One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a new, non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a low-cost, connected laptop, a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children.
gnizr™ (gə-nīzər) is an open source application for social bookmarking and web mashup. It is easy to use gnizr to create a personalized del.icio.us-like portal for a group of friends and colleagues to store, classify and share information, and to mash-it-up with information about location. It's free.
Open Journal of Ecology (OJE) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of Ecology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Ecology. All manuscripts must be prepared in English, and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online followed by printed hard copy.
hackr on Umair Haque, theses: social web is bad: "On the demand side, relationship inflation creates beauty contest effects, where, just as every judge votes for the contestant they think the others will like the best, people transmit what they think others want. On the supply side, relationship inflation creates popularity contest effects, where people (and artists) strive for immediate, visceral attention-grabs — instead of making awesome stuff."
E. Usher, and F. Pajares. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 34 (1):
89-101(January 2009)The purpose of this study was to develop and validate items with which to assess A. Bandura’s (1997) theorized sources of self-efficacy among middle school mathematics students. Results from Phase 1 (N=1111) were used to develop and refine items for su....
J. Frideres. Themes in canadian sociology Oxford University Press, Don Mills, Ont. u.a., (c2011)Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.