Volume Two

From Boeing, A Whole New 747

By Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com

Journey with staff writer Daniel Terdiman inside Boeing’s nondescript building. Terdiman’s article will give you a peek into the most important commercial products in the Boeing Company’s history – the 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet: http://news.com.com/From+Boeing%2C+a+whole+new+747/2100-1008_3-6151332.html?tag=sas.email

Telecommuting: Help the Company, Help Your Career?

By Ann All, IT Business Edge

The debate continues on telecommuting. Ann All’s article provides insights into the merits of telecommuting from the employer’s and employee’s perspectives that include big savings on real estate and use as effective recruitment and retention tools: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/sts/index.php/2007/01/23/telecommuting-help-the-company-help-your-career/

Video Games in the Classroom?

By Dr. James Gee, Chronicle of Higher Education

Transcripts from a web chat with Dr. James Gee, professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the Chronicle of Higher Education on August 27, 2006. Dr. Gee explores the learning principles behind video games and the possibility of using them in education. He started his career in linguistics, and in the past has been a professor at the University of Southern California and Clark University: http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2003/08/video/

California Proposed Legislation to Tie Education Tech Grants to Copyright Education
By Ken "Caesar" Fisher, Ars Technica, LLC
Ken Fisher reports that legislation is being considered in California that would see the state's educational technology grant program tethered to requirements for teaching copyright law to students. Assembly Bill 307, authored by Assemblyman Chavez, would amend section 51871.5 of the California Education Code to include new preconditions for public schools applying for funding under the oversight of the California Technology Assistance Project. The project is designed to provide a network of technical assistance to schools and their districts in implementing education technology as determined by the California State Board of Education: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060215-6184.html

Fun in the Workplace

By Drs. Benno Luthiger and Carola Jungwirth, First Monday-Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet
A study was conducted on “Fun and Software Development (FASD)” to precisely assess the importance that fun has as motivation for software developers to engage in open source projects. Drs. Luthiger and Jungwirth surveyed both open source developers and programmers working in Swiss software companies and they found that the fun motive accounts for about 27 percent to 33 percent of open source developers’ motivation. This study concluded that fun is a pervasive feature of software development, not only for open source programmers but in the area of commercial software development, too: Open source developers that are paid for their work are observed to be very motivated and prepared for future effort, especially if they enjoy their development time. Employers that want to enhance the programmers’ productivity can safely invest in an environment of fun for developers in their company: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_1/luthiger/

Top 10 Forecasts from Outlook 2007

By the World Future Society
Since 1985 the editors of The Futurist have selected the most thought-provoking ideas and forecasts appearing in the magazine. The editors selected the top 10 forecasts from Outlook 2007. The World Future Society hopes that this report will assist readers to prepare for the challenges and opportunities in 2007 and beyond: http://www.wfs.org/forecasts.htm

Review of Two Careers – Aerospace Engineering and Real Estate

By Career Overview, From Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Do you have students who are contemplating careers in Real Estate or Aerospace Engineering? Career Overview is dedicated to providing aspiring career professionals and students with relevant, reliable and up-to-date career and job information whereby helping them to make better, more informed career choices. Two promising careers:

Aerospace Engineering Career Overview
Aerospace engineers are responsible for creating exceptional machines—like airplanes which weigh more than half a million pounds to spacecraft which travel at a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. They are in charge of designing, developing and testing aircraft, spacecraft and missile systems as well as supervising the manufacturing process of these products. Aeronautical Engineers are those aerospace engineers who deal with airplanes, while astronautic engineers are engineers who deal specifically with spacecraft. Learn more about this exciting career at: http://www.careeroverview.com/aerospace-engineering-careers.html

Real Estate Career and Job Overview
In the United States alone there are currently 5 million plus individuals working in the various parts of the real estate industry, including mortgage banking, construction, title insurance, appraising, property management, brokerage and leasing, and real estate development. In addition to that number are the thousands of people working as commercial banking lenders, corporate real estate agents, savings and loan officers, and insurance companies who aren’t officially part of the real estate industry. Because real estate serves as a guarantee for mortgages and the foundation for mass amounts of capital, more than 33% of global financial assets are connected to real estate. Real estate is an exciting and essential part of the global society. Those who work in real estate provide a service that affects each of our lives, and they contribute to development that will impact society for generations. Learn more about a dynamic career in Real Estate at:

http://www.careeroverview.com/real-estate-careers.html

CONFERENCES & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Asilomar Conference 2007 from March 14-16, 2007
23^rd Annual Business Education/CIS Faculty and Staff Development Workshop. Download the registration form and access the conference ground website at http://www.calbusinessed.org/ Register today!

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