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More Information on the 4th Annual National Domestic Violence Summit
By Lupita Reyes | October 22, 2009 | Comments (1)
A few weeks ago Kathy Brown wrote in this space about her experience at the national domestic violence summit, which was held in Dallas. This year’s summit explored two central themes – engaging communities to help end domestic violence, and bringing men into the conversation to ... [ Continue reading ]
Sexting: From Concern to Action
By Susan Butta | October 20, 2009 | Comments (1)
If ever there was a “hot button issue,” sexting fits the bill. It has handily piqued the curiosity, ire and concern of everyone from parents to school administrators to policymakers to law enforcement and understandably, mobile carriers such as us. As you may know, sexting is ... [ Continue reading ]
What’s the Bright Idea?
By Susan Butta | October 9, 2009 | Comments (1)
I have to take a moment to pause and reflect on this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics awardees. Three scientists received the award: Dr. Charles K. Kao, Dr. Willard S. Boyle and Dr. George E. Smith. All three physicists are being recognized for the work they performed in labs forty or ... [ Continue reading ]
More Info on the Educational Use of Cell Phones
By Jennifer Fritschi | October 2, 2009 | Comments (1)
I’ve found a few more recent reference articles for my post on Delivering Educational Content via Mobile Phones, and I’ve updated my links accordingly. I also ran across a website dedicated to the educational use of cell phones, called Cell Phones in Learning. It looks interesting, ... [ Continue reading ]
4th Annual Domestic Violence Summit - Dialogue Broadens, Becomes More Inclusive
By Kathy Brown | September 29, 2009 | Comments (1)
I was pleased to see cjackson’s blog post on our domestic violence summit last week. What was important to me was to see that the discussion of this very serious social issue is broadening and becoming more inclusive of all victims of domestic violence. The panels, particularly the ... [ Continue reading ]
Delivering Educational Content via Mobile Phones
By Jennifer Fritschi | September 25, 2009 | Comments (0)
I recently ran across this video from Frontline’s Digital Nation. In it, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about innovative ways to make use of mobile phones to teach kids. He makes a great point and asks a compelling question: Kids use their phones ... [ Continue reading ]
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