October 23rd, 2009 by Rupert Buffett
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Stalking is ok if its on facebook
When talking about Facebook, Tracy Mitrano, The IT Director of Cornell had this to say in her facebook 2.0 viewpoints;
“Let’s “face” it: Facebook has built the site, and students use it; we in higher education should come to recognize that this universal commercial site is here to stay. We should use it for advertising and for communications—and certainly for emergency messaging.”
She wrote this post in 2008, and started to have the idea in 2006, and she hit the nail on the head. Facebook is definitely here to stay.
October 22nd, 2009 by Kristina M. Benites
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If you don’t talk to your kids about math or science, then who will?
A September survey found that eventhough more than 50% of parents consider math or science as the subjects most important to their children’s success, they report being uncomfortable talking to their children about these subjects. In fact, nearly a 25% of parents, who admit to being less involved in their child’s math and science education than they would like, say that a main reason for this is because they, themselves, have troubles understanding these subjects.
American schools are falling far short of parents’ expectations, with nearly 9 in 10 parents saying they believe the U.S. lags behind other countries in math and science, even though 98% of parents say these subjects are critical to America’s future.
Read more on the findings of the survey here.
