Posted by admin on November 30th, 2008 in Communication, Hot Topics, Internet Use
It may surprise you to know…our teens are learning important skills online.
A study sponsored and supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation was released this month. I attended a preview at Stanford last spring and was anxious to see the conclusions. The study was the result of a $50-million digital media and [...]
Posted by admin on November 26th, 2008 in Food, Holidays
Growing up in Texas
I grew up in Texas and during the holidays I sometimes get a little nostalgic. Like it or not, Texas is a place of big, bold personalities. I wouldn’t trade my experience for all the world because it taught me a lot about solid values, work ethic and rugged individualism. I also [...]
Posted by admin on November 25th, 2008 in Hot Topics
Twitter can be confusing. I’ve been using it since summer and at first I didn’t get it. I’m still using it and every now and then, it re-defines itself in my mind. For those of you who don’t use it, it is “sort-of” micro-blogging. You are limited to posting 140 characters that are viewed by [...]