIT.EDU>
To: Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>
Subject: Scholarly Communication Website
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:28:48 -0500

Here is the url for the website on scholarly communication and intellectual 
property issues created by MIT 
Libraries:  http://libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/ .

Margret
-- 
Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>

From bowser at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar 29 12:24:29 2005
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:24:29 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for March 2005
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050329101009.050fb008@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for March 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


MIT continues to progress with the retirement of Windows 2000 Professional 
and as March 31st approaches, we are closer to our goal of one primary 
Windows operating system, namely Windows XP Professional.  Anyone still in 
need of migrating from Windows 2000 Professional should see the Software 
Retirement section below for information about MIT licensing for Windows XP 
Professional.  Our thanks to the Community for their assistance with the 
operating system upgrades.


Topics of the month:
----------------------------------------
1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Volume & site license software update
4. Software retirement
5. Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
6. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
-------------------------------------------------------
Linux
------------------
None

Macintosh
-------------------
Adobe Reader 7 - March 17, 2005
Office 2004 Professional - March 15, 2005

Windows
-----------------
Adobe Reader 7 - March 17, 2005


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
------------------------------------------------------
Linux
-----------
RedHat Enterprise 4 - Release effort beginning - TBD

Macintosh
----------------
Apple Mail - Release effort underway - April 2005
Eudora 6.2 - Release effort underway- April 2005


Windows
-----------------
Eudora 6.2 - Release effort underway - April 2005
Microsoft Anti-spyware - evaluation in progress
VirusScan Anti-spyware enterprise module - evaluation underway
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) configuration tool - April 2005

To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please visit 
our page:  http://web.mit.edu/swrt/


3. Volume Site License Software Update
---------------------------------------------------------
Students can now obtain access to Matlab for use on their personal machines 
through the Matlab Student Experiment.  See http://matlab.mit.edu/ for more 
information.

IS&T is gearing up to distribute Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 for mid 
April.  At that time, Software Liaisons for each Department, Lab and Center 
(DLC) will be able to download installation media images as well as 
register for Acrobat Pro 7 licenses.  We will also be collecting unused and 
upgraded Adobe Acrobat Professional 6 licenses.


4. Software retirement
--------------------------------------------------
Keeping pace with current operating systems and applications benefits 
everyone.  As a reminder, Windows 2000 Professional will be retired on 
March 31, 2005.  MIT has signed a Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA) to 
license Windows XP Professional for use on Department, Lab and Center (DLC) 
machines as well upgrading undergraduate student operating systems..

In order to maintain quality support for key applications in use, improve 
responsiveness to new vendor releases, and to make it possible to introduce 
new product offerings with the resources available, it is necessary to 
retire support for Windows 2000.  Applications going forward will only be 
tested on Windows XP Professional.


5.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's Windows 
Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and service pack 
deployment.  For more information about and instructions on how to 
configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at:

         <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>

An easy to use configuration tool is in the works to enable easier access 
to the advanced configurations for WAUS.


6. How are we doing? - Let us know
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of interest 
you would like to see included as well?  Please take a moment to let us know:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and comments 
you have pertaining to this communication or other software release matters.

Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu


From hal at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar 29 19:36:05 2005
From: hal at MIT.EDU (Hal Abelson)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:36:05 -0500
Subject: [edtech] [Fwd: Scholarly Communication Website]
In-Reply-To: <1112110129.30468.1984.camel@arizona.mit.edu> (jfoster@MIT.EDU)
Message-ID: <E1DGRBl-0000ni-00@grindelwald>


Margret,

This is an outstanding site!  It needs to be better known at MIT.

You might add a pointer to Peter Suber's list of things that people
can do to promote open access:

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/do.htm


== Hal




--------------------------------------------------
In reply to the message:

    Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:49 -0500
    From: Jean Foster <jfoster at MIT.EDU>

    Thanks Margret!

    -----Forwarded Message-----
    From: Margret Branschofsky <margretb at MIT.EDU>
    To: Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>
    Subject: Scholarly Communication Website
    Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:28:48 -0500

    Here is the url for the website on scholarly communication and intellectual
    property issues created by MIT
    Libraries:  http://libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/ .

    Margret
    -- 
    Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>


From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar 30 09:30:14 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:30:14 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Re: [Fwd: Scholarly Communication Website]
In-Reply-To: <E1DGRBl-0000ni-00@grindelwald>
References: <E1DGRBl-0000ni-00@grindelwald>
Message-ID: <1112193013.5118.239.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

Hi Margret,

Do you think whoever is responsible for the page might want to write a
short article about it for the Ed Tech Times?  We could also include
Hal's link.

The Ed Tech Times RSS feed is being picked up by several other MIT sites
now.

-jean-

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 19:36, Hal Abelson wrote:
> Margret,
> 
> This is an outstanding site!  It needs to be better known at MIT.
> 
> You might add a pointer to Peter Suber's list of things that people
> can do to promote open access:
> 
> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/do.htm
> 
> 
> == Hal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> In reply to the message:
> 
>     Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:49 -0500
>     From: Jean Foster <jfoster at MIT.EDU>
> 
>     Thanks Margret!
> 
>     -----Forwarded Message-----
>     From: Margret Branschofsky <margretb at MIT.EDU>
>     To: Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>
>     Subject: Scholarly Communication Website
>     Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:28:48 -0500
> 
>     Here is the url for the website on scholarly communication and intellectual
>     property issues created by MIT
>     Libraries:  http://libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/ .
> 
>     Margret
>     -- 
>     Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>
-- 
Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>

From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Thu Mar 31 11:03:53 2005
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:03:53 -0500
Subject: [edtech] [Fwd: Gateway / Microsoft Mobile Technology Days]
Message-ID: <1112285032.5118.271.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: "Gates, Ron" <Ron.Gates at Gateway.com>
Subject: Gateway / Microsoft Mobile Technology Days
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:01:33 -0600



Hello,

 

Please see attached an invitation to our Gateway / Microsoft Mobile
Technology Days.  Come by and see how other schools are using portable
technology in the classroom.  Tablet PC technology will also be
demonstrated and there will be hands on opportunities.

 

Hope to see you at one of the locations!

 

April 14th                      UMass Lowell

April 26th                      Orleans Public Schools

April 28th                      Bridgewater State College

May 3rd                        Hopkinton Public Schools

Times:  9:30am ? 12pm, followed by lunch

 

K-12 and Higher Education Schools are welcome!

Reserve Your Seat Today, contact Ron Gates

781-331-8045 / ron.gates at gateway.com

Directions, room locations, and agendas will be emailed to you.

 

 

_______________________________________

Ron Gates

Education Representative

781-331-8045

ron.gates at gateway.com

 

 

 

-- 
Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>