Last Monday was Constitution Day (the anniversary of the day the constitution was signed). Being fully entrenched in my student teaching experience I felt compelled to look into what resources are available from media sources to address this important event. Specifically, I wanted to address the importance of the Bill of Rights. I found videos, [...]

As a Brazilian graduate student who just moved 5,000 miles from home, I can't say I share the fixation many of my American friends have towards their cell phones. I am, however, a huge fan of Skype. My family and I discovered Skype about a year ago (I think it was a friend in IT who [...]

I have posted on this blog before that I love Google. It is the best search engine out there, and let's face it - it saves us all a lot of time. But last week the friendly team at Facebook notified all of us social-networkers that they are teaming up to make our personal information [...]

I travel a great deal. I've flown through a majority of this country's larger metropolitan airports, and I have to say ... some are a little more impressive than others. Even before 9/11, air travel had the potential to be an unnerving experience for the unseasoned traveler. To help ease tension, the airlines try their best [...]

Like many I'm sure, I tuned into the MTV Video Music Awards the other night, especially to see Britney Spears make her "comeback" performance. Am I a fan of Britney Spears? No. Am I sick of hearing about her? You bet. But I respected MTV for capitalizing on her ridiculous antics and realizing that Britney, [...]

With the onset of the internet, the opportunities for media to work with the pubic educational system have expanded exponentially. In many ways media agencies and teachers alike have grabbed the opportunity. I personally try to use internet resources to try and improve my teaching. When student teaching a psychology class I used audio clips [...]

"Do you have any coupons?" This is a common retail question that has recently been undergoing a facelift. With the introduction of clip-free coupons and store specific cards, customers fumbling through wallets or frantically searching key chains for their 'extra care' or 'fresh idea' card is an all too familiar retail scenario. As someone who works part time at local drug store, I frequently notice that loyalty card searches, teamed with even more wallet digging in search of Sunday paper coupons, turn a simple transaction into a shopping nightmare accompanied with long lines and quick tempers. But wait, it gets …

A business executive is more hip than I. While boarding a plane following vacation, I can't help but notice the older man in suit and tie typing away on his Palm Treo phone. It's one of those phones with a small QWERTY keyboard on the bottom, the type that requires the peck of a finger or [...]

As students, most of us will be embarking on professional careers in the near future and we know the importance of presenting our best foot forward. It has been in the news in the past how potential employers have used Facebook as a means to "investigate" their prospects before hiring them. Sneaky as that [...]

A really interesting reader question last week prompted me to ask myself - and friends - which ads we pay attention to, and where we go for information on day-to-day and BIG purchases. I really couldn't formulate much of a response because I've never considered my interactions with ads. I usually just avoided them. But [...]