http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs Covering the blogging community Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the UP Alumni Metropolitan DC egroup, this link from the Sun.Star Bacolod was sent: Sun.Star ARTICLE: Where have all the teachers gone?. Part of the article says: YEARS ago the country saw the exodus of school teachers to work as domestic helpers in nearby countries. There just wasn't enough income ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=50 My students were hesitant writers when they started out with me during the first days of the school year. They could not even start writing a poem or a story with a given topic. It was a struggle for them to write. I also noticed that their vocabulary is very limited ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=49 How many times did I learn from my blogger friends that I was the one who inspired them to be bold and brave in uncovering their real identity and/ or putting up their pics on the web? That's a very risky thing to do, but admirable for their being personal ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=48 In just another demonstration of how blogs can change the course of human opinion worldwide, bloggers have exposed that Sony/BMG is actually installing rootkits--a form of malware--in systems where some of its audio CDs are played. Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals, who originally discovered the rootkit, wrote an analysis of how certain ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=45 So you want to download Pope Benedict XVI into your iPod? You might think the Vatican as old fashioned. Think again. It is actually one of the first global institutions that took advantage of podcasting. Chances are, you've probably heard about podcasting only a few days ago, but Vatican Radio ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=44 A survey of by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that one in five 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States have their own blogs. The Associated Press reported that "the survey also found that older school-age girls with online access were most likely to keep a blog." "Blogging for ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=43 Subject: re: Lessons in Spanish A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. "House,'' for instance, is feminine: ''la casa.'' ''Pencil,'' however, is masculine: "el lapiz.'' A student asked, ''What gender is 'computer'?'' Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=42 With blogs estimated at over 10 million and growing, there certainly is need for a search engine. Poynter, an online journalism resource, reviews the best blog tools on the web and says the google blog search is the "fastest of any of the blog searches...and does the best job ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=41 Veteran publisher Jason Calacanis of Weblogs, Inc. talks about how their publishing consortium of 100 independent bloggers who publish over 1,000 blog posts a week grew blog ad revenues with Google Adsense from $200 to P$3,000 a day. Article found via cyberjournalist.net. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=40 Forbes has written a scathing attack on the blogosphere, calling web logs as the "prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective." The article by Dan Lyons said blogs started as online diaries but later became the "ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/blogs/?p=38